Revisiting Knights' Kingdom: The First Wave 

Knights Kingdom II was the Ninjago theme before the introduction of Ninjago and I loved it. Those knights had so much character and satisfying designs.

As a kid I spent so much time just looking at the Citadel in the Lego catalog. Really a set I wish I had back then. Great video man.

18:10 That play feature is awesome!! Something like this needs to make an appearance in the new indiana jones wave.

Cannot even express how hype I am to jump into this video

I love how you said that a play feature like the jousting one would never fly today... And then Lego sonic is revealed and it has that exact feature

I always thought this theme was a great mixture of more story-intensive themes like Bionicle/Ninjago/etc and the more “generalized” theming of many classic ranges. It was never hard to grasp for a newcomer looking for fun Castle sets, but it did have an ongoing narrative. Real shame about the interiors, though. We’re so spoiled by that kind of detail in sets now, it could get pretty dire back in the day

This was an awesome theme with great lore and interesting characters. I got Border Ambush a couple years ago for Christmas and it still holds up really well even after 20 years. The minifigs are super cool and unique too and I hope to get some more. It’s a great theme that I think is really underrated, especially in the LEGO Castle community. Though I’ve always thought it’s weird that this is the same theme as the earlier Knights Kingdom sets with the Bull Knights since they aren’t connected at all afaik.

So glad you did a video on Knights Kingdom! I’m such a huge fan of the theme! It’s very underrated! I grew up on this theme and got into lego castle! For my 4th birthday I had a cake full of the huge technical knight figures!

21:14 "A wild Vladek has appeared" vibes lol

About the chrome pieces, the reason why LEGO doesn’t do it anymore is for a few reasons: 1, the pieces which were chrome had to be made slightly smaller in order to compensate for the thickness of the chrome coating, which was annoying, and 2, the process of coating the pieces released harmful chemicals that I’m pretty sure also worsened global warming.

Knights Kingdom II is my favorite theme of all time. I was lucky enough as a kid to have every set of wave 1 except the polybags (which I have now). I played the board game a ton. 7 year old me didn’t care what adults on board game geek had to say about it. I’m looking forward to the wave 2 video!

Knights Kingdom is what got me into lego way back when I was younger it will always be my favorite

One major thing they left out was the knights horses. That would’ve been awesome to have not just for the small sets but also the full sized action figures.

Very nice, perfect timing on the video, I put it on quietly in the background while I did other things, would definitely be interested in a video on the other waves!

I loved the castle themes, and really enjoyed Knights Kingdom. I still have all 4 of the main knights and Vladek. The variation and colors, all of the named characters and the storyline were so cool, and was one of my favorite Lego themes. I sort of suspect the polybags with the odd minifigs may have been the original minifigs for the line, like concept minis, with the main line figures being the final designs.

Yes, for the Citadel, you can see how the Rascus minifig comes to rest: with the sloped armor piece, he'd slide right off instead of staying in place.

My younger brother and i had the castle and the big figures. Loved the castle and the theme altogether. I also had the knight themed chess set. I would love to see a video on that set!

Themes like this make me wish I was born at least in the 90’s 😂 ❤another out of the park home run with the video man. Keep it up 🙌

I remember as a kid thinking the castle wall+siege engine set was a sequel story, since for some reason I thought Vladic killed the king and light-blue knight became the new king because he was worthy of the magic shield or whatever, and this attack was Vladic's return/revenge after being defeated and running away or something like that

I think you and I must be about the same age because this was a Lego theme I appreciated when very young as well. Please keep the KC content coming

So great to see you on RU-vid after Lego Masters! Thanks for making me aware of how inexpensive KK can be on the secondary market. I think there is definitely some value here and it would be fun to do AFOL rebuilds or improvements of some of these sets.

Such an interesting and a one of a kind lego-theme. My brother got the castle back in the days and i used the amazing baseplate for countless of moc builts ever since.

I still have the castle of morcia set, was my first ever lego set and i bought it with my pocket money I saved up. absolutely love it. Need to get a replacement shield for one of the knights though as the handle broke because I played with it to death.

