Chima being deliberately designed as NInjago's replacement is probably the genesis for Ninjago fans' general hostilities to new Lego story themes. They felt threatened by Nexo Knights and even Monkey Kid because they think they are also trying to replace Ninjago using Chima as a precedent.
I remember when chima came out. Seeing the first wave sets, and then seeing a crocodile boat that had an attached helicopter, I was sold. Because of that, I really liked the theme.
I was the only Ninjago fan my age who thought it was worth it giving Chima a chance. And you know what, it was a worthy evolution of the average “big bang” theme whose innovations would bleed into later big bangs like Nexo Knights and Monkie Kid and back into Ninjago. Sure, it was held back by the limitations of the show’s writing and the parts of the time, but man was it something.
As a kid in the 80s I was a fan of this toyline called Battle Beasts. The concept behind them and Chima is almost the same, tribes of anthropomorphic animals battling it out using sci-fi/fantasy tech. I remember seeing Chima in stores and wishing I were a kid again, because the sets looked really cool. I would've loved them growing up. The crocodile boat looked awesome.
I havnt forgoten battle beasts (mostly because I loved Headmasters era transformers) Battle Beast will be seen in a very special episode about the themes biggest controversy.
Very interesting hearing about potential Fabuland reboots, considering Lego Animal Crossing was just announced. That's pretty much the next generation of Fabuland, just without the oversized pieces. I wonder if the same people were involved.
One thing I do want to point out is that while there are certainly parallels between Chi and controlled substances, Chi is as much a resource as it is something that changes physiology. In that way, it's a lot more akin to something between money and batteries than it is drugs.
I loved chima as a child and I've just recently gotten back to collecting more of it. I've already spent way too much money on it but its just soooo great! I especially like how many play functions the sets have, especially compared to Ninjago.
This is NickOnPlanetRipple meets Slugger ❤. I really like Chima, so I'm looking forward to this retrospective. Only on episode as of now, and I've already learned so many new things, like how Ninjago discarded villains booted off Chima, and, best of all, Fabuland Mechs 🤣
I was there as a kid, when both Ninjago and Chima used to air on Cartoon Network! It's true about what you said, a lot of my friends and others kids at school just absolutely LOATHED Chima, as we all thought it was going to replace Ninjago, after the season 2 finale (the intended finale for the Ninjago series, before Rebooted was quick created to expand the theme. I'm a HUGE Ninjago fan and I'm still watching it today, and Dragons Rising season 1 has been a awesome soft-reboot/continuation of Ninjago's lore and worldbuidling so far) and I felt like I was the only kid at my school who actually watched Chima. 😅 While China's show does pale (sadly, heavily) in comparison to Ninjago's show, I still enjoyed it, and I feel like the STILL SHOCKINGLY EVER-PRESENT MODERN DAY HATE for it is so unwarranted! Thank you for making this retrospective series, since I hope some non-fans will at least warm up to the sets, miniature designs/sculpts, and just the overall really interesting worldbuiding this theme had! 💙
Yea... honestly at first i hated it, only wanting sets that had crocs in them. Didn't like the show but by the end of season 1 with the black clouds i was sold.
Coming from Sluggers video. Must say, very well put together video! Was a Chima fan since the very beginning and still follow the communities tied to this theme today. Chima has always had a special place in my heart since its launch in 2013 and man was this theme great. Never really had any biased towards the theme. Even if it were to successfully take over Ninjago's spot, I would not have mind, personally that is. If this theme was able to still go on along side Ninjago I would have been stoked! (Past 2015 that is). Anyways, very excited for what is to come next!
Chima sort of happened while I had lost interest in lego and then ended before my interest in lego was revived, so I'm excited to learn about a theme that I know nothing about. nice stop motion btw
I'd have everything to satisfy my nostalgia for Chima if the Brazilian dub of Chima wasn't lost media lol But hey, I love this rise of "Slugger-channels", let's say xd they are so cozy to watch, informative and all, it's really well made! Great luck for your channel, dude!
great video! I love seeing chima get the attention it deserves. The stop motion was great and the music selection and mixing was really good too. The battle peak crossover was unexpected haha but cool. This new wave of lego youtube channels is amazing. Keep it up!
