Lego Rewind Ep.7- Alpha Team

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[theunderscoreddouble]

This is legitimately one of my favorite series on YouTube. So many people review individual sets from these themes, but very few look at the bigger picture and examine the influence of classic themes

[mzrsespiritguard]

"With all the whimsy of a heart monitor"
This series is an underrated gem.

[lbricks]

I thought I was so smart when I figured out Ogel is Lego backwards. Then later down the line I found hundreds of other people had discovered it too.
"A Crushing Defeat"

[LostHeadStudios]

"Ogley-Mogely? Why are you such an evil freak?"

"Huh?"

Runninginthe90s.mp4

[JakesFavorites]

"Can't do! Won't do! Unfinished."
I love that phrase.

[mugiwaradarwin]

From Ultra Agent's TV Tropes page:

- "The graphic and model designers of the Hurricane Heist set are fans of Metal Gear and it shows. Not only does Pysclone's Humongous Mecha resemble the Metal Gear mechs, but the HUD on the windshield is clearly modeled after the Metal Gear Solid codec screen and even has the listed frequency 140.15, which is Meryl's frequency in the Metal Gear Solid games. Even better, the series' creator, Hideo Kojima is a huge fan of LEGO, so this is their way of complimenting him!'

[rockstaar]

Themes talked about in this video:
Alpha Team- 2001-2005
Agents- 2008-2009
Ultra Agents- 2014-2015

[inazumanfrash]

You forgot to mention thesharks with frickin laserbeams on their head.

[profsrlojohn]

"I'm an old herb who just wants to play with plastic toys mostly. These apps are beyond me."


My thoughts exactly.

[BrokenNooby]

Huge heads up. Tee Vee lives on. Hidden Side seems to have created a new or alternate version of him named Seymour Tee Vee in the set 70436 Phantom Fire Truck 3000.

I have you to thank for having me remember Tee Vee.

[zebulan]

Great video! Alpha Team definitely has one of the most interesting stories behind it. I find it kind of funny that LEGO rejected the initial concept of the mixing various genres. They ended up doing just that with in 2014 with The LEGO Movie, or even in 2010 with LEGO Universe if you count games (which is what Alpha Team initially was).

However, LEGO's decision is understandable given that a few years ago they had tried something kind of similar with Time Cruisers / Time Twisters, which didn't seem to fly. There's also the point that general set design quality in the late 90s and early 2000s is considered by many to have been at an all-time low... perhaps due to LEGO's brick library consisting of a strange mix of classic bricks, bulky and highly-specialized parts, the first of the modern Technic beams, and the sleeker slopes, curves, and other elements which are standard in sets today. The designers were only just starting to get used to the newer building styles. Something like The LEGO Movie sets may not have been feasible back then.

In case anyone is wondering how Monster Fighters connects to Galaxy Squad, there was a comic in a LEGO Club magazine that showed the end of the Monster Fighters storyline. Lord Vampyre gets beaten, and his moonstone-tower-thing explodes, sending a large beam of light/energy into space. The last panel shows a view of Earth from space, with the Buggoid ships noticing the large energy beam. I guess they didn't really do anything about it for a while, though, since Monster Fighters appears to take place in a far earlier time period than Galaxy Squad.


It wasn't the first time LEGO themes have been given connections by LEGO Club magazines. There was once this longer-than-usual comic from Nov-Dec 2011 issue which connected Atlantis, Pharaoh's Quest, Alien Conquest, and Dino (2012). When I first saw it back then, I thought it was one of the coolest things LEGO had ever done.

[MegaVikingen]

7:23 I really like that shot of Ogel's massive army. Looks like a scene straight out of Star Wars or something like that.

[torger]

Man I missed out, ultra agents came out in my dark ages and it looks so cool.

[mugiwaradarwin]

7:26 "Ogel's final plan is to freeze freeze it, with ice!"


Ghiacco: *so, White Album is the same type of Stand as The World.*

[joshuadeck]

Ultra Agents is my all time favorite theme! And I'm glad someone else acknowledges that Monster Fighters is a prequel to Galaxy Squad.

[hbcreates]

Wow this was a very interesting episode. Although I know a lot of things about lego themes and history I never knew that lego Alpha theme was originally lego logic.

[kpaenen]

Alpha Team was hands down my favourite line through the years.
The tune of the intro cutscene of the game always gave me the chills *DUM DUM DUUM

[Gameprojordan]

Ogel is probably the coolest looking villain leader in lego history. He actually just looks and seems like an intimidating and evil A-hole

[WillsToyRoom]

I liked the villains alot in agents/ultra agents cause they were like a bunch of James Bond parody goons that went over the top in the right way, plus the head prints for Fire Arm and Saw Fist made for finally getting custom Lego Terminators

[Vezon]

Dude I own every sit from the second wave!! Deep sea mission!!!! I still have them!!!