Looking back I do wish I had gotten some of these sets as a kid. I was about 5 when they came out and as a big Bionicle fan the action figures spoke to me a lot more than the system sets but the Citadel really caught my eye with its play features. Might have to pick up a copy some day.

Yooo it’s another retrospective!!! My fav Lego channel

Such cool review on one of the best castle themes in my opinion

I like this review series on my favorite theme. The best yet to be covered is the redesigned minifigs. Chest pieces with their animals on them. Vladeks curved shield. And the gold jayko chest piece. All bits i still hold onto.

I loved these as a kid I’m gonna buy all the sets on bricklink to heal my childhood trauma some more 😊

Omg this theme was awesome I’ve recently gone back and bought many of the sets my favorite set that I’ve had on display for years is Vladeks dark fortress, probably the best castle LEGO has ever made I feel bad for the people that never knew about this theme they’ve missed out

So much lore here! These sets would make for some good films! Anyway, with all those frogs I'm half surprised Rascus's animal isn't a green frog. 😂

Idk why, but I love seeing this gigantic brick

I have a soft spot for Knights Kingdom. I don't remember exactly which sets I own, but I'm sure I had the action figures for Vladek, Jayco, and the King, as well as Vladek's Castle from the next wave. Unfortunately all my Knights Kingdom sets are completely disassembled and while I've rediscovered a number the pieces and Minifigs, I suspect that some might be in storage. Looking at this video, I don't think I had any of the Wave 1 System sets. Though one day I may try buying more. Especially because I want to one day build a MOC Castle Display.

I had no idea blue-violet even exists! If I had seen it next to a blue piece, I might've assumed it was just sun-bleached or something.

I remember being a little confused about these system sets as a kid. I was pretty excited for the action figures, so possibly I maybe expected Lego to do more with sets of that scale? I also remember during this era in a similar vein, they made system Bionicle sets! They were weird 😂

This always reminded me of Medieval Times with the different colored knights.

I have the Castle Wall and Siege Engine sets haha, I reaaaallly wanted the castle but 12 year old me had no money and my mom was unwilling to spend that much. 😅

These sets are amazing

Danju got a little screwed by his power. Like, Jayko, Santis, and Rastus all have physical abilities that lend themselves to play features, but wisdom doesn't work as well for that. I kind of wish we'd gotten something like Tygura's Roar from the old Johnny Thunder sets. The main trap of that set can actually be circumvented in two different ways by putting torches through some conspicuous holes. It gets across the idea that Dr. Kilroy is outsmarting Tygura. I guess planning to be near a convenient catapult in the unlikely event that you happen to encounter the main baddie is a kind of intelligence, but they could have done something much more satisfying.

Damnit, the only OG knight I'm missing is Danju, and of course, that one is the most expensive one

Pure "Clutch Power" 😂

This is basically a LEGO castle crashers at least the four knights are.

Morcia and King Leos castle are my least favorite ones, the comics showed a much bigger better looking castle, I'd like see someone make MOC version. Some the helmets are little bulky and I'd changed a few of them make looking interesting. The Vladek story, army and fortress where the best part of this theme and his return with a new army brought some great sets. Thank for explaining the Danju price hike, was wondering what happened. Btw I have the chess and its great to expanded Vladeks army. Now do video about the 3rd wave

rip purple helmet guy who's name I've immediately forgotten Honestly I didn't know minifig versions of the action figures existed, I just assumed that was all the theme had to it

Anybody else have a Mandela effect about Vladek's name? I remember it being Vandalek as in Vandal. Though that could have just been me misreading it as a kid and that's what my friend called him. But I'm glad I remembered King Mathias' name correctly. I was kinda worried it was "actually Mathis" the whole time. Edit: I remember Vladek being the correct name for most of the time but I mistakenly thought he was called Vandalek when it first came out.

Weird they used two different skull prints for this set unless that’s a mistake

I have 0 clue how I got it or where it came from, but I randomly found that purple helmet in my house once lmao

There are people alive and having their own children, even though those people were born after Knights Kingdom released... I'm elderly, ancient.

im wincing at total thought of the cost of these sets. you must be really dedicated

once again another lego product that was perfect Saturday morning cartoon material but lego didn't go for it! i wish the 2000's was when lego decided to make TV shows off their products instead of the 2010's #missedopportunity

Lego castle is my favourite Lego theme

What about Nexo Knights?

