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I think this year wins on the grounds of that real car alone
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!
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.
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 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
at the start i was pretty much expecting 2001 mostly for bionicle bionicle changed lego as a whole and i wish they atleast refrence it or pay respect to it more
Happy to support this episode and provide some research along with it! A BIZARRE topic if I do say so myself 🙂
2008
This rapidfire year summary was an intense hit of nostalgia and I'm all about it
A few years ago i collected the xalax racers for my lego racers 2 collection, thanks for another great video 🙂
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!
Is it really just nostalgia?
This experimentation vs. the dull 300+ €/$ sets that get released each and every month now
When they threw everything including the kitchen sink at the wall to see what sticks.
Whenever Galidor debuted probably.
Edit: I stand corrected. Made this comment before finishing the video lol.
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
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
Now i know why the green ninja IS special
2:45 Ah yes, the year 2000, a year so strange and forgotten compared to the rest of the 2000s. So much so that I have a feeling that more people see 2001 as the true beginning of the 2000s than 2000 itself.
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!
😉👍
7:15 of all the possible "glinch" combos, why choose cockface to be in the ad?
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.
Gallador was there for a year and it died… unlike ninjago and (arguably) monkie kid…
1:36 A Musket isn't as realistic as an Revolver ? What ?
I loved Jack Stone m, I was 4 at the time!
I REMEMBER LITTLE ROBOTS
seeing life on mars stuff always gives me the warm and fuzzies….great video as always 🙂
Welcome back sir!😉
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.
Bionicle
Huff… Sexiest voice on YouTube. I could listen to this dude read the phonebook 😅
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.
OK what in the world is that Lego "IN MOTION" car thing? I googled it and found absolutely nothing.
I think you might be my favourite YouTube.
Algorithm boost
hot take: LEGO's craziest year is 2022, because it's the only one they haven't went through yet. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be busy waiting for my comment to be completely irrelevant in 32 days
I had quite a few of those sets back in the day and still have some of them.
1:55
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.
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…
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
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.
Where do I find more about the car with Lego baseplates in it and whatnot?
Let me guess…the year of buonicle?
Edit: of course
4:28 THAT SHOW HAD A LEGO SET!?!?!?
on a side note, as ive gotten older ive honestly grown an appreciation for the simpler slightly blocky-er sets
6:25 does anyone have any more info about that? I can't find anything.
Hey, Nick. I'm the guy who commented on the Technic video asking if you could disclose some more information about your Chima AU. Part of the reason I asked that was because I am working on a Chima rewrite myself, and I just wanted to make sure I didn't accidentally copy any of your ideas, even if I don't know what they are.