Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Lego is signing the final deal with GM to create a Hummer H2 Lego for 2005. We were allowed to see a prototype, however, not allowed to take pics. If I can sneak some pics I will post them here ASAP. Quote
mahjqa Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Boy, am I glad we have an insider here.... Question time! 1) what's the scale? (minifig, technic fig, model team, humongous) 2) Lego told us they'd never do military sets... is this changing, or will the hummer be a civilian edition? 3) (more a general question) If Lego and GM sign a deal, much like what they did with Ferrari, in the end, who will pay whom? Having real-life cars available in Lego form is obviously a huge amount of advertising for the car company, but Lego will profit from having a car company's name attached to a model as well. Does this differ case-by-case? Which of the situations is more likely? (Lego paying GM or Ferrari, or the car company paying Lego, or a 'no money involved' win-win situation?) Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Boy, am I glad we have an insider here.... Question time! Well, I'm kinda an insider. I work for Lego's retail division, which is the last to know about everything when it comes to the Lego chain. 1) what's the scale? (minifig, technic fig, model team, humongous) The model that was shown to us looked like model team scale. We were also told a technic version was being tested, I have not seen it. 2) Lego told us they'd never do military sets... is this changing, or will the hummer be a civilian edition? The prototype was a yellow civilian H2 model, however, you could use the Statue of Liberty bricks to make your own army version. I doubt that Lego would ever do an army theme. 3) (more a general question) If Lego and GM sign a deal, much like what they did with Ferrari, in the end, who will pay whom? Having real-life cars available in Lego form is obviously a huge amount of advertising for the car company, but Lego will profit from having a car company's name attached to a model as well. I'm not sure with GM, but Lego paid Ferrari to create the Ferrari sets. Does this differ case-by-case? Which of the situations is more likely? (Lego paying GM or Ferrari, or the car company paying Lego, or a 'no money involved' win-win situation?) Sort of... Volvo just paid Lego to create a full size scale model of a Volvo X90 SUV. They also gave Lego permission to send the car on a world tour to all Lego retail stores. Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 BTW... I have pics of the X-90 Volvo if anyone would like me to post them. Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Yes please post any pics of new sets :) :) :) :) Quote
ApophisV Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 This one? Would like to see more pictures of it.... (If you don't have webspace to store it, just tell me... ;)) Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 This one?Would like to see more pictures of it.... (If you don't have webspace to store it, just tell me... ;)) Yeah, that is it except the one we had is red. Off to get my memory card... Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Yes please post any pics of new sets :) :) :) :) The X90 is not a new set, just a big megablock full size SUV made from Lego. However, if it was a set, could you imagine the size of the box? Hmmmm :oo Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Thats one sweet looking car, will they release it in blue or red then?? Quote
ApophisV Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 However, if it was a set, could you imagine the size of the box? Hmmmm :oo Damn, better don't think about the price!!!! :^D Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Yeah the price might be a little high :-D Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Ok, here are more pics of the Volvo X90... Click here for the pics Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 You will notice that the side mirrors are off the car. You have to take the mirrors off an insert metal push rods to transport the vehicle. You can't see the hole in the pics, but there is a hole where the mirrors attach. Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 That is really impressive, its amazing what can be built from lego if you have the imagination.....and the bricks ;) If i had one of those id put it on in a no park zone just to see what would happen :-D Quote
David85 Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 The can't choose a better looking car to make? Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 lol david. Mabye they will make something more to your tates next time. Orlego is the car hollow inside??? Quote
David85 Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 The BMW Z Series is a nice set of cars they can make. :D Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Hey why not make a plane whilst there at it. ;) Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 lol david.Mabye they will make something more to your tates next time. Orlego is the car hollow inside??? Yeah, it is hollow. You can crawl under the vehicle and use the floor trap door to get inside of it. The vehicle had a electric golf cart motor so you could drive it around, however, it had been disabled and we had to push it. The vehicle took two months to build, took over 200,000 bricks and was built in CT. USA. The vehicle has real wheels, tires, brakes, steering, and suspention that sits on a real Volvo X90 frame. Volvo paid Lego to make this one (and I guess a blue one as well). This is the reason why Lego modeled this vehicle (Volvo told them what they wanted). Even if you like the real X90 or not, this thing kicks major megablock, esp. if you run some over. Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 I would personally like to see an Infiniti FX35 *wub* Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 It actually moves!!! i would love to have a go, can you imagine peoples faces as you drive past them in it :-D :-D Quote
Orlego Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Oh yeah, it really moves. There are 8-10 batteries under the hood that can be charged and ran like a golf cart. The headlights, taillights, turn signals, tag lights and parking lights all work. The vehicle can also be pluged into a outlet for demo use. When it is in demo mode, the lights flash and a few strobe lights flash. Quote
Vader Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 That is most impressive, when does mass production start :-D Quote
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