I was surprised to have heard the two mix instrumental version of just communication from Gundam W. It is probably the most recognizable mecha song for most people living in the United States and Canada. I know most people didn't grow up watching AZN or other channels that had a variety of shows with the soundtracks that were not used in shows if released in the USA because of licensing due to songs typically done with the intent for a record deal.
i vaguely remember seeing the sets in stores (mostly target) way back when chima was the new thing lego wanted to push out. though since i was like 6 and wasnt into legos back then. i skipped out on it. and only all these years later have i garnered a fascination for the series. the characters hit right. the builds are magnificent. and the worldbuilding is... perhaps a little bit cheap in some places. but relatively solid for something that ties into a building block toyline. im hoping to get some sets of my own sometime online. mostly ones starring the villainous tribes like the crocs and especially the later scorpions/spiders. slugger might've sent me but i can say with confidence i'll be following this series and see where it leads. and perhaps use it as a guideline on which sets to get if your gonna be giving your collector's thoughts on them like how slugger does. looking forward to the next installment!
@@PaleozoicBricks yea i can imagine. not to mention the kremling vibes they give off. i havent really played the original DKC games beyond switch online's official emulators. but i can appreciate the kremling faction for what they are as a relatively iconic lesser-known group of nintendo enemies... makes me imagine one of those screenshot diorama images we see here in this video having crooler or some other high-ranking croc laying atop a big pile of bananas. much to the dismay or panic respectively of another set of crocs or gorillas
I'm mainly a Bionicle/Castle fan, but I did grab one Chima set, that being the giant mammoth. I would have gotten way more, had Lego sold the constraction sets from overseas in the states.
Idk why but chimas plot reminds me of dune by frank herbert, bunch of factions fighting for a magical blue substance. Heck the main characters in both dune and chima are the sons of great noble leaders
I don't understand why they made the heads two separate parts with the one underneath also having printing. It's just weird and I have never seen it explained.
Yeah ... Chi is a drug ... =)) made my day. Love this series, can't wait for you to make the rest. If you don't get to Nexo Knights soon, I will do it myself :P (seems people are still salty about those xD).
Id say go for it. Nexo Knights came out at a bad point for me to buy the sets. In 2015 I was focused on my other collecting hobbies, the only Lego I bought was G2 Bionicle. I didn't even have any of the 2015 chima sets till I started this retrospective.
@@PaleozoicBricks I got all the Nexo setx except some rare figs / polybags that didn't come to my country for some odd reason. But I will have to get the time and place to open up all the lovely army builders I got.
Yes. Tyler of battle peak notified that it was for sale. Being a dinosaur, I had to get it. Not a fan of vidyo, but how could I not get an unreleased part. Glad someone noticed it!
Might talk about them all at the end of the series or so. At the moment I really only have skinnet's speedor. At the end of the day I'm just unsure if I want to spend the money on ones without exclusive minifigures.
I plam on covering each season during the season finale's of each season. The magazine models i plan on covering. Not the magazines themselves. The online gane i just have no interest in. Maybe the vita game if my emulator works.
@@PaleozoicBricks As a person who played the Lego Chima Online beta when it was still live, your lack of interest in that game is MORE than understandable. It seemed like a mobile game badly ported onto PC. It would be a nice footnote though!
@@ojigbo yea, when the internet connetion was crap, the game was usually unplayable. Speaking of whitch, how would you describe your expierience with the game?
Also the Ravens are kind of a vibe tbh. I might try and grab some of their sets. I haven't really gotten into any of the 'big bang' themes (even Bionicle or Ninjago! I'm a heretic lmao) but I'm curious to see where this series goes
Good video! One point of criticism to make future ones even better, though: Try to comb over your scripts to avoid repeating the same word or phrase too often. Repeated uses of the word "Chi" could be replaced by "it", while repeated character names could be replaced with pronouns like he or she, for example.
Not bad, but you should work on your script writing. Try consolidating your sentences more, you're using a ton of simple ones. It's really sticks out in the couple places you start like, 2 or 3 sentences with the same noun. So yeah, look into working on that. You're visuals and editing is good though, and you definitely have the knowledge, just polish the scripts more.
