Your dream Lego theme

[The Legonater]

I'd like to see Narnia LEGO.

Too late. Megablox already scooped it up.

[Jar Jar]

Since Disney is working with LEGO now, I thought it would be amazing to have a Alice in Wonderland theme! (Either one) Here was a set idea I was thinking of:

The Mad Tea Party $29.99

Could have a large table with numerous amounts of foods and tea cups/pots.

Minifigs: Alice, Mad Hatter, Hare, and Dormouse

If this became a real theme, I would off at the market buying 5 of every set!

I am quite a Walt Disney movie fan so I would be anxious to see what it woiuld be like.

Edited March 8, 2010 by Jar Jar

[supertoad64]

Conan the Barbarian, Super Mario Bros., and any fantasy rpg video game series (FF6 would be unbelievable). I won't be holding my breath, though...

[FilmGirl27]

Too late. Megablox already scooped it up.

Seriously? There goes that, then.

[Tobbe Arnesson]

I'd love to see The Simpsons!

Apart from all the minifigures;

The School bus with Otto

Groundskeeper Willys tool shed

Police station with chief Wiggum and Snake

Kvik-E-Mart with Apu

The Simpsons house

The Dungeon with Comic Book Guy

Nuclear Power Plant with Burns and Smithers

and so forth...

[time1513]

Conan the Barbarian, Super Mario Bros., and any fantasy rpg video game series (FF6 would be unbelievable). I won't be holding my breath, though...

that would be awesome seeing super mario bros... :D hehhe

i would like to see them make transformers that really transforms! haha.... dreams are possible right? :D

[-Annihilation-]

Jak and daxter like Oky Wan Kenobi said, and maybe Half Life.

[sok117]

Conan the Barbarian, Super Mario Bros., and any fantasy rpg video game series (FF6 would be unbelievable). I won't be holding my breath, though...

If they can't make a conan lego license, I'd still be ecstatic to see a barbarian line as a theme, that would be awesome!!!

[pugsx3]

MY ABSOLUTE DREAM LEGO LICENSE

WOULD BE STARBLAZERS

[The Legonater]

Seriously? There goes that, then.

Ah, life's harsh isn't it ? But seriously- I went to Toys R Us shortly before seeing the movie in theaters, and saw a single Narnia Megablox set. However, that's the only set I ever saw.

Edited March 9, 2010 by The Legonater

[Jack Bricker]

Ah, life's harsh isn't it ? But seriously- I went to Toys R Us shortly before seeing the movie in theaters, and saw a single Narnia Megablox set. However, that's the only set I ever saw.

Megablocks made a few narnia sets but, they were small and not very interesting. I just with Lego would produce POTC and more Prince of Persia sets based off of the games. I would also like to see a Lego Prince of Persia video game.

[wmanidi]

Megablocks made a few narnia sets but, they were small and not very interesting. I just with Lego would produce POTC and more Prince of Persia sets based off of the games. I would also like to see a Lego Prince of Persia video game.

Your dreams came true! POP is being made in april and will be a real theme.

Wmanidi

[Oky]

Yes, but the sets are all based on the movie, not the games.

[M'Kyuun]

I believe someone already mentioned it here, so I'll second the hope that TLG will produce some Tron sets , perhaps for the winter line. It'd be interesting to get some transluscent minifigs..most of the vehicles would have transluscent parts, and Tron, both original and the upcoming release, features several vehicles. What's more, the way the vehicles are depicted would lend themselves to a modular build and a "desintegration" gimmick for battle damage. I see more possibilities for this theme over say Avatar: the last Airbender, or Speed Racer. Even if they only made the primary characters and their computer world counterparts with the light cycles, as small release sets, I think they'd sell well. I saw Tron many years ago in the theatre, and I still remember how awed i was by the lightcycle races and just the overall look of the film. It was cutting-edge in its day. The new film has polished the old designs, but it still has a very cool look to it. A LEGO Tron video game would be pretty cool, too. Just sayin'.

If Tobey McGuire and Warner successfully get the Robotech movie made, I think I'd like to see TLG get the license for that as well. Despite the fact that the filmakers probably won't be able to use the venerable VF-1 design due to Macross licensing disputes, it would still, no doubt, feature some sort of transforming jet fighter, and to see that realised in an official Lego set would be a life-long dream come true, not to mention it might open the door for TLG to try their hand at their own transforming mech theme.

Although its time has come and gone, there was a co-Japanese-American produced anime called IGPX featuring racing mechs of very interesting designs. It came out about the same time as Avatar: the Last Airbender, and I remember thinking that the racing mech theme would have lended itself well to a series of LEGO sets. So, I was disheartened to hear they were making Avatar sets...I'd seen the show, and didn't see much there for them to realize as sets. Since the few Avatar sets have come and gone from shelves, I can't help but think IGPX would have sold better, and perhaps pushed TLG in a new direction with their mecha designs (for the record, the Exo Force sets were ok, but think we would have had much superior mecha sets if TLG had licensed IGPX and put a real effort into realizing the stylish looks and poseability of the various mecha from the series).

