8 year old me was extremely excited when I first saw Lego Minecraft in Walmart’s Lego section back in 2014! 10 years later I can’t believe it’s still going strong, and it’s one of my favorite Lego themes

Hearing that LEGO Minecraft is 10 years old is like a punch to the stomach

The old Lego Minecraft will always have a special place in my heart… something about building those cave and plains sets were just awesome.

I was gonna go write my essay, but this is more important

This very first End set was on shelves when my family visited Legoland. Me and my brother could not leave without it. I still remember building it in the hotel room. Good old carefree times...

Lego Minecraft is a theme very near and dear to my heart. I remember as a kid splitting my allowance with my brothers to buy the first skin pack set. We had hours of fun with those 4 minifigures, and when we slowly got more sets and more player skins, it started to feel like an in house original theme like Ninjago rather than a licensed theme. I’ll always have a soft spot for this theme, can’t wait to see what it’s got in store for the future

These sets are the definition of simple done right.

The Minecraft theme will forever be one of my favorites.

i remember when i was little at a lego convention i saw The First Night and had to have it and that memory has stuck with me ever since.

I remember being at the Lego World convention in Copenhagen back in the day and seeing the official unveiling of the very first Lego Minecraft cuuso set. That will always be a core memory for me, the excitement I felt was just something else

I miss when the sets were plain and classic. None of these weird animal houses, just plain survival minecraft.

I remember when I was 7 years old and I bought my first Lego Minecraft set: the wither

Lego Minecraft was always meant to be! One is about building things with plastic bricks The other is about building things with digital blocks The Lego Minecraft crossover theme was inevitable from the start! 14:58 This brought a tear to my eye 🥲 15:54 My favorite Ender Dragon is from the End Battle set with the Dragon-Slayer minifigure (set 21151), the scale just feels right somehow 18:41 Imaginex was one of the GOATs of the childhood toys 19:40 I'll do you one better: if The Cave ate an Enchated Golden Apple 21:32 I don't need it, I don't need it 21:14 *_*I NEEEED IT!!!!!!*_*

black iridescent sounds like a dream color variation!!! loved getting to learn about the origin of the LEGO theme that now takes up half our basement

I remember having the 4 smallest sets, they were so much fun connecting up, too. When I learned the farm and first night could connect, I was so excited!

Seeing this brought back the nostalgia of 2014, with all of my favorite KZfaqrs, movies, and everything

I’m neither a Lego Minecraft collector, nor a player of the game, but we started buying sets for my son last year, and I must say - I’ve been blown away by the theme. I really think it’s the best current Lego theme - insanely good value, great play value and easy to MOC. It’s just great.

About the dragon play feature! The Lego Hero Factory Brain Attack Dragonbolt also has the flapping wing feature using a rubber band. I would know as I own one myself. Idk about Ninjago dragons though.

18:30 While not identical, yes, there is a Ninjago Dragon who has flappable wings: 71766 Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon That said, that dragon's wings don't flap up and down, but forward and backward, but it is also oddles of fun.

Lego minecraft has rightful become a staple of lego, for ten years has beautifully flourished into one of the largest licensed theme amongst the lego group (possibly going head to head with star wars dare I say). Lego minecraft will always be one of my favorite themes capturing the wonderful whimsy and all the that is minecraft. Great video Cheesey it totally had that classic Lego Minecraft vibe ❤

I love having the Minecraft theme around. I haven't collected a ton of it, but I've bought some small sets, polybags, and magazines over the years and gathered some players and what I consider the classic Minecraft monsters (Skeleton, Creeper, Zombie, Spider, Enderman, Slime). It's such a delight having those guys sitting in a little display in Lego form! Really liked seeing the sets reimagined in your style too! A nice tribute to the theme's beginning, and cool to have the direct comparison to the simpler but effective style of the official sets.

Lego Minecraft will forever hold a special place in my heart, from simply overlooking some of their sets while buying other sets, to becoming my absolute favourite modern Lego Theme, You have only strengthened that "bond" I have with the theme by inspiring me to create my own "realistic" versions of some Minecraft Mobs

As much as I loved Minecraft and Lego, I regret not getting any of the older sets back then due to me being into Hero Factory and Bionicle at the time but I finally got my first Lego Minecraft set: The Fox Lodge and I really enjoy it! And after seeing the new sets we will get in June, I can't wait to see what the future has in store for this theme.

