wanna know what else needs to be return? from this summer? lego knights kingdom such as sir jayko sir santis sir danju and sir rascus from 2004 god i missed so much
City caught me by surprise with how quickly it's become my favorite theme in recent memory. They just keep releasing banger after banger with the Space sets, the LEGO truck, the construction vehicles, and now this!
@@SamanthaLaurier I'm not convinced yet. There is a lot available for sure, but it is 'New' space, not classic space. But I am happy that it is providing a lot of great sets for people to enjoy, even if it is not exactly my style of space.
I just think it’s kind of silly to keep calling the theme “City”. Call it “Lego World” or something, leave the City label for things you could actually find in a city.
It's really cool that Lego City has expanded so much, I remember back when it was just hundreds of police vehicles and we'd all make jokes about it being a police state. Still kinda wish they'd bring back the other classic themes though.
Laughing at how, of course, an Exo-Force "remake" would have these cursed mech limb pieces. But it does make me feel like an Exo-Force reboot in this scale would be cool to see.
@@CheeseyStudios"structural integrity" if I had to hazard a guess. Most Lego sets are geared towards maximum playability while not putting undue stress on certain pieces and making them more likely to fail.
Why would Osha from Star Wars: The Acolyte care? Would she have a problem with that? (If you don't know they made a new Star Wars character named Osha and everyone is making fun of it because she's named after a workplace compliance thing)
Of course apart from City theme I think it is worth remembering the set 77013 Indiana Jones Escape from the lost tomb whose sticker with hierglyphs is mine of Easter eggs: - R2-D2 and C-3PO - Mask of Gali from Bionicle - Robot symbol from Exo-Force
For anyone interested the stealth hunter in the robot world without minifigures has 159 pieces. The 2006 stealth hunter has 164 pieces. without figures, the 2024 mech has only 1 piece less, even though it is a lot smaller.
Agreed, having more mechs sounds great. I'm really into building futuristic vehicles as smaller side projects, my latest was a mech. It is much more affordable and quicker to design on a vehicle scale than on a larger Moc diorama. I truly love building castles and creating landscape, but having a project that you can finish in one or two evenings is also great. If lego starts running this back, we can see a whole resurgence of Mechs also in the fan community, which would be awesome too.
@@pinobluevogel6458 Check out Mobile Frame Zero if you haven't already. I haven't played the game itself, but designing lego mechs on a smaller scale is really fun. Loads of cool builds to check out too.
It would be great, but i feel lego would likely gravitate to no knees considering the lack of knees on their mechs for years. But although it would be a hard change for them to make, it would be lovely to see them bring back the line with similar articulation. Even if the knees are more restricted than the original, it still would be great to see.
@@Joneender I really feel like lego missed a great opportunity for possibility with the new leg pieces, they could have easily added a retched point at the bend. I'll never know why they made it a solid piece.
They've been doing that for a few years on rare occasions. There's a modern castle and a pirate playground. Now if only they could reprint Aquanauts, Slizer and Insectoid parts...
this is a bit of a stretch, but I think this wave is a reference to the second biggest city in Denmark, Aarhus. We have tourist busses going around that look pretty much identical to the set, we also have a harbor with very similar architecture and cargo cranes like that, with street lamps adorned with ads in the exact same way, and one of the most common ads you'll see is also for a street race(funnily enough there is a beach to the side of the harbor like in the set too). We even have a tiny theme park here
I mainly collect Exo-Force sets and build MOCs to the theme. I hope that minifigure torso with the logo goes to Pick a Brick so I can buy a bunch of them to populate my mech bay... @CheeseyStudios good excuse to release the last Revisiting video about the Deep Jungle Era. Thanks for all the EF content!
I love all of the advertisements through all of these city sets, makes it all feel connected and like a living world! (Never thought I’d say I enjoy ads…)
I think those clips on the stealth hunter's waist in 2024 are only included to help it be a "statue" in the set so it doesn't fall over when you place it on the plate. I plan on swapping them out for regular 1 x 2 plates to get the "normal articulation" for mechs that size today. Hopefully we can get a new devastator mold soon in a Lego city construction or mining set soon to mirror their origin in exo force 😂.
