The Lego Movie 2 - The Second Part 2019 Set Discussion

[Dorayaki]

Interesting to see how they're dedicating to blend minidolls with minifigures this time. Just not sure what Susan's role is, she looks kinda like a parody of Disney Princess minidoll which wants to make up for the loss that Disney franchises cannot participate in LEGO films .

But in this case I would say, if we're repeating the TLM1 case that a set would include past LEGO characters, I hope this would indicate that Friends and Elves characters also have chances to be involved in both the story and the sets.

[Lyichir]

2 minutes ago, Falconfan1414 said:

So Hollywood reporter revealed 2 sets! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lego-movie-2-set-features-tiffany-haddishs-queen-watevra-wanabi-1162926

These look awesome (the latter set especially). An open-ended set for what seems like a pretty open-ended character.

[Falconfan1414]

3 more sets. 70831 Emmets dream house/ rocket rescue. Includes emmet, Lucy, Rex, and unikitty for $70. 70821 Emmet and Benny’s build and fix workshop includes emmet and Benny for $20. Finally emmets tricycle. Includes emmet and a Duplo alien build, not sure price 

Edited November 20, 2018 by Falconfan1414

[The Brick King]

I don't really like the look of Watevra. She seems kind of like a cop-out, with her whole incredibly blocky design.

[Robert8]

I wonder if we'll get glittery Superman and Green Latern 

[Falconfan1414]

LEGO themselves just revealed a bunch of sets!

[Dorayaki]

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/new-sets-for-the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part-tease-new-characters-vehicles-and-hilarity

The sweet friends are cute! Wonder if they'll also show up in the Unikitty show as well. Doubledeck then Thricycle, very Emmet .

I thought the Space Suqad is where that small pink figure is revealed, but sadly not this time. So the whole set is kinda a tribute for classic Space fan.

[Robert8]

Edited November 20, 2018 by Robert8

[Dorayaki]

Wow, so they're literally making Duplo figures based on the TLM characters.

Still I wonder if this is a thing to be shown in the physical films-- will we see Emmet the Duplo figure in the film? Or it's just how TLG have been doing, only making TLM Duplo figures for underage kids to play?

[Nexogeek]

So much to love from these sets, that classic space figure pack is great, those dinos are amazing (My guess is the baby one that leaked is from the CMF) Unikitty's friends is such a cute set, and the colors on those two Rex sets is a nice combo! Emmet's house is a cute set minus its price lol

[icm]

Gee, @danth, your dream came true! Re-released old-style Classic Space helmets!  - Speaking of Classic Space, I think the two little CS-style spaceships in these sets are a much better fit with the 1979-1987 sets than the Benny Spaceship from TLM1.  I think I'd rather have two little CS-style spaceships that really fit in than a big ship that doesn't, and I'm happy to see that the big spaceship in the line is something as patently absurd and creative as a dropship piloted by two velociraptors.

[Falconfan1414]

https://thenerdy.com/lego-movie-2-sets-reveal/

this site has official descriptions and piece counts 

[Dorayaki]

30 minutes ago, Nexogeek said:

My guess is the baby one that leaked is from the CMF

If it's like the Babysitter which comes with Benny?

 

70831 — Emmet’s Dream House/Rescue Rocket

70828 — Pop-Up Party Bus

Interstingly we have more original minidoll character for this lineup. The bus would definitely interest many girls.

Edited November 20, 2018 by Dorayaki

[Itaria No Shintaku]

Wow, apart from the benny's set, these are literally of 0 interest to me. 
Which makes 1HY 2019 the wortst I've ever seen since the LEGO Dark Ages.
No pirates/space/agents/castle/western - like themes.
Ninjago is rebooting / time traveling so, old stuff, already seen, no interest.
City sets are really meh.
These... are horrible. Really. I just like the Benny set because that is PURE FANSERVICE which I happen to like.

I'm sorry, I expect more from TLG, I'll pass through all of 1HY but the benny set and the elite guards SW battlepack for parts.

[Dorayaki]

Just now, Itaria No Shintaku said:

No pirates/space/agents/castle/western - like themes.
I just like the Benny set because that is PURE FANSERVICE which I happen to like.
I'm sorry, I expect more from TLG, I'll pass through all of 1HY but the benny set and the elite guards SW battlepack for parts.

I cannot say all interest me, but I do see some originality and creativity if that is how none or related to castle or western. After all there's no garuntee TLM was supposed to be the place to recycle all those past themes but not doing its own original style. Anyway, I think it is a good thing.

Benny's inclusion was destined to be fanservice for Space fans. I just say I expect more from Benny like his spaceship in TLM1. For this time his sets are kinda not stepping out. On the other hands Rex's sets are doing fine job.

[Falconfan1414]

Sweet Mayhem without the mask had been revealed along with a possible new hair piece! 