The amount of nostalgia I'm getting from this video is insane. The rebuilds are SOOO cool. (I need a part two with the end set rebuild) Also, the crafting box being your first set really explains a lot...

I've been waiting for this one! Lego Minecraft is one of my favourite licensed themes! I'll watch this in full once I've gotten some sleep though, it's like 11PM down here in Australia rn...

Kudos to LEGO for sending the parts! It's a nice deviation from just set reviews, and I hope they do this more with LAN members!

The only thing I can say is chills and trying not to tear up. I’ve always always always have loved that original Minecraft wave. The Mine is still to this day my number wanted Lego Minecraft set of all time. Minecraft has such a special place in my heart because it’s what I did when I started my channel last year. Thank you for making this video and bringing me back 10 years!!!

I remember buying the first lego sets for Minecraft and enjoying them so much, they had such a charm. I believe I got the Jungle one (which was one of the earlier sets?) for my birthday as a kiddo, and of course I collected some of the other ones, the farm, the little starter house, etc. Loved it. I've also recently acquired a bunch more of the old ones including the end set! anyway yaps aside, this theme is great, especially collecting the figs and special prints.

18:37 there are few ninjago dragons, with the same play feature. First dragon, witch had that play feature was First bourne from 2018. Last dragon, witch had similar function might been Lloyds legendary dragon from 2022, and since then most of the dragons have switched for more poseable wings.

The Ninjago dragons 70653 Firstbourne and 71754 Water Dragon both have a gravity-powered flapping feature. I personally love the Water Dragon's function, the wings ripple like that of a manta ray or sting ray. Similar in function is 71766 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, which has a lever that moves the wings forward and backish, it's not a straight flap but it gets the job done (I don't own it so can't speak to it like I can the Water Dragon). On a related note, 71721 Skull Sorcerer's Dragon doesn't flap, but it has a button in the same place as Firstbourne's wing-flapper that opens its ribcage to drop a boulder, just like the Makuta Phantoka, which I think is another top-tier play feature. Love your videos, keep up the phenomenal work!

Yet another look into a theme I completely missed, although this one is clearly in production to this day. I've been playing minecraft on and off when it was still in early beta and the Lego minecraft does indeed convey this 'early style' minecraft very well. I can imagine the blocky layer style of building being extremely fun for a minecraft enhusiast. This is also the first time I got to see the Minecraft custom moc buildings. This smooth blocky style might be a bit over the top, but it does look even better, the colors and layers just pop a lot more. Thanks again for taking us along a journey into Lego history, which is insanely valuable to someone that has only somewhat recently rediscovered Lego as a hobby.

I had every one of these sets except the Crafting Box set when they came out. I absolutely love them and they forever hold a special place in my heart.

i have all of them bisides the mineshaft and i rember me and my sister playing minecraft lego and fighting out characters and building out houses and cities, and convincing everything to cover an entire table, and we would play minecraft in lego and uses game accurate crafting, with a brick built table and arguing about ur weather the silver pickaxe was a stone or iron, on my god this brings me back to childhood. thank you so much cheesy you made my month!

lego minecraft is certainly a license i feel nostalgic about. not as much nostalgia as i feel for lego spongebob or lego indiana jones, and i no longer have my lego minecraft sets built, but it holds a special place in my heart because it connects me with my past and reminds me of those days i used to spend playing minecraft wii u edition with my friends, a handful of which turned out to be life-time friends that i still share memories with to this day. in fact, lego minecraft is one of the reasons i got more into minecraft in 2015 and 2016 and even got minecraft on the wii u. so it's crazy to think of how long it's been. man, this video reminded me that the cave was the first minecraft lego set i ever got. i should probably rebuild it one of these days lol

Yes, the Firstbourne, from Ninjago´s 2018 Hunted season had that flaping wing feature, a simple, yet, great action feature!

