BrickBob Studpants Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 46 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said: Never trust anything reported by The Sun, Universal themselves came out and confirmed that ''news'' to be nothing more than clickbait bs Thanks, good to know I didn’t realise that the source was The Sun since I’ve seen it in multiple other places. That tabloid truly is one of the worst on this planet, if not THE worst
AxolotlPlays Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) On the back of 'Indominus Rex vs Ankylosaurus' box I found another small problem (like Zack and Grey's name mix up and Grey's shirt being white on the box but is grey in the set), where the Ankylosaurus is facing left towards the Gyrostation (you guys should know what image I am talking about (I hope lol)) one of its side spikes isn't coloured grey, it's brown. Doesn't matter but just thought it would be quite funny to add another 'grey' problem to that set haha Edited July 11, 2020 by AxolotlPlays
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 23 hours ago, Lego-Freak said: Not directly LEGO-related, but the first day of filming of JW:D after lockdown apparently went horribly wrong with several positive cases amongst the crew. I don’t think a 2021 release is necessarily guaranteed anymore, so we might need to prepare for another wave of made-up stuff next year You think they weren't expecting any COVID-19 cases? Of course after testing all the people a few of them would get tested positive, but it doesn't mean that they stopped filming again. Universal themselves said that filming is going all right.
Tom Jurassic Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/9/2020 at 2:07 PM, sebastian666 said: Didn’t someone on here say that the reason we don’t have Jurassic Park vehicles yet is due to a licensing issue? Either with JEEP or Ford or both? Hopefully, they can get it sorted soon because I think our best chance of getting one of these vehicles will be in the next wave of sets that will be released alongside Jurassic World: Dominion. I imagine they will include at least one nostalgia set in the mix, since it sounds like the original JP heroes (Grant, Sattler, Malcolm) will play major roles in the new film. Maybe it will be Sattler driving the JEEP with Malcolm in the back seat and a T-Rex chasing them with some kind of exploding tree build. I agree fully - I think now is really the best time to embrace the legacy of this franchise and give us some 'legacy' sets. I think realistically there are scope for these sets: Sick Triceratops w JP Jeep Rex Breakout w Ford Explorer TLW Trailer Smashup with Baby T-Rex + Tyrannosaur (realistically we'd only get one) TLW Roundup Set with Parasaurolophus JPIII Plane Crash with Spino I genuinely think a wave of 'Legacy' sets could be a very successful broad market item if they got the builds and play features right. Adult fans would buy them for the minifigures and dinos, and kids for the great builds and new dinos.
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Tom Jurassic said: I agree fully - I think now is really the best time to embrace the legacy of this franchise and give us some 'legacy' sets. I think realistically there are scope for these sets: Sick Triceratops w JP Jeep Rex Breakout w Ford Explorer TLW Trailer Smashup with Baby T-Rex + Tyrannosaur (realistically we'd only get one) TLW Roundup Set with Parasaurolophus JPIII Plane Crash with Spino I genuinely think a wave of 'Legacy' sets could be a very successful broad market item if they got the builds and play features right. Adult fans would buy them for the minifigures and dinos, and kids for the great builds and new dinos. I think now (in 2021) they should entirely focus on Dominion sets. As much as I want to get JP trilogy sets, Dominion will have a giant cast and probably many locations and dinosaurs, so I want to get as many sets as possible for this movie.
