Your dream Lego theme

[Faefrost]

Mine would have to be the Muppets (like in my sad CUUSOO proposal here: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/11050 ) or Sesame Street. But I'd want the Sesame Street to be minifig scaled, and not all Duplo-ized. I know both of them are controversial and some people don't like them. But hey, it's my dream. :)

I think a Lego Sesame Street would be one of the most brilliant things they could do. I still remember the classic Fisher Price Little People Sesame Street set as one of my most favorite toys ever.

OK bear with me on this one... This is more of an idea than it is a desire... and it dips dangerously into "Friends" teritory, which always seems to stir up a certain portion of the viewing audience.

Given Lego's already extensive licensing with Disney, and given the success of their 6-12 targeted girls line, Friends, why not merge the two or rather spin off from both, and do a full blown Disney Pricesses line? Something other than the current Duplo. Full Blown real Lego treatment of the subjects. Snow Whites cottage with the Dwarves, Rapunzels Tower, etc, and just imagine a full blown top end set of Cinderella's Castle?

[melbs]

since i collect GI Joe's, would love to see a GI Joe themed lego sets!!!

[Takua Nui]

Hmm...lessee...

Lego inFamous: Just think, Lego Cole MacGrath, and sets with two separate builds for good Cole and evil Cole...that sounds like a good idea to me.

Young Justice: Even though they have a DC Superheroes theme, I wish that they'd make a Young Justice subtheme for it. The show is really great, and I can see a lot of sets that they could make:

-The Bioship vs Injustice League (Ep. 14): the name really says it all.

-The New Genesis Super-Cycle (Ep. 17): a set with the super-cycle/sphere and a few Apokoliptian villains.

-Attack on Mount Justice (Ep. 12): a set based off of 'Homefront', with the Reds, Artemis, Robin, and the power generator made into an EMP.

-The Watchtower (Ep. 26): A large set based off of the battle in Auld Acquaintance. That would be nice.

These are just some ideas of mine.

[lockdownTF]

On the subject of DC what about a Teen Titans theme from the series that was on about 4 years back? I can think of about 3 or 4 sets just off the top of my head:

The Titans sub/spacecraft that seperates in four parts.

Cyborgs car

Robins bike

Red X's bike

Titans tower

Cinder(villian made of stone)

Titans Tower featuring each of the Titans rooms and the living/command room.

[Puck]

Doctor Who...I would spend all of my savings on them.

-Puck

[greeny]

Not sure if it's been said, but I would love a Futurama theme

Two sets would be:

Planet Express

Minifigures: Fry, Bender, Leela, The Professer, Amy, Hermes, Scruffy

The set is 4 different rooms. These rooms are the garage, the meeting room, the corrider with lockers in and the Professers lab.

Planet Express ship

Minifigures: Fry, Leela, Bender, Nibbler, Flexo

The set is a large ship, and the roof can be taken of to acsess the inside. Play features are flick fire missles

[Sah]

Lego Okami would be cute.

- Okami is a PS2/Wii game.

[chelman]

Breaking Bad. It would be cool to have a set called 'Jesse's and Walt's underground methlab'. ;)

Realistically though I seriously doubt that such a set would be released. ;)

On a more serious note I think that a Jules Verne theme would be pretty cool. It could be a nice combo of steampunk esthetic, piratey-adventure style settings and retro sci-fi. I don't see it happen though, kids just don't dig something that's 'old'. I believe that as far as licensed themes we can really only expect very current themes, LOTR being a notable exception. And since most popculture entertainment aimed at youngsters is abysmally poor, I wouldn't have my hopes set on great future licensed themes. I will gladly be proven wrong though!

[Bilbo Baggins]

An "Ender's Game" license would be great and possible with the movies next year.

[The Blue Brick]

An "Ender's Game" license would be great and possible with the movies next year.

Yes, I loved that book. I would also really love an Initial D theme.

[Zergos]

I really want to see a Percy Jackson theme as I just finished the Son of Neptune book from the 2nd Olympus series.

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

Not a license, but I think that Lego should take advantage of the enormous amount of literature on the public domain that doesn't need licensing. The issue could be the target demographic, but even some sets are targeted at adults.