This theme was my first exposure to a Lego castle theme, I was about 10 years old too. One of my favourite and most nostalgic themes!

That chess set was the ultimate army build as a kid. Made the castle look really cool kitted out with a full defending force

Cheesey: first and foremost congratulations on reaching 100.000+ subscribers!!! I’m not at all surprised you hit this milestone so quickly and I think this video is a testimony on why. Not only are you wholesome, honest, down to earth, intelligent and relaxing to watch but you have some of the highest quality LEGO content out there. These videos must take for ever to make but are so worth it in the end as we the viewer can see the amount of effort you put into these videos. I have no doubt you’ll break the next goal really soon!

This was such a great theme that had so much thought and love put into it- I think it teaches a lot of lessons for making a successful theme. Fleshed out lore, memorable and unique characters, and enough of its own identity repeated/revisited throughout various sets to make it feel cohesive and planned out. Great video!

I love this theme! Please do a part 2 of the second wave!

My goodness.....I was 9 when this theme came out, and it has such a dear place reserved in my nostalgia-filled heart for lines like this, with fun, simple storylines and colorful original characters. I hope Lego brings something like this back one day. 😭

Lego Castle but with more lore, story, and character development. I LOVED this theme growing up!

Feel like this is one of the first channels I've found that has nostalgia for all the same themes I do. I guess we must be about the same age 😆

2000s lego is infinitely fascinating, they were just throwing so many amazing ideas at the wall, maybe not all of them stuck but they're all extremely memorable

One of my earliest lego childhood memories was walking into Toys R Us and buying the Citadel set. I loved this theme and had several of the sets but never managed to get Danju :( Lego has missed out on having a castle theme for years now. These were top notch with their play features

Seeing wave 2 would be awesome, that's the wave I had the most of growing up :>

The adventure box was one of my favorite sets as a kid! One of the most interesting pieces of gear is the Legoland photo frame that includes Jayko and Johnny Thunder

I loved every era of the Lego Knights including this particular theme. My brother and I had the GBA game, the watch, the magnets, the random non-story related wall and siege tower and all the knights and Vladek. This theme holds a special place in my heart as well.

Wow I think you may have actually made me like knights kingdom🤣. Can’t wait for your video on the second wave!

So big spiky castle, huh? Find of reminds me of Knighton's Castle in the rock monster's wave of sets from NEXO Knights. Even the knights' armor is cool and interesting.

Had the 8801 Knights' Attack Barge set from 2005 when I was younger. Such a simple set but I had so much fun with it. Such a great line!

You really see Lego trying to really get into that storytelling aspect here that worked so well with Bionicle.

...I wonder if those character polybags are a beta design or something.

Congrats on 100,000 subs! You deserve all of it and more. Knights Kingdom really feels like the forerunner to Ninjago, with concrete storylines and fleshed-out characters. Looking forward to a part 2!

Remember having a few of these and went to my grandparents and sure enough my grandmother kept them and my brother and i actually had ALL phase 1 sets(main map), spent 2 days putting them all back together and only missing 25 basic pieces ie flames and holders, going to look for them but worse case will just buy them to finish them all out. Huge nostalgia hit

I like to think the polybag minifigs with generic helmets are younger versions of the knights. Like maybe they were just regular soldiers until they were found and knighted. And I guess Vladek looked like Johnny when he was younger.

I had the Citidel of Orlan. I got it for christmas in 04 and our state had a winter vortex with freezing rain and most of the state was without power for the better part of a week. My mom dad and I spent christmas morning in our garage/workshop because the house was too cold and we had a wood burning stove in it so i built the set in the workshop that chrismas day. I also have a distinct memory of playing with one of the knights kingdom sets while watching Master and Commander Far Side of The World. This video brings back some memories.