@@thecaptainslog9581 true, although comparing that one to the original robots left much to be desired to me, especially with the lack of recolors of the baby carrier piece to make iron drones and meca one
Exo-Force is a CLASSIC Lego example of doing the wrong theme, at the wrong time. Anime is more popular and mainstream now than it's ever been, but in 2006 it was still considered niche, odd, or socially "off" if you were into it. I can't imagine it was Lego's best-selling theme, but I do very vaguely remember seeing some of the sets and leftover marketing material in 2007-2008.
It was soooo ahead of its time - I can't believe they made it at all! At least it did decently well back then, but yeah, it would be crazy successful today.
I don’t collect LEGO City, but with the Exo-Force references, brilliant arcade machines, and awesome neon/futuristic/video-gamey aesthetic, this set sure makes me want to
The cockpit looks a bit off. I've never been a fan of cockpits where the pilot is 'standing' inside it, it makes much more sense that a pilot sits in a comfortable chair, strapped in to counter all the G-forces that flying mechs will pull. Even for mechs that walk and do not fly this makes much more sense. I always prefer the Mechwarrior style and Gundam/Robotech style over other types of mechs, as they look both futuristic and realistic.
@@milleniumsword1558 Yea I understand that. It is a cockpit I'm not a huge fan of, but I'm coming from non-lego design ideas. It is not a valid criticism of the set, as it is a clear callback, but I personally prefer another way.
As much as I love LEGO, words cannot describe how much I dislike that fused mech limb piece. If it weren’t for that piece, a lot of recent mechs would be really good!
I always appreciate the quality and consistency of the quality of your videos. I’ve learned a lot of lego History and Techniques from your channel ever since I put 2 and 2 together that you were from Lego masters.
I saw this set yesterday at the Legostore, I'm quite surprised that my Legostore in Vienna, Austria got it early. I sadly didn't pick it up, but i got some fun bricks from the Pick-a-Brick wall.
This is so awesome. As someone who had maybe four Exoforce sets, I have stealth hunter and it’s gotta be my favourite, seeing it remade gave me so much joy and I love to see the Exoforce love!
I find it so trippy that last week I got a pre-owned Silent Hunter that I won at an auction, and was my first Lego Exo-Force set ever since my 2 Ha-Ya-To’s River Hunter when it was still a thing (yeah I actually got the same set twice on my birthday at the time), and I just now discovered here that Lego is doing a similar thing to other sets where they seem to combine their older themes into other themes, or even add small Easter eggs like some Ninjago and other themes feature Bionicle references. This particular idea is actually really interesting since it makes it feel like Exo-Force was an actual manga series in the Lego City universe, and the original Exo-Force theme was the way for us to see what everyone read in the manga series. I do hope we see more Exo-Force stuff, like maybe an extension to the Robot World with either the Exo-Force teams, or the robots featured. 👀
Man, the first wave of ExoForce was phenomenal. It was so sad to see the series vanish so quickly, even if the 2nd and 3rd waves didn't appeal to me as much. Glad to see LEGO hasn't forgotten it!
This set is stuffed _full_ of references to themes and sets I love, but having my favorite Lego minifigure series character EVER (4:30) is so incredible.
I really appreciate looking through the nods and throwbacks in lego city. I dont get much chance to really spend much on lego but love to get the odd set and chill out with some scotch some evenings and just get building. Definitely appreciate seeing the nods to exo force. Definitely niche but 14 year old me at the time loved it and glad its not been completly forgotten by Lego. Saw johnny thunder the other day in bigw and god damn i had to take a double take... I now have johnny thunder again
It's great to see how the Lego City theme is evolving. When I was younger, my mom and her side of the family would only get me City sets and I used to feel like they needed support and some creativity from other themes like Creator and even Sports to actually stand on their own legs. Nowadays sets however are feeling much more cohesive and building a whole lively town which is more than police - firemen - construction. That said, as lego fans, we need our version of "Naxx out" for Bionicle or Exo-Force at this point until the themes make a full come back. Look at how lego Castle is slowly creeping in from time to time (even if, as of right now, mostly on big sets and not full waves) lol
This is so cool! The only thing I would have changed is the color of the padding inside the cockpit. I would have made it red or even trans red to represent the light brick. But other than that, it's a great little build!