18:33 Ninjago actually does have a few dragons with a flap play feature such as Firstbourne from the Hunted wave and I think the Nya water dragon from the Seabound wave also had one

There are a couple of ninjago sets that have the flapping wing function, a few that come to mind are Firstbourne and Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon. Great Stuff!

The block-accurate builds of the OG sets look soooooo good, I'm glad Lego supported a great builder like you to create those Mocs. Keep these high quality videos coming! 👍

My 2 favorites of the more recent times have got to be "The Zombie Cave" & "The Abandoned Mine" They give me huge nostalgia for this original wave and capture the game so well while being so fun to play with

I paused my Minecraft World for this :[]

I had the original crafting box we probably mixed all the pieces in with our old legos that got sold, but I remember having so much fun just trying to make Minecraft builds in real life with the bricks. The anniversary of the game and theme makes me feel so old!

I think Lego micro scale will always be my fav, just love the scale, and the printing on the sides of the 1x1 plates are awesome

Lego x Minecraft might be one of the best collabs made in human history. They were made for eachother.

Amazing video Caleb! I love these old sets, and this video reminded me of a bunch of old memories, like watching the official stop motion and designer videos. I got the mine set back in the day for my 9th birthday I think, a friend came over and we built it together, after which we played some Minecraft of course :P I also remember building the smaller cave set from the pieces in the mine a few times, apart from this having water bricks instead of lava, the parts in the cave set are pretty much all also in the mine! Thanks for the great video!

A LOT of those sets were my first ever lego sets that I remember. They bring back so much nostalgia

Been looking forward to this one since i saw your short of it. I love your versions of the original models so much, ive been making my own minecraft remakes in studio of some of the newer models but i never thought of going back to these classic builds. I particularly like the explosion with the display stands you added, might be the best use of those pieces ive seen! Really awesome look back and remakes for a great first 10 years!

The Cave was my first Minecraft set. A lot of nostalgia for that one. I remember playing with it for hours

you have no idea what I would've given for these sets back in the day XD I love to see a retrospective on them. You're videos are just so chill, and even inspired me to transform by Minecraft sets into a new, block-accurate creation just like I've always wanted! Keep up the good work

The amount of nostalgia for me in this video is crazy. We've got the classic Minecraft sets that I had when I was a kid. We've got the feeling of playing classic Minecraft. And funnily enough the mention of imaginex was also nostalgic.

Brings back memories. I was only 30 back when the first sets came out.

I have a lot of nostalgia for these sets. I especially loved watching the old stop motion shorts, and the designer reviews on repeat. Thanks for making this video.

The Hero Factory dragon set from the second Brain Attack wave also had flapping (and tilting) wings, but yeah, other than that, I can't really think of any others with that feature.

Idk if anyone else has mentioned it, but 70653 Firstbourne from Ninjago had flapping wings! That set was awesome, I remember getting it back in 2018.

Love this video and the style of this video. The close ups of the product then the parts that feature you talking about the product are masterfully created. Great piece of work here. It likely took considerable amount of effort that I cannot comprehend.

You mentioning the Imaginext Singe The Dragon brought back some memories. I totally forgot about that toy, and I loved it as a kid. The wing function was so awesome. I loved how they folded out.

that first wave will always have an amount of nostalgia that any other minecraft wave could ever replicate for me.

Incredible to see a retrospective of one of my childhood themes! Crazy to think it's been around for so long now, and it was great to see your takes on it given your unique position- loved the video, and loved your recreations! I feel like I should take a crack at one too!

9:24 I would love for Legó to re-release the original wave of 2014 but with the improvements you implemented to celebrate 10 years, the truth is that they are perfectly faithful to the game

so awesome to see ur takes on such classic sets! amazing video

Im not sure if anyone has said this but the lego Ninjago firstbourne dragon from the hunted wave has flappable wings and is pretty cool

My brother and i both collected lego Minecraft when we were little. Crazy its been 10 years now. I still remember seeing the sets for the first time. Like a dream come true

This was a very fun video, I have also had a go at making some Lego Minecraft Sets block accurate like the skull arena, the nether bastion, as well as the swamp adventure set and all of those mocs used at least three times the amount of pieces that came in the actual sets lol

What a throwback ! I still have the cave set and regulary rebuild it cause it's just so charming ! Thank you for this dive into these sets :)

The farm was my first lego minecraft set, and from there i started getting more sets and stuff. eventually i saw your channel, thought it was really cool. after a while i got inspired and made a minecraft on my windowsill, although not block accurate its something to be proud of. overall, lego minecraft is a good theme.