[lightningtiger]

MY ABSOLUTE DREAM LEGO LICENSE

WOULD BE STARBLAZERS

I would agree with you fellow 'Black Tiger' pilot now fire up that wave-engine - we are off to meet the Comet Nation !

Starblazers would be good - also know as Space Battleship Yamato - I'm a conformist! everyone !

[M'Kyuun]

Yes, but the sets are all based on the movie, not the games.

And though the sets do look good, to me anyway, I still wonder why TLG chooses something like POP, which is very building and specific scene oriented, and is more medieval based, with animals rather than vehicles, over TRON, which would yield some very neat figs, possibly transluscent, and a series of very stylish vehicles, esp light cycles, the solar sailer, and a tank. The light cycles themselves could be made as System , Racers (motorized), and as UCS sets. The prospects for a video game in the ever-improving LEGO-themed games would be high, as well, I think. I just think that TLG misses the boat on some licenses... I'm not very articulate this morning; my point is, traditionally, vehicles sell better b/c they offer more playability than building based sets. Buildings are generally more exciting to us adult s, I think, b/c AFOLs appreciate the building techniques employed, and the architectural details moreso than a 10-15 year old, in most cases, and the build is more exciting than playing with the set. I don't play with my sets, often , but I love building them. So I'm left to wonder whether Disney, or any licensee for that matter, gives TLG the option of choosing the movie/tv themes they want to make sets for from a list of productions, or if the licensees offer only this movie/tv property or that, and exclude certain properties altogether from consideration.

Although I've never played, I understand that POP was a fairly mature, successful line of games, which Disney is now making into what will probably be a mediocre family-friendly adventure movie with lots of cheesy dialog, extensively choreographed sword fights, and slapstick physicality, similar to the Mummy movies. Given the choice between ostrich races in Arab medieval setting, or light cycles in a futuristic computer world for capturing kids' attention, my money would be on the light cycles 6 days out of the week and twice on Sunday.

[Jack Bricker]

And though the sets do look good, to me anyway, I still wonder why TLG chooses something like POP, which is very building and specific scene oriented, and is more medieval based, with animals rather than vehicles, over TRON, which would yield some very neat figs, possibly transluscent, and a series of very stylish vehicles, esp light cycles, the solar sailer, and a tank. The light cycles themselves could be made as System , Racers (motorized), and as UCS sets. The prospects for a video game in the ever-improving LEGO-themed games would be high, as well, I think. I just think that TLG misses the boat on some licenses... I'm not very articulate this morning; my point is, traditionally, vehicles sell better b/c they offer more playability than building based sets. Buildings are generally more exciting to us adult s, I think, b/c AFOLs appreciate the building techniques employed, and the architectural details moreso than a 10-15 year old, in most cases, and the build is more exciting than playing with the set. I don't play with my sets, often , but I love building them. So I'm left to wonder whether Disney, or any licensee for that matter, gives TLG the option of choosing the movie/tv themes they want to make sets for from a list of productions, or if the licensees offer only this movie/tv property or that, and exclude certain properties altogether from consideration.

Although I've never played, I understand that POP was a fairly mature, successful line of games, which Disney is now making into what will probably be a mediocre family-friendly adventure movie with lots of cheesy dialog, extensively choreographed sword fights, and slapstick physicality, similar to the Mummy movies. Given the choice between ostrich races in Arab medieval setting, or light cycles in a futuristic computer world for capturing kids' attention, my money would be on the light cycles 6 days out of the week and twice on Sunday.

I have to disagree with you. I was never attracted to vehicle sets when I was a kid. I always liked the pirates and castle line because of the castles and well, the ships which are not the kind of vehicles that you are talking about. I guess my point is that this line is not going to appeal to everyone. I absolutly cannot stand SW but, I will not deny that it is a successful line. Not everyone are going to like PoP either but, I think that enough will like it to make the line successful.

Edited March 13, 2010 by Jack Bricker

[lego city rocks]

i think the tribe because its its 10th aniaversry

meeting everyone

tai san amber jack lex salene cloe pasty

eagle mountain trek

loco ebony bray spike jack dal zandra ryan

the anterdote seash

danni bray tai san

the chosen

graudian trudy brady

the technos

ram ved tai san amber jack

[Oky]

i think the tribe because its its 10th aniaversry

No offense, but the fact that something is over a decade old is usually the reason not to make a license for it for TLC. I personally haven't even heard of it.

@ M'Kyuun: I must say I wholeheartedly disagree with you. While a Tron theme would be cool, there's really not all that much that I can see coming out of it, whereas PoP gives us lots of exotic builings, pieces, and minifigs. Besides, Lego can't always make futuristic themes.

And IGPX is just one among many mecha-based animes whereas Avatar is a very unique show with an epic story line reminiscent of that of Harry Potter or Star Wars, with lots of iconic vehicles and buildings to make sets out of (Fire nation tank, war blimp, sandbender catamaran, submarine, the library, fire nation or earth kingdom palace, etc, etc).

But then again, I'm a huge Avatar fan and slightly biased towards Anime.

[M'Kyuun]

Don't get me wrong, I think the POP sets look amazing, and I like the architectural style. The minifigs are excellent, not to mention ostriches and camels. I'll probably pick one or two up. While the movie doesn't really grab me, based on the previews, the sets look great.

