Lego Rewind- The Craziest Year in Lego History 

Lego's craziest year was DEFINITELY 2856, after the buyout from that martian toy company and the introduction of 4-D sets, also Ninjago discontinued that year, atleast until 2858.

The fact there's even competition for this category at all says a lot about how batshit insane LEGO can be at times.

For me, my craziest year for LEGO was probably somewhere between 2006-2008 (when the Ignition Trilogy happened), because it was that mid-point between LEGO having a ton of evergreen themes and the beginning of the ramping up of license themes.

I originally thought it was 1932, but I guess the Near-Bankruptcy Year is crazier.

Wow, I hadn't realized just how important 2001 was for me. All those themes are CECMENTED in my memory as my favorite things. Lego Racers 2 also incorporating a bunch of them seemed to solidify that fact. Good video, thank you for reminding me how much I loved this year 👍

Loving these sort of "miscellaneous" episodes, they're really interesting to watch. Great video as always!

Happy to support this episode and provide some research along with it! A BIZARRE topic if I do say so myself :)

These are always a treat when they happen. Lovely stuff all around.

The Craziest part of this video is how Hasbro was ahead of its time and actually one up LEGO with Tente . And the very IRONY of it is that Hasbro is struggling to compete with LEGO with their Built-To-Rule and Kre-O for about 50 years later, to the point they said "If you beat them join them" and collabed together with Transformers and D&D LEGO sets.

Those Jack Stone VHS tapes were legitimately really fun. I think they were probably Lego’s answer for the old Rescue Heroes toys, which included VHS animated episodes of adventures for the characters! Super cool at the time I’d say, even if Jack Stone was a misstep for Lego.

6:03 “My own creation”!! What nostalgia.

Maybe not the craziest, but for me, the most innovative year was 2020. Granted, I became extra Lego focused on that year to survive the pandemic, so everything felt more “alive”, but that’s the year Lego started to formalize their involvement in many, many different submarkets of Lego. Art and Brick Sketches, the first 18+ branded stuff, “Tribute” sets like the Haunted House, and very notably, the Barracuda, Ninjago started trying out new things like the board game or translucent colors, the crazy situation with the sets that were cancelled, Lego Friends got incredibly good, the rise of the mechs that are so big today, Lego Star Wars was awesome that year, Monkie Kid redefined the amount of details and creativity a single set can have (without a movie), and of course, Lego Mario.

I’ve also never heard of that dragon set at 9:34 but something about that cloudy background is fascinating. Unfortunately seems like quite the rare set

2001 was the year I really remember as being LEGO. Racers, Life on Mars, Bionicle, even jack stone, that was LEGO to me as a small kid that really captured it as the toy i loved.

I have so many early 2000s Lego themes burned into my brain from pouring over old catalogs as a kid. Definitely the good old days of Lego!

I was six years old in 1999, so most of my childhood was spent in the Lego Dark Ages. As such, I have a lot of nostalgia for all the crazy stuff Lego was doing like Lego Studios, all the weird early video games like Alpha Team, Legoland, Chess, Friends.

I have to say, you have the BEST ambience music taste i have ever seen.

I absolutely loved Life on Mars. It was the first theme I ever felt I had to have every single set! I also still feel the Dinosaurs that came in the square plastic canisters were the best dinosaurs Lego has ever made!

02:40 Lego Racers is, by far, my favorite Lego videogame. I would spend hours or a single afternoon on it, always striving for the 100% completion. Ah, the memories... 🥲 Drome Racers was not bad either.

Appreciate the beast Machines reference still got the box sets

I always loved the use of bright primary and secondary colours with white or light gret Lego often used with their advertising during the late 90s and early 2000s

I can’t think of a worse idea than putting a bunch of loose LEGO bricks around kids in a car

I adore this prompt for a video! Lego has had some really wild and strange themes, and finding the biggest intersection between the MOST wild themes? Great question

This rapidfire year summary was an intense hit of nostalgia and I'm all about it

Little robots had a cartoon, so i never thought it was a lego thing...holy shit i have a toy and everything

I love this video. As someone whose childhood spread through the late classic part of the 90s, _the late 90s_ part of the late 90s, the 2000s and slightly beyond the early 2010s, I love seeing the sheer variety that happened in those years depicted. New fans from 2010 and beyond have _no idea_ man...

