The Palace and the dragon are nice, but it's not the best monkie kid wave. The mech really leaves a lot to be desired, imo.

Ouch. My wallet hurts

after a bunch of mediocre overpriced sets, this is super refreshing. Can't wait to pick up one of these, currently struggling between the Azure Lion and the Guardian Dragon, they're both incredible :0

@ItisNoe said:
" @DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"Another great wave of sets.

Today has been ridiculous for good announcements."

Just you wait. We still have Creator to go through. "

Is that supposed to announce today too?

@dimc said:
" @ItisNoe said:
" @DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"Another great wave of sets.

Today has been ridiculous for good announcements."

Just you wait. We still have Creator to go through. "

Is that supposed to announce today too?"

Pretty sure, considering I just saw a Jangbricks video on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1x4D1LOuo

That dragon is gorgeous! Definite buy

How popular is Monkie Kid in N.American or Europe, say vis-a-vis Ninjago?

Sets look great, but I have no idea what's getting traction or not. Just curious...

Crabpeople, lobsterpeople, a shady turtle guy. Love it

So many amazing sets coming this summer! Dragon of the East Palace is so fricking cool I'm speechless. I miss Atlantis and I loved Ninjago's Seabound sets, but this underwater palace blows both of those themes away!

Those shrimps and crabs are a hoot!

But I only have so much money and space LEGO...

@TheAuk said:
"How popular is Monkie Kid in N.American or Europe, say vis-a-vis Ninjago?

Sets look great, but I have no idea what's getting traction or not. Just curious..."

Monkie kid is primarily made for the eastern market, and focuses on characters from stories and folklore, and as the US isn’t part of the eastern culture it’s not the target demographic. Thus…. The sets sold poorly unfortunately and are now Lego.com exclusive to not take up shelf space. It’s a real shame.

Ninjago on the other hand is getting a 2 baseplate wide D2C Ninjago city markets that will be revealed in the coming days, has been going on for over a decade and is now getting a soft reboot with some new characters. So yeah, Ninjago is more popular.

These look great! Little disappointed that the Dragon of the East Palace doesn't have a Mei though, given that is her distant family. Would have been nice to maybe get her dress from when they visited in S3.

that dragon palace looks great but not for me and I thought the cloud airship would be bigger but the other two tho... 80047 would be an awesome float in a Chinese new years parade and 80048 looks amazing!

Um, the Mighty Azure Lion, is er... teal

Another very nice wave from Monkie Kid! It even has fair prices for most of them! Mei's dragon is probably my favorite, but the palace looks fantastic.

More fantastic sets from the best theme of Lego today! I can't wait to get the dragon and the palace.

My hopes of seeing Lego bringing the theme to Brazil at last are really low now (it is the only theme not available here). I have to buy everything through importing, which takes some time and can be more expensive too... but it is worth the effort for such good sets.

Monkie Kid continues to bring us some impressive sets.

The Palace is a set where the saying goes "I Must have 2 of them!" to make a full building....

The Dragon and the Lion are also "must have them".

The others ?, maybe......

I'm not into Monkey Kid, and, thankfully given what's coming this summer, this wave doesn't change my mind in the least.

The crab and shrimp minifigs give off major Atlantis vibes. Not so bummed that I missed out on the lobster guy now.

The Dragon of the East palace continues the hot streak of folklore-specific mega playsets, following in the mighty footsteps of 80024 Flower Fruit Mountain and 80039 The Heavenly Realms. I particularly like the use of those big flame pieces in dark bley to represent rocky reef, and the shrimp and crab mooks are hilarious!

The Little Mermaid clamshell is nice and all, but THIS is what underwater displays are all about!

I'm sorry, but part 20482 on the head of 80047 looks like the actual eye, I cannot see the printed eye anymore

They made a mech of Hulk Hogan?!!

Seriously, I have yet to figure out whether I love or hate that lion. Love the crab dudes.

@TheAuk said:
"How popular is Monkie Kid in N.American or Europe, say vis-a-vis Ninjago?

Sets look great, but I have no idea what's getting traction or not. Just curious..."

I don't think it's sold IN Lego Stores anymore. Amazon has a few sets. I live in an area with many Chinese and our local Lego store doesn't carry the sets.

This might sound strange but does anyone know why I can't seem to buy the Monkey Kid sets from the usual high street shops, Smyth's, Argos, The Entertainer or is it just me?

80049 has part 49595 sea life in what looks like Flame Yellowish Orange (previously only in Vibrant Coral). Nice!

The Lion is very cool. The rest is, I have to say, disappointing. Especially the dragon. I’ve seen the series (which is great, btw!), and they’re really missing the mark, here. Mei‘s dragon is actually quite impressive, huge, to be precise. This version here is a far cry.

80047 coming in hot with a keyblade handle piece. Kingdom Hearts MOCers rejoice!

Also, 80049 with the s/o to Aquaman's homies from the Brine kingdom.

Sigh... they couldn't bring back 5956 for 80046, and 80049's characters look like something from Spongebob! Also, it seems like that set comes with Wojira from Ninjago too.

I kind of assumed the Monkey Kid theme may be done. Not only is it not done, but for me there’s two excellent must have sets in this wave: air ship and dragon of the east palace!

@S_N_O_T_80 said:
"This might sound strange but does anyone know why I can't seem to buy the Monkey Kid sets from the usual high street shops, Smyth's, Argos, The Entertainer or is it just me?"

After the first year or so most western retailers decided not to carry the range any more. (Not sure if this was encouraged from Lego itself though.) As this theme was primarily designed to appeal to the Chinese market it has not been pushed much in other regions.

My guess would be that they feel it would cannibalise Ninjago sales. I would also imagine that Ninjago is not strongly marketed in China.

@GreenRanger93:
Hmm, you may be right. I didn't actually check when I was at the local store Monday, but using the stock checker I can't find a single current set that shows current stock there.

Those RRPs in Euro look surprisingly fair.

Love the dragon but the price seems a little steep

Those crab headpieces are great

Anyone else find it funny that the azure lion is teal?

I've never seen Monkie Kid, I don't own any Mokie Kid, but if there's a set with both crab people AND shrimp people, count me in!