Editing this video kicked my butt for a month straight. Needless to say I can't produce videos like this often, but Monkie Kid is worth it. REALLY worth it. Please share to continue the discussion. I'm so tired... Discord link in the description. Must be 18+

The longer the Demon Bull king is on earth the stronger he gets

I feel like Nexo Knights could've lasted longer if they'd pulled more directly from the King Arthur mythos, like this theme does from Journey to the West. It could've still had the techno influence, but even just calling the character and locations by recognizable names could've gotten more people into the theme. I mean, most kids, even if they've never read any King Arthur stories proper, know the gist, Knights of the Round Table Merlin, Camelot, Morgan, etc.

I’d welcome an Egyptian mythology LEGO Set 👍

In the UK, a lot of people know Journey to the West because of the 70's Japanese TV adaptation "Monkey" getting broadcast over here. It's theme tune is extremely iconic

Gotta love a new unlicensed theme :)

these sets cost so much, in 2 years time diehard monkie kid fans' organs will make up 70% of the blackmarket's circulation

I did not expect this theme to look so gorgeous, not gonna lie... At first, I didn't even know it was supposed to be a follow up on Journey to the West so that was a really pleasant surprise, and now... I absolutely adore this theme.

Those longer lightsaber hilt pieces would work wonders for Darth Maul if recast in silver...

I hope Lego doesn't drop this after like 3-4 waves

The demon bull king’s trans orange chest reminds me of the 2008 Makuta from bionicle

17:53 Wait so it's not a mech? That is a demon itself? Another bull demon? A Cyber-bull demon?!?!!?? (Happy Doom fan noises) Almost done watching the vid. Absolutely loving it so far.

"this is no ordinary rake, one blow from this and you're very soul will be rent asunder!" *plink!* "You were saying?" "I'd like to surrender now."

OSP host’s voice is how I imagine Minnow sounds.

10:32 playing Red Sun from MGR is a nice touch, I loved it This line definitely seems really cool, damn I wanna get every set!!

I never thought I was gonna like this theme... But now I really want to get some of these! It’s so unique and impressive. I am a bit interested in the Horse Bike. This video was definitely worth the wait!

I kind of want a squad of flying demon bulls using Red Sons jet pack, like chaos space marine raptors, though that might be my Warhammer 40k streak coming through.

Love the video. I like your entertaining critisism, you're being very honest and relatable without insulting the theme or the target demographic and saying 'played for laughs' excuse. These types of reviews are rare these data and now we got people making dishonest reviews about popular and lesser known children shows with their amature cartoon avatar just to get money from KZfaq. I like monkey kid as much as Ninjago but the annoying part of the Ninjago fandom are ruining this theme. Off topic: Right now I'm studying as a designer and my dreamjob is to work for Lego. My dream is to share a theme for them with my vision in story. Sounds pretty shonen

Red Son Over Paradise

Sooooo, the standard bulls are the “exoforce robots” of the line? Nice

As soon as I saw this monkey king mecha I fell in love with the entire proposition, all the designs are colorful and unique, no color scheme seems out of place and they complement each others really well. there's just so much personnality in each of these sets it's amazing. I hope we get to see more of this

A new non licensed lego theme ONLY available in China, online, or at 5 stores.... yup...must have been the same marketing team behind Bionicle G2's marketing. Seriously, I love journey to the west (even if I know very little about it) and I love it when people base stories and ideas around this ancient story. I hope Lego can find a way to introduce this set to us in the west without turning it into yet another Ninjago. As much as I love the sets in aninjago, I am tired of owning yet ANOTHER Chole, Zander, And whoever the rest of them are (seriously I'm tired of having the same red blue green and robot ninja in a set.)

12:08 you look like the monkie kid theme has driven you crazy, like you're just gonna out of nowhere scream, "WILSON!!!!"

18:00 holy crap it's basically the DOOM cyber demon but kid friendly

10:59 "They fly now?" "They fly now!" "They fly now."

20:10 so those two are the fire kid’s mom and dad? Something something wailord and skitty something something wtf.

I hope the first wave does well enough for the second wave to be a "full release". Or that they at least include some smaller builds. I'm one of those people who are interested in the theme but don't have the money to buy it. But I love it so much. It's a new aesthetic (even counting Ninjago), with interesting pieces/colours (that gold is gorgeous) and its connection to "Journey to the west" makes me think about all the possibilities for new lines. It sort of harkens back to your comment about (castle) themes based on other mythologies.

12:10 you look like Chris Pratt from his time in parks and recreation.

H-how. How did I miss this?! I found this channel through bionicle review and thought "damn i'd listen to this ASMR voice reading the fucking phone book i want more of him talking about the beauty of fictional universes" and like... i... i missed every video since then. How. I just binged through them as much as work allowed me to and im still in love with tgis channel

Wow, these are some beefy sets. Even the non-bull ones.

