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Both sound very plausible, Even if there is a co-op of bad and good characters in a few levels I would personally still like levels as just villains, Maybe they could do to separate plot lines (one hero and one villain) Then combine them at the end of the game for an ultimate showdown.
That actually sounds like a very nice idea for a LEGO game, even if it doesn't happen for this one. :P
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You could see the neck bracket in the trailer, it's transparent so it's difficult to see unless you look for it.
Heh, I haven't been able to see it as of yet. :P I guess I'll try looking again later.
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Heh, putting the space suit next to three official variants (and one weird purple one...) seems to further indicate it being in a set next year. It even has a more noticeable neck brace for the wings to attach on with compared to the Tt images so far, something the render probably wouldn't have bothered with if not hinting at a set appearance.
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I think you misunderstood me. I never said Lego wasn't designing the sets first. I simply gave a list of things that we saw in game first that turned out to be real sets. My point was that the games regularly feature real Lego sets and minifigures before they're released in physical form.
Ah, yes, I did misunderstand. There was so much other talk about whether this game would inspire sets that I incorrectly grouped your comment with those. My bad.
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From Lego Batman 2 we got the Batboat. From Lego Marvel we got Doc Ock and Spider-man's vehicles. I assume that trend will continue and a handful of elements in the game will turn out to be real sets.
Except that was almost surely LEGO making stuff that Tt games used, not the other way around. I mean, you could tell that some vehicles like the Hydra tank looked more like sets than, say, the X-Jet. If LEGO took inspiration from Tt games and not vice-versa, then all of the games' vehicles would be more similar in complexity.
but they mean the storyline and general locations, not the individual designs for the sets. if for insatnce in the game they go to Oah(?) to collect a ring, lego could make a Oah based set.
Maybe; I'm still fairly confident LEGO doesn't need Tt games to install the idea of sets based off prominent locations in their minds, though, and Super Heroes sets generally don't have a uniting storyline beyond "Look! It's your favourite Super Heroes!"
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To everyone saying that the sets, whether Marvel or DC, are based off or may be based off the games... isn't it probably the other way around? :P I doubt Tt games has the superior designers.
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Also I really don't like that cover with Green Lantern and Batman. Hope that isn't the final. It should feature all of them, not just those two and Braniac? Is that who that is?
Yeah, its Braniac. And the cover kind of bothers me too. If Green Lantern is that big of a character in the game, then his gameplay had better be more interesting than in LB2.
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Not sure if anyone else has seen these, so I'll just post them here. The second link contains a lot more interesting information, but the first at least gives indication that guys like Arthur Parsons have taken some of the fan complaints/thoughts on LEGO Batman 2 and worked on them for this game.
I wish we could see some of the gameplay mentioned in the latter...
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Apart from these issues, what about the nature of the smuggled goods? If not treasure, as I suggested above, I wouldn't be opposed to the cracker idea. It's a fun, tongue-in-cheek scenario. Or maybe bananas, so we can throw in some monkeys to wreak havoc (maybe they could be a fourth faction with their own agenda
).I strongly disagree with both bananas and crackers.
I don't really know any little kids who would go "Woah, cool, crackers!" and also can't really imagine them or bananas convincing anyone to buy the sets for parts. Aside from the possibility of treasure, I still think it may be possible to add a sort of "enchanted" element to the story. Magic seashells, perhaps, or something like that? It wouldn't require too many new moulds, yet could offer some neat new reprints/recolours. The unicorn horn in a pearly colour, Hadras's shell head without printing, printed round 1x1 tiles, etc. -
Wouldn't the minifigures' skin colour make yellow look a bit weird?
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anyone besides me want the BvS batman figure to have real eyes, you know like it is in the movies, we already have plenty of white eyed verisons. I made a mock up example:
*Snip*
I was thinking something similar a while back. That'd certainly be cool, though at this point, I'd be happy with any diversity in the Batman faces whatsoever.
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Probably true of the vast majority of parents as things stand, but what if a malicious journalist made the connection? I can easy imagine a British tabloid running the headline: "Lego names ship after paedo descendants'".
Then people would read it, have some fun laughing over the (obviously unintentional/insignificant) connection, and quickly forget about it? Can you imagine a single parent ever going "Oh no, this ship shares a name with one involved in an inappropriate event that my child will never even find out about anyway until he's mature enough to read about that stuff, I must not buy it for him", or any independent LEGO fan getting outraged over the fact?
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We're not aiming for historical accuracy and rather than make assumptions, I've devised some quick mockups by placing the 2009 Imperial Guard torso design over an orange, green and lime torso:
So now we have a vague idea of a possible torso... Which colour seems best suited? Green may be at a handicap because they blue doesn't contrast enough and would be better substituted with another colour.
The orange looks best, I think. Not only does it look pleasant on a torso by itself, but I think it will work a bit better with the other colours likely to be present in a Pirates theme, while green may stand out too much.
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What kind of relics? Please provide examples...
I guess, since we can't introduce new moulds, ship pieces coloured gold could work.
In one it could be a sword held by the figurehead, in another it could be the ship's wheel, in another it could be a flag, in another it could be an anchor... -
Is there a limit to the number of suggestions we may make?