[Faefrost]

Breaking Bad. It would be cool to have a set called 'Jesse's and Walt's underground methlab'. ;)

Realistically though I seriously doubt that such a set would be released. ;)

On a more serious note I think that a Jules Verne theme would be pretty cool. It could be a nice combo of steampunk esthetic, piratey-adventure style settings and retro sci-fi. I don't see it happen though, kids just don't dig something that's 'old'. I believe that as far as licensed themes we can really only expect very current themes, LOTR being a notable exception. And since most popculture entertainment aimed at youngsters is abysmally poor, I wouldn't have my hopes set on great future licensed themes. I will gladly be proven wrong though!

I would so love to see an actual Jules Verne heme. Heck I think it is public domain now. I don't think there is even a license involved.

Although they do have that nice license with Disney... So a Disney based Nautilous would be a treat. Put that sucker up against the Black Pearl and Imperial Flagship!

Actually following even further with the Disney license... There is a lot they could do with Pixar, besides Cars. The new movie Brave looks like a great way to do some Kingdoms/ castles subjects in a cool Celtic flavor. And a series based on The Incredibles has a ton of possibilities. Super Heroes meets Agents, all in a format compatible with the DC and Marvel stuff? That's gotta have some merit. ( wanders off to contemplate how to convert the mime CMF into Bomb Carnage)

[Athos]

Simpsons, because then the figures could be yellow again.

Steve

[Bilbo Baggins]

It has probably been mentioned but I'd like a Hunger Games lisence.

Edited May 18, 2012 by Bilbo Baggins

[K-Nut]

This wouldn't work as a theme, but perhaps a set under the train theme, The Polar Express? Also would like themes like Jurassic Park and Star Trek.

[Justin]

I would like to see LEGO continue with their Nickelodeon licence by including these themes alongside their already-popular SpongeBob SquarePants sets:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Power Rangers Samurai

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2 (movie coming in 2014; a subtheme of LEGO SpongeBob SquarePants)

[chelman]

Generally licensed themes should IMHO be aimed at the older Lego demographic say 9+. First off I think that licensed sets for the youngest kids shouldn't be licensed at all. Kids get enough mass media brainwashing as it is, let them develop their own imaginations first, before being constrained by mass media output. Kids that are 9-10 and older can already make their own choices as to what they like and I guess that's where I would put the borderline.

So I would definitely stay clear of 'kiddie' licenses in both the Duplo and Sytem lines. Additionally I would hope that if and when they license that Lego would use its tremendous market(ing) power to promote themes other than the mainstream Disneyfied stuff and show kids that things that may have only appeared in book form can also be fun and that things don't have to be new and trendy to be cool. It's a challenge but one that does fit with their corporate mission so I would like to see a move in that direction.

Our kids are dumbed down by plummeting educational standards...why couldn't the kids' most favourite toy try and offest the dumbing down a little?

That's really my biggest quip with the Ninjago theme. I saw a couple of episodes of the show with my little'un and found them to be very disappointing. A lot of eyecandy and little substance. The whole theme is based around being 'cool'. I understand that Lego can't forgego such themes alltogether, after all they're in the business of peddling little pieces of ABS...it would be nice to see a counterbalance there, however.

That's why a Verne theme or a mythology and/or ancient history theme might be great. That's why it would be cool to see a theme revolving around age old and wise fairytales. All of these can be made appealing to today's kids, while also bearing some added value beyond the toy aspect. Damn, Vertigo's Fables are one their bestselling titles....

Additional benefit: even though these are 'licensed' themes in that they base on earlier works, they are in fact mostly PD. ;-)

[connor18gow]

Generally licensed themes should IMHO be aimed at the older Lego demographic say 9+. First off I think that licensed sets for the youngest kids shouldn't be licensed at all. Kids get enough mass media brainwashing as it is, let them develop their own imaginations first, before being constrained by mass media output. Kids that are 9-10 and older can already make their own choices as to what they like and I guess that's where I would put the borderline.

So I would definitely stay clear of 'kiddie' licenses in both the Duplo and Sytem lines. Additionally I would hope that if and when they license that Lego would use its tremendous market(ing) power to promote themes other than the mainstream Disneyfied stuff and show kids that things that may have only appeared in book form can also be fun and that things don't have to be new and trendy to be cool. It's a challenge but one that does fit with their corporate mission so I would like to see a move in that direction.