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: I think now (in 2021) they should entirely focus on Dominion sets. As much as I want to get JP trilogy sets, Dominion will have a giant cast and probably many locations and dinosaurs, so I want to get as many sets as possible for this movie. Agreed. I can see them releasing one set based on the JP trilogy like they did in 2018, but the rest of the wave will most likely be based on JW:D
AxolotlPlays Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 As much and as cool as I like those ideas, you guys are kind off forgetting the cost aspect of it. As many sets as possible, I like that but very pricey and me being an Australian, the price goes up even more. However somehow I have miraculously got all the sets from 2012-2020 so far, so hopefully I can keep this luck (except that rare t rex (I will get the 2018 Jurassic World brickheadz later this year)) . 6 hours ago, Tom Jurassic said: I agree fully - I think now is really the best time to embrace the legacy of this franchise and give us some 'legacy' sets. I think realistically there are scope for these sets: Sick Triceratops w JP Jeep Rex Breakout w Ford Explorer TLW Trailer Smashup with Baby T-Rex + Tyrannosaur (realistically we'd only get one) TLW Roundup Set with Parasaurolophus JPIII Plane Crash with Spino I genuinely think a wave of 'Legacy' sets could be a very successful broad market item if they got the builds and play features right. Adult fans would buy them for the minifigures and dinos, and kids for the great builds and new dinos. Those sets sound amazing, I wish they were real :(
AxolotlPlays Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 6 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: I think now (in 2021) they should entirely focus on Dominion sets. As much as I want to get JP trilogy sets, Dominion will have a giant cast and probably many locations and dinosaurs, so I want to get as many sets as possible for this movie. I have a solution for the large cast you brought up: Lego Jurassic World Minifigure Blind Bags. They could have the characters from dominion that aren't in the main sets and could have new figures, from older movies (Lowery Cruthers (is that his name?), Donald Gennaro, Robert Muldoon etc.), Or new varients of used characters (Owen Grady that is dirty and has his clothes ripped or Alan Grant with mud on him etc.). They could also have baby dinosaurs in each one (like for Robert Muldoon it could have that overused baby Velociraptor or Dr Wu could have a Baby Spinosaurus or Sarah Harding could have a Baby Stegosaurus or Ellie Sattler could have a Baby Parasauralophus or Claire Dearing could have a Baby Apatosaurus or Eric Kirby with Baby Pteranodon etc (I included a lot of examples because it was fun creating them haha.).) What do you think of this? I know it would be expensive and what one would you create? (Choose your own character and baby Dinosaur.)
lego_guyon02 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Just now, AxolotlPlays said: I have a solution for the large cast you brought up: Lego Jurassic World Minifigure Blind Bags. They could have the characters from dominion that aren't in the main sets and could have new figures, from older movies (Lowery Cruthers (is that his name?), Donald Gennaro, Robert Muldoon etc.), Or new varients of used characters (Owen Grady that is dirty and has his clothes ripped or Alan Grant with mud on him etc.). They could also have baby dinosaurs in each one (like for Robert Muldoon it could have that overused baby Velociraptor or Dr Wu could have a Baby Spinosaurus or Sarah Harding could have a Baby Stegosaurus or Ellie Sattler could have a Baby Parasauralophus or Claire Dearing could have a Baby Apatosaurus or Eric Kirby with Baby Pteranodon etc (I included a lot of examples because it was fun creating them haha.).) What do you think of this? I know it would be expensive and what one would you create? (Choose your own character and baby Dinosaur.) While we fans would love a CMF series it's sadly not something that is likely to happen. Not too long ago some members here just started to realise they liked the characters and that's one of the main problems with a CMF series. Most non-hardcore fans watch Jurassic Park because of the dinosaurs and it being a classic movie, not because they're particularly interested in the human characters. Sure, some characters like Grant or Malcolm have become iconic through the years but I really don't see a Jurassic CMF performing well.
mon-o-mat Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 59 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said: While we fans would love a CMF series it's sadly not something that is likely to happen. Not too long ago some members here just started to realise they liked the characters and that's one of the main problems with a CMF series. Most non-hardcore fans watch Jurassic Park because of the dinosaurs and it being a classic movie, not because they're particularly interested in the human characters. Sure, some characters like Grant or Malcolm have become iconic through the years but I really don't see a Jurassic CMF performing well. Not to mention, that many characters are really boring in the end. i mean, how many fedora guys would people want? It worked for HP because the characters there are quirky, almost cartoonish which translates to Lego quite well, but the adventure/outdoor guys from JP don't
lego_guyon02 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, mon-o-mat said: Not to mention, that many characters are really boring in the end. i mean, how many fedora guys would people want? It worked for HP because the characters there are quirky, almost cartoonish which translates to Lego quite well, but the adventure/outdoor guys from JP don't Exactly, no matter from what angle you look at it there's just no way a Jurassic CMF would work out well for LEGO.
