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Love the brickheadz, amused at minifigure themed characters with big ears, sad to miss out on the super iconic justice league figs of the sdcc - was hoping they were just exclusive by virtue of the base and the 2-packery.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/27846102@N06/u764x4 https://www.flickr.com/gp/27846102@N06/5m1921 https://www.flickr.com/gp/27846102@N06/6gB43W https://www.flickr.com/gp/27846102@N06/k172EP Sorry, I'd forgotten. Hope these'll do. Kinda phone-y photos Coincidentally, the two knights whose proper shields I can't find in the blind bags. Hey what does everybody think about centaur lance? Is everyone aware that the head comes off of the "lance vs lightning" horse, the legs come off "action lance" and you stick the rest together? If not, educate yourselves because it's weird and fabulous.

If nobody else gets it posted before I can hair Axl and Macy in 6hrs or so

Toys Я Us is a bummer. Had all the new sets out, awesome, I'm gonna grab a good big sampling, but no. Because they have it out a few days before anyone else, they're charging $20 for 15, 80 for 60, 100 for 80, 45 for the 35. I don't think anyone else has it up to price match. Utterly rotten.

I think it's important to note that when they did this game 20 years ago, you had a similar "build vertically with basic parts, and you can install a variety of props in your layout that aren't brick-built in-engine" Buuuuuut... You could build a stack of parts that moves with a hinge, and program start position, range, and speed. You could put a steering wheel on a pile of parts and it became a land vehicle. You could put a joystick on a pile of parts and it became an air vehicle. LEGO Worlds, I looked up LEGO Creator to verify my memories, and I found these for goodness sake! https://www.youtube.com/embed/QEtoipLIZv8 https://www.youtube.com/embed/zhRlNjCudz8 Then 5 years ago in Lego Universe, you could get all into the special parts and SNOT and send your models into the servers to bake into custom props. I wish when the lego worlds engine was developed, they'd made an allowance for, obviously something with a complexity cap, but something like these features. Maybe a plugin in Lego Worlds that could receive custom props from an additional "Lego Worlds Kiln" software suite. You'd get a build tool like in lego universe. You'd have a blank figure to claim a seat for an "enter vehicle" interaction. You could place a little "operating range" shadow and map hinge reactions to a button that prompts when you're there (like a mailbox or door that pops open when you stand in front of it and press "A", or an elevator that lifts when you step on). You could select a part or group of parts and label it "climbable surface". You could take some tiles and label them "slippery". You could have a little "spark" that you stick on a connection you want to operate as a hinge, axle, or slider. You could imbue a part or group of parts with a "hazard" marker to show what's a sword edge, the face of a hammer, a buzzsaw. Is it fire or just seaweed? You could, like the hinge spark, give a spot where it splits. label parts around that to trigger the split. maybe that's the weakness on your mech's sword arm, or a way to detach a life boat. You could select a place on your model that launches a projectile, and the speed of the launch. The projectile could be a model that has any of the bells and whistles itself. You could imbue parts with a particle effect so that projectile has a fire out the back, that buzzsaw makes sparks, that snorkel makes bubbles, that chimney smokes. That puppy drools waterfalls. Does a model sink or float? does it break? With fists or does it take an explosive? Does it operate on it's own? how does it move when it's relaxing? what makes it react if it's not? You could have a model that's a snake with hinges in the middle, minds it's own business chasing it's tail. if you step into an "operating range" in front of it's face, it triggers a lunge animation with a jaw hinge. all the parts around the jaw are labeled a hazard so you take damage, but maybe you can snap off the teeth with a punch. maybe you can grab the tongue and that triggers a reaction where it slithers off whimpering. You could make a factory with a smoking chimney that has a big button. that button is a blinking light. there's a prompt to touch it and it drops a slow projectile which falls onto a "slippery" track and falls into a pile off the end of that. you named it "enormous chocolate chip cookie". Then you could make a truck, that drives like a truck. At the push of a button it transforms to a new operating mode, where legs unfold and a cannon sprouts out of the top. that cannon fires a ball which lands and splits into little greedy brick built goblins, with a seeker behavior. These goblins go straight for an object called "enormous chocolate chip cookie". these goblins are immune to damage that isn't from something called "goblin whacker" Back in the factory there's a wall with a ladder behind it. standing in front of the wall triggers a "read the sign" "in case of emergency, break glass". the wall is labeled breakable, the ladder is labeled climbable. theres a turret with a minifigure seat at the top - guess what the turret shoots. When you've given your model the behaviors you want, you bake it in the program and it becomes a prop, a building, a vehicle, a creature, a robot, a drawbridge. doesn't really matter. But it locks into one piece. or 10 pieces connected on some hinges, but the 10 pieces were each baked together out of 45 lego pieces which now behave manageably, and do something that becomes a simple thing always works the same, from a few simple options that made anything possible - and then you can port it in for play however you just set it up. And that is what Lego Worlds is missing.

