On 4/16/2018 at 10:20 PM, Digger of Bricks said:

Sure, that's a fair size. I also should add that I'd prefer if the set simply weren't cartoonishly, stark white. For a little bit of variance, the white marble should be offset with some Light Bluish Grey stone as accenting I think.

The things I’m praying LEGO will make in 2019- is saint walker, Atrocitus, larfleeze, kid flash, star sapphire, indigo 1, Solomon Grundy, new Superman, Shazam, Zatana 

  On 4/16/2018 at 10:13 PM, JosiahJVL said:

Are you actually a designer if you are ?...... please take these ideas into consideration I have been dying for new LEGO lantern corps ever since LB3

First of all, a designer can't just whip up anything on a plate and serve it. There has to be hours of thorough research into market trends, and in this case, comic popularity. Designers also take a lot into consideration in terms of pieces and characters and is very strategical, I'm not very good at explaining things but it is very well orchestrated.

Secondly, this isn't a wish list thread.

Apparently, Warner Brothers has hired Steven Spielberg to produce and possibly direct a DC movie based upon the Blackhawk comic book series with Amblin Entertainment.

Screen Rant - Steven Spielberg developing DC Comics Movie Blackhawk 

I've never heard of this series of comics from DC before, but its Sci-Fi/WWII fusion premise sounds particularly enticing as a movie to me. As they put it over on Screen Rant:

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DC’s Blackhawk comics (and the upcoming movie) follows a character named Blackhawk – the leader of a squadron of WWII-era pilots known as the Blackhawks – as they battle the Nazis, Axis powers, and various other “fantastic super-villains and war machines,” such as shark planes.

While I know Lego would likely stray away from doing tie-in sets for this because of its WWII setting, this sounds like a ripe opportunity for some amazing Sky-Fi playset material! 

  On 4/17/2018 at 11:26 PM, J4ck said:

First of all, a designer can't just whip up anything on a plate and serve it. There has to be hours of thorough research into market trends, and in this case, comic popularity. Designers also take a lot into consideration in terms of pieces and characters and is very strategical, I'm not very good at explaining things but it is very well orchestrated.

Secondly, this isn't a wish list thread.

Lmao just ideas ? why start a argument TF

@Digger of BricksI saw this, a most welcome addition, especially if he can capture the Golden Age charm. And it shows they are not rushing into things. If it’s played right it would be one you would like.

So I saw Suicide Squad hell to pay, its my favorite of these pseudonew52 animated movies, and Killer Frost and

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surprisingly Zoom, who plays quite a main role 

both appeared in this movie, which is probably why we got them this year, and now I want a Copperhead.

I think there's a strong chance at finally getting Doomsday next year with the upcoming Death of Superman movie, considering we now have a good record of coinciding characters with these movies such as Damian and Man-Bat with Son of Batman, Blue Beetle with JL vs Teen Titans, Killer Moth and the al Ghuls with Bad Blood, and Frost and the other guy with this movie.

Edited April 18, 20186 yr by Raptor of Vengeance

  On 4/18/2018 at 7:47 AM, RedHoodPug said:

@Digger of BricksI saw this, a most welcome addition, especially if he can capture the Golden Age charm. And it shows they are not rushing into things. If it’s played right it would be one you would like.

We'll probably have to wait quite awhile for this movie, as Spielberg still has 2020's fifth Indiana Jones movie and yet-to-be-slatted remake of West Side Story prioritized.

 Screen Rant - Spielberg Won't Tackle Blackhawk Until After Indy 5 & West Side Story 

Also, even though this movie may be based upon a DC property, it might not even tie into the DCEU. But, this article speculates that if it does tie into it, it might be a spin-off of Wonder Woman in a way.

 Screen Rant - Spielberg's Blackhawk Movie Could Be a Wonder Woman Spin-Off 

  On 4/18/2018 at 1:15 AM, Digger of Bricks said:

Apparently, Warner Brothers has hired Steven Spielberg to produce and possibly direct a DC movie based upon the Blackhawk comic book series with Amblin Entertainment.