This was really fun to look back on. I really hope we get to see you make a custom end area and or end city build soon.

I didn’t appreciate Lego Minecraft when it first came out; I didn’t like that Steve having a standard minifig body limited game accuracy, while the block head meant he didn’t look good next to normal minifigures. That changed in 2020, because I got into building pirate ships and castles and needed gray and brown bricks. I’ve never been comfortable with bricklink’s interface and it feels like too much work to find a good deal, and you may pay a fortune in shipping by the end of it. I wasn’t really using Lego’s pick a brick service at the time(that’s changed in a big way though. I use PAB online all the time now) so I needed a way to get brown and gray bricks. The Minecraft sets offered the best deal of any on shelves for getting what I wanted, but I soon came to appreciate the figures! Now, I feel it’s maybe the best value for money theme that Lego offers, and I love that the sets come with play features but are obviously meant to be rebuilt, added to, and just inspire creativity as a jumping off point.

Would be awesome to see the set recreations incorperated somehow into the big minecraft world as little references to the start of the theme, great work as always man! 👌

So awesome to see these great sets translated into your 1:1 style, would love to see more of this sometime! Maybe with a cost breakdown? Would be great to know how much it would be for someone to make their own little block accurate environment.

when i was five me and my brothers would take them apart and build our own houses out of them and also used parts from other sets and we had so much fun the sets i remember the most was the cave. crafting box. and the farm and thinking that this was 10 years ago! it just makes me feel alot older than i was then and i cant wait to find my old lego box back in usa and build those sets up!

I own a few of these and especially the mine is so nostalgic for me. Was so fun as an 8 year old to play around with the minecart going down the railway! So many good simple sets to look back at. ☺️

Ooh yeah one of my fav texture in minecraft is the ender portal space thing, I think pieces with those metallic flakes would be awesome for them

I had fun a few years ago connecting the Mine set to the Nether Portal to the Nether Railway for a loop of track! The sets lend themselves to integration so easily and it's been fun trying different combinations old and new.

I just recently got my legos back out, and im feeling inspired by this.

Its funny how minecraft is having 15th anniversary this year, and Lego minecraft is having a 10th anniversary.

Omg the nostalgia is hitting me like a freight train, Ima go rebuild my own mine set now

My first Lego Minecraft set I got from my half sister was The Farm when I was like 6 or 7. I absolutely loved it so I ended up also getting The Mine and now I have over 30 sets from this theme over the past 10 years.

It's my birthday today and this is my favourite theme, this is a great birthday gift from you!

Was waiting for this vid

Absolutely excellent video! Thanks for making this :)! What a lovely retrospective Just looked it up... The new Ender Dragon is ROUGH. Lol!

This is such an amazing lego revisit, definitely the best one. You dont know how much i love those sets

I remember when I got my first set when I was like 5 or 6 and I got the 2020 set , the Cave ( or the mine , I don’t remember the name ) . I really love this theme, so much I’ve made some custom builds , like a village , an end area , a small cave , and even a dirt house.

Very happy that LEGO sent you a multitude of bricks. Hope they will send you more. You did a great job on this video & adding your own touch to the originals.

I just got a brilliant idea, in your custom Lego Minecraft world, you should add a village before the 1.14 update. Infact, in my in game world, I'm currently building one aswell. Perfect way to celebrate 15 years of a timeless game

Man, I didn't realize how old the Minecraft theme was. Wow. Great video!