So great to have another rewind again! Love your work!

I honestly don't think we will ever have another year like 2001, back then LEGO was experimental and took risks that might not work out but have since found what works and has stuck to that formula since. Hell its Ninjago or nothing since its the last real LEGO original setting/theme, the last one they made in recent years was Monkie Kid. This year had no new original IP's which means they only have 2 running, but if you want licensed themes there are a ton to go around.

I started my lego journey since 1995. I was 5 back then and after many years of experience, my craziest year was in 1999. This is where I became a star wars fan thanks to lego. It is also where lego media games that I played for hours. Lego Racers, Lego rock raiders and Legoland were the games I played in my old computer back then. And of course slizers, the first introduction of constraction figures which I adored and cherish.

Spybotics just awakened a memory i haven't used in over 20 years

1:55 this moving Lego robot actually reminds me of a scene from an old Danish movie where somebody uses a similar-looking Lego robot to break into a building. You ever heard of that film? It's called "Olsen-banden overgiver sig aldrig" and you can find the scene on RU-vid.

7:27 4chan sends their regards.

4:20 *Random Set of the Day flashbacks* 8:43 9:01 10:13 It's been popping up all video, but it is wild how much BIONICLE permeated marketing back then. Even when Hero Factory hit the scene they felt the need to put a "from the makers of BIONICLE" on the box. They had lightning in a bottle, and the second they saw some sparks they popped the cork and let it loose.

It's about Time! I really like this series of Old retired Lego themes.

4:04 litterally a gundam

When they threw everything including the kitchen sink at the wall to see what sticks.

I’ve been watching your rewinds since the beginning, I love them so much, the wacky themes and questions are so interesting I may have watched the whole series 3 times

I think this year wins on the grounds of that real car alone

Yeah, I don’t think anything can beat an actual literal lego car.

The craziest year in my own memory was probably 2020. Very recent, I know, but it's mainly for the introduction of LEGO Mario, both as a theme and a figure. It was also the year that Ninjago started to reach a creative peak. Not to mention the introduction of Monkie Kid, which while it felt lackluster to me in its first year, it was undeniable just how massive the effort poured into the theme was. It was levels of exaggerated creativity that would only previously be matched with The LEGO Movie sets. The release of the 501st Battle Pack was also pretty significant. I personally don't care all that much about it, but the fact that it seemed LEGO was listening to fans was reassuring.

yeah, vidyo was pretty crazy too but not a lot of the other themes around that time were crazy, too. it's too bad we won't really ever get 10 space themes at once ever again..

dude i had one of those galidor robots and it was actually really dope as an action figure, i had alot of fun with it as a child

been very tempted to grab all the galidor mcdonald’s toys on ebay for a while now

not sure if it's the craziest, but according to Bricklink, 2012 has the most sets I ever got out of any year, so that one's kinda special!

It makes sense, 2001 also was the year that Gorillaz released the first album. (The best phase tbh)

WOOO A NEW EP LETS GO

I had quite a few of those sets back in the day and still have some of them.

A few years ago i collected the xalax racers for my lego racers 2 collection, thanks for another great video :)

Another great rewind as always

Always great to watch another Rewind episode. 👍👍

Keep up the great work 👍

Another great video as always 👍

Ohhhhh yes. Getting on RU-vid after work and this is the first video in my feed. This is what I needed after such a long day. Thank you Nick.

I could agree with you. 2001 and 2002 did introduce some new stuff. But Personally, I think that 2005 to 2008 was kinda crazy. Those Tiny Turbos can replicate illegal street racing.

I'd say this is one of the best Lego rewind videos

Honestly I think 2072 was Legos craziest year, I mean let's be real, you can't really top their 140th anniversary ending with every single brick becoming sentient and taking over Scandinavia! That's what happens when you combine nanotech and nanobricks I guess. Too bad they still haven't figured out that people don't want to pay double the price just so they can plug in a Lego city set into their neurocomputures

10:03 Oh WOW. This footage of a board game just brought back so many memories. I think I had that, or a friend did. If memory serves, we mostly just made the cars and raced them around

I love lego rewind and it always brings me joy whenever a new one Comes out

I was having a meh day until Nick posted. love your videos dude!

