ASLUME (formerly Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion)

[THELEGOBATMAN]

27 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Hate to think what would happen if Dedra isn’t in the U-Wing.

D̶̨̧̡̨̡̧̨̨̧̡͉̰̮̞̳͖̳͍̝̺̥̤̰̹͈̣̩̫͚͚͓̱͓̟͉̗̪̘̰̼̹͓̩̟̲͓͕̞͔̣̜̟̱̻̟̫͍̦̱̰̻̺̭̩̞͎̼͚͕̪̺̫͔̫̱͓̖̰̩͕̯̯͙͈̫̬̹̠̜̫̬̖̞͖̫̯͉̺̖͍̻̙̥͕̺̰͉͕̻̙̪͍͇̭̱̱͇͓̦̥̒̍̓̌̇̀̓̈͊̾̔͛͋̊̀̔͌́̄̀̐́̑̔̏̌̀͘͘͜͜͝͠ͅͅͅ ̶̡̨̡̡̧̡̧̡̢̢̧̨̡̧̡̨̢̡̨̧̡̨̧̧̨̨̢̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̹̹̟̫̲͚̦̗̞͕̠̝̙͖̙̫̹̺̣͉̯͕̫̱͔̥̦͙̩͉͎̞̙̠̠̺̞̠͇̗̻̹̤̭̝̗̮̟̝̣̪̞͙̮̯̞̪͉̙͚̮͙̗͔̹̤̺̜̪̤͓̻̭̜̠̯̟̠̙̰͈̟̱͍͔̰̦̟͙̗̤̹̫̭̬͎͚͙̹̮̲̜͉̼͉̞̤̰̖̯̫̰̘͙͍͈̰̱̹̞̩̳͖̬̞͕͕̰̠͖̠̟͖̺̳̪̲̖͎̥̞̺̳̹̬̭̜̟̙̪̲̭͕͎̖͈̤͔͉̬͈͍̲̙͚͖͈͙̱͓͙͚̲͙̥͔̪̥͚̰̦͈͚̹͈͖̻̗̫͔̦̭͕͔̺̥̱̪̠͈̠͎̞͎̘̞̳̖͙̣̺͕͖̘̫̳̺͓͎̞͍͈̻͖͔̝̖̳͙̠̟͔͕̗̖͓̭͎̹̼̮̗͚̞͓̝̱̣̘͍̝̻̹͚̀̔͆̿̀̓̈͐͑̃͐͗̊̋̎͋̀͛̈́̍̊͂͋̔͗͂̇̌͂̎̊̒̍͋̐͋̎̏̄͆͂͆͋̉̈́͊̑̔͑͋̀͌̓̑͑̔̅̃̔̐͆̓̈́̀̈́͒͌̅̓̅͂͋͑̔͐̈́͐̓́͗̇̿̆̌̀̏̈́̏̑̑͋̏̽̀̈́̏̃̓̽͆̇̒́͊̈̎͒͛̐̌̋̇̍̏͗͐̈́̆̆͐͊͋̀̍͋̏̐̓̍̊̾̔̾̑̅̋͗̅̉̈́͑͗͒͐͐̔͂́͒̔̇̋̿͂̓͋̕̚̕̕̚͘͘̚̕͘̚̚͘͘̕͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅḚ̸̡̧̧̨̨̡̧̨̢̢̡̨̨̧̡̧̛̛͙̥̱̘̺̲̝̣͕̻̹̟̼̞̭͍̭̝͙̤̫̲̮͖͖̺͍̖̘̦̻͈͎͙̦̫͕̺̭̥͍̰̦̟͇̬̻̥̯̜̟̮̣͍͍͎̼͓̼̹͕̟̹̪̝͎̠͍̦͈͇̻̝͚̙̥̭͎̞͇̠̘̥͕͔̝̰̤̱͙̝̯͚̬̣̝̯̰̮͈̭̝̳̙͓̻̲͉̬͍̫͍̯̬͎̭̲̗͚̲̣͚͇̼̞͙̞̫̝͉̤͙͈̩̟̮̮̪̙͈̲͙̞̬̲̝͉̺̘̗̥̥͕͙̜̻̰̮̟̦̦̹̹̬̩̺̠͓͉̟̼͔̜̤̩̪͖̳̫̙̟̘̲̋̓̑̔̌͒̇̿̈̀̈́̄̈́͊͆̀͋̓̓̎͛̀̂̽̾̂͆̌͂͐̉̂̊̒̆͒̒͆̍̌̂̈́͂̋̇̀̒̌̑͗̾̉̒̒̓̽̏̓̋̾̕̚̕̕̚̕̕͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅ ̸̡̨̨̡̨̨̡̨̢̢̨̧̨̨̨̨̢̢̨̢̛̛̛̛͎̠͙̲̮̤̜͓̦̦͇̫̫͓̘͕͍̳̗̞͚̱̜̲͙̬͇̦̦̗̩̗̠̗̺̝̺̻͔̜̩͎̟̣̦͕̲͔͕̙̣̞͎̻̣̩̺̱̭̰̜̥̫̞͕̫̙̠̫̘̹̲̩̼̰͉̱̦̹͈̲͉̤̙̺͔̫̹̥̭̼͈̦̬̠̤͍̪̗̩̲̫̗͚̣͙͔̞͉͙̟̗͖͓̥̳͙̻̞̘̭͍͙̜͖̻̘͙̮̝͔̻͉̰̳̙͈͈̦̼̮̺͇̹̮͈͚̥̺̻͍̮̼͚̱̦̼̣̺̤̪̞̺̹͓͎̬̱͎̩̯̰̦͚͇͙͓͔̟͓̮̤̬̮̪̮̰͖̜̩̻̙̖̱̼̘̭̗̦̺͕̱̦̼̳̟͙̩͍̻̜͉͇̦̹͉͉͙͉̲̬̰̻̟̜̮̀̎̄̈́͐̀̐̈́̄̽͋̈́̎͌̈́͆͛̔̾̐̃̍̑͂̔̐̆͒̍́̆̍͑͊͛̊̃͒̊̆̔͌̈́̒̄̆̄̈́̊̃̎̍̃͒̅̎͛̃͐̆̃͌̂̔̄̊͒͆̊͑̌͑̈́͛̋̔̓̅͋̎̓̈́̍͂̂̇̿̑̓̄͗̔͊̀͂̐̓̈́́̒̌̋̋͋̾̈́̌̑͐̒̕̕̕̕̕͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͠͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅÅ̴̡̨̢̧̢̡̧̨̡̧̡̧̧̨̧̢̡̡̨̧̨̢̨̨̢̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̛͖̗̬̲͍͔̹̘̱̖̼̤̲̬͔̰͍̺̟̲͖͔̰̟̫̟̩̼̬͙̦̹̬͉͚̬͕̣̼͓̬̘̱̦̟͓͈̬̬͉͔̝̪͉͖̜̮͍͚̯͓̗̣͙͓̫͈̖̰̲͇͎̩͉̩̞̠̲̭̩̮̬̱̗̦̮̯̱̗̘͍͙͔̞̘͖̹͉̪̗̮̻̦̦͖̲̯̭͎̳͉̻̱̠̟͈̟͈̖̞̦͙͇̼̺̳̥͓̺͈̫̙͓͕̠̻̯̮̜͕̘̩̖̝̠͓͍̟͔̼̩̳͚̘̬̠̪̠̲̗͍͇̬̫̙̞̜͎͇̫͙̱̲͉̖̖̹̗̟̜̝̺̞̝̜̰͔̮̯͔͔̪͕̮̙̳̪͚͖̪̱̝͚͕͈̜͎̼̗͍̜̰̫͖̤̩̗̖̝̯͎̼̮̼̱̳̘̺͕̠̰͕̟̞̖̆̅̇̒̓̀͑̇̾͆͆́̈́̀̀̈́̃̀̂͒̏͋͆͆̄̐̋̀͆̇͋̈́͐̾̉͌̈́̆̋̉̽̆̑̄͌͒̏̽͌͗̾̓̓̅͛̀̒̓̀́͐̽̓̈́̍̌͐͌͌̌́̊̂̔̅̐̊́̓̔̐͌͐̃̍͊̽͐͌͗͂̊̈́̓̊͋̏̔̃͛̄̿̀͊͐̋̔́̄̏̋͂͗́̍̈́̅͂̐̾̓̃̈̇͗̈̃̐̈́͌̒̈́̄͌̐͂̈́̾̐͌̍̀̎̐́̅͋̑̍̄̎̎̽̏̀͊̆̒̇͐̏̾̌̄̅̆̑̂͂̾̈̾̐̄̆̄̍̌̌͂͐̅͒̐̑̍́̒̓̿͆͆̔̓̎̋͑͆̄́͋͘̕̚̕̚̕͘̚̚̚̕̚͘̚̕͘̕̕̕͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͠ͅͅ ̷̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̭̙͚̯̘̹͇̦̘̝̖̮̻͋̎͗̑͋̈̒͊͋̔͛̉̊̃̈̐̀̅̈́͌͌̃͌͂̐̀̇̋͗͗̀̉͌͋͗͆̈̾̒͊͆͑̀̐͊̐̌̄͐͌̄̋͆̾̏̉̐̇̃̿́̀̈̍̽̄̂̃̈́̍͆͋̓̑̏̐̑̌̆̾̃͛̏̈̈̀͆̒̎̊͑͌̂́͐̈́̆̈́̑͊͒͑̏̒̍̍͂͗̆́̎͗́̅̓͌̅̉̃̂͊̓̒͋̉̓̆͌͆͆̀̂̀̾̍͆̀̿̌̈́͂̊͆̎̽̾͊̂̊̽̋́̆́̍͋̌̍̍͋͐̂͛͌͂̽͐͆̈́̑̎͊͋̏̐̅͒͐͊̂͐͒̾̾̓̉͑̂͌̎̑̔̽̃͐̇̏̑̏̂͑͋̈́̅́̌̀̎̿̍̑̅̅̐͋͑͂̾̀̀̉͋͘̕̚̚̕͘̕̚̕̚̕̚̕͘͘̚̕͘̕͘͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͝͝͝͝T̴̨̨̢̢̨̢̨̧̧̢̧̨̧̡̢̨̧̡̢̡̢̛̹̪̘͍̗̼̜̤̭̪͎͈̥̙̬͍̞͉̲̼̮̗͓͇̮̟͕̘̥̰͔̭̞̻̻̮̬̘̭̹̰̰͎͔̗̻͍͍͎͕͇̹̬̘̠̖͕͕͇̞̥̗͙͕̜̦͉̩̹̥̘͍̞̝̻̼̘̭̥̪̬̪̹̞̝͇̥͈̭̭̟̭̥͇̞̠̜̫̫̫͓̲̻͕̘̟͉͕̬̳̼̝̰̠̰̦̂̇̔̎̇̎̋̆͑̈́͛̾̿̽͋͆́̋͋͋̔͆̅͐͒̓͆̀͗̈́̊̍̏́̾̎͛̂͛͒͋̾̆̏͊̂̀̌̋͋͑̌͋̀̓̉͗͛̓͗̀̓̇͊̽̏͒̎͋̂̐͌͆̿̆͗̈́̍͆̑͑̔͑́̓̋͂̄͋̀͐͐̔̋̿̄͋̿̃́̆̀̍̑̍́͆̅̑̍̌̌̇̍̈͌̊̔̂͆̍̅̽́́̀̈́̌̿̐̑̋̽̌͆̊̈́̈́̓͐̿̄͆̍́̇͆̓̋͗̾̽́̅̿͒̐̄̃̏͛̈́͐̒̄͊́͌̑̈͗̉̎́̕̚̚̕̚͘͘̚̕͘̚͘̕̚̕̚͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅ ̶̧̡̡̧̨̧̧̧̢̨̢̡̨̡̨̢̢̧̡̨̢̢̡̛̛̛͍̝̱̫̳̫̯͙̦̯̮͎͔̺͎͎̲͍͍̲͖̰̰͓̱̭̫̲͉̝̬͓̦̞̗̩͎̭̟̠̯̹͓̘̪̫͇̝̰̩̭͉̙̙̣̘̼̹̤̣̰̲͎̳͈̙̙̳̙̳̞̠̹̬̮̯̖͓̮̗̣̻̳͙̮̰̪͓̮̪̙̙͎͇͔͚̱̪͍̪̭̮͍͖̯̤̱̝͙͋͑̔̉̿̄̿̉̓̓̈́͊͊̀̋̓̌̀͐̑̀̆̈́̉͂̒̓̑̊̋̆̀̏̌̆͌̐͋͒͊͂͋̿͌͑̍̎̾͌͋́̎̂̓̓̒̊͆͒͐͆͒̎͂́̿͆͋̋̎͑̆͊̿̒͂̅̽͌̈́̔̌̒̎͌̊̽̓̍̈́̂̄̉́̎̚͘̕̕̕̚͘͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͠͠͠ͅͅͅͅͅḦ̸̡̨̧̧̢̡̨̨̢̢̢̡̧̡̢̢̡̢̡̧̧̢̨̡̡̡̧̨̡̨̧̧̖̘̘̣͎̦̤̥̪͇̦͍͓̗̟̯̦̙̗̯̞̳̮̙̠̻̜̤̱͉͍̗̯̝͔͉̹͙̭̞̤͚̘̻͓̣̻͓͈̪̙̰͚̺̗̫̘͚͔̣̳̜̦̬̤͎̭͙̯͕͚̜̯͚͙͇̪̙̻͎̙̟̪̞͖̳̙̘̤̝͎̻̣̺̠̮͎̮̭̤͉̘̦͇̤͎̘͈̯̱̲̣̟̯̥̪͙͖̤̟͓̹̯̹̹͓̹̥̥̜̱͔̩̼̻̳̖͈̬̣̣̤̜͔̖̳͎̫͍̱̗̘̗̺͉̫̝͖̠͍̤͈̩̗̞̟͉͈̹͚͙̗͖̱̹͙̞̯͎̗̳̪̪̣̭͇̫̻͎̺͖͈͔̰̙̳̳͉̯͎̗̬͚̦̦̰̬̟̣̺̣̗̗̟͚̪̺̟̻̫̟̼̦̝̩̰̲͍̠̩͙̘́̔̽̌͆͜͜͜͜͜͜͜ͅͅͅͅ

