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It really seems possible they might end up in sets, they do look officially designed.
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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.
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I actually like the scale of the MTT. It looks more compact and sturdy. I will say the minifigure line-up is confusing. It looks like they accidentally took the minifigure line-up of a Theed battle set and put them in a Gungan battle set instead. Definitely a missed opportunity to include Boss Nass and a Gungan variation.
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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.
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I just now noticed that. It looks like the eyes are actually positioned where a minifigures eyes should be, so hopefully this means goodbye bandana Bruce head. No chin portion either, so the regular Batman head will have the face printed on a black head. I'm betting this is the cowl we'll be seeing in 2015. Seeing these designs I'm definitely looking forward to next years sets. It's a bit disappointing that Robin's the same though, he looks rather plain in comparison to the others.
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LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Video Game Discussion)
strangely replied to The Joker1's topic in LEGO Media and Gaming
Looking forward to this. I hope they've improved the game mechanics, flying is still not as good as it could be (Plus the recent Lego games have been glitchy, so they could definitely use some improvement). I hope this game get's a movie tie-in like Lego Batman 2 did. First off because it turned out to be a pretty good movie and secondly it's another chance to get an exclusive minifigure. -
New 52 Superman and Wonder Woman. I'm betting we'll see them in a set.
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Disney doesn't own the X-men movies, they're not going to waste multiple sets on a movie they don't own. They'll create one semi-related set to leech off the success of the movie they don't own. They do own Guardians of the Galaxy, so naturally they'd want to promote it as much as they can. It's a wild card movie, as being a new franchise it's hard to say how well it will do, so naturally Disney's going to try to get as much as they can out of it, hence a full line of sets.
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I'd be okay with that. At least giving us the option of real eyes like they did for Wolverine would be nice. Personally I'm more hoping for a new cowl with eyes positioned over where a minifigures eyes would actually be. I'm dreadfully tired of the eyes being positioned on his forehead.
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I'm suddenly reminded of why I disliked The Batman. Arkham or Batman the animated series Mr. Freeze are preferable. Hopefully there will be a Fantastic Four set, that helmet looks pretty awesome.
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Yeah, the printing isn't consistent with what Lego puts out. Plus the next picture in his feed of the confidential Spider-man is even more fake.
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That's seems logical. Or possibly Lego isn't aloud to do a superhero CMF because it competes too much with another piece of existing merchandise Marvel/DC puts out. I recall there was a similar problem with the Star Wars magnet sets where another toy company thought that being able to buy minifigures individually was direct competition and thus Lego had to start gluing the minifigures to the magnets. I'd assume that would be the same problem for a superhero CMF. Perhaps they could find a way around that though, for Star Wars they did the planets series and microfighters. While a straight up CMF series might not be possible perhaps a mini build type set similar to microfighters would work.
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I'll point out the basic fact that customs of licensed characters that are sold is also stealing. The big difference is that bootleggers do it in bulk and flood the market. But in the end both are profiting off of somebody else's IP. Frankly I'm okay with buying bootlegs of minifigures that aren't widely available (Liked SDCC minifigures) or that are based on game designs, but I would never buy a bootleg of a minifigure that's widely available. I do agree that stealing AFOL designs is pretty low though. The funny thing is the bootlegging wouldn't be so bad if Lego actually just kept up with fan demand. I mean a lot of the bootlegs I see are of SDCC minifigures or video game characters. Lego tends to move at a slow pace releasing characters, and yet they only fuel the fire of fan anticipation with these game designs and SDCC exclusives. The demand was there and at first customs met that demand, but eventually bootleggers found a way to do it bigger and better. Increasing the superheroes theme and beating the bootleggers to the punch may be the only way to get that market back (I mean taking them to court would be long and tedious and probably wouldn't accomplish much). Meeting fan demands in a more timely matter would definitely slow that market down. Really the only bootlegs that intrigue me are the ones Lego has failed to make a reality as of yet, so that may be the key to beating them at their own game.
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A very interesting minifigure line-up. The set definitely has to be on Naboo, after all a Naboo security guard is featured. I would think it's going to be a MTT, but the inclusion of Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon and the Naboo guard confuses me as I don't recall a scene where all three of them are present with an MTT. Though Lego often puts characters where they shouldn't be, so I'll say it's going to be the MTT. Too bad, I don't see a new Padme. We really need a variant for the battle of Naboo. Though I suppose more minifigures could be revealed.
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Speculation began and ended a while back. It's interesting for sure, but there's no way to know if it will happen. Really they didn't even show us a full design, just a hat and a new hairpiece, which isn't a lot to go on.
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I would like an Xavier, but I don't think his inclusion would have been fitting. The X-jet is a bit cramped for a wheelchair (Plus I'd rather save him for an X-mansion). I think Jean Grey would have made sense. Though maybe Mystique would have been better, if only to even out the heroes to villains ratio.
