Orange Leader Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 It seems that Hasbro announced their own LEGO brand at ToyFair 2012, called 'Kre-O' ToyFair 2012: First pic of Hasbro's new Kre-O range, Battleship! Would'nt surprise me or Hasbro wants their Star Wars license from TLC in the long run if Kre-O sells well. Quote
Jargo Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 that looks like they've used moulds from imitation brands. Like Oxford and those other Chinese brands. the rubber dinghy looks very familiar. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Kre-o isn't new, although the Battleship line is. There's a Kre-O discussion topic here. Overall, I don't see any obvious LEGO part ripoffs, which is a positive. Better than I could say of our first glimpses at the Transformers sets. Quote
IAmWillGibson Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 that looks like they've used moulds from imitation brands. Like Oxford and those other Chinese brands. the rubber dinghy looks very familiar. Kre-O IS Oxford. It's some sorta licensed licensed thing. I dunno. But, yeah, this stuff is all produced by Oxford, for Hasbro. Quote
Orange Leader Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Kre-o isn't new, although the Battleship line is. There's a Kre-O discussion topic here. Thank you for pointing out, I did a search on this forum before I posted this. However I did not google it before I posted this thread and it turns out it's newer then I tought. Sorry for the inconvinience people. Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 At least it looks better than MB but it's no Lego ! Haspro said last year more Kre-O was coming, so I guess to make money they'll take another board game, totally screw it over and try turning it into a cash cow. Since when did the game Battleship involve aliens ?.....ah, they must have read the Lucas book on canon ! Some of those parts did look familiar ? Quote
Clone OPatra Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Aaannndddd… we're merged. Keep on discussing crappy LEGO-wannabe sets based on crappy movies (ducks flying stones) or other toys! Quote
surrideo Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 I bought my kids the Prowl and Jazz sets for christmas stocking fillers and I have to say never again. They prefer them in the Car form and thats if they play with them at all. Hasbro would have been better going down the line that lego went with the Cars 2 line and worked on articulation that allowed a transformation. Then they would have had a winning product(in my opinion) Quote
Snark Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I bought my kids the Prowl and Jazz sets for christmas stocking fillers and I have to say never again. They prefer them in the Car form and thats if they play with them at all. Hasbro would have been better going down the line that lego went with the Cars 2 line and worked on articulation that allowed a transformation. Then they would have had a winning product(in my opinion) I seem to recall having played a part in advising you on purchasing Kre-O, if so, that's rather unfortunate to hear your kids didn't like it. Anyway, can't say I'm terribly excited about the Battleship line, though that could change if they make any sets based on the alien ships. Quote
Snark Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Sorry for the double post, but I just found a report on upcoming Transformers Kre-O stuff. Looks like the line for 2012 is going to be as follows: 1) Decepticon Ambush - 4 Kreon pack with small accessories and a base to battle on 2) Cycle Chase - Prowl and 2 of his troops face off against a Decepticon, again comes with small accessory set and base 3) Kre-O Decepticon Helicopter - the robot with no name looks a lot like Starscream in robot mode and is yellow and red, comes with 3 Kreons and quad bike 4) Kre-O Stealth Bumblebee - new mold Bumblebee comes in black with 3 Kreons and what looks like the checkpoint from DOTM 5) Transformers Prime Kre-O Race Car Showdown - Knock Out and Wheeljack face off in this 2 pack each with the standard Kreons mini figure. 6) Kre-O Optimus Vs Megatron - G1 style set featuring an all new Optimus Prime vs G1 style Megatron who changes into a tank and not a walther comes with mini building and 3 kreons. 7) Kre-O Devastator - 9 in 1 playset - a mix of G1 style robots and movie tradition means you get 4 standard robots in movie Devy colours building seperate vehicles or the might Devastator - for those worried no he doesn't look anything like the hulking movie character. Comes with a slew of Kreons and construction environment. Fans of Transformers: Prime will be pleased to note that it seems as if TFP is going to be getting some love with the Race Car Showdown set, which features the rather boring Wheeljack against the flamboyantly gay Knock Out. Quote
Brickadeer Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) I'm not impressed by those transformers. There can be no doubt, however, that the limbs of the Hasbro minifigs can be moved in more different ways compared to Lego minifigs. I think that in this regard Lego is somehow backwards. Especially the possibilities shown of rendered Lego minifigs (commercials of new sets) exceed those of the real minifigs. I think that Lego should get rid of this contradiction. This step is overdue since quite some time. Edited February 3, 2012 by Brickadeer Quote
Peppermint_M Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 I'm not impressed by those transformers. There can be no doubt, however, that the limbs of the Hasbro minifigs can be moved in more different ways compared to Lego minifigs. I think that in this regard Lego is somehow backwards. Especially the possibilities shown of rendered Lego minifigs (commercials of new sets) exceed those of the real minifigs. I think that Lego should get rid of this contradiction. This step is overdue since quite some time. The minifig is the only patented design LEGO have right now, changes would make things very hard for them. Quote
Brickadeer Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 The minifig is the only patented design LEGO have right now, changes would make things very hard for them. That may be true. However, I believe that Lego will have to adress this problem within the near future, depending on how fast Hasbro will expand its kre-o selection. Lego has already realized this problem, otherwise the movements of the rendered minifigs would resemble the possibilities of the real minifigs. I think that Lego tries to avoid this problem by offering more detailed painted minifigs. If this should be correct, that is a strategic decision which - in my judgement - will fail in the long run. Quote
Peppermint_M Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 We want minifigures, not tiny action figures. The articulation in media productions are a conceit to allow more action to occur in animation and illustration. I welcome the more detailed printing over fragile articulation. Quote