When should we expect to hear about theater giveaway minifigs, in the tradition of robot dj and pajamas emmet? Do we know whether there are or aren't any, or which theater chains are participating?

I got in roughly 4 hours ago and got my green arrow with the supergirl starter pack. Take that, limited editions!

PS3 here My Marceline has the blank tag error I certainly have the significant lag between switching to a character and being able to use their abilities (aim, flight). My completed levels and collected collectibles of year 2 disappeared but came back. Thank goodness. (In the first few weeks of wave 6 I had an update that made it stop crashing for every level but erased progress and made Finn eternally stuck on sword switches and ghostbuster gal eternally stuck on memory puzzles. Took a long time to get my gold bricks out of negative) A-team world is not back in business though. It's busted. Keeps telling me there's an update that there isn't after I restart and download. And I can't get in whether I try for the update or not. Oh the other thing is the game doesn't like to remember that I've built mini builds if I haven't bought upgrades. Go into the character and it brings me to instructions for a tag that's already up and running.

I like the new, non movie iron peoples mask. Wish the hulks would get some alter egos. Bruce, Betty, and General Ross all deserve it, and she hulk in a business suit would be fun. The Red she hulk and a-bomb "every supporting character must become super powered and specifically a hulk" thing is dreadfully dumb. Spider man needs a Gwen, Peter, Norman and then should let other characters with truly iconic non-costumed supporting casts have a turn - Superman needs a Jimmy and (iconic, non-man of steel) Lois. Batman's due for a new (non Lego movie) Alfred and Jim Gordon. And jeeyuzis, that Ms marvel is gonna be some damageable. Those arms are asking for stress marks and kinks.

That's a little bit glorious.

Yeah, if you go see the movie.

This is really good stuff.

There is a mold in the lego movie that didn't make any sets though, the "ten gallon hat" from the old west saloon - so something will probably slip through the cracks.

This is really a good one. Good luck!

"Let's talk about your relationship with your mother" I like the legs and the back with the little Star Wars fella the hoses attach to. Also the dainty big hand arms and the robot speaker mouth. Pretty unique! Also see a therapist :D :P

Something I realized I'd like, playing through the force awakens video game, is Lego space micro fighters. There are some fantastic ships in there that aren't traditionally star wars looking. I know that probably wouldn't satisfy everyone, but a few waves of pocket money riffs on the vehicles and figures of all the different old factions would definitely scratch an itch for me. Get some space out there with a lot of variety and without committing to a full line. Waiting for Benny the spaceman to pull through when the Lego movie sequel shows up.

Leprechauns? I'm down for leprechauns.

I feel like the banana suit guy is the cartoon Maniac kid from LEGO Mania Magazine

I'm feeling like it's a tshirt cannon

I approve this hyperbole.

Marceline is a necessity. I wonder: if they're doing villains as evil as Voldemort, buddying up with the heroes, the Lich is a visually interesting character. (Not that I expect it, ice king with a brick Gunter sounds likelier. But boy I am looking forward to all the quests and areas and NPCs in the adventure world.) In the same vein: if they've done characters as not-really-a-character as ACU trooper, couldn't everyone's Rex Fury prediction become a.. CMS clown or something? Oh wait shoot, Chase's whole thing is changing into wacky costumes right? That figure is gonna be worth it then. I saw the pirate ship in the banner and got excited for a minifigure metalbeard or some pirate property entering the game - and then I remembered the goonies. Also I wonder if they'll get to do another double voice work deal like emmet/Owen for Alfred/Voldemort.

You don't think there's room for one of the Dad's terrible inventions as a gadget?

There's no replacement parts for CMS. I had a Shakespearean actor with a yellow arm, my only defective fig so far (out of full sets of every series, except gold, Olympics, and football). Had to try to get refunded through TRU and the manager was a real dillweed.

In fairness, I can't imagine that there won't be fuel for physical toy discussion in the same reveal.

Also de-supernaturalized. I was actually shocked to peek in the sarcophagus and see the mummy was just no-nonsense historical dead fellow. I'm into it!