[Renny The Spaceman]

13 minutes ago, icm said:

I hope that it they do sets from the Schumacher films, none of the sets based on the film literally named Batman & Robin have Robin in them. That would be fitting after the omission of Robin from both the recent Batman '66 sets.

/S

The thing is there's a real chance of that! Anything we can joke about to show how this theme can disappoint us is always a real possibility now

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Splitting the forums seems so stupid now 

"The Batcave is Schumacher-based" is Bat-Latin for "The aslume is real"

2 hours ago, icm said:

I hope that it they do sets from the Schumacher films, none of the sets based on the film literally named Batman & Robin have Robin in them. That would be fitting after the omission of Robin from both the recent Batman '66 sets.

/S

No, no remove the /S, I think this is legitimately something to hope for. Not only because it would be really funny, but because if we get Schumacher Robin, we will not see another robin for at least 5 years or until the theme dies/is folded into icons, whichever comes last.

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

"The Batcave is Schumacher-based" is Bat-Latin for "The aslume is real"

Right? I genuinely forget which one I'm on when responding to notifications, it'd be so funny if they get merged before 2025 is up

[THELEGOBATMAN]

They are one and the same at this point, even though we're pretending they aren't. 

Well, as they say—double the Aslume, triple the fun.

[Swordy]

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Schumacher movies are getting a large set. But superman isn’t.

 

Chat, are we cooked?

I’m not following the 2025 DC Thread yet, so that’s a shocker. That has to be some joke, right?

 

Sir, I believe we’re already deep-fried.

[Renny The Spaceman]

17 minutes ago, Swordy said:

I’m not following the 2025 DC Thread yet, so that’s a shocker. That has to be some joke, right?

 

Sir, I believe we’re already deep-fried.

I heard it here first too, I could have sworn it was a joke. Same goes for the weird clone sets SW is doing. Honestly let's just get rid of all forums and merge them into the aslume

[Agent Kallus]

7 hours ago, a_clay_brick said:

No source is 100% infallible so I'm always open to even the most reliable sources being proven wrong of course.

I totally agree with this philosophy.

Superman?

[Swordy]

18 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

I totally agree with this philosophy.

Superman?

I disagree with this philosophy if it means I don’t get to see Billund burn before the New Year.