Screen Rant - Steven Spielberg developing DC Comics Movie Blackhawk 

I've never heard of this series of comics from DC before, but its Sci-Fi/WWII fusion premise sounds particularly enticing as a movie to me. As they put it over on Screen Rant:

While I know Lego would likely stray away from doing tie-in sets for this because of its WWII setting, this sounds like a ripe opportunity for some amazing Sky-Fi playset material! 

I'm still dumbfounded by that announcement. One of the biggest working directors doing a movie based on characters so obscure that I couldn't name an individual character if I tried, long before even the core members of the Justice League will have their own movies. Completely dumbfounded, but almost just as excited!

This will be an interesting one, I think. Lego already bent their rule a bit for Wonder Woman, but I think this is going to come down to whether or not it's more WWII or more sci-fi. This sounds like a movie that absolutely wouldn't get a toy deal, but it's Spielberg and it's DC Comics, which seems like a pairing primed for toys, and it's also the friggin' Blackhawks movie, so there is absolutely no telling how this will pan out. Assuming it's much more Captain America than Dunkirk, Lego could easily give us at least one set with some fudged designs to cut the WWII tie, but if it's middling on its broad appeal...who knows. Admittedly I could go either way - getting an official Blackhawk figure would be neat, but it's nothing so special as to make me demand it, y'know?

 

I'd bet money that this movie's going to connect the dots between Wonder Woman and Birds of Prey. There was already some indication that Sameer would be a Blackhawk, and the Birds of Prey features the only Blackhawk of note - Zinda Blake, aka Lady Blackhawk - so it would make sense to use Sameer as an anchor to the existing continuity and then be a springboard for Zinda's debut in a Birds of Prey movie. All speculation, but it's something to consider.

Actually, why are we talking about the far-flung Blackhawks movie when we just got a confirmed director and title for Birds of Prey?! That's supposed to start production by the end of the year, so we'll be seeing that a lot sooner, and it's something we've gotta get at least one set for. Batgirl, Black Canary, AND our first Huntress! (Assuming they're not just doing some stupid in-name-only crap or replacing one of them Harley instead of making her and Ivy the villains but I'm going to remain optimistic )

Edited April 18, 20186 yr by Numbuh1Nerd

  On 4/18/2018 at 4:30 PM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

This will be an interesting one, I think. Lego already bent their rule a bit for Wonder Woman, but I think this is going to come down to whether or not it's more WWII or more sci-fi. This sounds like a movie that absolutely wouldn't get a toy deal, but it's Spielberg and it's DC Comics, which seems like a pairing primed for toys, and it's also the friggin' Blackhawks movie, so there is absolutely no telling how this will pan out. Assuming it's much more Captain America than Dunkirk, Lego could easily give us at least one set with some fudged designs to cut the WWII tie, but if it's middling on its broad appeal...who knows. Admittedly I could go either way - getting an official Blackhawk figure would be neat, but it's nothing so special as to make me demand it, y'know?

If Warner Brothers does want to market merchandise to kids for this movie, I'm pretty sure Lego will try to make playsets for it, probably skirting around direct references to WWII in the same way the Indiana Jones theme had also done.

In the original comics, apparently the Blackhawk Squadron pilot a fleet of Grumman XF5F Skyrocket warplanes, a prototype aircraft that would be kinda cool to see as a Lego set in some way.

  On 4/18/2018 at 6:10 PM, Digger of Bricks said:

If Warner Brothers does want to market merchandise to kids for this movie, I'm pretty sure Lego will try to make playsets for it, probably skirting around direct references to WWII in the same way the Indiana Jones theme had also done.

In the original comics, apparently the Blackhawk Squadron pilot a fleet of Grumman XF5F Skyrocket warplanes, a prototype aircraft that would be kinda cool to see as a Lego set in some way.

 

Oh yeah, they did have to do that with Indy, didn't they? That feels like it was so long ago! And that would make a pretty rad set!

  On 4/18/2018 at 7:10 PM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

Oh yeah, they did have to do that with Indy, didn't they? That feels like it was so long ago! And that would make a pretty rad set!

Very easy to custom build a full team. All you would need would be seven sets and six extra heads. Off the top of my head I can remember Blackhawk himself, Andre, Henderson, and the difficult-to-portray-without-a-name-change Chop-Chop. Additionally I would be pleased to see Huntress. I work on the basis that if Imaginext makes a figure, Lego have no reason not to. I don’t like my collection being outdone by my sons 

Here's a pretty good article published today by Polygon outlining the history of the Blackhawk comics and their appearances in other media.

 Polygon - DC Comics' Blackhawks, Explained 

  On 4/18/2018 at 7:10 PM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

Oh yeah, they did have to do that with Indy, didn't they? That feels like it was so long ago!

Yeah, like, a whole decade ago! 

  On 4/18/2018 at 7:10 PM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

And that would make a pretty rad set!

The Blackhawks were featured in this one 2002 animated Justice League episode, first seen in the seventh video of this YouTube playlist:

 

  On 4/18/2018 at 4:30 PM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

I'm still dumbfounded by that announcement. One of the biggest working directors doing a movie based on characters so obscure that I couldn't name an individual character if I tried, long before even the core members of the Justice League will have their own movies. Completely dumbfounded, but almost just as excited!

Actually, Spielberg had his eye on a Blackhawks movie since the early 1980s:

https://www.newsarama.com/39565-spielberg-has-been-interested-in-blackhawk-since-1980s-according-to-marv-wolfman.html

Edited April 19, 20186 yr by MisterBatfleck

  On 4/19/2018 at 4:58 AM, MisterBatfleck said:

Actually, Spielberg had his eye on a Blackhawks movie since the early 1980s:

https://www.newsarama.com/39565-spielberg-has-been-interested-in-blackhawk-since-1980s-according-to-marv-wolfman.html

Wow, seriously? I mean, I know he has a thing for WWII, but I figured it was more of a "Hey Steven, you wanna make a movie?" "Yeah, sure, let me just sift through Wikipedia for a bit" kinda thing.

 

We've got our first clear photos of the summer sets!! The Brother Eye set contains Batman, Batwoman(!!), and OMAC as predicted, and the Talon set contains 2 Talons, an armored Batman and Ace the Bathound. Both have new accessories akin to the energy blasts from the winter sets, but these are all various Bat-shaped things, like some new Batarangs and some shield-y bits that remind me of the Bat-Shield from Batman '66! Oh, and - Batwoman has a new cowl mold with her hair coming over the top as it usually does, and with a white head like she's drawn with in the comics! 

Oh, and Brother Eye has a light brick in it, and a nice printed trans dish for the eye!

The Armored Batsuit looks reminiscent of the Thrasher suit from the Court of Owls storyline! It might even have red eyes like it, but it's hard to tell.

Edited April 19, 20186 yr by Numbuh1Nerd

  On 4/19/2018 at 1:50 AM, Digger of Bricks said:

 

The Blackhawks were featured in this one 2002 animated Justice League episode, first seen in the seventh video of this YouTube playlist:

 

Yeah, I remember that episode! It's one of my favorites, honestly, but that's about as big a spotlight as those guys have ever gotten. Even Brave and the Bold never used them. (Come to think of it, it would've made a rad episode of Legends of Tomorrow!) This is going to be their third proper appearance in television or film in the last 50 years. Even their presence in the comics has been minimal in the last decade or two. 

  On 4/18/2018 at 10:17 AM, Raptor of Vengeance said:

So I saw Suicide Squad hell to pay, its my favorite of these pseudonew52 animated movies, and Killer Frost and

Reveal hidden contents

Reveal hidden contents

surprisingly Zoom, who plays quite a main role 

both appeared in this movie, which is probably why we got them this year, and now I want a Copperhead.

