LEGO Videogame Tie-Ins - Rumors & Discussion

[NeutralNoodle]

12 minutes ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

Personally, I could see Portal II, Spiderman PS4, Jedi: Fallen Order, and a nice 18+ Zelda set if they so desired. I have a feeling LEGO will shy away from many "darker" games as much as possible. 

Jedi: Fallen Order is only a matter of time due to the BD-1 set and Portal 2 would make sense because it had a Dimensions kit. I would love a Spider-Man PS4 set. Maybe the subway fight with Mr. Negative?

[NoOneOfImportance]

24 minutes ago, NeutralNoodle said:

Jedi: Fallen Order is only a matter of time due to the BD-1 set and Portal 2 would make sense because it had a Dimensions kit. I would love a Spider-Man PS4 set. Maybe the subway fight with Mr. Negative?

Frankly, I would expect a basic test chamber design with GLADOS for Portal 2 (not entirely accurate, but they would almost definitely have GLADOS), and something in the vein of what you wrote for SM PS4 if they decided to do that. 

I don't know what else they would likely do for the 18+ line. Maybe Uncharted like someone else said, but we'll see.

[Robert8]

First time I even heard of this game, but that's just me because I live under a rock 

What a cool hairpiece. Hope there will be a review soon to get a closer look

[Brickwright]

Maybe this has happened in some other set and I've never noticed, but the box art renders have some weird errors. In a lot of places where there are brackets or curved slopes with cutouts, the 90 degree seam between them and the neighboring part gets turned into a wavy curve. You can see it multiple times on the back of the neck, the tails, the ankles, and the tan assemblies on the front legs. The standalone images look normal, it's just the front and back of the box that has that surreal, soupy, AI-generated feel.

The set itself looks outstanding. There's some fantastic Horizon fan creations out there, and this looks like it captures the same feeling while being solid enough for mass production. Really high value too, it seems.

[TheMainBricker]

Eh? How come the Overwatch theme has been taken over by random set discussion?

Themes now don't deserve their own threads?

[Lady Bone Demon]

3 minutes ago, TheMainBricker said:

Eh? How come the Overwatch theme has been taken over by random set discussion?

Themes now don't deserve their own threads?

the overwatch thread, as i gathered, basically turned into videogame tie-ins and rumors and nobody thought to just make it a separate thread

it's not like we're gonna get much more on the theme with the only set that was in production now delayed indefinitely 

[Lacdaran]

I'll just add my love for the Horizon Tall Neck set to the internet ether.  Aloy mini figure looks amazing.  Absolute must buy for me.

[BlueberryWaffles]

Wow, I really thought this was another "gotcha" fake leak. Didn't believe it till I saw the official images. Even as someone who's never played the game, it's gorgeous. Happy for the Horizon fans today. Glad they included an Aloy minifig too instead of just making it a statue like a lot of the 18+ sets.

Of course, since I do have a Nintendo bias, this makes me think of the confusing lack of Zelda sets again. A similarly detailed set of a Guardian from Breath of the Wild with a Link minifig would be amazing. Guess we'll see. This also makes me think of possible Xenoblade Chronicles sets, since they have similar robots, but that's too niche.

I am really curious to see where this gaming thing goes with TLG. Between this and the recent Green Hill Zone set, I'm guessing there's a lot more planned. Just on the Sony partnership alone I can easily see Ratchet and Clank happening, maybe Uncharted too. I would put money on the Portal license getting renewed as well, they already have the portal gun mold from Dimensions.

[Roses]

More displayable statuettes with vignettes, please! The Tallneck looks marvelous and I'm glad it's not more than 100CAD! Hopefully it sells like hotcakes and gives LEGO a reason to make a whole series out of the HZD creatures. The minifigure-scale MOCs online of the Tallneck and Thunderjaw are jaw-dropping, but these smaller-scale renditions will make for neat little desk pieces.

It's a long wait between announcement and release, though. We'll be playing the waiting game for the next 2 1/2 months.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

1 hour ago, TheMainBricker said:

Eh? How come the Overwatch theme has been taken over by random set discussion?

Themes now don't deserve their own threads?

Overwatch theme doesn't exist anymore. It's LEGO Games now.

Also, us getting more Overwatch sets anytime soon isn't likely in any way.

And it's not a random set.

[Surge]

are there any other games that have rumored sets or was it just horizon?

[NoOneOfImportance]

4 minutes ago, Surge said:

are there any other games that have rumored sets or was it just horizon?

As of right now, it's just Horizon. I think Overwatch technically would have fallen into this, but given that it's delayed indefinitely, we'll see...

[Undi3sss]

I love the Tallneck set, I hope we get a Thunderjaw eventually.