[Mandalorianknight]

39 minutes ago, Swordy said:

I disagree with this philosophy if it means I don’t get to see Billund burn before the New Year.

If Arkham drops the ball as spectacularly as I imagine it will, you'll probably get this after all between that, the Schumacher Batcave, and the august wave for the Clone Troopers theme.

[Agent Kallus]

Where's the Schumacher batcave idea come from? I can't see anything from any of the 'trusted' leakers about it.

Though TBH I do actually kinda enjoy those movies, they're absurd but fun. An Arnold Schwarzenegger Mister Freeze minifig would go hard 4 real. Ivy'd be cool too, heck even weird Bane. 

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

I disagree with this philosophy if it means I don’t get to see Billund burn before the New Year.

Since we are talking about philosophy, I must say that within my personal moral framework I do not think you'd truly have just cause to burn Billund. 

I am by no means a utilitarian however if we look at the idea of burning Billund through a utilitarian lens we can surely see the net good done is far outweighed by the net bad.

What would be the point of burning Billund? To send a message? How many lives must be destroyed to teach your curriculum? How many of those lives are completely unconnected to the issue you wish solved? Billund has some great bakeries too they'd be gone! 

Perhaps to this you will say that my evil is your good? That Blacktron will reign supreme? That all independent bakeries will be replaced with twinkies factories (you monster)? 

 

( I know your not actually planning on it or rooting for it, at least I suspect not)

Edited December 22, 2024 by Agent Kallus

[ARC2149Nova]

On 12/20/2024 at 10:49 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

Theory time: 

Lego Castle and Lego Pirates are part of the same timeline, and feature the same nations.

 

The Lion Knights evolved into the Red Coats.

Crown Knights evolved into the conquistadors 

The Black Falcons evolved into the Blue Coats.

The Wolf Knights split into the multiple pirate factions.

So that means that the Black Falcons are the French? Interesting theory.

I'd argue the Wolf Pack/Dragon Knights don't really evolve into anything, the criminal element just kind of exists. The major castle factions changing into "modern" empires makes a lot of sense though.

 

Time for my theory:

Modern Space (2024) is the prequel to Classic Space/Futuron.

City: Space is the early days of LEGO's space exploration program, before the creation of the Galaxy Explorer, which allowed them to journey beyond the Sol System. The aliens we see inhabit the asteroid belt, or some distant moon.

Basically how Star Trek goes TOS -> TNG -> ENT, we have Classic -> Futuron -> Modern. Alien Conquest is prior to all these, and is the inspiration behind Earth's rapid advancement in space travel technology (though humans have grown considerably more diplomatic since then)

Edited December 22, 2024 by ARC2149Nova

[Mandalorianknight]

48 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

What would be the point of burning Billund? To send a message? How many lives must be destroyed to teach your curriculum? How many of those lives are completely unconnected to the issue you wish solved? 

If I've learned anything from my favorite movie hero Megatron, it is totally OK to directly kill a ton of innocent people if you're reasonably confident some corrupt people will be probably killed as well.

After all, those corrupt people might be hurting innocent people, and we just can't have that.

39 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Alien Conquest is prior to all these, and is the inspiration behind Earth's rapid advancement in space travel technology (though humans have grown considerably more diplomatic since then)

To be fair the Alien Conquest aliens weren't very interested in diplomacy.

Would Galaxy Squad fit in as sort of a parallel military to Classic Space, or do they not count as Space characters since they're part of the Monster Fighters/Galaxy Squad/Ultra Agents trilogy?

Edited December 22, 2024 by Mandalorianknight

[CloneCommando99]

4 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

So that means that the Black Falcons are the French? Interesting theory.

Oui. Also explains why they have smaller ships: faster retreat.

4 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Basically how Star Trek goes TOS -> TNG -> ENT, we have Classic -> Futuron -> Modern. Alien Conquest is prior to all these, and is the inspiration behind Earth's rapid advancement in space travel technology (though humans have grown considerably more diplomatic since then)

Interesting theory. And probably true. Seeing as Lego Space came about around when Star Trek was in its heyday.

[Renny The Spaceman]

6 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Time for my theory:

Modern Space (2024) is the prequel to Classic Space/Futuron.