Maybe "Vladek encounter" was supposed to be sold alongside those two last sets That could explain wju Danju isn't in the Knights' wall, because he was originally planed to be included in "Vladek's siege engine" along with the catapult. It sounds like one of those situations where somebody decided that they needed to split it into more sets so they could sell them separatly

Did you notice that in the first Lego movie, there’s a scene with a map dividing different worlds/lands, and one of them is called Vladek’s realm

I always called it royal blue, but now I know it's violet blue is probably my favorite blue. My wife sorted all my Lego by color and she said it was her favorite too. Shame it was short lived. But now look what you made me do, I'll have to go through my parts and see if I can't build this castle again! Amlsot 20 years later! The thing I liked about Lego back then, was like rock raiders, alpha team and these knights is that each character is unique head to toe. Newer themes have a too unified look between characters.

I still have my Danju that came with the Vladek encounter. Not parting with him or Vladek. I did part out the catapult, though.

Am I the only one who thinks the knights' faces look really weird? Anways, the unreleased versions of the knights gave me a really good laugh! They look so different when compared to the actual ones!

I love these videos. No reaction, no review just information about the sets and any cool details about them. I had a lot of these sets as a kid and it's nice to see them lovingly displayed.

I really miss the Knight’s Kingdom theme. I really wish we could see it remastered or revamped in some fashion

I never had any of these sets, but distinctly remember finding the story book in my library and getting sucked into that. I'm really glad to have the chance to see what the sets and theme were like, having somehow managed to get nostalgic for sets I never even had. Thanks!

I’d l or to see a top10 sets or lines you like to see be remade…. If you haven’t already. Still going through your other videos.

Knights' Kingdom was possibly the most foundational LEGO theme for me growing up - probably split between that, Johnny Thunder, and Bionicle. Those themes together informed my love for serialized storytelling, lore, character archetypes, and worldbuilding. Combining the comics with the sets, the trading cards, and the young reader novelizations starts to paint a surprisingly complete picture of the world they were building. I have all of the standard retail sets for wave one and two of KK, sadly missing most from the third wave. I also thought all the play features built into the sets were really solid, with the Citadel of Orlan being the real stand-out there. This theme will never fail to fill me with absolute nostalgia. And yes, please, absolutely do more Revisiting videos for the Knights' Kingdom line!

My brother had the giant Blue Castle set and I remember it's whay got me into Lego and remember it being an amazing set I use to play with him in general,It was our dungeons and dragon's

I actually still have the Chessboard, its super cool and was great for army building.

Thank you for taking us on that nostalgic journey ! Great presentation as always, cheers from France !

The reason he doesn't have a chest plate is because he was traveling and carrying large armor for miles is well... Hard really hard

My childhooooood 🫰😩✨️

Space fans destroying the pricing of the sets just because of 1 helmet is so depressing.

A little fun anecdote regarding Mike Rayhawk, behind much of the artwork of this line, is that he's also the one behind the unofficial lego-derived wargame "Brikwars", which apparently was more influential (mainly through the artwork for it) to Lego than they would ever admit a wargame about maximum violence, carnage and fun be.

I loved this theme... nostalgia

I grew up looking at these sets in catalogs and always dying to get one! I may have to go back now and grab a few

My cousims had a lot of this. I think i may want them now

I have been binge watching all of your videos on 2000s Lego themes, and It’s bringing back so much memories. I knew I was building Lego young, always thought I started at 5 yrs old, but based on this theme, I’m starting to think my parents must’ve gotten me started a lot younger than I realized 😆

Knights Kingdom was my first introduction to LEGO Castle, even though the only set I had from this first wave was the small blue catapult polybag. I'd love to see you do a video on the Wave 2 sets--they were spectacular!

Thank you for this video, it was so nostalgic and made me so happy :)

As a child, at Legoland, I had the choice of picking up this or 10131, a set of four TIE fighters and I am so glad I went with the castle. It’s aged so well and is iconic.

Lovely video of an underrated theme! Please do the next wave as who doesn't love those Shadow Knight minifigures?

Yes, please don’t stop here. I would love to see the rest of this series get finished

Thanks to you, I now am on the search for more of this theme..great job and video