[Itaria No Shintaku]

2 minutes ago, Dorayaki said:

I cannot say all interest me, but I do see some originality and creativity if that is how none or related to castle or western. After all there's no garuntee TLM was supposed to be the place to recycle all those past themes but not doing its own original style. Anyway, I think it is a good thing.

Benny's inclusion was destined to be fanservice for Space fans. I just say I expect more from Benny like his spaceship in TLM1. For this time his sets are kinda not stepping out. On the other hands Rex's sets are doing fine job.

I honestly don't think that a kid that has not seen the movie may in any way be more interested in this stuff than in Ninjago or City sets.
The TLM1 sets could fit some scenarios, like a city one. These can't. These do not blend at all with any theme a kid has, they seem just random pieces put all together. Probably they simply recall something that happens in the movie so there is no poor design, LEGO designers are top class IMHO. I can already see thes filling the shelves like the late Chima or Nexo knights, selling only at 30 40% off.
Really, I'm disappointed for the first time since years. 

My last hope is the CMF series associated with this movie.
 

Edited November 20, 2018 by Itaria No Shintaku

[Falconfan1414]

Baby blue raptors that leaked a little while ago might be from the movie maker set...

[Robert8]

We are also missing Lloyd..... I hope he doesn't end up being a CMF 

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By the way, it seems Sweet Mayhem is not human 

Edited November 20, 2018 by Robert8

[Falconfan1414]

So the other space men in Benny’s space set are 

yellow: kenny

Pink: Lenny 

white: Jenny 

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

Pictures 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Where can you find back of the boxes for the sets?

[Falconfan1414]

All of the sets are up on shop at home’s website. In the photo for the movie maker set you can see the blue raptor comes in that set

[Aanchir]

45 minutes ago, The Brick King said:

I don't really like the look of Watevra. She seems kind of like a cop-out, with her whole incredibly blocky design.

I would describe her as less of a cop-out and more of a sort of mascot for the versatility of "LEGO Classic" style basic bricks, much like Unikitty was before her but to an even greater extent since she's a shapeshifter even beyond being able to exaggerate her original size/shape/pose using different bricks. Queen Watevra's Build Whatever Box! reinforces this even further with a whole bunch of different builds (and it's nice to see that her facial expressions are printed on individual bricks along with occasional implied "brick" patterns rather than stretching across several bricks as implied at some points in the trailer).

With that main horse form of hers, I'm still wondering whether she might have an actual familial connection to Unikitty, especially since Puppycorn's cameo in the trailer suggests that unlike The LEGO Movie, Unikitty's family might be more likely to come up as a subject in this sequel.

29 minutes ago, Dorayaki said:

Wow, so they're literally making Duplo figures based on the TLM characters.

Still I wonder if this is a thing to be shown in the physical films-- will we see Emmet the Duplo figure in the film? Or it's just how TLG have been doing, only making TLM Duplo figures for underage kids to play?

The Duplo Emmet and Lucy are ADORABLE, but right now I think it'd be a surprise (albeit not an unpleasant one) to see them in the movie itself, except perhaps in a dream sequence/imagine spot. Seems mostly like just a compromise to include a few major LEGO Movie characters in a Duplo set without compromising the toddler-level safety and simplicity that is practically the whole point of Duplo. It's also great to see some of the Duplo monsters actually built with real Duplo!

Ice Cream Cone and Chocolate Bar are ADORABLE new characters, and they introduce some nice new molds and recolors. It's also good to see that in at least a few of these sets Unikitty is a little less angry/intense… perhaps hinting that getting out of that apocalyptic wasteland will do some good things for her emotionally.

Emmet's Thricycle is a wonderfully goofy design of the sort I would never expect to see in a more traditional play theme. The classic looking Octan gas pump is a nice bonus, as is the Duplo monster… although with how similar it is to the one in the Ultrakatty set I'm beginning to think those are sort of meant to have "army building" potential analogous to the Micro-Managers in the original LEGO Movie sets.

Rex's Rex-treme Offroader is a fun 3-in-1 set with some wonderful "crazy awesome" vibes much like we've seen in other LEGO movies as well as themes like Nexo Knights. It's nice to see it playing around with the dinos not only as characters but also for all the "master builder" potential that their interchangeable parts lend them (unlike other big LEGO animals like cows and horses which have less versatility).

The Party Bus is a delightful example of something the Sistar System sets excel at, which is being girly while exuding cool, creative, and action-packed vibes rather than "doll/teddy bear tea party" stereotypes of the forms of play that little girls are drawn to. There's obviously nothing wrong with serene slice-of-life play, and the Unikitty's Sweetest Friends EVER! set exemplifies that sort of potential in its own way. But I feel like this coolness really helps both with these sets' crossover appeal for boys, and with parents' sense that the more feminine- or masculine-coded LEGO Movie 2 sets are neither shoehorning male and female builders into different styles of building or subject matter, nor making any sort of statement about feminine-coded subject matter needing to be subverted with more masculine-coded imagery to make it authentically cool.

