IAmWillGibson Posted December 20, 2010 Posted December 20, 2010 Sorry for the double post, but I found this on brickset. Apparently it was given out as a "gift to LEGO employees and business partners". Too bad it's not more widely available since it looks like a good parts pack with that snow-covered tree, trans-neon sea star, and all those brown and tan bits. I think this might be the first LEGO rarity I really want. It hits many of my current obsessions. Shame I can't order it from LEGO.com, but there ya go. Quote
Mrlegoninja Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) I really like the frog game. It is a good parts pack. The banana game is also a good parts pack with all those bananas. Edit: Is that a regular orange crab in Sunblock? If so, yay! Edited December 21, 2010 by Mrlegoninja Quote
nicoga3000 Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 I'm curious - do the older Lego fans buy these for the pieces or for the actual game? And are the figs unique to the games, or can you find them elsewhere? Quote
Mrlegoninja Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) I'm curious - do the older Lego fans buy these for the pieces or for the actual game? And are the figs unique to the games, or can you find them elsewhere? 1. I usually buy the games for pieces. I remember that these game are made for kids, so IMO the game/gameplay can sometimes be boring or lame. 2. Making a game to minifigure scale would be hard and expensive for LEGO, and regular figures on a small board would look terrible. So, lego made Microfigures for these games. They are smaller, and do not have any arms or legs. And as far as I know, each game has different Microfigures. Hope I answered your questions! Edited December 21, 2010 by Mrlegoninja Quote
Lordofdragonss Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) 1. I usually buy the games for pieces. I remember that these game are made for kids, so IMO the game/gameplay can sometimes be boring or lame. 2. Making a game to minifigure scale would be hard and expensive for LEGO, and regular figures on a small board would look terrible. So, lego made Microfigures for these games. They are smaller, and do not have any arms or legs. And as far as I know, each game has different Microfigures. Hope I answered your questions! I bought Magikus for parts. Now I can't take parts because I feel in love in this game and even upgraded it a little. I added some parts, made a new dice and I get an amazing race game! Lego games are the best! Edited December 21, 2010 by Lordofdragonss Quote
freakwave Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 Lego Bananas grow on palm trees, interesting... Reminds me of once trying to convince somebody that gummi-bears grow on trees... The happy holidays game has great reindeers Quote
nicoga3000 Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 See, I've got a niche place for boardgames in my heart (Runebound, Castle Ravenloft, House on Haunted Hill, etc). So I was unsure if these would seem...I don't know, grossly watered down or not. But if any of the pieces are worth buying some of the games for, I'll keep an eye out for sales on these suckers. Quote
IAmWillGibson Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 If you think there aren't any great LEGO games, you haven't played Atlantis Treasure. Quote
Sandy Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 Out of the LEGO board games released thus far, I have Monster 4, Ramses Pyramid, Oriental Bazaar and Hogwarts, and the best thing in them is that they all come with magnificent rare or exclusive parts. Out of these new ones, I have my eyes on the Banana Balance and the Frog Rush games, purely because of the parts they provide. I agree that the LEGO board games aren't anything special game-wise, though - and I should know as a board game enthusiast. We have well over 50 board games in the cabinet next to my LEGO cabinet. Quote
The Yellow Brick Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 Because Lego palm tree's are becoming quite rare nowadays I think I'll be buying quite alot of Banana Balance Oh and I'm loving that printed parasol. Quote
Stardusty Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 How do you mean palm tree? That palm tree is made with technic pieces (brown curved connectors and probably red axles) on 2x2 curved brick with axle hole in the middle and palm tree top on which is leaves. I can make it in LDD if you want, but I think you know how it is builded. Quote
Mirandir Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Is there anyone who knows more about theese four boardgames? 3857 Heroica Draida 3858 Heroica Waldurk 3859 Heroica Nathuz 3860 Heroica Fortaan What I know is that they can be combined to expand the board and thus get a bigger playingfield. I got a quick look at some pictures of them yesterday but it weren't exactly clear what the goal of the games were. However one intresting thing I noticed were that one game comes with small doors that fits theese windows. Quote
Oky Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 How do you mean palm tree? That palm tree is made with technic pieces (brown curved connectors and probably red axles) on 2x2 curved brick with axle hole in the middle and palm tree top on which is leaves. Yeah, I don't see why one would think this is a palm tree either. Either way, Banana trees do look similar to palm trees, so the resemblance isn't a bad thing. Is there anyone who knows more about theese four boardgames? No. In fact, this is the first time I heard of them. They do sound interesting though. What do the names translate to? Can't wait to see pics! Do you think you can link to them? Those microfig doors sound intriguing. Quote
Dunjohn Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) They're due out in August, but that's all I know. I don't think the names translate, they made them up. Or at least, googling the words doesn't return anything meaningful. I've never seen pictures of them. I'd love any details you can provide too! Edited January 13, 2011 by Dunjohn Quote
