We’re back with the NEXO Knights proper and we’re looking at the tank and the lancer, Axl and Lance, in their Ultimate forms!

Again, the packaging is the same as the previous waves and each set retails for £6.99!

Lance is your atypical pretty boy narcissist of the team and Clay’s rival. Since he’s the white knight, his translucent parts don’t quite do him justice. His Ultimate set consists of two bags containing 75 pieces and an instruction booklet.

Out of all the actual knights I’ve reviewed so far, Lance has got the weakest assortment of weapons, in my humble opinion.

First up to bat is Take Off, a NEXO power that appears to give Lance a wing glider on his back and while that’s cool as hell, it’s a little cumbersome — just like his default weapon, a ridiculously big, diamond-tipped lance.

Next we have the Water Dragon NEXO power that grants Lance a stud blaster with blue ammunition. Was a trident or translucent ‘water’ sword out of the question, design team? It’s just a bit lame is all I’m saying!

Lastly, we have Charging Attack which… adds boosters to the jetpack, I guess? Wooooow… That just sucks. I mean the stud blaster wasn’t original but at least it has an action feature. I can only hope that the powers in-game pack more of a punch than their physical counterparts.

Axl is the big guy of the team and comes with two bags of 69 assorted pieces and an instruction booklet.

Big McLargehuge is wonderfully goofy in his bulk compared to other minifigures. I’m not really a fan of the Big Figs but this guy has the size but keeps the minifigure aesthetic. That yellow is trouble though; it absolutely loves to mess with the white balance on my camera…

I don’t know what kind of man needs the big robot punchy hands that the Fist Smash power grants in addition to a big axe but I’ll glad stand behind him (because whatever is in front of him is in trouble…)

The Magnetize NEXO power is delightfully silly, almost on par with the banana power that came with Ultimate Aaron. As you can see, I think Lance and Aaron are surprised by this magnet wand silliness!

Finally we have the Stone Stun NEXO power aaaaaaand, for some reason I cannot fathom, it’s weapon representation is a… dreidel? I’ll be honest, I’ve got nothing to say to that, I’ve got no idea what the design team were thinking. Wouldn’t some manner of stone mallet or mace be better for this?

Overall, I’m digging the Ultimate Knights over their evil counterparts, mostly because they’re all colour-coded like The Visionaries, which makes me super happy. I still need to hunt down Lance and Macy but I’m sure I can find them soon enough. For now, these Ultimate sets get my stamp of approval!

Ow! Owww! Why do you come here if you don’t like the puns?! Oh, right, toy reviews! Welcome back to more from the kingdom of Knighton as we take a look at more of the Ultimate offerings from LEGO Nexo Knights! Bring on the baddies!

This second wave brings more of the lava monster army’s characters in the form of General Magmar and Flama! The packaging is the same as the previous waves and includes all the same kind of features for £6.99 a pop!

General Magmar is the long suffering commander of the lava monster army. I have a lot of problems with his hair piece; it just refuses to stay in! His Ultimate set consists of two bags containing 64 pieces and an instruction booklet.

Once built, this lava monster confirms that all the evil bases follow the same general build barring pieces for exclusive parts.

His default NEXO power is Rock Ripper, which summons this mining rig for Magmar’s back. The spinning mechanism spins smoothly and adjusts for balance very well.

The Mightiness NEXO power gives the not-so-good general a large duelling stick with fists on either end that can also be removed for when he really needs to punch something.

The Whirlwind NEXO powers is described as a storm of axes but in reality, it’s just a pair of small fans. Smaller than the mining saws. That’s kind of disappointing considering the awesome description but hopefully the in-game power you can unlock is more impressive.

Flama is the twin brother of Moltor; forming the Hot’n’Heavy twins. Can’t but feel someone should have taken a second pass at that name but who am I to judge what lava monsters do behind closed doors? Flama comes in a set with two bags of 67 assorted pieces and an instruction booklet.

I really dig all the translucent parts on Flama, it makes the whole lava goop monster thing work. Good choice of parts, design team! Love the basic flame sword too!

Flama’s default weapon is a flaming hammer on a tilting mechanism with the Flame Wreck NEXO power. I do like hammer rig but it makes Flama hard to balance and that’s pretty hard to begin with.