Please make a video about the loading docks. We never get anything like that and I want to know if it connects to the police criminal hangout shipping crate set from earlier this year or sometime last year
This years city wave is really good. I'm looking forward to getting several of the sets. It's kind of annoying, though, that the jungle wave has been split up, with the gorilla set being released in August and all the others being released on June 1st(which I still haven't been able to find a single one of in store)
I always enjoy references to other Lego themes, even where you least expect it, like a reference to Power Miners in a Friends set (it's not super obvious, but a vending machine in similar colours to the one in Lavatraz appears in the Friends Ski Slope from last year)
I have never been a big fan of mechs and I never collected any of the old Exo-Force. But I love the fan service LEGO has been doing with these new sets referencing older sets, and I agree this one takes it to the next level!
I wish I still had my Stealth Hunter, but it was disassembled and scattered among all my Legos as a kid. I don't even know if I would be able to find all of the parts again.
They're always tricky parts to find because the stickers basically make each part unique. Putting mine back together was quite a pain - ended up having to buy a few parts off Bricklink. Well worth it though!
Still don’t understand why Lego can’t make the fixed joint piece be ratcheted like the ones in Exoforce. The claim I’ve heard is that it makes it easier to pose for kids, but when I was a kid playing with my Exoforce mechs this was never a problem. Younger me actively wanted sets with more articulation and was something I always incorporated into my mocs.
The remake is really cool! I really like the fact that it maintains the style that distinguishes Exo-force's mechs from those of other themes. Really awesome!😀
Such an interesting and balanced set. The ride is simple, but still fun, the robot looks great, as are a ton of the details. I'm very into this for some reason, despite missing exo-force and all the other references. Thanks for the review
City this year is the best wave ever The Space sets, the Lego truck, this set, tour bus are all amazing sets 4:32 My favorite reference in this set is the Ultra Agents reference, its my favorite retired theme Someone should combine this roller coaster with the pirates 3 in 1 coaster and the space coaster
Was waiting for this!! It’s still mind blowing to me that we got a whole remake of an Exo-Force set (in a City set no less) for essentially no reason 😂 I absolutely LOVE it tho. And at 3:25 you’re not alone, I would’ve loved to see more stickers too 🤭
I’d really like them to reboot the theme. The modern mecha sets are really cool, and this time they could do fully enclosed cockpits and add heads to all the machines, go for gold with a lot of Gundam and other mecha references
I'm shocked at this! It's really great they made this, I don't like it quite as much as the original but it's still really cool! I'd buy it if it was sold on its own, but I don't have much space for Lego, and for me I doubt it'd be worth paying for the entire build even though it is cool. I also love that the other sets reference it too!
EXO-Force was the last time we ever got mechs and brick-built figures with actual full articulation in the elbows/knees, and all we got was clunky and stiff mechs ever since. I saw those old ratchet joint pieces in a new astronaut brick-built figure, so why in the goddamn do we have those crappy fake-joint pieces here?! It's as if lego designers are evolving, but backwards.
With how popular Mechas have become they should return Exo-Force as a product line. It was one of my favs as a kid and to this day if i buy legos its often the mechas.
This is so much better than a $150 GWP only available for like a week or two! It's probably not gonna take long for someone to make instructions that turn the rest of the set into a mech bay or something
Reminds me of when the makers of Ninjago literally took 2 Ultra Agents characters and placed them in the show in Season 4: Tournament of Elements as side-characters Speaking of which, they made a big comeback in the new Dragons Rising sets with new designs and prints. They will also most likely be in Dragons Rising Season 2 Part 2 according to new screenshots from imdb
LEGO, LEGO pls, bring back Exo-Force for 1 wave. That's all I ask. You already have an audience of older fans that want it, and a new audience with Ninjago fans to embrace it. It's free money sitting on the table.
Glad I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought Exo Force when I saw that. Seriously with the popularity of Anime these days. IDK why Lego doesn’t go back to that theme.
@@CheeseyStudiosAlright, it may have been a year at most... From someone who used to watch these sorts of reviews back in 2008, yours are great. Looking forward to you covering the remaining Exo-force sets!
