Why LEGO CHIMA is actually GOOD...

In todays video I take a deep dive into the forgotten theme of Chima and discover what it did great and how it fell off...

[איתיהרמתי-שו]

Lego chima tv show is in my opinion one of the most underrated cartoons of all time! The world building was fantastic, the characters were fun and interesting, the story about friendship really worked, and the Lore... OMG!🤯
It's a kids show about an actual WAR!

[juliancar]

I think another factor that may have played into Chima getting discontinued was that some tribes had very few minifigures. Like The Rhinos sets both had Rogon and Rinona. Or The Bear tribe only having Bladvic and Bulkar. The only Beaver tribe minifigure we ever got was Breezor. There was even supposed to be a Mammonth tribe pack ( according to a video from Just2good back in 2014 when the 2015 sets got revealed ) but that got cacnelled. The Mammoths needed some more figures too.

[Bonehead_Gaming]

You forgot to mention that Both Ninjago and Chima being connected

Chima is one of the 16 Realms, and I believe Tommy Andreason once hinted that Pythor came from chima since the crystal on his chest was supposed to be chi

[robo]

Absolutely! Chima is genuinely a great show and misunderstood.

Edit: I've got Craggers command ship.

[widerekxxanimations]

I really wish lego chima lasted at least 1 more season since the 4th season was planned and it's actually the favourite season they never got the make according to the creator of chima, going from memory here: one of the floating islands would have reason and the tribes from that island would have invated chima and corrupted the chi. A love that concept

[timuriskenderov]

I agree. I remember watching chima when I was younger, it is very nostalgic. It's a super fun show and definitely over hated. Thanks for addressing this, great video!

[ThePrinceOfLego]

If it is anything I will always remember from my childhood, it's Chima. I was so dyhard on the series. Also I am Swedish so I watched the series in Swedish so the voiceacting wasn't that bad as you explain, but I still love the series. I am so sad it ended. RIP Chima.

[kydv]

I feel like you've hit the nail on the head. I have a weird sense of nostalgia for Chima but it's like, around the idea of the theme, the idea of the hype, the idea of wanting to enjoy it. I wanted to love it. I was about 10-11 when s1 came out. I ADORED Ninjago. I know a lot of people hated it because they missed Ninjago, but this made me excited, I thought for a second there that Lego was just gonna keep making hit after hit. I couldn't collect lego as a kid due to money and space so most of my attachment was through the shows, games, etc. (Like, it's been this way until recently for me, I finally have the freedom to get sets and live out my childhood/teenage dreams but this also just gives me a very different view on lego themes because I had no toys to back up my nostalgia.) So I wanted to like Chima the show so much...and it just didn't land for me. Even as a kid. I kept giving it a chance, I wanted to know more about the story, but something about it was unlikable to me. Finally revisiting it as an adult, I realize that like, it feels like this rich, lived in universe with a culture and lore...but the characters don't really feel living. The writing is stiff. No amount of interesting lore can save it if you just can't enjoy the characters. They aren't just annoying, they're bland. And it's unfortunate because I still want to love it so much. The designs are beautiful, the world feels wonderfully thought out, you can feel the passion put into everything but the writing of the characters. Ninjago conversely holds up IMO because while the lore wasn't always particularly deep (seriously, if you look at s1-2 and pretend it ended where it was meant to, it's really interesting to see how simple things were intended to be), the characters were always so lovable, you cared about what happened to them, and even at their most annoying they had some sort of endearing quality that the Chima cast just didn't have.
One of these days I will track down some sets though lol. The sets were great, given my childhood predicament, I couldn't appreciate them much back then, but I admire them so much now.

[Autocaniball]

bro if chima made desert tribes like camels and bulls/bisons that would have been cool. underwater animals would have been epic as well because there is so many

[danriley]

The last half of season 3 I found pretty good. Bro just hearing the music in the background, made me feel nostalgic. I wish Chima gets a reboot, it’s unlikely but I can still hold out hope.

[JK_]

my favorite part of chima is the speedors and the minifigures, they were very cool because there were so many different animals and they did a great job of designing them

[STICKOMEDIA]

This is quite amazing for a second video, I absolutely love Chima, so glad to see it get talked about!
It deserves so much more love. In the little time the theme had, it had so much going for it. The world, the stories, the characters, all so awesome.

[swissmarvin]

Finally, Chima Content lets goooo! Please do a Chima MOC sometimes I would absolutely buy this and build it and spend all my money on it omg!

[thetoyfreaks]

I never bought any of the Chima sets, but I really enjoy when I find the minifigures in tubs of LEGO's I buy at garage sales. The helmets are really cool.

[imposteurmetamorph]

I'm a bit late but this was incredible memories but I have an even more funny think to talk about : When the last episode came on the tv, the day before one of my class member asked if he could says something to the class and he litteraly said that the last episode of chima was about to drop on the tv. But really this man is the legend because watching the last 2 episode as the child was incredible and one of my greatest memories about lego series

[ZiptoZapto]

Man this theme is my childhood theme. I have so many things to say about it.
I never got too many lego sets, mostly the large ones from the second wave of the first season, and speedorz. But I have completely torn those things apart and repurposed them into just about everything over the years. Yeah ninjago was cool to me before, but I just fell in love with Chima. Everything about it was so cool, and I created my own everything for the characters I have since I only watched the show once, but never really made it define what I made. I mean my favorite minifigure is Sparatus, and I don't even remember if he did anything in the show. This theme also introduced me into ball joints, pieces which I love to this day. THere are still some sets I want to get, and hope to get some point in the future, though I will say something about the lion temple.
I don't know what it was, maybe I build it wrong, maybe I was just missing pieces, but that thing did not go together well. Despite building it on the kitchen table, parts kept wanting to pop apart, and I swear the long axles were getting slightly bent. Didn't help that I had nowhere to store it either, so it kept getting knocked and broken. I gave up on it a long time ago and its completely torn apart.
Chima will always hold a special place in my heart. It did what it needed to do, and its a shame that it ended. There's a lot of possibility held within it, and I hope it could someday return.

[jellerstudios]

I remember looking back on the show fondly, but rewatching it as an adult on YouTube really shows how much it was just catered towards kids. Ninjago definitely did a better job in creating high stakes and not having pretty awful jokes.

[Thisisnotaname-umrh]

People:Ninjago is the best part of my childhood
Chima:Did you forget me?

[ALProductions]

Loved this theme, its minifigures still hold up well to this day, incredibly detailed stuff.

[Obsver]

BRO, THE NOSTALGIA, I remember having the season one disc, and a few smaller sets, now that I’m a bit older and (mostly) have more of my own money (and a sense of nostalgic thanos syndrome, basically wanting to collect things you couldn’t when you were younger) I’m trying to get some of the sets I missed out on, the next set I aim to get is the command ship, wish me luck!