sebastian666 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Guyon2002 said: Exactly, no matter from what angle you look at it there's just no way a Jurassic CMF would work out well for LEGO. I don’t know... I have come to expect the unexpected from LEGO. There is going to be an all-out media, marketing, and merchandising blitz associated with Jurassic World: Dominion and I actually think a UniKitty-sized CMF to coincide with the movie release would work well. Each minifig could come with a piece of a dinosaur so, if you collect them all, you can build two small / medium dinosaurs. I imagine they would limit the set to 14 minifigs and 14 dino body parts (4 arms, 4 legs, 2 bodies, 2 tails, 2 heads). The Jurassic World box art encourages kids to take their dinos apart and build their own hybrids, so the body parts could be mix-and-match. In terms of minifigs, I imagine we could get: - Dr. Grant - Dr. Sattler - Dr. Malcolm - Dr. Wu - Dodgson - Owen - Claire - Barry - Franklin - Zia - Maisey - Hammond (JP throwback) - Nedry (JP throwback) - Muldoon (JP throwback) Is this likely? Probably not. But is it possible? Anything is possible!
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Why are we even discussing Jurassic World / Park CMF in the first place tho? There's no way something like that would happen. As much as JW fans like us would want to get all that minor characters, no one except us cares about those. The only reason why Jurassic sets sell are the dinosaurs. Sure, the builds are nice sometimes, but without dinosuarus only a few people would be interested in buying those sets. The only way to include dinosuarus in CMF is making them babies, and I'm not sure if we need 16 new baby dinosuarus. Let's be honest, Lego would rather invest in series like DC, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter or other themes that have colourful and cartoonish characters that are worth to be included in CMF.
Tom Jurassic Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 12 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: I think now (in 2021) they should entirely focus on Dominion sets. As much as I want to get JP trilogy sets, Dominion will have a giant cast and probably many locations and dinosaurs, so I want to get as many sets as possible for this movie. Yeah I defo think you have a point mate. As much as I'd love a JW CMF wave I don't think it is really viable. Not enough characters who would engage the broader public. I do hope that after Dominion the license may continue. We know this is one of LEGO's highest earners now, so hopefully that implores them to keep it around.
sebastian666 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, Tom Jurassic said: I do hope that after Dominion the license may continue. We know this is one of LEGO's highest earners now, so hopefully that implores them to keep it around. 44 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Why are we even discussing Jurassic World / Park CMF in the first place tho? There's no way something like that would happen. I don’t think this license is going anywhere anytime soon. The producers of Dominion say it will mark “the start of a new era” of Jurassic World movies where dinosaurs and humans coexist. They are already talking about JW 4,5, and 6. I think LEGO is going to start to think creatively about new ways to sell these sets. I don’t think a CMF series (if it includes Dino parts) or another D2C or anything really is off the table yet.
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 56 minutes ago, sebastian666 said: I don’t think this license is going anywhere anytime soon. The producers of Dominion say it will mark “the start of a new era” of Jurassic World movies where dinosaurs and humans coexist. They are already talking about JW 4,5, and 6. I think LEGO is going to start to think creatively about new ways to sell these sets. I don’t think a CMF series (if it includes Dino parts) or another D2C or anything really is off the table yet. When did I say that the license is going somewhere? All I said was that no one (except fans) cares about minor Jurassic characters, so a CMF based on that franchise wouldn't sell well (also because dinosuarus are what draws people to this theme).