Wanted to let you know that I enjoy and appreciate that you do content on sets and themes that you personally buy and not just on the ones you got from LAN. 95% or more that's the only content they post. And I know that I would love anything that I personally received for free so their opinions on sets are meaningless to me and a lot of others. Keep up the good work!!
I kind of like how the mech suit look’s a bit watered down compared to the original since it’s meant to be a statue as part of an amusement park ride. Basically the cheesy but cool looking thing visitors can snap a few photo’s with and look back on.
I do think the more lanky almost skeletal limbs and proportions of og Exo Force is one of the things that give the line such an iconic look, but this remake does a good job of keeping enough of that original feel while updating it to modern standards
Dude, your pronunciation of 'Bionicle' at 4:34 made me do a double-take xD You've earned yourself a subscriber! I'm looking forward to watching your videos.
Hopefully we might just see some more Exo-Force set remakes. If they bring out a Sky Guardian remake, it'd be the first Lego set I'd buy in just under a decade
I'm so sad we didn't get a Hikaru cosplayer in this set
Yeah a remake of his crazy blue hair would be amazing to get
wanna know what else needs to be return? from this summer? lego knights kingdom such as sir jayko sir santis sir danju and sir rascus from 2004 god i missed so much
I still have mine.
City caught me by surprise with how quickly it's become my favorite theme in recent memory. They just keep releasing banger after banger with the Space sets, the LEGO truck, the construction vehicles, and now this!
The animal sets too. Even if you don't want the sets, it still introduces a lot of new animals into Lego, or PAB.
This year is *fantastic* for Space fans, I just wish I could afford to buy the sets
@@SamanthaLaurier I'm not convinced yet. There is a lot available for sure, but it is 'New' space, not classic space. But I am happy that it is providing a lot of great sets for people to enjoy, even if it is not exactly my style of space.
Especially this year for me
I just think it’s kind of silly to keep calling the theme “City”. Call it “Lego World” or something, leave the City label for things you could actually find in a city.
It's really cool that Lego City has expanded so much, I remember back when it was just hundreds of police vehicles and we'd all make jokes about it being a police state. Still kinda wish they'd bring back the other classic themes though.
Laughing at how, of course, an Exo-Force "remake" would have these cursed mech limb pieces. But it does make me feel like an Exo-Force reboot in this scale would be cool to see.
I don't get why LEGO insists on using that limb piece over and over 😬 But yeah, I definitely might try and MOC up the others!
@@CheeseyStudios"structural integrity" if I had to hazard a guess. Most Lego sets are geared towards maximum playability while not putting undue stress on certain pieces and making them more likely to fail.
Exo force sticker sheets were always such a gold mine! Cool to see this callback!
Oh hey man! Didn’t expect to see you here!
There's just no way the twin blade on the theme park statue being so close to the rollercoaster tracks is OSHA complaint 😅
Why would Osha from Star Wars: The Acolyte care? Would she have a problem with that?
(If you don't know they made a new Star Wars character named Osha and everyone is making fun of it because she's named after a workplace compliance thing)
Osha? More like OHSHIT
thats not what osha does
Of course apart from City theme I think it is worth remembering the set 77013 Indiana Jones Escape from the lost tomb whose sticker with hierglyphs is mine of Easter eggs:
- R2-D2 and C-3PO
- Mask of Gali from Bionicle
- Robot symbol from Exo-Force
the LEGO Exo-Force has Return?
The mech being more than a reference, Is amazing
Blew my mind! So glad it's a theme I love so much too. It makes my heart happy
For anyone interested the stealth hunter in the robot world without minifigures has 159 pieces. The 2006 stealth hunter has 164 pieces. without figures, the 2024 mech has only 1 piece less, even though it is a lot smaller.
Tbf, there are a fair number of additional pieces to reinforce the legs and torso
Man I want that whole theme back, I'd love a modern take on lego mechs.
Agreed, having more mechs sounds great. I'm really into building futuristic vehicles as smaller side projects, my latest was a mech. It is much more affordable and quicker to design on a vehicle scale than on a larger Moc diorama. I truly love building castles and creating landscape, but having a project that you can finish in one or two evenings is also great.
If lego starts running this back, we can see a whole resurgence of Mechs also in the fan community, which would be awesome too.