City: Space is the early days of LEGO's space exploration program, before the creation of the Galaxy Explorer, which allowed them to journey beyond the Sol System. The aliens we see inhabit the asteroid belt, or some distant moon.

Basically how Star Trek goes TOS -> TNG -> ENT, we have Classic -> Futuron -> Modern. Alien Conquest is prior to all these, and is the inspiration behind Earth's rapid advancement in space travel technology (though humans have grown considerably more diplomatic since then)

I like this theory 

 

6 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Would Galaxy Squad fit in as sort of a parallel military to Classic Space, or do they not count as Space characters since they're part of the Monster Fighters/Galaxy Squad/Ultra Agents trilogy?

I think they're all in the same world so Galaxy Squad would fit in, I do kinda like the idea of CS existing at the same time as some of the later themes, sorta showing the two different ways the original earth space faction evolved, with CS being more Star Trek while the 21st century ones lean more into Star Wars.

I however think Galaxy Squad is more contemporary than CS is though, the faction could still exist by the time of CS but I imagine the events of the theme happened long before 

6 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair the Alien Conquest aliens weren't very interested in diplomacy.

I was on the Way back machine with a friend recently, we looked through the old LEGO site and there was actually a section on the Alien Conquest theme's site where you could send in questions for the aliens to answer, only one would play but you could argue there that that was the attempt at diplomacy 

[psqidexslizer]

19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

No, no remove the /S, I think this is legitimately something to hope for. Not only because it would be really funny, but because if we get Schumacher Robin, we will not see another robin for at least 5 years or until the theme dies/is folded into icons, whichever comes last.

Getting folded into Icons would be an improvement, tbh.

[ARC2149Nova]

10 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Would Galaxy Squad fit in as sort of a parallel military to Classic Space

Yes, that's the current idea. The Buggoids (Arthropod Ascendency) are one of many hostile alien factions active during the Galaxy Explorer's maiden voyage. Eventually, Galaxy Squad is dismantled and slowly replaced by more of a paramilitary faction (Space Police).

Mars Mission is hard to place, considering the uniforms, but I've figured that it's after Alien Conquest and Life on Mars, and is active alongside the modern space program.

4 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I however think Galaxy Squad is more contemporary than CS is though, the faction could still exist by the time of CS but I imagine the events of the theme happened long before 

The parallel evolution of LEGO's Military and Space Programs is complicated, but basically I would say it goes Alien Defense Unit, Mars Mission (hence it's plethora of combat vehicles), Galaxy Squad, Space Police I, II, and III. Then space would be Project Artemis, Life on Mars, Modern, Classic, Futuron.

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Oui. Also explains why they have smaller ships: faster retreat.

That is wrong on so many levels. 

Glad everyone liked my Space Theory.

2 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

Getting folded into Icons would be an improvement, tbh.

We'll finally get that comic book Daily Planet! And the Watchtower. And the Hall of Justice. Sadly, they'll probably all cost $1000+ 

[Sinistereo]

On 12/18/2024 at 9:59 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

DC put out a press release including lego in a list of superman tie-ins. This referred to the mech, assumably with whatever suit made the list simply not paying attention to the specific detail present on superman's outfit.

brother...there's no way :,( they are legit using that as representation for the movie??

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Sinistereo said:

brother...there's no way :,( they are legit using that as representation for the movie??

Maybe, who knows, if we're lucky maybe it'll get a polybag with the dvd like Shazam 

[Swordy]

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Since we are talking about philosophy,

Ooh, I love arguing pointless nonsense! (Not that you don’t make any good points, but prepare for some senseless debating from my end.)

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

I must say that within my personal moral framework I do not think you'd truly have just cause to burn Billund. 

Ha! You wish to force your moral constructs onto me, after I unscrupulously deprived MandoKnight of sleep while he legally bought stocks as part of my scheme to take over the most maniacal of all space corporations; after I pleaded with CloneCommando to return from his Black Lantern ways using the founding tenets of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence?

Oh, please, carry on.

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

I am by no means a utilitarian however if we look at the idea of burning Billund through a utilitarian lens we can surely see the net good done is far outweighed by the net bad.