I know of few Ninjago dragons with a unfolding motion wing feature, Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, Lloyd’s Golden Ultra Dragon and Zanes Ice Creature Dragon, but theyre not quite the same or as fun

18:34 To answer both your questions: 1. Yes, I also remember Imaginext. It and Geotrax was my Lego before Lego. 2. There are actually 3, technically 4, that have a flapping wing feature: It's 4 if you count the upcoming Monkie Kid "Nine-Headed Beast". It's more of a bird than a dragon, but it does have a flapping function. Then there's the 2022 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, which actually has them flap forward and back. It's somewhat simplistic, but very effective Then the 2021 Water Dragon which has an incredibly unique, but equally awesome flapping function. And finally there's the first to really do this (that's not the MC one): the 2018 Firstbourne. Not only does it have a flapping function, but it also has foldable wings not too dissimilar to the Imaginext dragon. (Infact, a lot of modern Ninjago Dragons have folding functions.) There's also the two original Ultra Dragons (Golden one doesn't), which are kinda half flap/fold and flying/landing, it's hard to describe. But you are able to make them flap on the 2019 version, not sure about the 2012 one tho. There's also a chance an Elves one might have one; non seemed to have one from my skimming, but I also don't know much about Elves.

This was an amazing video - time to rebuild my minecraft sets! Also, Lloyds legendary dragon has a brilliant wing flapping feature!

man, for some reason I forgot how nostalgic I am towards these sets... the first few LEGO MC waves were actually something I completely obsessed over. Anyone else remember those hours you spent simply looking at the small images in the iconic square catalog? The Minecraft pages were definitely some of the most appealing ones to me then. Maybe because during that time I played a ton of Minecraft Pocket Edition too (Gosh, Samsung still made tablets then...). Don't know if LEGO fueled my MC obsession or the other way around... Anyways, I fondly remember really wanting the desert fortress and the Jungle Treehouse (along with many others, but mainly those 2). And I also had the Crafting Box! I spent so many hours making my own combinations between the modules and when that got boring I started to build my own things with all the pieces like the inspirational models encouraged. I feel like the crafting boxes did get worse over time, there's less customization in each new one they make. Or maybe the original just can't be topped. Or both. Oh crap, now I'm rambling too.

Man, I forgot how well priced these sets were. I got almost all of these first sets. I really loved these, and it felt like you got a world in every set, very nice.

It will always be funny to me how I started collecting Minecraft sets even though I had never actually played the game as a kid. now that I‘m older and do actually play the game I can enjoy and appreciate these sets even more than I already did!

Seeing these sets makes me realize how diverse the theme’s gotten in the past few years. It also reminds me of how much I’m looking forward to the End Boat set with the new Dragon!

I loved the Minecraft theme as a kid, but I've kinda grown out of it but the sets I have are such good part packs. Brought back some memories.

You need to add those remake sets into the display. One, they look amazing, second, it would be a great hommage to the roots of the theme and display, and third it should only require minor adaptations. This is amazing, and bring me back in the day of the paper magazine Lego Club, when the first wave was teased... Feel old...

I had no idea they ever made microscale minecraft sets. Definitly need one of those for my desk. The enderdragon looks huge btw. Incredible.

New LEGO Minecraft summer 2024 sets are here launching June 1st

I would love to see you do this with some of the later Minecraft waves too. The Desert Outpost was my first LEGO Minecraft set and I would love to see your take on it. Also, as far as making the portal more game-accurate, I feel like the effect could be translated into brick form through black glitter tiles (which don’t exist yet, but could be created for this purpose) or, if LEGO wanted to get fancy, trans black glitter tiles on top of black plates, to give it some depth.

What a great idea! Remaking the sets in your own block accurate style

18:19 It's so funny that when you released the button the whole assembly just popped out lol

While I like many, grew out of Lego Minecraft, I still believe it is one of the core themes of the lego brand, this theme inspires creativity unlike any current theme in the lego portfolio, I think it’s use of standard bricks works so well in its favor as it allows for custom builds to be so much easier, unlike most lego sets that utilize smaller pieces with detail in mind, this theme will always be a personal favorite

Lego and Minecraft go together perfectly! I really love the block-accurate versions of the sets. I actually recreated the block translator with modern designs using my lego resource pack, Plasticraft! I used your glowstone design and made the nether bricks dark brown for maximum accuracy :)