sebastian666 Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: When did I say that the license is going somewhere? All I said was that no one (except fans) cares about minor Jurassic characters, so a CMF based on that franchise wouldn't sell well (also because dinosuarus are what draws people to this theme). Chill out bro. I was responding to @Tom Jurassic saying he hopes the license continues... And in my suggestion re: a potential CMF series I said it could include Dino parts so that when you collect them all you can make a mix-and-match Dino hybrid. Edited July 14, 2020 by sebastian666
lego_guyon02 Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 7 hours ago, sebastian666 said: Chill out bro. I was responding to @Tom Jurassic saying he hopes the license continues... And in my suggestion re: a potential CMF series I said it could include Dino parts so that when you collect them all you can make a mix-and-match Dino hybrid. No offense but having those parts to create a couple of dinosaurs in blind bags isn't a particularly good idea. Besides not knowing what's inside it would also significantly raise the price of the CMF bags to the point of it being ridiculous and piss off people who don't care about the big dinosaurs at all. A Jurassic CMF just isn't happening, as much as we would like to see one
THELEGOBATMAN Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 8 hours ago, sebastian666 said: Chill out bro. I was responding to @Tom Jurassic saying he hopes the license continues... And in my suggestion re: a potential CMF series I said it could include Dino parts so that when you collect them all you can make a mix-and-match Dino hybrid. That idea wouldn't work in any way. Lego CMF is not a Marvel Hasbro figure where you collect parts to get something huge. The idea of CMF is that you can buy a random bag and be happy with what you got. Jurassic minifigures don't interest people, and if you'd want to get something cool from this series, you would have to buy 16 blind bags (for $80), just to get 16 figures and an ugly dinosuar. People would rather spend this money on a big Jurassic set than something like this.
lego_guyon02 Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said: Jurassic minifigures don't interest people, and if you'd want to get something cool from this series, you would have to buy 16 blind bags (for $80), just to get 16 figures and an ugly dinosuar. People would rather spend this money on a big Jurassic set than something like this. And that's not even counting the price increase the inclusion of dinosaur parts would bring with it
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 Besides, the amount of (desirable) characters in the franchise is not as substantial as the ones in other themes that actually got their own CMF series (Simpsons, Disney, DC, HP, and the LEGO movie universe). You could easily release 4 series or more for each of these. JP, not so much Moreover, I think JP, JW, and JW:FK have all been covered pretty well in terms of noteworthy characters. The only notable gaps in the theme are TLW and JP3, and that could easily be remedied by releasing a handful of sets further down the line. Getting sets based on these two films would be nice, but I really doubt lots of people would care all that much about minifigs of the Kirbys, Vince Vaughn’s character or all the forgettable cannon fodder.
sebastian666 Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 As I said in my original post, which was in response to @AxolotlPlays CMF idea, do I think a Jurassic World CMF is likely? No. But do I think it is possible? Anything is possible. Folks on this forum are too quick to shut down each other’s ideas and discussions. Let’s try instead to think creatively. The LEGO Jurassic World license is here to stay. Next year, there is a massive marketing and merchandising blitz being planned for Jurassic World Dominion, which will be “the start of a new era” of Jurassic movies. If you worked at LEGO, and they told you to take advantage of this momentum and increase sales by offering items at a broader range of price points, what would you suggest? Maybe dino battle packs? Maybe a series of carded back sets (like the HP students minifig set) with one dino, one minifig, and a tiny build? Maybe a CMF series? Maybe another D2C? I’m curious to hear what ideas folks think LEGO is cooking up to coincide with what is anticipated to be the biggest summer blockbuster of 2021.