@@pinobluevogel6458 Check out Mobile Frame Zero if you haven't already.
I haven't played the game itself, but designing lego mechs on a smaller scale is really fun. Loads of cool builds to check out too.
It would be great, but i feel lego would likely gravitate to no knees considering the lack of knees on their mechs for years. But although it would be a hard change for them to make, it would be lovely to see them bring back the line with similar articulation. Even if the knees are more restricted than the original, it still would be great to see.
Yeah I'd love to have an army of the robots from that series.
And if they brought it back I'd much easily be able to do that.
@@Joneender I really feel like lego missed a great opportunity for possibility with the new leg pieces, they could have easily added a retched point at the bend. I'll never know why they made it a solid piece.
Honestly, I’m just happy we have any reference to Exo Force, let alone the entire mech
I love how simplified yet sturdy it appears compared to the original, could definitely spell an Exo Force reboot too
Dude... I actually never thought that Lego City actually can be a great mean of including throw backs to other older themes! That's genius
They've been doing that for a few years on rare occasions. There's a modern castle and a pirate playground.
Now if only they could reprint Aquanauts, Slizer and Insectoid parts...
this is a bit of a stretch, but I think this wave is a reference to the second biggest city in Denmark, Aarhus. We have tourist busses going around that look pretty much identical to the set, we also have a harbor with very similar architecture and cargo cranes like that, with street lamps adorned with ads in the exact same way, and one of the most common ads you'll see is also for a street race(funnily enough there is a beach to the side of the harbor like in the set too). We even have a tiny theme park here
I mainly collect Exo-Force sets and build MOCs to the theme. I hope that minifigure torso with the logo goes to Pick a Brick so I can buy a bunch of them to populate my mech bay... @CheeseyStudios good excuse to release the last Revisiting video about the Deep Jungle Era. Thanks for all the EF content!
I love all of the advertisements through all of these city sets, makes it all feel connected and like a living world!
(Never thought I’d say I enjoy ads…)
Theres a first and a last time for everything ;)
I think those clips on the stealth hunter's waist in 2024 are only included to help it be a "statue" in the set so it doesn't fall over when you place it on the plate. I plan on swapping them out for regular 1 x 2 plates to get the "normal articulation" for mechs that size today. Hopefully we can get a new devastator mold soon in a Lego city construction or mining set soon to mirror their origin in exo force 😂.
Well, to be fair, we did get the brick built devastator a while ago in the ninjago city gardens
@@thecaptainslog9581 true, although comparing that one to the original robots left much to be desired to me, especially with the lack of recolors of the baby carrier piece to make iron drones and meca one
I'm not thrilled that its inside of a 100+ dollar set but at the same time i never would've expected them to do something like this
99 freedom bucks! or wdym? But yeah a few leagues out of reach
I will always love this theme, my first lego set ever was the small green mech with the spinning swords
Ayy, Cyclone Defender!
Exo-Force is a CLASSIC Lego example of doing the wrong theme, at the wrong time. Anime is more popular and mainstream now than it's ever been, but in 2006 it was still considered niche, odd, or socially "off" if you were into it. I can't imagine it was Lego's best-selling theme, but I do very vaguely remember seeing some of the sets and leftover marketing material in 2007-2008.
It was soooo ahead of its time - I can't believe they made it at all! At least it did decently well back then, but yeah, it would be crazy successful today.
The space construction mech would be a great parts and sticker pack to upgrade this set, especially the clear backed striped stickers
True!
@@CheeseyStudios that why i bought 3 of them so far. and will likely buy a couple more for how cheap they are.
I don’t collect LEGO City, but with the Exo-Force references, brilliant arcade machines, and awesome neon/futuristic/video-gamey aesthetic, this set sure makes me want to
LEGO City really leaning into that nostalgia - it's so hard to resist!
I love the nod but part of me wishes the cockpit was more enclosed.
The cockpit looks a bit off. I've never been a fan of cockpits where the pilot is 'standing' inside it, it makes much more sense that a pilot sits in a comfortable chair, strapped in to counter all the G-forces that flying mechs will pull. Even for mechs that walk and do not fly this makes much more sense.
