The toy line is also accompanied by an animated television series that premiered in China on May 29, 2020, with the special Lego Monkie Kid: A Hero Is Born.
Lucas explained, "The people we spoke to have grown up with these stories, and we wanted to find out what's important to them, and how to interpret that in a new way...So, being 100% accurate to the original was not necessary, really, because we were picking up the key ingredients".
[9] The designers behind Lego Monkie Kid revealed that researching Chinese stories and testing with children were important in the development of the theme.
Lego Senior Design Manager Dennis Fong explained, "We felt that we hit something really big when we had this concept of the Monkey King ...
Minifigures including Monkie Kid, Mei, Monkey King, Mo the cat, Sandy, Mr. Tang and Pigsy were released as well.
"[10] In addition, two promotional polybags, the Monkie Kid's Delivery Bike and Build Your Own Monkey King, were released.
[43] Six sets based on the second season, including the Monkie Kid's Team Dronecopter and The Legendary Flower Fruit Mountain, were released on March 1, 2021.
[47][48][49] In addition, Monkie Kid's RC Race and Mini Monkey King Warrior Mech were released as an exclusive set and a promotional polybag respectively.
[52][53] Senior Creative Director Simon Lucas explained, "Lego designer Justin Ramsden and I really tried to make the building journey part of the play ... Like a video game, there's a battle at each level, and in the end you face the big boss.
[56][57][58][59][60][61] The Lego Group revealed at the China International Import Expo a brand new set titled the "Monkie Kid's Galactic Explorer" where MK and his team have built a rocket to launch into space, but Macaque's shadow clones try to stop them.
The Minifigures are Monkie Kid, Mei, Mr. Tang, Sandy (minifig), a Mo space robot, and two of Macaque's shadow clones named Rumble and Savage.
[65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] In November 2022, The Lego Group revealed at the China International Import Expo a brand new set titled the "Monkey King Ultra Mech", which was based on fourth season.
[73] The set consists of 1705 pieces with 6 Lego minifigures of Monkey King, Monkie Kid, Mr Tang, Golden-Winged Eagle, Azure Lion and Yellow Tusk Elephant.
These sets are titled "Monkie Kid's Team Power Truck", "Nine-Headed Beast", "Nezha's Ring of Fire Mech", and "Celestial Pagoda".
The series premiered on TV3 in Malaysia on 13 September 2020, debuted on Channel 9 in Australia on 13 March 2021, on CITV on 9 May 2022 and Boomerang on 4 February 2023 in the United Kingdom.
He explains the scroll is a prison that forces its captives to relive their memories and past misdeeds, and offers to help them save their friends.
In November 2021, a Lego Monkie Kid themed land was announced for the upcoming launch of Legoland Shanghai Resort in 2024.
[104][105] A quarterly Lego Monkie Kid limited edition magazine published by CoroCoro was launched from 2021 to accompany the toy line only available in Japan.
Lego Brawls was released exclusively for Apple Arcade on September 19, 2019, for iOS devices, and will be available for PC and Consoles in June 2022.
[107][108][109][110] It includes Monkie Kid, Mei, Pigsy, Mr. Tang, Monkey King, Princess Iron Fan, Red Son, a Bull Clone, Gold and Silver Horn Demons, and the Spider Queen as playable characters.
"[114] In October 2021, Lego Monkie Kid was nominated for "Animated Series Production of the Year" by the 20th Screen Producers Australia Awards.