lordskylark Posted May 8, 2010 Posted May 8, 2010 (edited) This is a great topic. I noticed that many images though are since missing due to dead links... Has anyone made any sort of LEGO website which would compile all known prototypes together? If not, it might be something I would be willing to start... Here's a couple castle prototypes: http://www.classic-castle.com/sets/images/...iew/kk/8777.jpg http://www.classic-castle.com/sets/images/...iew/kk/8778.jpg Also some at the bottom of this gallery http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=114939 Edited May 8, 2010 by lordskylark Quote
just2good Posted May 9, 2010 Posted May 9, 2010 This is a great topic. I noticed that many images though are since missing due to dead links...Has anyone made any sort of LEGO website which would compile all known prototypes together? If not, it might be something I would be willing to start... Great idea! I've been looking for a site with prototypes for years! I'll be willing to help you if you do make a site like that! Quote
allanp Posted May 9, 2010 Posted May 9, 2010 Great idea! I've been looking for a site with prototypes for years! I'll be willing to help you if you do make a site like that! I would love a site like that, especially if it had lots of technic prototypes! Quote
Freddie Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 Since I discovered that my first post in this thread has gone limp due to attached images disappearing, I've taken the liberty of replacing those with pictures that are uploaded to my Brickshelf-folder. And just like before, these are sourced from LEGO.com, back when they still had My-Own-Train and such. Quote
Lordofdragonss Posted May 17, 2010 Posted May 17, 2010 (edited) Haha I found this one in my Imageshack. I totaly forgot how this impulse was awesome- Notice the armor instead of rat! Edited May 17, 2010 by Lordofdragonss Quote
Justin Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 A LEGO Exxon gas station set that never made it into production: http://media.peeron.com/catalogs/id/189/13/ Here's the original, with Shell branding: Quote
Arigomi Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 A couple of blog posts by the designers about the evolution of 5893 Offroad Power and 5868 Ferocious Creatures: http://creator.lego....?date=9/29/2010 The last picture of the croc is not the final model. You can see that the joints and feet underwent several revisions. Those brick built cheeseburgers are are really cool. Quote
phoinix Posted March 13, 2011 Author Posted March 13, 2011 hey, i have added some of these images in brickshelf here also today i found this great new topic that shows some amazing pre-production design images of the castle theme. so i thought i would revive this old topic..maybe some of you have some new images to share! enjoy! Quote
Piranha Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 Great bump Wow those castle ones are amazing! I contribute Seeatron unreleased theme here Also the Star Wars Visual Dictionary had some nice stuff like the unreleased Yavin Base. Quote
10or Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) anyone have more preliminary harry potter pics? Edited May 30, 2011 by 10or Quote
Ondra Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I think i found early preliminary picture of off roader 8297 http://www.ubergizmo.com/2008/07/lego-technic-off-roader-now-out/ .Its very interesting, this preliminary set have probably 4X4(This say sticker on door) and very different overall design. Quote
TheKingOfBuilding Posted July 10, 2011 Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) Sorry, but what's a reek? A Reek is a creature from the Star Wars universe that is seen in episode II, in the Geonosian areana battle scene (one of the three creatures that fight Anakin, Obi Wan and Padme). Below is a description from Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary... Reek live on the Condian Moon, where small herds are highly territorial over their patches of wood-moss turf. Fleshy and plodding, the reek is nonetheless a strong beast and a powerfull fighter. The reek's powerfull jaw muscles are built to chop tough wood-moss chunks into peices, but its bite can nip limbs off even more easily. Unfortunately for the herbivorous reek, it was discovered that the beast can be starved into carnivorism to provide excellent entertainment in the areana, Fed on meat alone, the reek will die, but areana specimens are given just enough plant food to keep them hungry and strong. It really is a shame Lego didn't make a reek, as the colours would be fanastic, and also the printing would of been brilliant. Edited July 10, 2011 by TheKingOfBuilding Quote
Aanchir Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) Here are some concept sketches I found on Coroflot: 8583 Minifigures Series 1 concepts 6242 Soldier's Fort concepts 6253 Shipwreck Hideout concepts 7029 Skeleton Attack Ship concepts 4770 Blizzard Blaster sketch model 2916 Duplo MyBot concepts I'll keep looking for more! EDIT: Duplo Pirates concepts Duplo Castle concepts Assorted Duplo concepts BIONICLE sets and concepts Edited August 2, 2011 by Aanchir Quote
vexorian Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I guess including seat and steering wheel with the test dummy was too explicit. Quote
L@go Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 This might be a little off-topic, as this isn't a pre-production design, but does anybody have any info on this unreleased set apart from it never being released and being found in a British retailer catalogue from 1996? Does anybody know why it wasn't released? Quote
legofan2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 hey, in my school years I was working at a toys shop and at the beginning of each year we had these catalogs with prototypes of lego products. The models were different looking and stuff. Does anyone have pictures of any protoype models. I knew there were pictures of lego scala in different colors and they've never been released... are there any pictures of city, scala, belville and so on. I like looking at those pictures. Quote
legofan2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 thank you! I really like seeing this unreleased lego sets. Quote
Aanchir Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) Here's something I don't know if anyone's linked. This shows preliminary versions of some of the most recent Ninjago sets. Notable differences: Black-robed Sensei Wu has black rather than white sleeves. The Fire Dragon's fireball is transparent, which I don't even think is possible with the actual LEGO element (since I don't think it's polycarbonate). The Fire Dragon's painting/printing is preliminary. A placeholder minifigure with a stylized dragon appears in place of Zane fighting the Skull Truck. All of the window panes of the Fire Temple feature writing, rather than the dragon decorations that grace the lower floor of the final set. The Dragon Sword of Fire has a stylized, flamelike sculpt rather than the dragon head of the final mold. The fire dragon's neck is bent at a more extreme angle than is possible in the final set. The mechanism under the Fire Temple's front entryway is built differently. . Additionally, there's this one with a prelim version of Garmadon's Dark Fortress. Notable differences: Garmadon's Dark Fortress has barbed wire along the top. The skeleton arming the flick-fires in the tower is a placeholder, with the Atlantis body armor piece in black and a Fantasy-Era Castle head rather than the body armor and heads from the final theme. EDIT: Additionally, there's the first video on this page, which gives a very early treatment of the story. Notable differences: The Ninjago logo is different, with the letter J resembling a person. The Golden Weapons are all very different. All the ninjas use the preliminary torsos seen on the white ninja Zane in the first link. Garmadon, whenever he appears, has four arms-- a trait later given instead to the skeleton general Samukai. The ninjas are discovered in different places, all very decidedly modern Amusingly, Jay, who will wield the Nunchuks of Lightning, is playing a Nintendo Wii using the controller accessory referred to as the Nunchuk. Sensei Wu uses the traditional LEGO "Wizard Beard" and a simpler hat. Most other aspects make it hard to identify differences, since the majority of the video is in a cartoon style rather than using detailed photos, renders, or video of the models themselves. Edited August 30, 2011 by Aanchir Quote
NickAb Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) I've found a few sketches of collectable minifigs and pirates on Michael Patton's page at Coroflot Many other LEGO set and graphics designer's portfolios can be googled here The next sketches are not set designs, but more like inspirational artworks for theme designers. On Mike Rayhawk's page you can find inspirational artwork which were used when developing Knights Kingdom theme and LEGO Universe Edited August 28, 2012 by NickAb Quote
CM4Sci Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Oh, how I love this topic. Don't die! This Wikia page has a load of prelims from the recent sets, such as TMNT and Super Heroes! -Sci Quote
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