lego_guyon02 Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 38 minutes ago, sebastian666 said: As I said in my original post, which was in response to @AxolotlPlays CMF idea, do I think a Jurassic World CMF is likely? No. But do I think it is possible? Anything is possible. Folks on this forum are too quick to shut down each other’s ideas and discussions. Let’s try instead to think creatively. The LEGO Jurassic World license is here to stay. Next year, there is a massive marketing and merchandising blitz being planned for Jurassic World Dominion, which will be “the start of a new era” of Jurassic movies. If you worked at LEGO, and they told you to take advantage of this momentum and increase sales by offering items at a broader range of price points, what would you suggest? Maybe dino battle packs? Maybe a series of carded back sets (like the HP students minifig set) with one dino, one minifig, and a tiny build? Maybe a CMF series? Maybe another D2C? I’m curious to hear what ideas folks think LEGO is cooking up to coincide with what is anticipated to be the biggest summer blockbuster of 2021. Couple of thoughts regarding this comment: - It's not that weird to shut down ideas if said ideas aren't realistic. - Thinking creatively is fun but it's useless if the results aren't grounded in reality. - Universal is notorious for their poor marketing, there's no guarantee for a ''massive marketing and merchandising blitz''. - Most Jurassic toys and marketing comes from Mattel. - Even if the marketing is big there's no guarentee LEGO will act on it. JP's 25th Anniversary was huge and all we got was 1 medium sized set with poor availability. - Just because the franchise continues on after JWD doesn't mean LEGO will continue pumping out sets, they could cut the line as soon as JWD gets released on DVD. - JWD being the last film of the ''saga'' doesn't mean LEGO will go all out for it. - This wouldn't be the first time producers talk out of their megablocks, especially Jurassic is pretty well known for not delivering on promises and confirmations.
AxolotlPlays Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Guyon2002 said: Couple of thoughts regarding this comment: - It's not that weird to shut down ideas if said ideas aren't realistic. - Thinking creatively is fun but it's useless if the results aren't grounded in reality. - Universal is notorious for their poor marketing, there's no guarantee for a ''massive marketing and merchandising blitz''. - Most Jurassic toys and marketing comes from Mattel. - Even if the marketing is big there's no guarentee LEGO will act on it. JP's 25th Anniversary was huge and all we got was 1 medium sized set with poor availability. - Just because the franchise continues on after JWD doesn't mean LEGO will continue pumping out sets, they could cut the line as soon as JWD gets released on DVD. - JWD being the last film of the ''saga'' doesn't mean LEGO will go all out for it. - This wouldn't be the first time producers talk out of their megablocks, especially Jurassic is pretty well known for not delivering on promises and confirmations. True, although even if Lego Jurassic World gets cut they could easy just bring Lego Dino back. Or some other new theme that has the same 'layout' as what the JW sets have. But that means the sacrifice of JP/JW figures and builds with JP/JW logos on them. 3 hours ago, sebastian666 said: As I said in my original post, which was in response to @AxolotlPlays CMF idea, do I think a Jurassic World CMF is likely? No. But do I think it is possible? Anything is possible. Folks on this forum are too quick to shut down each other’s ideas and discussions. Let’s try instead to think creatively. The LEGO Jurassic World license is here to stay. Next year, there is a massive marketing and merchandising blitz being planned for Jurassic World Dominion, which will be “the start of a new era” of Jurassic movies. If you worked at LEGO, and they told you to take advantage of this momentum and increase sales by offering items at a broader range of price points, what would you suggest? Maybe dino battle packs? Maybe a series of carded back sets (like the HP students minifig set) with one dino, one minifig, and a tiny build? Maybe a CMF series? Maybe another D2C? I’m curious to hear what ideas folks think LEGO is cooking up to coincide with what is anticipated to be the biggest summer blockbuster of 2021. Your question is a good one. Maybe some of these ideas could inspire Lego, but probably not. Personally I like the idea of having a Lego set that has see through plastic on the front of the box with 2 Lego dinosaurs inside. I know Lego would never do this but the concept is nice to consider. I also have another set thing that I like, which is entirely possible for Lego to do but for some reason they haven't done it yet. (And its not the 'new' Stegosaurus I am talking about) Lego haven't done 2 (or more) different sets that can connect to each other to make a bigger build. (Well not on purpose because the builds in Stygimoloch Breakout, Dr Wu's Lab: Baby Dinosaurs Breakout and T.Rex Transport fit nicely together.). Edited July 15, 2020 by AxolotlPlays
Lion King Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 Personally, I really like Jurassic CMF sereis with dinosaur parts (head, legs, arms, tail,etc) in separate blind bags. It is quite fun to collect and build dinosaur. However, I read throughout this forum, I have to say - I have agree with some folks here. Still< I really like that CMF idea, pack set, etc.
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