[Lion King]

49 minutes ago, Undi3sss said:

I love the Tallneck set, I hope we get a Thunderjaw eventually.

I’m not familiar with this. Which video game this set is based on? 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

41 minutes ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

I’m not familiar with this. Which video game this set is based on? 

Horizon Zero Dawn's sequel, Horizon Forbidden West.

[Lion King]

56 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Horizon Zero Dawn's sequel, Horizon Forbidden West.

Got it, thank you.

[Clone OPatra]

5 hours ago, TheMainBricker said:

Eh? How come the Overwatch theme has been taken over by random set discussion?

Themes now don't deserve their own threads?

At one point this thread was speculating about more Overwatch sets without knowing if any were going to eventuate. Then it became about the one new Overwatch set we did know about, but as that's been delayed, how much is there to discuss. It doesn't seem like Overwatch will continue as its own theme anyway.

Then people started discussing the rumours of the Tallneck set in here along with the rumours about a LEGO Games theme with one-off videogame sets.

For the sake of a whole page of the Licensed forum not being taken up with discussion topics for themes with one or zero sets, I thought it was a pretty natural fit to rebrand this topic as the Videogame Tie-In topic. Discussion of these sets naturally falls under one umbrella, similar to disparate Disney property sets and lines that also fall under one umbrella without the need to clutter the forum with a topic for Mickey and a topic for Lightyear and a topic for Disney Princesses. Just an example.

[MaximillianRebo]

5 hours ago, BlueberryWaffles said:

Of course, since I do have a Nintendo bias, this makes me think of the confusing lack of Zelda sets again. A similarly detailed set of a Guardian from Breath of the Wild with a Link minifig would be amazing. Guess we'll see. This also makes me think of possible Xenoblade Chronicles sets, since they have similar robots, but that's too niche.

As someone who's just finished Breath of the Wild I'd also love to see related sets, but I'd go bigger and wish for a Divine Beast in Lego. Question though is which one?

[NoOneOfImportance]

Out of interest, does anyone know if there is an alternate face print for Aloy? I'm not seeing it in any pictures.

[SamVimes]

8 hours ago, TheMainBricker said:

Eh? How come the Overwatch theme has been taken over by random set discussion?

Themes now don't deserve their own threads?

"Random Set" You mean Horizon Zero Dawn? Best Original Property winner at the BAFTA Game Awards?

Not the theme that got shelved after the company's sexual harassment and mistreatment of employees made worldwide news? 

  

8 hours ago, BlueberryWaffles said:

  Of course, since I do have a Nintendo bias, this makes me think of the confusing lack of Zelda sets again. A similarly detailed set of a Guardian from Breath of the Wild with a Link minifig would be amazing. Guess we'll see. This also makes me think of possible Xenoblade Chronicles sets, since they have similar robots, but that's too niche.

Yeah.... Nintendo aren't going to do multiple sets, they are going to ride the Mario train till it runs out of coal. Maybe 2026/7? 

[BlueberryWaffles]

10 hours ago, SamVimes said:

Yeah.... Nintendo aren't going to do multiple sets, they are going to ride the Mario train till it runs out of coal. Maybe 2026/7? 

Why not? Mario's not going anywhere, but that doesn't mean the other properties need to get shafted. There's been merchandise based on plenty of Nintendo's games (Zelda, Animal Crossing, Star Fox, Splatoon, etc.) I don't see why Lego would be any different. Plus, the interactive Mario sets could remain aimed at a younger audience while other sets could skew to an older audience just like the Horizon set.

[Lion King]

What is Lego Games exactly? Is that an in-house vide game-based theme? Or just board games?

[THELEGOBATMAN]

56 minutes ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

What is Lego Games exactly? Is that an in-house vide game-based theme? Or just board games?

Theme based on video game properties, like Horizon or Overwatch.

[NoOneOfImportance]

58 minutes ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

What is Lego Games exactly? Is that an in-house vide game-based theme? Or just board games?

"LEGO Games" used to refer to the older theme of LEGO board games. Usually it's being used right now to refer to the "Gaming-IP" underlying theme connecting one-off sets like Overwatch-Titan and HZD (Forbidden West now).

Edit: Ninja'd by @THELEGOBATMAN

Edited February 16, 2022 by NoOneOfImportance

[Lion King]

5 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Theme based on video game properties, like Horizon or Overwatch.

Oh, it’s a licensed video game theme. Okay, got it, thanks!

5 minutes ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

"LEGO Games" used to refer to the older theme of LEGO board games. Usually it's being used right now to refer to the "Gaming-IP" underlying theme connecting one-off sets like Overwatch-Titan and HZD (Forbidden West now).

Edit: Ninja'd by @THELEGOBATMAN

Totally makes sense, thank you!