As a big fan of themes like Friends and Elves, it's tiresome seeing so many of the most highly praised Friends and Elves MOCs being "ironic" mashups of feminine-coded colors and figures with less feminine-coded subject matter, as opposed to things that really embrace the authentic strengths of their respective themes' subject matter. So it's nice to see something this cool in a theme that isn't heavily skewed towards girls, but that doesn't shy away from its Polly Pocket playset vibes and feels like it could credibly exist in the "girl aisle" even if it were part of a more specifically girl-targeted theme. It and the Sistar Spaceship also further raise my hopes that a girl-targeted sci-fi theme could be just as exceptional as Elves was as a girl-targeted fantasy theme.

On a side note, that set also features the debut of the new color Vibrant Coral (the reddish-pinkish-orange color on some of its exterior stripes and the gears on the dance floor), and wow, is it ever a delight to see! We were overdue for a really beautiful color that helps to fill that gap between the red/pink and orange/nougat parts of the color palette. Already thinking about potential uses…

The 2-in-1 house/rocket set was one of the easiest potential future sets to anticipate from the first trailer, and it's neat to see how well it translates to a playable product (at least, as far as I can tell… hard to really scope out all the interior details from just these pics). My heart melted when I saw the sleeping Ultrakatty!

Metalbeard's Motor Trike is also a remarkable delight, like Metalbeard's Duel and Metalbeard's Sea Cow were before it. Like those, it has some delightfully absurd steampunk nautical vibes including a SHARK CANNON (!!!). I also think it's been just enough time since the Ninjago Sky Pirate sets that things like ship's wheels and anchors as gratuitous pirate tech motifs still feels fresh. I'll be curious, though, if we will see any sets with the version of Metalbeard from the latest trailer, who had such hilarious details as a piano leg. Side note, it's amusing to see the once modernity-averse Benny upgraded with such decidedly non-classic LEGO Space attributes as a robot arm and visor. It'll be neat to see how that plays out in the story.

Battle-Ready Batman and Metalbeard is another amusing set with similar vibes. It's nice to see some more Bat-tech than we got in The LEGO Movie sets (which usually had Batman as a stand-alone character), since that helps create a sense of continuity with Batman as we saw him in his own spin-off. And yet another form of Metalbeard! It's fun to see his brick-built design really exploited by having his anatomy vary more like it did in the first LEGO movie (but not so much in the sets). As a cyborg and a Master Builder I get the sense they'll exploit this in the story by having him experience injuries/battle damage that for a human character would be deadly or debilitating, but for a cyborg pirate are just embarrassing or inconvenient (compare with Metalbeard's whole goofy backstory, or with some of Mr. Potato Head's hijinks in the Toy Story films).

One bummer about the set is seeing the "You're Welcome" sign sans any trailers or teasers to offer context, which has the underwhelming sense of seeing a punch line before hearing the setup. No matter how the setup goes down, it seems to put a damper on its potential for surprise.

Rex's Rex-plorer is a great design on the outside but is also probably still hiding some interior play features we haven't seen yet, so that's something to look forward to once the sets are released. Definitely some LEGO Agents vibes with Rex's whole aesthetic, but with a considerably more chunky and masculine style which seems appropriate considering that Rex is seemingly being set up to represent the stereotypical "male action hero" that the soft-hearted, bright-spirited, and error-prone Emmet is so insecure about not being.

Benny's Space Squad is a delightful battle pack style set. New classic space helmets without a crack are a pleasant surprise, as are getting new colors of classic space figure and seeing a yellow classic space figure (the classic space astronaut color that was least likely to return). The "Classic Space" vibes might have been even stronger if the wheels of the rover were red rather than grey, but the overall aesthetic of this and the spaceship in the Juniors set both feel very authentically Classic Space, rather than just like modern sci-fi with Classic Space figures/logos like the Exo-Suit.

[ReplicaOfLife]

Most of these sets hold about as much interest for me as the TLM1 sets, but...

 

Benny's Space Squad?????? Shut up and take my money!!!

 

Also nice to see the 918/924 tribute in Emmet & Benny's Workshop, though it's nose looks VERY stumpy - they try to conceal that by putting Benny in front of it on the box art, but it's obvious that the nose is a 6-wide straight. They should've replaced that with a more pointy nose.

Emmet's Resue Rocket looks like a gret throwback to the older Creator houses that were released about 10-15 years ago. Too bad it's in basic colors - that thing in more toned down colors would be an awesome parts pack!

Edited November 20, 2018 by RogerSmith