February 9, 201213 yr Tried really hard to pull details out but couldn't with such grainy screencaps. Anyhoo, thought I'd post views of the manbat. WOO! Those are some weird arms...
February 9, 201213 yr That video got me more excited than a lot of other videos I've seen on the Internet tonight.
February 9, 201213 yr Ooh, my wallet's gonna be hurtin' this summer... Wish we could have seen the vampire's hearse.
February 9, 201213 yr Those are some weird arms... At first, I thought you were talking about the wings. Then I noticed the arm joints. I'd normally complain about an arm variant like this but it seems to work nicely. The figure looks a lot like Man-Bat from the Lego Batman game. I would have preferred the wings to be attached on the neck like the game's version, though. The new wing mould in the Catwoman set could have worked.
February 9, 201213 yr Oh my God! I love this theme! The figures look superb, not a single one I don't like. Will try to buy the castle. Any set names or prices? -Sci maybe, 80$? love the sets! they are extremly playable with alot of great feaures. I don't remember seeing any LEGO set with this much features like this castle has train vagons are kinda dissapointing, but overall - mustbuy
February 9, 201213 yr I like the castle very much, will probably get it, and also warming up to the ghost train, now that I have seen the video, thank you very much for sharing!
February 9, 201213 yr Hmm the castle is so delicious, full of traps and nice designs... Great Job Lego!
February 9, 201213 yr Admittedly at first I wasn't too excited for this theme, but after seeing the video I have concluded that I MUST get the Vampire Castle
February 9, 201213 yr Looking at the video again I think I like the castle even more. It does have a healthy amount of traps and nifty play features (I could even spot a few that the speaker forgot to mention) and the minifigs alone make it arguably worth buying. Just lovely. I've been hoping for this theme since LEGO Studios played with the idea back in the early 2000's. Of course, this will probably be more interesting to people once we start nearing October. It's clearly a Halloween cash-in, which means we can probably be sure this is another single-wave theme (a la Pharaoh's Quest). I hope that it will be longer lived than that, but for something this seasonal, I doubt it. That's okay though, at least I can focus on stocking up on this wave.
February 9, 201213 yr I am liking the ghost train, seems like a good source of interesting black bits (cow-catcher, large wheels, curved parts and more) Less interested in the castle since I dont build castle and it doesn't have as many useful bits as other 2012 sets :)
February 9, 201213 yr This seems like a theme I'm definitely looking forward too. The ghost train and Dracula's Castle are both must haves for me, and say what you will about Frankenstein's Lab, I think it would work extremely well if you modded it a tiny bit. Though the one set I'm very interested in seeing is the Zombies set. That sounds like it could have a lot of potential and lead to a bunch of Left 4 Dead/zombie apocalypse MOCs. (At least what I plan on doing with that set. ) Edit: In that video, I saw, what I think are one of the zombies in the Zombies set (He looks like a bus driver or something). If the rest of them look as good as him, I'm sold. But yeah, I'm stoked about these sets. Both the heroes and monsters look amazing (And I'm on the bandwagon that thought the monsters were CMF rehashes, but they're different, in a way) Edited February 9, 201213 yr by Amset-Rah
February 9, 201213 yr Author Edit: In that video, I saw, what I think are one of the zombies in the Zombies set (He looks like a bus driver or something). If the rest of them look as good as him, I'm sold. Nope, that's the Vampire's limo driver. Not a Zombie, though it would make a fantastic one.
February 9, 201213 yr Nope, that's the Vampire's limo driver. Not a Zombie, though it would make a fantastic one. Ah, my mistake. I haven't been here in ages, so my knowledge of the new themes is a bit rusty. I guess you could use him as another zombie, in case there aren't enough in the initial set.
February 9, 201213 yr One interesting part I noticed in the castle is the part that is used to conect the moon stones together. It appears to be an Technic angle connector, but with three connection points radiating from it at intervals of 120 degrees. I'm sure this part will see a lot of use in Technic, and also probably in system for attaching things like helicopter rotors.
February 9, 201213 yr Watching the video, the guy demonstrating the sets, states that there are only seven sets. I wonder if that means we won't be getting a zombie set after all?
February 9, 201213 yr Watching the video, the guy demonstrating the sets, states that there are only seven sets. I wonder if that means we won't be getting a zombie set after all? I hope that's not the case. I'd love a zombie set. Still, it's not a deal breaker. That castle is mine.
February 9, 201213 yr Where does this info there is going to be a zombie set come from, anyway? IIRC, the set #s have a missing # (example: 5520, 5521, 5523, 5524) so the "missing" one is a store exclusive, and someone posted a list before we got pics that had "zombies" as a set title.
February 9, 201213 yr I have a feeling the Zombies will probably be a TRU/Lego shop exclusive, kind of like the Ocean Interceptor set from Dino.
February 9, 201213 yr Just as expecting from the start of the anouncement, this theme is going to be super awesome for a gothic theme.
February 9, 201213 yr Tried really hard to pull details out but couldn't with such grainy screencaps. Anyhoo, thought I'd post views of the manbat. WOO! Thank you, that face looks nice. I would of liked red eyes to match LEGO's video game Man-Bat, but this is really nice. Like Delta 38, I would of prefered Batman's wing mold in brown or dark brown (and maybe painted ), but I appreciate the effort on LEGO's part (even though I'm convinced the torso will be chinese). The torso doesn't look as bad as I thought either, but I think I'll use the minotaur's. And just for reference/comparison Edited February 9, 201213 yr by Superficial Username
February 9, 201213 yr Upon closer inspection, it IS Toth's swamp monster that we're getting. SWEET! Yes and no. It is not an exact replica of this design - the details of the prints are different, and I would say that even the crest of the headpiece is slighly different. Nevertheless the swamp creature of this theme is by no doubt designed by Toth too, it is just a little bit updated version.
February 9, 201213 yr Author Who wants some new pictures? EDIT: The images aren't showing up. Wierd. I'll try to fix them. EDIT 2: One of them works: EDIT 3: Fixed all of them! Edited February 9, 201213 yr by Darth Nihilus
February 9, 201213 yr The guy probably wasn't allowed to talk about the zombie set because it isn't available to all retailers.
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