Everything in the world got bad right after lego rewind ended, bring it back lol

If you have the time I think you should make a video about the 90th anniversary LEGO ideas vote! I think you could make a big push with your audience for some great themes!

Love this, so well produced and edited! Thank you!

Finally lego is focusing on more if there own themed instead of licensed themes and ninjago, I'm so tired of ninjago its basically the sponge Bob or Simpsons of lego.

Well this is fun to see you around. Nice to see you talk about all this. This line should be pretty interesting to look at going forward.

I think this is your best video yet. Your acting out of scenes these characters could realistically go through sold this theme to me. Great video!

Wonderful video! It's fast paced, but you take enough time to show and tell all the most important things. It's wonderfully filmed, feeling like a TV commercial at times, which is cool! Keep up the great work!

I have been awaiting this for so long! The video did not disapoint! Good to see!

Hey Nick a big fan over here, thanks for sharing the thoughts and your time on making the video, i really enjoy the film shots and the rants, keep it up brother, leaving a mark in the earth, and after listening to hours and hours of your voice i think i need to say thanks. So there you go (:

You know what set is missing? The I ❤️ 🐵 brick...

I barely started the video but hearing your voice when talking about themeing is a perfect start on my holiday. Thanks for doing something you enjoy and in turn we enjoy,

Been waiting for this. Very excited to watch

im in love with these sets. they remind me a lot of the exo force sets I had as a kid. and looking at the pricing for the UK market they all seem to be on the low side considering the price for the voltron set for the monkey king's mech its about 10 or so pounds cheaper than the voltron mech set. but either way great video. I had no idea these sets were coming since I haven't been looking at lego sets since the owerwatch sets came out including the wrecking ball and junk rat sets. I see I might be splurging out on some of these soon

Idk why but I really love this video, I watch it at least once a week. Thanks for putting in all the effort to make this, you help make my life a little better :)

Thanks! This was a good video. I can tell you worked hard on this. My day has been made better!

Thanks so much for the great video Nick! I've seen so many videos on the Monkie King sets lately but NONE that address the story and how it's connected to the original in the way that this video did! It was great seeing you put the whole line into context, it helped me understand why it's so important and cool, I might actually spend a bunch of money on it now!

This is a fantastic video, even if I already know most about the sets, I'm captivated and noticing things that I've never thought about!

OH SNAP! Glad to see a new video from ya, Nick!!!

I loved this! I hope we see more megareviews in the future

Very good deep dive into this theme, I'm very impressed with Lego's efforts. Also your presentation is fantastic, I'm excited to see what other videos you will make

I haven't had this much fun watching a review in a long time. Thank you Nick and thank you for so much written insight for the relation to Journey to the West. I'm actually much more interested in these sets now than I've seen elsewhere.

The sets look beautiful done. And that animated show looks really nice too. Although I’m not completely sure how I’ll watch it. It’s kinda a shame the prices can get really nuts and that their foreign releases look rather limited. Possibly in part due to them being aimed for a Chinese market, based on what you said in this video that is. Excellently done video overall. You went through quite the details here.

This set is pretty wicked, i love the colors in them, you got good taste

So this is a mix of a review and an unofficial continuation of LEGO rewind love it very great to get your take on it and I didn’t even realize the story itself was a sequel to journey to the west very interesting!;)

love the way you "sell" these, really vibing with you

Dude that food truck looks so awesome

Amazing quality, awesome review! Thanks

I really hope lego will make a giant modular type city of the monkie kid city, like ninjago city. It would be amazing if the buildings were like the ones in the monkie kid sets and if they could perhaps be compatible with them as well. Either way I just think it would be amazing to see that many small detailed buildings all stacked together like from the movie ready player one. If you're reading this thank you and have a great day

The quality and production on this🔥

Good video, you did a good overview of the sets

Pretty cool I really love these builds

I wasn’t going to get all the sets before but seeing all the sets together and all the effort put into these sets I can’t say no to something this cool and this well made.

Coming back to this after watching the end of season 3, I want the warrior mech so bad due to its connection to the show and the scenes its in. I haven't said "I want this based on the story of the theme" since, well, Bionicle probably. Monkie Kid came out of nowhere but it's quickly skyrocketed up my list of favorite themes, between the inventive and fun sets and amazingly animated show. Too bad they're so reluctant to bring it to the states...

Wonderful video, loved it

Thanks for the video, enjoyed the sets and your thoughts, i hope you do some more in the future. I would also love to see your collection.

I can tell this will be a fun video

great vid as always, and i admit i did not expect this line to be real at first, but now, i want to get them all

This video was my favorite video I’ve seen all month, please do one for the second wave this year!!!