I'm also very much an anime fan, esp of mecha, but I watch alot of non-mecha anime as well. I watched a couple eps of Avatar and couldn't really get into it. But then, I'm not really into fantasy as much as sci-fi, so I'm a bit biased myself. As far as the sets go, from all the things you mentioned, TLG could have produced a lot more sets for their Avatar line, but for some reason they didn't. I never picked any of them up, although I nearly snagged a Fire Nation ship for parts. Shyamalan's upcoming movie would possibly reinvigorate interest in the series, so I'm a little surprised that TLG didn't have any sets made from that as well. I never got the sense that the original line of sets did very well, as they warmed shelves in my area for a long time, and saw price reductions in the end. Moreover, there is probably different licensing involved. I intend to see Shyamalan's movie, and I might have to give the series another look.

I think IGPX would have seen more popularity had there been a murchandise line here in the States, aside from a single video game. The mecha designs were very interesting and stylish, and would have made good toy and model fodder. Avatar, on the other hand, did enjoy a toy line in the US. Both shows came out around the same time, one on Nikelodeon, the other on Cartoon Network. From a merchandising point of view, IGPX should have been a no-brainer for an awesome toyline. I wouldn't call the show epic by any means, but it wasn't bad either, and it looked good (Production IG did the animation). Anyway, from the first commercials, I had hoped that TLG would produce sets from the show; not only did they not make toys, as far as I know, nobody did. It's odd, b/c robot toys sell well, in most cases, and the racing mech designs were certainly eyecatching.

Getting back to the original topic, in addition to POP, I wish TLG would also produce sets from the upcoming TRON: Legacy. That way the fantasy and the sci-fi fans both get stuff. I think some cool sets could come out of it, and there'd be a lot of transluscent parts and cool styling to the various buildings and vehicles, not to mention the minifigs. I guess I'm a bit jaded, as TLG always makes sets from licenses that I'm not into, and the shows/movies I think are good and would offer plenty of LEGO set opportunities never come to pass.

Also, someone mentioned TLG making sets from a show celebrating its first decde (the Tribe) and they were kinda shot down (I never heard of it either); Q:how long has it been since Disney's Atlantis, an ok film that has spawned little to no attention since its release, now a full-fledged theme in LEGO, albeit with designs mostly unrelated to the film outside of the creatures' designs? A: 2001, and 2003 for the direct to vid sequel. Just shows that one never knows what TLG will use for set fodder.

Edited March 14, 2010 by M'Kyuun

[M'Kyuun]

I have to disagree with you. I was never attracted to vehicle sets when I was a kid. I always liked the pirates and castle line because of the castles and well, the ships which are not the kind of vehicles that you are talking about. I guess my point is that this line is not going to appeal to everyone. I absolutly cannot stand SW but, I will not deny that it is a successful line. Not everyone are going to like PoP either but, I think that enough will like it to make the line successful.

I like both, but I was more into vehicles than buildings as a kid. I didn't get into Castle or Pirates until I was an adult. I thought they looked neat, but I've always been far more into sci-fi, and Space sets filled my collection. Brickbeard's Bounty was my first Pirate set, and I also got the amazing Imperial Flagship. I love the Star Wars sets, and I have nearly every one of them, with a few exceptions.

I've been, perhaps erroneously, of the understanding that, traditionally, vehicle based sets fare far better, marketing-wise, than building sets, due to playability. From that viewpoint, I've been making my arguments towards certain themes over others. My bias towards TRON over the POP movie is present, I'll concede. I think the POP sets look good, but the movie looks cringeworthy at best. However, if I were a toymaker, I would see more playability in a buch of futuristic motorcycles zooming around a futuristic landscape than in guys riding camels and ostriches. I make the same point when comparing Avatar and IGPX: one features very few vehicles , and most are medieval/steampunkish, while the other features a variety of sleek, stylish racing mechs. I would always bet on the racing themes over the medieval, but that's me. The medieval themes have been successful for LEGO, and I imagine they're easier to produce, design-wise, than something more stylised. Love it or hate it, I think the Star Wars line has definitely pushed design at LEGO to new standards, and I'd love to see them move into more challenging territory, say, perhaps, transforming mecha.

[Fires-storm]

I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but I think an awesome license would be of a recent anime movie I bought titled Steamboy. There would be so many incredible elements and figures in that, as well as an excellent story and cool steam based lego sets, I think it would be really fun.

[Siegfried]

I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but I think an awesome license would be of a recent anime movie I bought titled Steamboy. There would be so many incredible elements and figures in that, as well as an excellent story and cool steam based lego sets, I think it would be really fun.

Steamboy is very cool!

[Jimmy]

I might have already mentioned it in this thread, but I'd love to see a full Nintendo license. I would only buy a little Mario set for the mini-figs, but ...

Great idea! I would love those scenes in Mario games to be realized in lego form. How about Mario Go-cart 3D in lego. All those wacky vehicles. *drool*

[Rick]

Simply awesome. They could reintroduce these incredibly successful light-up minifigs for this.