And another point to the contrary, I'm a furry, but the theme never enticed me. I never bought any chima sets when it was active, and honestly forgot it existed. Years later, I did get reminded of it and started buying some of the minifigs off bricklink, though, I like the uniqueness of non-human minifigs, not even just furry ones. They're a nice contrast to the ocean of yellow and skin-toned standard minifigs. Though I ended up buying a bunch of the vidiyo stuff before that was all discontinued for the same reason; maybe I would've gone for Chima if it hadn't come out at a time I both wasn't as interested in lego any more, and lacked the money to buy sets anyway.
Chima being deliberately designed as NInjago's replacement is probably the genesis for Ninjago fans' general hostilities to new Lego story themes. They felt threatened by Nexo Knights and even Monkey Kid because they think they are also trying to replace Ninjago using Chima as a precedent.
I remember when chima came out. Seeing the first wave sets, and then seeing a crocodile boat that had an attached helicopter, I was sold. Because of that, I really liked the theme.
The crocodile boat was so cool
The Helicrocter!
I was the only Ninjago fan my age who thought it was worth it giving Chima a chance. And you know what, it was a worthy evolution of the average “big bang” theme whose innovations would bleed into later big bangs like Nexo Knights and Monkie Kid and back into Ninjago. Sure, it was held back by the limitations of the show’s writing and the parts of the time, but man was it something.
As a kid in the 80s I was a fan of this toyline called Battle Beasts. The concept behind them and Chima is almost the same, tribes of anthropomorphic animals battling it out using sci-fi/fantasy tech. I remember seeing Chima in stores and wishing I were a kid again, because the sets looked really cool. I would've loved them growing up. The crocodile boat looked awesome.
I havnt forgoten battle beasts (mostly because I loved Headmasters era transformers) Battle Beast will be seen in a very special episode about the themes biggest controversy.
I was sent by a slug. The slug was not wrong to send me here.
Very interesting hearing about potential Fabuland reboots, considering Lego Animal Crossing was just announced.
That's pretty much the next generation of Fabuland, just without the oversized pieces.
I wonder if the same people were involved.
One thing I do want to point out is that while there are certainly parallels between Chi and controlled substances, Chi is as much a resource as it is something that changes physiology. In that way, it's a lot more akin to something between money and batteries than it is drugs.
I loved chima as a child and I've just recently gotten back to collecting more of it. I've already spent way too much money on it but its just soooo great! I especially like how many play functions the sets have, especially compared to Ninjago.
I was just the right age when Chima came out, I definitely think we're in the nostalgia market rn
This is NickOnPlanetRipple meets Slugger ❤.
I really like Chima, so I'm looking forward to this retrospective. Only on episode as of now, and I've already learned so many new things, like how Ninjago discarded villains booted off Chima, and, best of all, Fabuland Mechs 🤣
Chima is currently being rewritten by olivescales3! It's named The Forgotten Legends of Chima
Glad to see RR Slugger's influence rubbing off on people. His well done video format is really worth spreading.
Wow I love the rcu ( retrospective cinematic universe)
Slugger sent me, this was a really good and well made video. Can’t wait to see your channel grow
I was there as a kid, when both Ninjago and Chima used to air on Cartoon Network! It's true about what you said, a lot of my friends and others kids at school just absolutely LOATHED Chima, as we all thought it was going to replace Ninjago, after the season 2 finale (the intended finale for the Ninjago series, before Rebooted was quick created to expand the theme. I'm a HUGE Ninjago fan and I'm still watching it today, and Dragons Rising season 1 has been a awesome soft-reboot/continuation of Ninjago's lore and worldbuidling so far) and I felt like I was the only kid at my school who actually watched Chima. 😅
While China's show does pale (sadly, heavily) in comparison to Ninjago's show, I still enjoyed it, and I feel like the STILL SHOCKINGLY EVER-PRESENT MODERN DAY HATE for it is so unwarranted! Thank you for making this retrospective series, since I hope some non-fans will at least warm up to the sets, miniature designs/sculpts, and just the overall really interesting worldbuiding this theme had! 💙
Yea... honestly at first i hated it, only wanting sets that had crocs in them. Didn't like the show but by the end of season 1 with the black clouds i was sold.
Chima was awesome. Definitely my favourite lego theme. I'm amped for more chima content like this!
Yes! I'm very much looking forward to this series. It's about time Chima gets some love.
Nice to see Chima get respect after all these years!