I always prefer the Mechwarrior style and Gundam/Robotech style over other types of mechs, as they look both futuristic and realistic.
the cockpit especially the seat is Faithfull to the old sets, even if now brickbuilt instead of a single piece.
@@milleniumsword1558 Yea I understand that. It is a cockpit I'm not a huge fan of, but I'm coming from non-lego design ideas. It is not a valid criticism of the set, as it is a clear callback, but I personally prefer another way.
And now I'm all hopeful about bringing Chima back again.
Do you know if any sets have included small Chima references?
As much as I love LEGO, words cannot describe how much I dislike that fused mech limb piece. If it weren’t for that piece, a lot of recent mechs would be really good!
I always appreciate the quality and consistency of the quality of your videos. I’ve learned a lot of lego History and Techniques from your channel ever since I put 2 and 2 together that you were from Lego masters.
I saw this set yesterday at the Legostore, I'm quite surprised that my Legostore in Vienna, Austria got it early. I sadly didn't pick it up, but i got some fun bricks from the Pick-a-Brick wall.
This is so awesome. As someone who had maybe four Exoforce sets, I have stealth hunter and it’s gotta be my favourite, seeing it remade gave me so much joy and I love to see the Exoforce love!
I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for you to make a video on this!
...wait yes I can, 49 days!!!!
I find it so trippy that last week I got a pre-owned Silent Hunter that I won at an auction, and was my first Lego Exo-Force set ever since my 2 Ha-Ya-To’s River Hunter when it was still a thing (yeah I actually got the same set twice on my birthday at the time), and I just now discovered here that Lego is doing a similar thing to other sets where they seem to combine their older themes into other themes, or even add small Easter eggs like some Ninjago and other themes feature Bionicle references.
This particular idea is actually really interesting since it makes it feel like Exo-Force was an actual manga series in the Lego City universe, and the original Exo-Force theme was the way for us to see what everyone read in the manga series.
I do hope we see more Exo-Force stuff, like maybe an extension to the Robot World with either the Exo-Force teams, or the robots featured. 👀
Now this is Epic, it's so cool to see all of the small references in almost all of the new Lego City sets
The city theme is going through such a mini renaissance lately. I love it!
Right? It's certainly keeping AFoLs' attention right now!
This set is definitely gonna be on my list of things to get in the year! such a cool little set of references!
Right? LEGO City really be packing in the nostalgia these days
Man, the first wave of ExoForce was phenomenal. It was so sad to see the series vanish so quickly, even if the 2nd and 3rd waves didn't appeal to me as much. Glad to see LEGO hasn't forgotten it!
Wave 1 was peak - some of my all-time favorite sets come from that first year!
This set is stuffed _full_ of references to themes and sets I love, but having my favorite Lego minifigure series character EVER (4:30) is so incredible.
Stealth Hunter was my first Medium sized exoforce set. I had such fun with it as a kid and am very happy to see a new version of it again.
It's such a classic. Never thought I'd see it officially remade. What a treat!
Those were one of my favorites sets by Lego when a kid. I can't believe they are bringing this back. 😍
I really appreciate looking through the nods and throwbacks in lego city. I dont get much chance to really spend much on lego but love to get the odd set and chill out with some scotch some evenings and just get building. Definitely appreciate seeing the nods to exo force. Definitely niche but 14 year old me at the time loved it and glad its not been completly forgotten by Lego.
Saw johnny thunder the other day in bigw and god damn i had to take a double take... I now have johnny thunder again
What a great homage to one of the best Lego themes
It's great to see how the Lego City theme is evolving. When I was younger, my mom and her side of the family would only get me City sets and I used to feel like they needed support and some creativity from other themes like Creator and even Sports to actually stand on their own legs. Nowadays sets however are feeling much more cohesive and building a whole lively town which is more than police - firemen - construction.
That said, as lego fans, we need our version of "Naxx out" for Bionicle or Exo-Force at this point until the themes make a full come back. Look at how lego Castle is slowly creeping in from time to time (even if, as of right now, mostly on big sets and not full waves) lol
heck yeah! Loved exo force growing up. I sold all my old sets except AO-1, my first one!
What!? What!? What!? Johnny and Exo-Force is back?
I know Lego sets are 90% mechs now but Exo-Force is back!?