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

How many lives must be destroyed to teach your curriculum? How many of those lives are completely unconnected to the issue you wish solved? Billund has some great bakeries too they'd be gone! 

I believe you misunderstand me. I don’t want all the innocents in Billund to die; just the ones responsible for these outrageous crimes against the AFoL community. The bakeries will be spared.

Even so, for the sake of this discussion—as well as to be incredibly disturbing—let’s go along with the premise that all Billund must be destroyed.

Why must this be done? To ensure that no guilty party, from the Christensens to the lowly intern, can resurrect TLG and continue these greedy practices.

(I’m realizing that this pho-thought process is eerily similar to a real one of a certain person which our media has been praising for all the wrong reasons—if you know, you know, but it’s disturbing how many in my country are supportive of his anarchic actions. Anyway, I’ve already dug myself into this hole, so I’ll continue:)

If the current management at TLG continues to overprice sets, then eventually millions of unsuspecting AFoLs will go bankrupt, stuck in a house full of depreciated LEGO sets (thanks to inflation and an oversupplied aftermarket) and hungry mouths to feed. Soon millions of lives will be destroyed, and tens of millions more will suffer from the debt their parents and grandparents earned. This will devastate the economy of dozens of first-world countries, plunging the world into an economic depression. As we know, history will repeat itself, thus a new world war will begin, starting with a nuclear attack on Billund. The war will have casualties in the billions, leaving humanity scattered, with only the plastic bricks left to rebuild society. However, these plastic bricks will leak whenever it rains, causing the remaining few to fight in archaic warfare, dwindling humanity’s numbers until all are wiped out from nuclear fallout or from their fellow man. Eventually the sun will expand, beginning the Heat Death of our planet, and without any humans left to preserve them, all life on Earth will die.

I’m not going to bother rereading or proofreading that so you’re welcome for the insanity.

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

What would be the point of burning Billund? To send a message?

A symbol. Messages can be corrupted, symbols cannot be, yada yada.

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

That Blacktron will reign supreme?

This is bigger than Blacktron… if TLG fails, then imagination will begin to cease. If that happens, then all worlds die.

So yes, to save LEGO we must destroy LEGO.

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

That all independent bakeries will be replaced with twinkies factories (you monster)? 

Eh, Twinkies are better stale anyway.

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

( I know your not actually planning on it or rooting for it, at least I suspect not)

“Sometimes the most dangerous are the ones who know they’re crazy yet chose their insanity anyway.”

;)

Edited December 22, 2024 by Swordy

[Lemerbrix]

GUYS, why isn’t Batman in any of these sets? Is he stupid?

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[Classic_Spaceman]

On 12/20/2024 at 10:49 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

Lego Castle and Lego Pirates are part of the same timeline, and feature the same nations.

 

The Lion Knights evolved into the Red Coats.

Crown Knights evolved into the conquistadors 

The Black Falcons evolved into the Blue Coats.

I think that the Kingdoms and Castle 2013 Lion factions becoming the Redcoats and Bluecoats respectively makes more sense - Both of these factions had kings, so they represented the ruling faction of an entire nation (while the classic faction era of Castle seemed to have smaller houses/domains that cycled between times of peace and conflict), and the colours line up better. 
 

20 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Time for my theory:

Modern Space (2024) is the prequel to Classic Space/Futuron.

City: Space is the early days of LEGO's space exploration program, before the creation of the Galaxy Explorer, which allowed them to journey beyond the Sol System. The aliens we see inhabit the asteroid belt, or some distant moon.

Basically how Star Trek goes TOS -> TNG -> ENT, we have Classic -> Futuron -> Modern. 

This is exactly my headcanon as well. Space Port and City space subthemes (prior to 2024) have real-world equipment and are primarily focused on near-Earth exploration; 2019 was an early manned expedition to Mars, and 2022 was the first permanent settlement on another world (which is why the mission patch goes on to be the main logo for exploratory Space factions).
CS ‘24-‘25 is more difficult to place in the timeline, because though it is obviously after all prior Town/City space subthemes, it is difficult to determine where it fits with regard to Mars Mission and Galaxy Squad (I do think that LoM and AQ take place before MM, GS, and CS ‘24-‘25, however). 
 