2023 is a crazy year for lego😏

Please never stop making those videos

OK what in the world is that Lego "IN MOTION" car thing? I googled it and found absolutely nothing.

Yay the video is back

Hello Nick, I just watched your entire LEGO rewind series for the first time. I am stunned by the incredible amount of LEGO lore and theme history that you describe so impeccably. After watching the entire series, there is one that I think would be insanely great to talk about. The entire LEGO Mini-figure Series theme. I would love to learn everything there to know about this theme, especially the interconnectivity with other themes as I could imagine that it is quite complex. I am truly so happy that I came across your channel and I hope that you never stop this LEGO rewind series. The LEGO community needs for of this!

Been a big fan of yours since the early LEGO Rewind. This might be my favorite. Huge respect for using the Toy Story 2 PS1 soundtrack.

seeing life on mars stuff always gives me the warm and fuzzies....great video as always :)

3:21 I totally forgot about those statues and the Micky Mouse stuff...wacky

Now i know why the green ninja IS special

One day, we will get a Mixels episode....or at least one of Unikitty.

I love these videos

Very Nice

Please make a lego rewind video about the evolution and history of bigfigs please

I still have catalogs from the turn of the millennium. As a kid I didn't take much heed, but it was like an entire smaller toy catalog. Lego was stretching itself thin HARD

4:28 THAT SHOW HAD A LEGO SET!?!?!?

Hey Nick, here's a future idea for a Lego Rewind Episode: Lego Movies. And by that I mean not JUST the 4 Lego Movies themselves, but also stuff like the Atlantis "movie" the Bionicle films, and The Adventures Of Clutch Powers. Also, in a similar vein: Lego video games. I.E. Lego Batman 2 The Game, Lego City Undercover, and Lego Dimensions. I personally think that could be an interesting idea for Rewind season 4 when you decide to do so.

I agree completely with your sentiment, however I have vivid memories of going to a fast food place in 2002 or something (I think it was a mcdonalds?), hearing they had lego toys, and being very excited only to receive the horrible little blue guy from Galidor

I would love to see a lego rewind video on atlantis its one of my favourite themes

It's crazy to see here an old ad for TENTE. It was bigger than LEGO in Spain (it was a spanish brand you see haha). I am lucky to have some sets from my uncles and I kinda grew up with it before I discovered LEGO in 2001 too. Awesome research and editing! Also, I feel too that nostalgia about the 2000's LEGO weirdness, it was awesome

You know your product is destined for success when the marketing revolves around claiming it's better than LEGO...

Crazy times

Another reason 2001 was the craziest year: it had Lego Racers 2 :3 (also Arctic was in that!! :D even if it was a 2000 line)

I think you chose the right year. I guess fans at the time probably felt like castle was gone, the way we feel now! Weird

Let’s go another Lego rewind🫡

on a side note, as ive gotten older ive honestly grown an appreciation for the simpler slightly blocky-er sets

I was looking at some 2023 lego sets and noticed some of the sets look similar to home maker ( in the sense you build rooms of a house)

Welcome back sir!😉

I remember watching the original upload of this video

wow loved that old Hasbro add. haha

I was born in this year of madness

9:53 Not quite the last rerelease, Lego rereleased the city set, 7641 as 60031. They also rereleased a creator dinosaur in other colours and the Revan polybag.

Man why do I feel this video was uploaded 5 months ago

Not gonna lie though, It was kinda interesting seeing a more earlier predecessor to Kre-O... and yes, Build to Rule... even if Tente was just distributed by Hasbro.

love this series! i grew up with legos throughout my childhood, so seeing these retrospectives is always really nice :)

I loved Jack Stone m, I was 4 at the time!

We need a rewind on Alien Conquest!

2035 has the craziest year yet. Lego released a line of buildable “adult toys”…..The Jaba the $lut is the hardest to find on shelves.

I appreciate the Toy Story 2 PlayStation soundtrack

2001 was the craziest I my opinion cuz bionicle was made and it was a major gamble if I would be a sucses

7:04 Anybody who wants a Galidor episode should consider checking out RR Slugger’s video on Galidor. He really breaks down the highs and lows of the theme and has some fun insights

I love the "my own train" series, since you could actually buy individual train cars separately, instead of having to buy a huge $200 set with a whole bunch of stuff you might not even want.