What a time to be alive!
Man, after so many years of being a fan I got the fuzzies. Lego remembered us❤🤖
❤️
This is so cool! The only thing I would have changed is the color of the padding inside the cockpit.
I would have made it red or even trans red to represent the light brick.
But other than that, it's a great little build!
I am surprised there's no nod to the light brick! A little cable would have been cool too
Please make a video about the loading docks. We never get anything like that and I want to know if it connects to the police criminal hangout shipping crate set from earlier this year or sometime last year
EXO FORCE was GOAT and underated
Facts
can't wait to grab this set
This years city wave is really good. I'm looking forward to getting several of the sets. It's kind of annoying, though, that the jungle wave has been split up, with the gorilla set being released in August and all the others being released on June 1st(which I still haven't been able to find a single one of in store)
I always enjoy references to other Lego themes, even where you least expect it, like a reference to Power Miners in a Friends set (it's not super obvious, but a vending machine in similar colours to the one in Lavatraz appears in the Friends Ski Slope from last year)
That old vending machine is iconic 😂
I have never been a big fan of mechs and I never collected any of the old Exo-Force. But I love the fan service LEGO has been doing with these new sets referencing older sets, and I agree this one takes it to the next level!
This is so great. I can't believe they actually referenced it
Right? And what a reference it is!
Hey Lego? This is what you need. An Exo Force reboot. It’s an awesome and interesting story, and you should absolutely bring it back.
I wish I still had my Stealth Hunter, but it was disassembled and scattered among all my Legos as a kid. I don't even know if I would be able to find all of the parts again.
They're always tricky parts to find because the stickers basically make each part unique. Putting mine back together was quite a pain - ended up having to buy a few parts off Bricklink. Well worth it though!
Still don’t understand why Lego can’t make the fixed joint piece be ratcheted like the ones in Exoforce. The claim I’ve heard is that it makes it easier to pose for kids, but when I was a kid playing with my Exoforce mechs this was never a problem. Younger me actively wanted sets with more articulation and was something I always incorporated into my mocs.
Always liked Exo-Force as a kid, cool to see they brought it back for City sets. Would be neat to see them recreate more sets.
I think I may actually pick this set up for the stealth hunter alone
The remake is really cool! I really like the fact that it maintains the style that distinguishes Exo-force's mechs from those of other themes. Really awesome!😀
Hello cheesey just came back to watch this and its amazing as usual, keep up these amazing videos
Really appreciate it!
lego city now includes explorers, space and exoforce... id be interested in seeing them do a Pharaos Quest
I noticed this as well. I loved Exo-Force!
Great review!
Thank you!
I love the implication that the only qualifier for being a Speed Champions set is the number of stickers
More stickers than bricks
So glad to see these older themes make a comeback!
Also, how do you get discord server access with channel membership?
It looks like we have exoforce at home.
lololol
I have TWO Stealth Hunters, SEALED IN BOX...
I'd hope to maybe see more mech themed sets as Mecha and gundam Shows have exploded in popularity over the last couple years.
Such an interesting and balanced set. The ride is simple, but still fun, the robot looks great, as are a ton of the details. I'm very into this for some reason, despite missing exo-force and all the other references.
Thanks for the review
City this year is the best wave ever
The Space sets, the Lego truck, this set, tour bus are all amazing sets
4:32 My favorite reference in this set is the Ultra Agents reference, its my favorite retired theme
Someone should combine this roller coaster with the pirates 3 in 1 coaster and the space coaster
I forget how many little coasters they've made now! It's a fun parts system
Was waiting for this!! It’s still mind blowing to me that we got a whole remake of an Exo-Force set (in a City set no less) for essentially no reason 😂 I absolutely LOVE it tho. And at 3:25 you’re not alone, I would’ve loved to see more stickers too 🤭
I’d really like them to reboot the theme. The modern mecha sets are really cool, and this time they could do fully enclosed cockpits and add heads to all the machines, go for gold with a lot of Gundam and other mecha references
Exo-Force mechs with modern pieces would be incredible
I'm shocked at this! It's really great they made this, I don't like it quite as much as the original but it's still really cool! I'd buy it if it was sold on its own, but I don't have much space for Lego, and for me I doubt it'd be worth paying for the entire build even though it is cool. I also love that the other sets reference it too!
