Launching early next year with 14 construction sets, a mobile app and an animated series, LEGO Nexo Knights mixes classic knighthood lore with futuristic technology. I need this. I need this a lot.
LEGOās had a run of good luck with its original IP lately, but for every wildly popular Chima or Ninjago thereās a Galaxy Squad or Ultra Agents, themes that seem to come and go with little fanfare.
Nexo Nights wonāt be one of those quietly fading themes. Not when it has a knight on a robot hover horse.
Or knights wearing bulky power armor and wielding laser crossbows.
Nexo Knights tells the tale of a young group of new knight recruits battling against a kingās jester corrupted by the power of…well, of the Necronomicon. Iām sure they arenāt calling it that, but look at it.
Thatās the Necronomicon right there. Maybe the LEGOnomicron.
Overcome by the power of this dark tome that is probably not the Necronomicon, the dark jester, AKA Jestro, summons a horde of vile creatures to attack the kingdom. Itās up to the Nexo Knights to defend the innocent from Jestroās evil schemes using only their wits, powerful technology, a holographic Merlin and a mobile castle that rolls on massive tank treads.
Itās called the Fortrex, and itās one of the building kits coming next year.
Jestro, not to be outdone, counters that beautiful thing with this monstrosity.
Iād say the Fortrex wins, but the Fortrex doesnāt include the LEGOnomicron.
Obviously Iām quite enamored of the futuristic knight theme. With only a couple of product shots and a trailer for the upcoming series my imagination is already running wild.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkVTgs4WNE
The LEGO Nexo Knights playsets will be hitting early next year, with the show debuting potentially as early as this December. Iām looking forward to (looks around room) buying a lot more shelves.
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