Brickadeer Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) We want minifigures, not tiny action figures. The articulation in media productions are a conceit to allow more action to occur in animation and illustration. I welcome the more detailed printing over fragile articulation. I partially agree. I highly appreciate the new and more detailed printing. That doesn't mean though that I would not like to see a modified minifig that goes for more possibilities of actions. So, with regard to your initial statement, the question is how far this "we" extends into the market. With regard to the animations, I'd say it's not of importance of what they are intended to do, but what they actually do: do they create expectations that extend the possibilities of the actual minifig or not? Do they lead to situations in which the real minifigs are experienced as disappointing (since inferior to the animation) or not? These are empirical questions; I hope Lego has done some research on it. Edited February 3, 2012 by Brickadeer Quote
Solscud007 Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Hasbro released some news. KRE-O BRAND Hasbro expands its presence in the construction aisle in 2012 with several new KRE-O building featuring Hasbro’s popular BATTLESHIP and TRANSFORMERS properties. In spring, get ready to hero up with an elite crew of military KREON forces to battle against an alien invasion and pretend to save the Earth with the new KRE-O BATTLESHIP line based on the Universal Studios summer movie BATTLESHIP. The line features KREON figures of soldiers and aliens for kids to create their own adventures, while providing construction fans with tanks, ships, and helicopters made of KRE-O bricks to pretend to battle the incoming alien race on sea, land, or in the air! There will be eight products in this line including the new KRE-O BATTLESHIP U.S.S. MISSOURI building set. Hasbro will also release QUEST FOR ENERGON themed KRE-O TRANSFORMERS building sets featuring 2-in-1 builds where kids can lead the search for these long lost pieces of the TRANSFORMERS lifeblood in order to keep the ultimate ENERGON weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Quote
Clone OPatra Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 With regard to the animations, I'd say it's not of importance of what they are intended to do, but what they actually do: do they create expectations that extend the possibilities of the actual minifig or not? Do they lead to situations in which the real minifigs are experienced as disappointing (since inferior to the animation) or not? These are empirical questions; I hope Lego has done some research on it. Honestly, they've been doing this for a long time and it hasn't seemed to affect anything. Did the fact that ads for the first wave of Bionicle showed the figures bending at their moulded joints kill Bionicle? No, it lasted quite some time. I think you overestimate how much kids' expectations are based on ads. I really don't believe that most kids get into LEGO because they've seen a commercial or watched an episode of the NinjaGo show, so it's not like they had their 'hopes up' about what minifigures could do. The classic minifigure is a novelty, and is in shape very simple, which is nice. These figures in competing brands with tiny joints all over the place just look fragmented and ugly, especially the ones with extreme molded detail (like most Mega figures nowadays). Quote
Fugazi Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Bitter-sweet news for Star Trek fans -- Hasbro/Kre-O has managed to pick up the Star Trek license, with sets coming out in 2013. It's not exactly fresh news, but I don't think it had been mentioned here before. Toy Fair 2012: Hasbro Acquires STAR TREK License Despite my disappointment that it's not Lego ST, I do look forward to seeing the designs Kre-O will come up with and whether they will need to create special parts to faithfully recreate the details of the ST ships and settings. So I guess we're not about to get anything like this... Quote
MightyMegs Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Bitter-sweet news for Star Trek fans -- Hasbro/Kre-O has managed to pick up the Star Trek license, with sets coming out in 2013. It's not exactly fresh news, but I don't think it had been mentioned here before. Toy Fair 2012: Hasbro Acquires STAR TREK License Despite my disappointment that it's not Lego ST, I do look forward to seeing the designs Kre-O will come up with and whether they will need to create special parts to faithfully recreate the details of the ST ships and settings. So I guess we're not about to get anything like this... I'm thinking Hasbro's license is just for the movie... Diamond still has original series items on the schedule for the next 18-24 months. Quote
Fugazi Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 I'm thinking Hasbro's license is just for the movie... Diamond still has original series items on the schedule for the next 18-24 months. Hasbro has the license for Trek construction toys, which as far as I know doesn't overlap with what Diamond is selling. But I agree, the Kre-o sets will probably focus on the upcoming movie since the target age group doesn't even know there was Trek before the reboot! Quote
Hive Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 Has anyone attempted to build the Transformers sets in LEGO? Seeing as how the instructions are available online and all: http://www.hasbro.com/kre-o/en_US/discover/instructions.cfm Quote
IAmWillGibson Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 Has anyone attempted to build the Transformers sets in LEGO? Seeing as how the instructions are available online and all: http://www.hasbro.com/kre-o/en_US/discover/instructions.cfm I've tried to remake Mirage in car form in LDD, and it was generally pretty simple. The reason I remain sorta interested in Kre-O though is for the parts that aren't LEGO knock offs, and there are quite a few. The Battleship stuff, while sorta crappy design-wise for the most part, does have much better guns than the Transformer sets did. They're really good. Good design, very good quality. The Land Defense set is a good one to get [on sale!] just for the armaments and minifigure accessories it comes with. And the double-barreled gun emplacement thing is relatively badass. [The new wave of Transformer stuff looks shockingly crappy, however.] Quote
jamie75 Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 I was at my local Wally world yesterday and saw they had clearanced their Kreo sets. I had been on the fence about them since the line came out, but I couldn't go wrong with the prices now. I picked up Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Sentinal for about $120. Prime was $30, the rest were $20 or $15. So, YMMV, but, it is worth checking out. WM does their clearance by store, so happy hunting. Jamie Quote
Hive Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 I was considering trying a few on clearance on Amazon myself. How does they fare compared to LEGO? Are they worth getting, or would ones money be better spend on one of those fancy commemorative TFs? Quote
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