Our kids are dumbed down by plummeting educational standards...why couldn't the kids' most favourite toy try and offest the dumbing down a little?

That's really my biggest quip with the Ninjago theme. I saw a couple of episodes of the show with my little'un and found them to be very disappointing. A lot of eyecandy and little substance. The whole theme is based around being 'cool'. I understand that Lego can't forgego such themes alltogether, after all they're in the business of peddling little pieces of ABS...it would be nice to see a counterbalance there, however.

That's why a Verne theme or a mythology and/or ancient history theme might be great. That's why it would be cool to see a theme revolving around age old and wise fairytales. All of these can be made appealing to today's kids, while also bearing some added value beyond the toy aspect. Damn, Vertigo's Fables are one their bestselling titles....

Additional benefit: even though these are 'licensed' themes in that they base on earlier works, they are in fact mostly PD. ;-)

I agree, when I was a kid I remember having those big buckets of bricks that you could build anything with (I actually think they were megabloks though lol). I don't think I got my first Lego sets till I was about 7.

[Bilbo Baggins]

They should make a Percy Jackson theme.

[Zergos]

They should make a Percy Jackson theme.

I totally agree with you there!

[HawkLord]

Star Trek: I think there's a few vehicles/ships of varying sizes that could work. Not many environments or play-sets necessarily. An UCS Enterprise would be amazing though.

James Bond / or generic "Spy" line: Bond has alot to draw from in terms of characters and unique vehicles that could have a number of action features and gimmicks. One could also combine this with a Men In Black type line, as well.

Ghostbuster: Lots of figures, lots of ghosts, the Ghostbuster station and car. This line would probably have alot of City elements that could be re-used and sets could be based around ghost inhabiting certain houses and locations.

TMNT: I don't know how they'd make a Turtle, but there's a wealth of material to draw from - including City and Space. My only request is that it should be based on comic Turtles and avoid the upcoming Bay movie.

[Niku]

Dynasty Warriors I know it won´t happen, nonetheless it would be great if TLG would make it.

[Faefrost]

Star Trek: I think there's a few vehicles/ships of varying sizes that could work. Not many environments or play-sets necessarily. An UCS Enterprise would be amazing though.

James Bond / or generic "Spy" line: Bond has alot to draw from in terms of characters and unique vehicles that could have a number of action features and gimmicks. One could also combine this with a Men In Black type line, as well.

Ghostbuster: Lots of figures, lots of ghosts, the Ghostbuster station and car. This line would probably have alot of City elements that could be re-used and sets could be based around ghost inhabiting certain houses and locations.

TMNT: I don't know how they'd make a Turtle, but there's a wealth of material to draw from - including City and Space. My only request is that it should be based on comic Turtles and avoid the upcoming Bay movie.

No real reason to do James Bond. They have their own Agents line which covers that territory and let's them flex it a bit for humor and play appeal. Should they choose to resurrect it. Plus most kids don't really know classic James Bond like they used to. And straight up JB gets a little too close to their real world violence prohibitions.

Oddly I don't think Star Trek would be a great Lego subject. Because of how the shows were made there are a limited number of very similar ships and scenes. I love Trek. I model Trek extensively. I just don't think it is a good fit for Lego.

Ghostbusters would be cool. The only downside is the property is a bit long in the tooth. I don't think a full blown stand alone licensed line would work. But if they ever do a "classics of SciFi" type theme where they can do one or two subjects each from a variety of classic shows, then GB would be at the top of the list.

TMNT would be a great subject, provided Michael Bay doesn't destroy the property. The turtles would be easy to do as minifigs. Standard minifig body, with a shell backpack type attachment. The van just screams build me in Lego. The only negative is they are essentially already playing in this niche without the license with Ninjago.

[adventuresinlego]

I'd really, really love a Buffy the Vampire Slayer series of LEGO. (Sorry if anyone's said the idea, it's too late at night to read every one haha)...

Not only would it make some awesome sets and minifigures, but they could do a video game tie-in which would be brilliant- every time you stake a vampire they could burst into collectible studs.

I did some on Cuusoo, but after their reaction to the Firefly/Serenity model (Source material being too mature) there's no hope in the hellmouth that they would do a Buffy series, oh well, better luck next time I guess haha.