Coming from Sluggers video. Must say, very well put together video! Was a Chima fan since the very beginning and still follow the communities tied to this theme today. Chima has always had a special place in my heart since its launch in 2013 and man was this theme great. Never really had any biased towards the theme. Even if it were to successfully take over Ninjago's spot, I would not have mind, personally that is. If this theme was able to still go on along side Ninjago I would have been stoked! (Past 2015 that is). Anyways, very excited for what is to come next!
Love how you’ve added stop motion to this video!
Chima sort of happened while I had lost interest in lego and then ended before my interest in lego was revived, so I'm excited to learn about a theme that I know nothing about. nice stop motion btw
I'd have everything to satisfy my nostalgia for Chima if the Brazilian dub of Chima wasn't lost media lol
But hey, I love this rise of "Slugger-channels", let's say xd they are so cozy to watch, informative and all, it's really well made! Great luck for your channel, dude!
You know the deep lore of Voltron and Beast King Go Lion, that's extremely impressive.
great video! I love seeing chima get the attention it deserves. The stop motion was great and the music selection and mixing was really good too. The battle peak crossover was unexpected haha but cool. This new wave of lego youtube channels is amazing. Keep it up!
We were surprised when Paleozoic Bricks pitched the crossover! It was a lot of fun to record. -Tyler
God I didn’t realize I needed more R.R. Slugger style videos so bad
Can’t wait for the next episode
Subscriber number 800 woooooo
Im so glad more and more people look back at chima and get a new better outlook on it
Great first video, super informative! We're looking foreword to the other videos you'll make!
-Jesse
R. R. Slugger brought me here.
One for the Algorithm. Chima was my favorite show and I hope to see it return someday!
man I loved this theme when I was little. and is probably one of the reasons why I am a furry
I was surprised to have heard the two mix instrumental version of just communication from Gundam W.
It is probably the most recognizable mecha song for most people living in the United States and Canada.
I know most people didn't grow up watching AZN or other channels that had a variety of shows with the soundtracks that were not used in shows if released in the USA because of licensing due to songs typically done with the intent for a record deal.
Very awsome video. Thank you for that. 😁👍
i vaguely remember seeing the sets in stores (mostly target) way back when chima was the new thing lego wanted to push out. though since i was like 6 and wasnt into legos back then. i skipped out on it. and only all these years later have i garnered a fascination for the series. the characters hit right. the builds are magnificent. and the worldbuilding is... perhaps a little bit cheap in some places. but relatively solid for something that ties into a building block toyline. im hoping to get some sets of my own sometime online. mostly ones starring the villainous tribes like the crocs and especially the later scorpions/spiders.
slugger might've sent me but i can say with confidence i'll be following this series and see where it leads. and perhaps use it as a guideline on which sets to get if your gonna be giving your collector's thoughts on them like how slugger does. looking forward to the next installment!
The croc tribe from beging to end consistently has the best sets.
@@PaleozoicBricks yea i can imagine. not to mention the kremling vibes they give off. i havent really played the original DKC games beyond switch online's official emulators. but i can appreciate the kremling faction for what they are as a relatively iconic lesser-known group of nintendo enemies... makes me imagine one of those screenshot diorama images we see here in this video having crooler or some other high-ranking croc laying atop a big pile of bananas. much to the dismay or panic respectively of another set of crocs or gorillas
Everything is excellent 👍
I think we might have just witnessed the birth of the Sluggerverse 😂. Good video!
incredible video, very well researched!
I'm mainly a Bionicle/Castle fan, but I did grab one Chima set, that being the giant mammoth. I would have gotten way more, had Lego sold the constraction sets from overseas in the states.
I feel like chima had a lot of potential had ninjago not been ressurected a year into chimas run
Idk why but chimas plot reminds me of dune by frank herbert, bunch of factions fighting for a magical blue substance. Heck the main characters in both dune and chima are the sons of great noble leaders
Crows are best Faction!
Insane
Subbed! Great work
I don't understand why they made the heads two separate parts with the one underneath also having printing. It's just weird and I have never seen it explained.
At 13:47, is that the unreleased Vidyo Dino head? That's definitely a treasure worthy of the Ravens.
Glad another person noticed!