Mirandir Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 No. In fact, this is the first time I heard of them. They do sound interesting though. What do the names translate to? Can't wait to see pics! Do you think you can link to them? Those microfig doors sound intriguing. Unfortunatly I can't link to the pictures or upload them anywhere as I don't have access to them. They were shown to me off another persons computer... They're due out in August, but that's all I know. I don't think the names translate, they made them up. Or at least, googling the words doesn't return anything meaningful. I've never seen pictures of them. I'd love any details you can provide too! Can't really say much about them. There where four microfigs in diferent colors (Red, yellow, blue and green. If I remember correctly). There could have been more microfigs but I didn't notice any. And the pictures were to small to make out any more details of the figs The actual board of the games consisted of different "paths" (to few to form any kind of labyrint) built by plates. And at at least some parts of the paths there were 2x2 tiles with a stud in the middle in different colors. And at least one of the games had a handfull of those aforementioned doors (About five or six doors I belive). And I know that they were doors as it was the only thing that jumped out at me so I had to check them out more closely. As I understand it theese "paths" will, somehow, be able to connect to the paths of the other three games. Because I was told that the games would expand on each other. There were even a picture of a store display featuring all four games together. They didn't look to be that big either. I'd expect the pricing to be in either the $14.99 or the $19.99 range. Or maybe even both as I think one or two of them looked to be a bit smaller than the others. Quote
Oky Posted January 14, 2011 Author Posted January 14, 2011 I don't think the names translate, they made them up. Or at least, googling the words doesn't return anything meaningful. Yeah, the translator I used translated "Heroica" into "White Lady", "Nathuz" into "Night Shift", and "Fortaan" into "Loses", and it didn't even have translations for the other two words. They must mean something, we probably just can't find the correct translation for them. Unfortunatly I can't link to the pictures or upload them anywhere as I don't have access to them. They were shown to me off another persons computer... Can't you ask that person to send them to you (or me)? Thanks for the info. I have some more questions about the doors though: Did they come in one of the larger or smaller sets? Are the doors brown? Did they have any texture? What color were the frames? Quote
WhiteFang Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 I have updated the first post with images. Hope it will be of use to our members. Quote
Inconspicuous Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks for the new pictures! They all look pretty good. Of course the Ninjago set just has to have a spinner. The umbrella set looks pretty original. And looking at all those chocolate frogs is making my mouth water. I don't own any Lego Games, and I probably won't get any of these, but the line looks like it's heading in a good direction. Quote
WhiteFang Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 I don't own any Lego Games, and I probably won't get any of these, but the line looks like it's heading in a good direction. I own 2 LEGO Boardgames so far, and I must admit that the packaging attracts me very much especially Hogwarts. I feel there is a lot of potential for some decent nice form of gaming in your favourite hobby, especially part of me still enjoys such boardgaming experience. At the same time, this is a good way to acquire some very nice decent parts like the upcoming frogs in different delicious favours, plus past sets where the micro minifigs are just so tempting. Quote
Delta 38 Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Sorry for the double post, but I found this on brickset. Apparently it was given out as a "gift to LEGO employees and business partners". Too bad it's not more widely available since it looks like a good parts pack with that snow-covered tree, trans-neon sea star, and all those brown and tan bits. Wow, that's definitely a missed opportunity. I don't have a sea star or snow-covered tree. I'm not much for ripping apart sets (besides these games sets), but I do like to hoard nice pieces like these. Oh well. That printed tile also looks nice. Is there anyone who knows more about theese four boardgames? 3857 Heroica Draida 3858 Heroica Waldurk 3859 Heroica Nathuz 3860 Heroica Fortaan There are more board game sets? I thought they would have ran out of ideas. I'm glad that they are continuing, though, because I do mostly buy them for parts here and there. Sunblock, for example, will contain my first crab piece! Quote
Mirandir Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Can't you ask that person to send them to you (or me)? Did ask... Thanks for the info. I have some more questions about the doors though: Did they come in one of the larger or smaller sets? Are the doors brown? Did they have any texture? What color were the frames? The doors came in one of the seemingly bigger set. They were reddish brown and the frames where white. They could be printed/stickered but to me the "texture" seemed molded onto the pieces rather than print. Quote
Mirandir Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 The doors came in one of the seemingly bigger set. They were reddish brown and the frames where white. They could be printed/stickered but to me the "texture" seemed molded onto the pieces rather than print. It could be that they used the windows seen in this PotC-set as doors. But as far as I can remember the doors that I saw looked a little different than how those windows look. Quote
Oky Posted February 2, 2011 Author Posted February 2, 2011 I thought so too when I saw those. Maybe the pic you saw was still prelim? Quote
Mirandir Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 I thought so too when I saw those. Maybe the pic you saw was still prelim? That is of course a possibility. After all I don't think they'll be out in stores until june or august. Quote
Mirandir Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) After looking at this high resolution picture of London Escape I can say that it is the same bricks. they just looked different in the lower resolution... Edited February 2, 2011 by Mirandir Quote
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