70326 The Black Knight Mech: Almost it, but not quite ...

For those interested, the visuals of the Nexo Knights set 70326 The Black Knight Mech are now available.

In the box, 530 pieces, Robin, a Squirebot, an Ash Attacker, Whiparella and 3 Nexo Powers. US retail price: $ 39.99.

Just a thought in passing: How can LEGO come up with something based on an animated series itself based on toys and ensure that the reproduction of the stuff in question is NOT faithful to the version seen on TV?

In the animated series, the robot piloted by Robin is BLACK. Not blue, gray and black, but GRAY and BLACK ... And I'm not even talking about the reproduction of the shield and the sword ...

On the left in the image above, the robot from the set 70327 The King's Mech, whose reproduction is relatively faithful.

The usual approximations of movie-based LEGO sets are often justified by the fact that LEGO works very early on in derivative products and often only has access to very preliminary visuals or content provided by the studios.

But in the case of the Nexo Knights range, a house license, how does LEGO manage to offer a derivative product that bears no resemblance to the reference content it claims to reproduce? If you have a credible explanation, I'll listen to you (Unless Jean-Michel Apeupré now works at LEGO ...).