[OFFICIAL] LEGO Ideas set based on the Inferno Ship from the Goonies has been announced

[Horation]

@Mister Phes, I'm not saying I disagree or that I don't want new cloth sails, just that we shouldn't set ourselves up for disappointment, since the winning entry doesn't use them.

But it wouldn't be the first time Lego upgrades an ideas submission by a lot...

[Mister Phes]

11 hours ago, Horation said:

@Mister Phes, I'm not saying I disagree or that I don't want new cloth sails, just that we shouldn't set ourselves up for disappointment, since the winning entry doesn't use them. 

LEGO Pirate fans tend to have outrageously high expectations so no matter which design The LEGO Group arrives at, some fans will never be pleased.

However, in terms of general consumers, particularly those who don't regularly buy LEGO, it may harm product sales if the design is too far removed from the movie.

Imagine this scenario:

Billy learns a LEGO set based on the ship from The Goonies will be released in the future.

Billy isn't an AFOL who regularly buys LEGO, but he has lots of warm fuzzy memories of watching The Goonie as a kid.

When he learns of the upcoming release, he doesn't even remember that the ship isn't actually wrecked so he's really excited by the news.

This will be a  sporadic LEGO purchase for Billy - the first LEGO set he's purchased as an adult.

Naturally this excitement inspires him to watch The Goonie again after many years.

Uh oh!  The ship he sees on screen is vastly different to the upcoming release.

Obviously it's normal for LEGO sets to deviate from their source of inspiration, but how far can they deviate before Billy begins thinking;

"Is this even he same ship? I'd prefer the ship I see in the movie.  I guess this isn't really what I want."

And then Billy decides not to purchase the set because a shipwreck is conceptually different to a ship hidden a cave which can still sail.

 

12 hours ago, Horation said:

But it wouldn't be the first time Lego upgrades an ideas submission by a lot...

Like I said to @Dreamweb, think Barracuda Bay...  A shipwreck island concept was submitted to LEGO Ideas and we got both that and a modern Black Seas Barracuda update.

So there are definitely possibilities for this Goonies set...

[Yperio_Bricks]

Just came across an interview with the designer of the IDEAS Goonies ship. He also talks about Pirates and that he maybe can suggest Lego to design a new hat piece for one of the characters.

 

[kuzyabricks]

Anyone else excited about the Big Gooney ship coming out???

[zinnn]

6 hours ago, kuzyabricks said:

Anyone else excited about the Big Gooney ship coming out??? 

Wait, I didn't know that's happening! It'll be a pass for me, due to size and price, but I love Goonies, and I hope we will get some elements that can be used for a Pirate setting :)

[kuzyabricks]

2 hours ago, zinnn said:

Wait, I didn't know that's happening! It'll be a pass for me, due to size and price, but I love Goonies, and I hope we will get some elements that can be used for a Pirate setting :)

I will have to see how detailed it is, might turn it into a hideout for my pirates maybe

[Murdoch17]

It had better come with a skeleton head with an eyepatch on it for One-eyed Willy. Because even without the patch, he's still only got one eye!