I think there's a strong chance at finally getting Doomsday next year with the upcoming Death of Superman movie, considering we now have a good record of coinciding characters with these movies such as Damian and Man-Bat with Son of Batman, Blue Beetle with JL vs Teen Titans, Killer Moth and the al Ghuls with Bad Blood, and Frost and the other guy with this movie.

Yes, Copperhead would be great, wouldn't he...

  On 4/19/2018 at 3:15 PM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

Wow, seriously? I mean, I know he has a thing for WWII, but I figured it was more of a "Hey Steven, you wanna make a movie?" "Yeah, sure, let me just sift through Wikipedia for a bit" kinda thing.

I think it would be simply fantastic if a future reboot of the DCEU was entirely set before, during, and shortly after WWII, anywhere in the twentieth century from the late 1930's to the early 1950's, around the same time many central DC Comics characters were first created.

  On 4/18/2018 at 1:33 AM, JosiahJVL said:

Lmao just ideas ? why start a argument TF

Sorry I can be a bit too serious sometimes. I believe Lego Designers have a set way of doing things so I just wanted express my opinion. 

  On 4/19/2018 at 7:16 PM, Duncan Young said:

Yes, Copperhead would be great, wouldn't he...

The rather heavy implication is that Grundy is in the app controlled Batmobile. Is it the same with Copperhead, or is there another set coming out of left field? If this is the case it seems odd given early reports were that the Batmobile won’t be minifig scale. I’m cool with waiting if I’m getting ahead of myself, but I keep seeing these breadcrumbs. Ta.

If Grundy is in the set, do you think we will get a superhero as well?

  On 4/20/2018 at 12:52 PM, J4ck said:

If Grundy is in the set, do you think we will get a superhero as well?

Well given that it is a Batmobile I'd say odds are great for getting a Batman figure, hopefully a new one.

  On 4/19/2018 at 8:25 PM, Digger of Bricks said:

I think it would be simply fantastic if a future reboot of the DCEU was entirely set before, during, and shortly after WWII, anywhere in the twentieth century from the late 1930's to the early 1950's, around the same time many central DC Comics characters were first created.

The DCEU should've at least left room in that timeframe for the likes of the Justice Society to exist instead of making Superman the first superhero rather than the first publicly known alien. I would absolutely love to see New Frontier be brought to live-action, though, if absolutely nothing else. I think we need more superhero movies set in that era (especially a Fantastic Four one). We might be getting a little off-topic here, though 

I'm wondering if this Batwoman mask mold might get used again soon for Huntress. If they aren't using the Batgirl cowl for Batwoman, they have to have some second use for the new mold. 

  On 4/22/2018 at 4:39 AM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

I would absolutely love to see New Frontier be brought to live-action, though, if absolutely nothing else. 

Exactly! I think a reboot should slowly set up preceding origin stories for all the essential members of the League set throughout the 1940's and WWII, eventually leading up to an assembly based upon New Fronter set in the mid-1950's/early 1960's! 

  On 4/22/2018 at 4:39 AM, Numbuh1Nerd said:

We might be getting a little off-topic here, though 

Sorry, I just had to add that last part up there! 

If DC Super Heroes summer Sets release in June in the UK then we should get pictures of the remote controlled batmobile pretty soon. I'm surprised we haven't had leaks  (I'm not complaining).

*insert picture of Copperhead here*

*insert picture of Solomon Grundy here*

So these two fine gentlemen were rumoured for the batmobile set? Honestly I'm doubtful but happy to be proven wrong 

 

 

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  On 5/7/2018 at 9:51 PM, J4ck said:

If DC Super Heroes summer Sets release in June in the UK then we should get pictures of the remote controlled batmobile pretty soon. I'm surprised we haven't had leaks  (I'm not complaining).

*insert picture of Copperhead here*

*insert picture of Solomon Grundy here*

So these two fine gentlemen were rumoured for the batmobile set? Honestly I'm doubtful but happy to be proven wrong 

 

 

Well, the summer sets started popping up around May 11th. If this wave follows suit we could start to get our hands on the DC sets by the end of the week