We saw the Slime Blast NEXO power in the Rumble Blade review but here we get a stud blaster which looks odd enough in a world of tech-knight but especially weird with a villain made of magma.

The Ice Dragon NEXO power is an odd choice of power up for a lava monster but it does come with this sick spiked weapon that I guess is a like a throwing stair or chakram? I dunno, it’s pretty weird but the cool kind of weird.

The bad guys for this summer wave of Ultimate sets are pretty cool with a nice variety of weapons and scannable powers to use. Be sure to come back as we armour up with more LEGO Nexo Knights!

The NEXO Knights, as well as having rocking sets revolving around typical knightly themes of jousting, castles and bashing in monsters with a techno-magic twist, also have these entry level sets with ‘Ultimate’ versions of the NEXO Knights characters. We’ll be taking a look at two of those today so let’s armour up!

The Ultimate booster sets are £6.99 each and feature one NEXO Knight character, three NEXO Power shields and assortment of related armour and weapons designed to augment the playability of the other sets. I like to think of them as the Minifigure-scale equivalent of the Bionicle character releases and definitely a cheaper alternative to buying full sets if you just want the NEXO Knights characters.

Beast Master, judging by the media, is a pretty low-ranking goon whose only defining feature is that he wrangles the Globlins. This Ultimate set contains 65 pieces and one instruction booklet.

Once built, Beast Master and his armour pieces are all contained on his own little themed stand which I really dig. It’s a neat storage solution and having multiple character will make a nice little display.

Beast Master’s default loadout has a Globlin-swinging backpack, a drill weapon and the Globlin Attack NEXO Power. I found the swinging mechanism to be a bit stiff and would always catch too easily which probably wasn’t the intended effect. Alternatively, I found you can clip the chained Globlins to the back of BM’s shield.

The second power is the Spirit Vortex, which includes a shield-like piece made to look like swirling mystical energy which looks pretty cool.

The third and final NEXO Power is Dynamighty which… conjures dynamite? Maybe it does, I don’t know, I’ve only managed to scan a couple powers into the free app (which we’ll talk about later) so I’m unsure what all these do in-universe.

Aaron is the NEXO Knights team jokester and resident nightmare fetishist sharpshooter. He’s the laid-back gamer of the group and even uses his shield as a flying hoverboard! His Ultimate set contains 82 pieces and one instruction booklet.

Again, Ultimate Aaron comes with a neat little display for himself and, living up to the ultimate moniker, Aaron looks like he’s rocking a powered up version of his original form with translucent green armour pieces.

Aaron’s default loadout includes an upgraded version of his trademark crossbow, a green energy stud blaster backpack and the Arrow Strike NEXO Power. That is a lot of green… This form is really quite cumbersome and I find it difficult to pose him but he’s got a ton o’ guns so that’s cool.

The Target Blaster NEXO Power seems to revolve around marksmanship and includes a more traditional bow and a night-vison helmet. I imagine this would be for quick, precision strikes against the evil lava monster army.

Finally, Aaron’s last NEXO Power is quite possibly my favourite because it both matches his personality and is utterly ludicrous. The Banana Bombs NEXO Power combines with Aaron’s Ultimate armour and grants him a couple banana blasters on his back with plenty of extra ammunition. Combine that with his cheeky alternate face and Aaron definitely becomes more endearing for me.

All in all, the Ultimate sets I’ve reviewed here are a good representation of the line and I really dig them. They’re nice entry-level sets for the NEXO Knights line and all the characters are present between the two waves (wave 2 coming later in the summer) plus you get 3 NEXO Powers per set which will make strides towards you completing the set of 108 that will be available, which can be used in the free app I mentioned earlier. Speaking of…

I apologise for the poor quality screenshots (this is a really cheap tablet and cannot take screenshots) but I actually took a dive into the LEGO NEXO Knights: Merlok 2.0 game that’s available through the Apple app store and Google play store for free. It’s a pretty decent adventure game and every NEXO Power included in the NEXO Knights sets can be scanned into the game for additional powers, which I did. It’s simple, intuitive and is perfect for any young NEXO Knights fan looking for more playability.