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The Merchants
For this faction, if there are fears of kids not finding it interesting, they can (along with the smugglers) have some hidden defenses and whatnot. LEGO enjoys the whole sort of "transforming models" thing and I'm sure kids would find that fun as well. So, maybe in a few sets, the merchants are just caught in the crossfire between the guards and smugglers or have a very small ship under attack needing defense from the guard (basically, all three factions appear to small extends in these sets), and then there is one set or two where the merchants actually have their own ship or fort with concealed defenses. As for the story, yeah, that cracker idea is... well...
One idea is perhaps that the merchants have incorporated special "relics" into their ships that protect them from the dangers of the seas, and that the smugglers, in addition to being in competition with the merchants, want these relics. LEGO loves collectibles, and this would add a neat play feature, inserting the relics into various ships depending on who has stolen them.The Smugglers
That flag idea Phes suggested sounds neat. And things like fold-out cannons or other dangerous secrets in the ship would be neat from a design perspective, so long as they are perhaps somewhat more menacing than the hidden defenses of the Merchants, so that the Guard still needs to intervene. Don't really have much else to say about this faction.
Haven Guard
Name sounds fine, to be honest... It's something that I wouldn't be surprised if LEGO happened to think of it themselves one day. Anyway, not much to say about this faction either.
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let's just hope LEGO doesn't take inspiration from The Batman for the Riddler, he possibly had the worst design on the show.
After racing-suit Riddler, that variation would actually feel a step closer to the character. :P
I really liked The Batman, so I wouldn't mind that.
It's a cool design, for sure, but I find it hard to justify from an in-universe standpoint, and the classic goggles/clear helmet look is still the best in my opinion. I'd be thoroughly disappointed if LEGO did another Mr. Freeze without goggles; the original's head alone goes for far too much on Bricklink.
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It's also possible that we will eventually see a new Mr. Freeze sporting this piece in trans-light blue.
I'd have mixed feelings about that. :P Any Mr. Freeze minifigure sporting head printing like the 2006/08 one would be welcome, but I'm not sure how likely that would be mixed with that helmet, considering it'd possibly take inspiration from The Batman.
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I can't see a problem with Moe's Tavern. Enough people want it so I can imagine it would sell extremely well.
But if Lego really didn't want to make alcohol (which they have in the past) it could be an 'alcohol free' tavern, or a family restaurant 'tavern' as seen in "bart sells his soul".As has been pointed out to death, the alcohol has only been portrayed in historical settings.
Anyway, I'm sure LEGO could demonstrate the creativity to make it alcohol-free if they wanted to, though considering that LEGO's target audience is younger kids, it'd be harder to market a lesser-known variation of such a location than something as iconic as the Simpsons' house. -
Maybe we've been slightly overambitious by proposing three factions per sub-theme but we are endeavouring to keep the possibilities as open as possible.
It's a little ambitious, but if sets are limited where there's generally only two factions per set, and the factions are sort of evenly spread out (or, alternatively, one of the factions plays a smaller role), then it'd probably work. Castle's 2008 year had three to four factions spread out this way; even though they were generally allies, they often appeared separately in the sets from one another.
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Wow, impressive! Any higher-res images depicting the various details?
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And I agree with BFN that those Natives should really be males, not warrior chicks...
Well, at least a fair mixture the two genders for some decent variety. I know a few LEGO Islanders fans who'd be absolutely crushed if what it offered wasn't true to the original subtheme.
Anyway, I mostly agree with the points you brought up. The Merchants one seems like it would offer a neat new subtheme style and a large variety of ships, and the story could... possibly be modified to be a little more fun and adventure-oriented. It'd be my second choice behind the Lost City suggestion (which could also benefit from some modification, but I realize that, the description being tentative, there's not much cause to worry about it now). The other two, on the other hand... I can't possibly imagine Settlers fitting into LEGO's current standards, and I can't see the Treasure Fleet offering as much variety as the Lost City one, or even the Merchants, when both the factions are basically the same and... lack pirates.
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I voted for the lost city. It has all the classic factions, and seems to be the one that LEGO could get behind most. While it still offers some opportunities for sorts of sets and conflicts that haven't been seen for a while, it also has that sense of familiarity. As for the preliminary synopsis, I love the half map idea, though I don't think all the islanders need to be female (less minifig variety
) and... why would the pirates ever exchange, for their commission, an entire city of gold?!!!!! -
I concur with everyone else regarding the name. Not very creative. I knew my suggestions had no chance at winning (I can't even remember them now), but that isn't anything better than what I came up with. It is pretty obvious though. They used it before, so why not again. Throwing brick in there is pretty on the nose. It definitely sounds very low target age. And with every other theme having a Juniors set these days, they might throw in some Juniors Pirates again...
I don't think the name is very indicative of a very juniorizéd theme. A true juniorizéd theme would call it something like "Brownbeard's Ship" or even just "Pirate Ship".
That being said, I agree that the chosen name isn't very creative, but it isn't surprising for an entry or a set name either. (Side note: interesting code for that... word. Took me a few edits to figure out the best way to get around it.)
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Well, for one, I think Robin's age would kind of complicate that a bit further...