WAIT 16:52
that scene I feel like I seen it before XD
I don't remember what video that was
😉
Yeah ... Chi is a drug ... =)) made my day. Love this series, can't wait for you to make the rest. If you don't get to Nexo Knights soon, I will do it myself :P (seems people are still salty about those xD).
Id say go for it. Nexo Knights came out at a bad point for me to buy the sets. In 2015 I was focused on my other collecting hobbies, the only Lego I bought was G2 Bionicle. I didn't even have any of the 2015 chima sets till I started this retrospective.
@@PaleozoicBricks I got all the Nexo setx except some rare figs / polybags that didn't come to my country for some odd reason. But I will have to get the time and place to open up all the lovely army builders I got.
Very sly, using the Gundam Wing theme while talking about Exo Force!
Looking forward to learning more about a theme I missed out on!
Me when I feel like I’ve seen this video before today
Chima was good, better than Ninjago after the pilots, but no Lego theme is as good as nexo knights
oo got to give a sub its good stuff
"Fob-oo-land"? I always thought it was "Fab-you-land".
Probably my accent. Pronounce it how ever you want.
When you talked about the raven tribe was that the unreleased vidiyo head in the background?
Yes. Tyler of battle peak notified that it was for sale. Being a dinosaur, I had to get it. Not a fan of vidyo, but how could I not get an unreleased part. Glad someone noticed it!
Looking forward to future episodes. Will you be covering the ultra build sets as well?
Yea, truthfully im conflicted more on the speedorz.
@@PaleozoicBricks Makes sense considering there are so many. Maybe you could do an overview video covering them broadly?
Might talk about them all at the end of the series or so. At the moment I really only have skinnet's speedor. At the end of the day I'm just unsure if I want to spend the money on ones without exclusive minifigures.
Quec question, do at any point, plan to show, or talk about orher part's of Chima's series ?
Like the show , the magasines, or the Chima online game ?
I plam on covering each season during the season finale's of each season. The magazine models i plan on covering. Not the magazines themselves. The online gane i just have no interest in. Maybe the vita game if my emulator works.
@@PaleozoicBricks As a person who played the Lego Chima Online beta when it was still live, your lack of interest in that game is MORE than understandable. It seemed like a mobile game badly ported onto PC. It would be a nice footnote though!
As a kid it never worked for me. At best it will be a foot note in the legend beast video
@@ojigbo yea, when the internet connetion was crap, the game was usually unplayable.
Speaking of whitch, how would you describe your expierience with the game?
always fun to see a fellow chima fan
Are you going to talk about the Dimensions Chima sets?
At the absolutely worst, just the minifigures
Also the Ravens are kind of a vibe tbh. I might try and grab some of their sets. I haven't really gotten into any of the 'big bang' themes (even Bionicle or Ninjago! I'm a heretic lmao) but I'm curious to see where this series goes
Coming back to this comment and \*hangs head*
I like DreamZzz now.
fabuland mech revival,,,,, we were robbed…
Good video! One point of criticism to make future ones even better, though: Try to comb over your scripts to avoid repeating the same word or phrase too often. Repeated uses of the word "Chi" could be replaced by "it", while repeated character names could be replaced with pronouns like he or she, for example.
for a new small channel your animations are very good, thanks @RRSlugger for recommending.
Not bad, but you should work on your script writing. Try consolidating your sentences more, you're using a ton of simple ones. It's really sticks out in the couple places you start like, 2 or 3 sentences with the same noun. So yeah, look into working on that. You're visuals and editing is good though, and you definitely have the knowledge, just polish the scripts more.
Okay I'll bite; chima always seemed like furry bait to me
If it makes you feel better personally im not a furry an do not wish to be one
And another point to the contrary, I'm a furry, but the theme never enticed me. I never bought any chima sets when it was active, and honestly forgot it existed. Years later, I did get reminded of it and started buying some of the minifigs off bricklink, though, I like the uniqueness of non-human minifigs, not even just furry ones. They're a nice contrast to the ocean of yellow and skin-toned standard minifigs. Though I ended up buying a bunch of the vidiyo stuff before that was all discontinued for the same reason; maybe I would've gone for Chima if it hadn't come out at a time I both wasn't as interested in lego any more, and lacked the money to buy sets anyway.
this theme is probably one of the reasons why I became a furry @@HorseDe-luxe
Maybe it's because you're chronically online