Holy crap I love this video so much! I didn’t even know this line was live right now!

Thanks for making this video man! You are the person who's Lego opinions and perspectives I trust the most so when I saw the leaks for this theme my first thought was "I wonder what Nick is gonna think of this... Probably love it for it's originality!" Glad you could get your thoughts out there!

Yes! Finally I love your videos and I'll love this one too

Awesome vid, love the new Monkie Kid theme

Positive reviews and attention towards the most ignored, yet arguable the coolest theme? Subscribed.

Fantastic overview of the theme. Great job Nick! Definitely worth the wait. Your review made me appreciate this theme more than any other reviewer could have. You gushing over the Monkey Kid Mech has convinced me to buy it. Side note: I like how you actually showed and filmed the sets in person instead of doing a boring bass Microsoft PowerPoint style “””video””” where you just show the promotional pictures of the sets taken by LEGO on screen and just talk over them. I appreciate the extra work and the many details you put into this video. Top notch stuff.

I really enjoy this video! Having reviews is a nice way to keep the LEGO energy alive on this channel but make sure that it doesnt have issues where at a certain point history catches up with you. Would love to see more :)

Really good review 👍 didn't know the Story behind, thanks for entlighten me. 🙂

Don’t worry nick you’ll eventually get that well-deserved 100,000

To be honest, these sets are phenomenal. And I liked the great commentary on Lego Monkie Kid! This video deserves a solid 10/10

Wow, this video is a masterpiece 👍🏼 it really changed my view on the theme

I love your Monkie Kid reviews. As far as I can tell, you're one of the only people who actually did research on the source material before hand. Most other reviewers treated everything like LEGO just made it all up, which seems kind of disrespectful. I look forward to your next review!

Awesome vid, Nick. As always. I have to agree, too...this theme may not be cheap but, dang, it is GOOD!

Amazing review by a passionate fan! I just started watching Monkie Kid and think it's awesome! I also ended up buying a lot of sets during prime-day sale because they were 30-45% off! I agree and think this theme will last at least a little while longer as it's essentially Lego trying to get a foothold into the China market. So, I think they'll risk any losses a while longer for that potential customer base. Also, they put a lot of effort into making a really great animated show! This is the first video I've seen of yours (hidden side is also great and underrated, btw) and your king of the hill clip was perfect, lol! Keep up the great work!

Got my "give it a try" Dragon Bike set in the mail today. Looking forward to building it.

just found your channel, i love the monkie kid line too

So refreshing to get a mega review. Only critique. Quick cuts. Again it a mega review so I can look past it it's like smooshing a really big sandwich . A departure from the lego rewind I guess which is now over for the time being. Happy to get another video and cant wait for what come next no matter the topic

I like to rewatch your videos alot

I am in love with the animated Monkey Kid's art style, and really hope this line gives a dragon down the line to add to my dragons only lego collection, thankyou for covering it!

Well done, Nick!

As a Ninjago fan soon 2011 and a lego fan since even earlier I really hate it when newer Ninjago fans hate on new themes, I agree with what you said on Nexo Knights and Monkey kid

I love the color scheme of these sets so much, it’s so pleasing to look at. Wish real life looked this good...

I can’t believe my youtube didn’t suggest this to me when it was made, but instead four days after. I definitely don’t want to miss this quality content.

I could watch you review loges all day.

So I took your advice and watched Overly Sarcastic's series on Journey to The West because you made it sound cool enough and I loved it, and now I've watched the two Monkie Kid episodes and I absolutely loved that too! The animation is amazing and I think I could apreciate the story and characters alot more because I I had learned so much of the original story. So thank you very much for that. Im honestly more interested in just more of those episodes now rather than the actual lego sets. xD

Great video and good to see another video from you. I bought the demon bull king and love it. The others I'm not that keen on, lets see what the future brings.

I went to my "local" Lego Store(an hour drive away) back in August, Saw Monkie Kid and went "Oh... Lego's doing Off Brand Dragon Ball?" and goodness gracious was that dumb and foolish of me. I know about Journey to The West, but instead my brain went "Mmmm yes, Dragon Ball" as opposed the thing that inspired it. Looking at it now I'm like "Oh this is all super unique and cool" and I realize that I am part of the problem. My whole shelf of Lego is just star wars(plus some city sets scattered around for fun, I love the space sets). I, as an adult fan of Lego, should try expanding my horizons about these non-licensed themes, add some variety to the shelves.

Man, the presentation in this video is really great, I often get the feel of a real Lego commercial 👍

I like this idea of lego taking mythos of different cultures and making reimagined stories and lines of them, i really hope there'll be more of this.

Man I can’t wait for part two

literally the first time ive ever heard of this story. youve got my attention now. ill have to watch the movie or something

12:09 Oh lord, dat quarantine beard...