8 hours ago, ARC2149Nova said:

The parallel evolution of LEGO's Military and Space Programs is complicated, but basically I would say it goes Alien Defense Unit, Mars Mission (hence it's plethora of combat vehicles), Galaxy Squad, Space Police I, II, and III. Then space would be Project Artemis, Life on Mars, Modern, Classic, Futuron. 

I think that there is not really a parallel evolution of military and exploratory entities, but instead that military/law-enforcement factions are developed as the need arises. Most factions are broadly focused on exploration and resource extraction, while the few militaristic factions always have a direct enemy (SP1 vs. Blacktron I, SP2 vs. Blacktron II, Unitron vs. Spyrius, ADU vs. Aliens, Galaxy Squad vs. Buggoids, SP3 vs. Black Hole Gang). Mars Mission was originally just an exploratory/mining faction until the aliens attacked, at which point the MM faction started acquiring designated combat vehicles and more powerful weaponry (earlier waves of MM show mining vehicles with makeshift weapons strapped to them, while later waves have proper military hardware). 
 

[ARC2149Nova]

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

I think that there is not really a parallel evolution of military and exploratory entities, but instead that military/law-enforcement factions are developed as the need arises. Most factions are broadly focused on exploration and resource extraction, while the few militaristic factions always have a direct enemy (SP1 vs. Blacktron I, SP2 vs. Blacktron II, Unitron vs. Spyrius, ADU vs. Aliens, Galaxy Squad vs. Buggoids, SP3 vs. Black Hole Gang). Mars Mission was originally just an exploratory/mining faction until the aliens attacked, at which point the MM faction started acquiring designated combat vehicles and more powerful weaponry (earlier waves of MM show mining vehicles with makeshift weapons strapped to them, while later waves have proper military hardware). 
 

Well yes, but these direct enemies also exist alongside the exploratory entity of the era. Blacktron exists alongside Classic Space/Futuron, which led to the formation of the Space Police, LoM and MM are basically the same theme (human-wise), just with more security personnel (again, something like the MACOs from Star Trek: Enterprise)

In the canon I'm working on, the two branches of Lego's space fleet, while separate, continuously evolve into their respective counterparts as threats arise. Also, a lot of the antagonist factions operate in the same general time period, terrorizing different regions of space. Except for Blacktron. Blacktron is forever.

I didn't know Spyrius was a villain faction. I made them a CIA/MI6 analog in my universe.

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

(which is why the mission patch goes on to be the main logo for exploratory Space factions).

And this is probably unintentional, but I like that the shuttle silhouette of the mission patch just so happens to look like the Galaxy Explorer. And every other space shuttle for that matter, but I thought that's a neat little bonus.

 

2 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

GUYS, why isn’t Batman in any of these sets? Is he stupid?

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Because he was barely in the show. That's why. And he could barely talk. We can't have silent minidolls now, can we?

[Classic_Spaceman]

52 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

I didn't know Spyrius was a villain faction. I made them a CIA/MI6 analog in my universe.

That role actually is Unitron’s! They did not have much lore, but what is available characterised them as a surveillance and counterintelligence organisation. 
 

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

GUYS, why isn’t Batman in any of these sets? Is he stupid?

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Batman was cursed with the obscure superhero condition "XY chromosomes" and therefore barred from joining the subline. Flash sneaking in ended the theme.

1 hour ago, ARC2149Nova said:

In the canon I'm working on, the two branches of Lego's space fleet, while separate, continuously evolve into their respective counterparts as threats arise. Also, a lot of the antagonist factions operate in the same general time period, terrorizing different regions of space. Except for Blacktron. Blacktron is forever.

 

Because he was barely in the show. That's why. And he could barely talk. We can't have silent minidolls now, can we?

I like the idea of Blacktron as this threat that just keeps re-emerging no matter how many times different hero factions defeat it over the centuries.

 

I never watched the show, partially because I didn't realize it was it's own show and thought it was just a lego thing, but do they give a lore reason for the general setup of the theme? Are the robins also at the academy and just background characters, or is it therefore implied by omission that batman's run out of robins and has realized he should probably send his next protege to a school instead of directly putting twelve year olds in front of enemy fire?

35 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Unitron

For a time, I considered sparing your wretched little subtheme, but now, you shall witness... it's DISASSEMBLY!