Oh man Exo-Force its up there alongside powerminers as one of my all time favorite lego themes
EXO-Force was the last time we ever got mechs and brick-built figures with actual full articulation in the elbows/knees, and all we got was clunky and stiff mechs ever since.
I saw those old ratchet joint pieces in a new astronaut brick-built figure, so why in the goddamn do we have those crappy fake-joint pieces here?! It's as if lego designers are evolving, but backwards.
I think I had a few books on Lego Exo Force back in third grade
I love lego mechs they are so cool and you can put the arms and legs however you want
Ahh yes, cozy Cheesey videos on a cold rainy day, it's like Christmas :)
OH MY GOD EXOFORCE WAS MY CHILDHOOD AAAAAA
Core memory fucking unlocked
Indeed 🤣
With how popular Mechas have become they should return Exo-Force as a product line. It was one of my favs as a kid and to this day if i buy legos its often the mechas.
Right? I feel there's a lot of potential there.
I can't wait to see people remaking all the old sets with the style of this stealth hunter like what people did with gwp Tahu
Right?? That'll be so cool
This is so much better than a $150 GWP only available for like a week or two! It's probably not gonna take long for someone to make instructions that turn the rest of the set into a mech bay or something
I'm so excited to see what people do with this! I'd love to build the other mechs in this style, too
Reminds me of when the makers of Ninjago literally took 2 Ultra Agents characters and placed them in the show in Season 4: Tournament of Elements as side-characters
Speaking of which, they made a big comeback in the new Dragons Rising sets with new designs and prints. They will also most likely be in Dragons Rising Season 2 Part 2 according to new screenshots from imdb
Dang this wave is darn impressive, and it's simply Lego City theme? Awesome!
Now I need a Mars Mission one
Trueeee
LEGO, LEGO pls, bring back Exo-Force for 1 wave. That's all I ask. You already have an audience of older fans that want it, and a new audience with Ninjago fans to embrace it. It's free money sitting on the table.
Glad I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought Exo Force when I saw that.
Seriously with the popularity of Anime these days. IDK why Lego doesn’t go back to that theme.
Right? I'd love to see a proper reboot!
Wait, what!?
And here I was, deciding to look up Exo force adter years. Nice!
You're definitely at the right channel! Lots of fun Exo-Force stuff here :)
@@CheeseyStudiosAlright, it may have been a year at most...
From someone who used to watch these sorts of reviews back in 2008, yours are great.
Looking forward to you covering the remaining Exo-force sets!
Please, review the other sets as well! :o
Wanted to let you know that I enjoy and appreciate that you do content on sets and themes that you personally buy and not just on the ones you got from LAN. 95% or more that's the only content they post. And I know that I would love anything that I personally received for free so their opinions on sets are meaningless to me and a lot of others. Keep up the good work!!
in 2024 Stealth Hunter 7700 is still perfect set! I would love to see it in the store again
In all honesty, this review makes me want to buy this set even more. Now i'm hoping they don't retire at any time soon
I actually find this amazing as I adore Exoforce for being so experimental of a series.
Exo-Force is peak 👌
i never cared for exo force since it was released well into my "dark age", but this is a neat homage and a great little mech
I kind of like how the mech suit look’s a bit watered down compared to the original since it’s meant to be a statue as part of an amusement park ride.
Basically the cheesy but cool looking thing visitors can snap a few photo’s with and look back on.
3:22 hehe AO3 iykyk
I really hope for the series to come back next year or so, i mean, if Lego is bringing back old series like exo force that they must care right❤❤❤
I do think the more lanky almost skeletal limbs and proportions of og Exo Force is one of the things that give the line such an iconic look, but this remake does a good job of keeping enough of that original feel while updating it to modern standards
Dude, your pronunciation of 'Bionicle' at 4:34 made me do a double-take xD
You've earned yourself a subscriber! I'm looking forward to watching your videos.
Lol! Glad to have you here - welcome!
Hopefully we might just see some more Exo-Force set remakes.
If they bring out a Sky Guardian remake, it'd be the first Lego set I'd buy in just under a decade
love the channel