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That's true, a bigfig would have made it a bit more worth the cost. I will say in it's favor though that it includes printed pieces over stickers. That in itself makes the cost worth it (Because I hate stickers that much). Plus it includes quite a few big pieces, so I imagine that's part of the reason why the part count doesn't quite match with the price. Ultimately had they included one more minifigure I probably wouldn't have cared about the price being a bit high, but even still I'll buy it.
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After watching the episode I have to say I prefer the episode minifigures over the ones we got. They've really grown on me. And I think the traditional minifigure head looks fine, even the noses don't bother me after watching that. The official minifigures just look too much like action figures for me. But I'm just happy we have the theme at all. I can only hope Futurama becomes a theme one day. I do hope we get a full theme out of this, there were some really great designs used.
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It's on Hulu.
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That head didn't come from Tim, it's a new head made with the same mask style as the Damian Wayne Robin. And as for the first Robin's identity it hasn't really been set in stone. I've seen various sources saying both, ultimately I choose to label him as Dick purely because that's the costume Dick is most well known for wearing. Since Lego really hasn't confirmed it though it could really be whoever you want it to be. Dick Grayson also wore Batman's suit at one time to, but that doesn't mean any of these Batman minifigures is Dick Grayson. In the superhero world every costume has born worn by multiple people (Or at least it seems that way), but for the most part Lego seems to base each variation of a character on either a specific version of the character or a specific continuity. Generally each Robin has one costume they're most known for wearing, though most have worn the original at least one point in time. Lego could have labelled the Robin's so we'd know for sure which is which, but they haven't, so ultimately it's left up to each person's interpretation, though generally each variation looks pretty similar to a particular Robin. I don't recall Damian wearing this costume. Plus he never got any older, so this variation shouldn't be him. And yes, I suppose it could be the Jason Todd Robin since they were very similar.
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Well official sources are always going back and forth on who's who. Lego Batman 2 for instance labels Robin as Dick Grayson despite him being Tim Drake. Ultimately I usually choose to label them according to which version they most look like most.
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Dick Grayson was the first Robin featured. He also was recently remade in the Juniors Batcave. As for ages it depends on what version you're following. Batman the animated series had Dick Grayson as being in his late teens/early twenties (He was a college student during the course of the series and graduates towards the end), Tim Drake on the other hand seems to be very early teens (Somewhere in the 11-13 range I've always assumed). I think in the comics generally each Robin takes up the mantle sometime during their teens. And I would say there's at the very least five years age difference between each generation of Robin. So essentially Dick Grayson is in his twenties, Tim Drake in his mid/late teens and Damian Wayne in his early teens.
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Honestly that's a problem with all Lego videos anymore. Lego Star Wars episodes use rounded out torso pieces quite a bit. Star Wars and Ninjago doesn't use brick built environments nor did Lego Batman. And all of the minifigures move unnaturally, even in the Lego movie the characters were able to move more than a standard minifigure. So at this point I'm not overly bothered by accuracy and authenticity as none have achieved that in CGI form as of yet. For me it's a work in progress, there are improvements over some of the stuff we've seen, and a few steps back too. Overall I'm willing to overlook quite a bit of the inaccuracy, I mean they had limited time and money, so mistakes were bound to slip through. I will say on the positive side they went with brick built environments, that alone makes me overlook the other problems more easily. It's too bad they couldn't do stop motion animation for this, but I'm sure the cost of the bricks and the time animating would have been too much.
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Bootleg Super Heroes minifigs - worth it or not?
strangely replied to KingPixels's topic in Community
I sort of go back and forth about how I feel about bootlegs. Truthfully, I don't consider it a whole lot different than buying a custom, at the end of the day both are producing and selling something they didn't own in the first place, but there are of course a few differences. Customs at least are made with real Lego parts and are sold in small quantities, so I don't consider them damaging to the market. The bootlegs though are made of inferior plastics and seem to be mass-produced, flooding the market. Also the bootlegs seem to steal designs from the customs pretty often. I won't lie, if I saw a good looking bootleg of the SDCC Spider-man I would buy it. If I saw a good bootleg of one of the video game designs I would be tempted as well. But there are some bootlegs I just wouldn't buy. -
To reiterate, that is not comparable to Moe's. Moe's Tavern is a modern establishment, containing realistic depictions of alcoholism and much more. It is something that exists in the here and now and imitates life. Pirates taverns, space cantina's and the like are unrealistic. When you make a kids toy part of what they consider is how it might effect a kid, how it might change their perception or how they might imitate it. The more fake and fantastical the setting the more they can get away with. Unfortunately the Simpsons doesn't take place in some fantastical realm or some other time period, it's the here and now and full of things that imitate life, so Lego has to tread carefully with what they adapt into Lego form. Now that doesn't rule out getting some other variation of the building itself. In addition to being a bar it's also been a family restaurant, so I suppose that door is always open should the demand ever be that high. But getting Moe's Tavern as it is won't be possible.