Another Brick In The Wall

TLG is trending towards taking rather large liberties in its film tie-in sets (e.g. Iron Man 3, Lone Ranger) so I wouldn't discount a "classic" Rhino minifig.

Well, Macross probably has the biggest following in Japan. I'm sure many sets will wind-up on eBay/Bricklink so Japan only is better than nothing. But this is just speculation...and wishful thinking, like Faefrost I'd donate non-essential body parts for that set.

Yeah me too. The license conflict is discussed on the CuuSoo page. I was more interested from TLG/CuuSoo's perspective. I think the question is whether it is viable for a Japan only distribution. Was Hayabusa sold outside Japan?

Your post raises interesting question for the Macross project. PLUS: + Macross/Robotech is a franchise which has spanned 30 years. It is familiar to both younger and older generations. + The IP is being revived for the 30th anniversary with a new anime film. + Significantly, it is Japanese. + Apart from one model in the current Galaxy Squad range, mecha hasn't really featured in Lego in any significant way. + It doesn't conflict with an existing licensed range. + The CuuSoo model is interesting enough to sell without relying on buyers being familiar with the underlying theme. MINUS: - Robotech carried some mild drug themes, although they were quickly retconned. - May conflict with the Bandai license. - Difficult to gauge the current popularity. Thoughts?

Here's a yardstick: Portal + Portal 2 ~11M --> Not rejected Eve Online ~ 500K --> rejected I'm guessing FTL < Eve Online.

What's the identifiable market? It's "less identifiable" than Eve Online, which was stigmatised as a "niche gaming-related product" in the Cuusoo report. I didn't even know what FTL was before i came across the CuuSoo project. I'll eat my hat if FTL is produced.

Illegal connection in the CUUSOO model?

The money made on the secondary market is money lost for TLG while simultaneously penalizing true Lego aficionados . Thus, the solution is simple: make them available in a polybag 6 months later. I have Iron-Patriot preordered with Lego Marvel Avengers from ebgames.com.au

In the words of the amazing Harry Hoo: "there are two possibilities". Either the organizers of SDCC are giving TLG a rather large baksheesh or TLG's priorities are ridiculously skewed.

"Atomic Batteries To Power, Turbines To Speed"

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Anybody in the market for Galaxy Squad Galactic Titan (70709) can order it for $145 delivered.

It's pretty clear that Disney want this to be a franchise (Depp, Hammer rumored to have signed a multi-film deal). I think we'll get a sequel even if doesn't make as much as the first PotC film. I agree that all the sets are marvellous. I'm sure it will sell more than PoP and given the popularity of Western Modular Town on Cuusoo, it convinces TLG to reintroduce an unlicensed Western theme.

I didn't know it was a Kmart exclusive. Don't even think shopforme carried it. Btw is $156 for Helm's Deep a good deal?

Yep. Hardest Star Wars ship to build. Some other Eurobricker made a 6K model, iirc. I'll have a look.

Cool. thanks, bro.

How much did you pay for it and from where?

Anybody know why Galaxy Squad stuff can't be ordered through the myer website?

Don't mince my words. The "movie rights" are a renewable, non-exclusive licence in the F4 intellectual property to produce a motion picture that uses F4 characters. The only "media" Fox "owns" with respect to F4 are the F4 films it has produced in the past. This remains to be seen since none of us are privy to the terms of Fox motion picture licensing clause. The legal question is does making F4 Lego products infringe the merchandising clause associated with the motion picture rights. Given the deal was negotiated at a time when Marvel was in the proverbial financial shithole, it's a possibility. The nearest analogy is the Lego Dark Bucket infringing the licensing agreement Star Wars has with Hasbro to produce Star Wars action figures.

Fox has a non-exclusive license with respect to the FF intellectual property. If Fox had an exclusive license with respect to the FF IP, FF characters couldn't appear in other media. Fox's rights are limited to making motion pictures, hence why it is non-exclusive. Non-exclusive in IP law means limited.

So what did i say?

False. Fox has a non-exclusive license to make FF motion pictures and associated merchandise. The lego deal is separate. There are no FF sets for the same reason there are no Green Lantern, Flash, Shazam, Black Panther, Cyclops, Punisher sets.

I'm a huge Portal fan, and generally gay for anything Valve, but i can't get excited for a Portal set -- 99% of Portal's charm is the humor and puzzles. I fear its gonna end-up like some speedroz-type malarkey.

Try online and pick-up.....they're much more flexible than Myer for customer pick-ups.

I think there's two possibilities: 1. They already have an idea that neither set will be successful in next review (Purdue Pete or Space troopers) so Portal is effectively held-over to be produced next. 2. They want the Portal set to incorporate some play features and they're trying to figure out how.