just2good Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Well you were first on this one. I hope this becomes a set, as the concept is pretty neat. Quote
Dakar A Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 As long as Lego doesn't deem the concept too violent (I don't thinjk it is, but then again, I've never played Portal! ), and figure that it would be too hard to market, I think this set has a good chance of passive reveiw. It'll be interesting to see what they do. Quote
purpleparadox Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) I've never played Portal, and I know nothing about it, but if it gets approved I think we could get an interesting set! I doubt we'll get more than one, though. I'll be watching this along with the other CUUSOO projects being reviewed. Edited July 16, 2012 by purpleparadox Quote
TheLegoDr Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Congrats Brickthing. I haven't heard of this Portal 2. From what I can tell it is an online game and I assume there are portals involved. Looking at the proposed wallpaper images on CUUSOO, it looks neat. I would have to wait and see what it actually looks like if it does get approved before I would consider buying it. But strictly from source material I wouldn't buy it to have it. We'll see where it goes. Quote
AwesomeTaylor Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 As a huge fan of Portal, I'm hoping this gets made! I'd especially like the small game set! Quote
BasOne Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 The'll never get a lisence for it i'm afraid. Shame, it's a brilliant concept. Same with BTTF and most other big companies ideas, either they won't give a lisence or the lisence would be prohibetivly expencive. I got higher hopes for original ideas or small company liscences like minecraft. I think the EvE-online ships have better chance to get a lisence then 90% of the other stuff on cuusoo (that needs a lisence). But you can allways keep your fingers crossed Quote
TheDesuComplex Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 The'll never get a lisence for it i'm afraid. You do realize this is Valve, right? From what I've seen, Valve is pretty open to licensing and overall a great company. I seriously doubt that they'd not agree to a lego license. Quote
BasOne Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 You do realize this is Valve, right? From what I've seen, Valve is pretty open to licensing and overall a great company. I seriously doubt that they'd not agree to a lego license. Valve is the developer yes, it was Distributed by EA and Published by M$, they have a stake in the franchise as well and are a lot less open to liscencing. Quote
The Blue Brick Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 As a fan of the game, I really hope this gets made. The design process and layout put into the original concept was just phenomenal. The downside is that in my gut, I feel like Lego won't make it. Quote
Aanchir Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) The'll never get a lisence for it i'm afraid. Shame, it's a brilliant concept. Same with BTTF and most other big companies ideas, either they won't give a lisence or the lisence would be prohibetivly expencive. I got higher hopes for original ideas or small company liscences like minecraft. I think the EvE-online ships have better chance to get a lisence then 90% of the other stuff on cuusoo (that needs a lisence). But you can allways keep your fingers crossed I think it's preposterous to think a license for something like this would be more expensive than a license for a super-desirable intellectual properties like Star Wars, Batman, or The Lord of the Rings. Supply and demand would at least imply that licenses like those, for which companies scramble to obtain exclusive rights, would be far more expensive than licenses for things like Portal which aren't nearly as well-known and don't have decades of proven success in the merchandising department. Anyway, looking forward to seeing how this fares in review! Certainly video game proposals have gotten a lot of attention on LEGO Cuusoo, and it makes me wonder whether we might start to see a shift in TLG's licensed themes away from exclusively movie-based or TV-based licenses and towards licenses based on other media. Edited July 16, 2012 by Aanchir Quote
AwesomeTaylor Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 With all of the Portal memorabilia I actually think the licensing would be pretty easy. Valve has very strict terms for its publishing partners (who basically just take a cut in return for distributing the physical media for the console versions of the games) and has themselves helped to promote the project. Hell, I got Portal coasters and book ends for my wedding so far, a Lego set should be a piece of cake ;) Quote
Clone OPatra Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 I think it's preposterous to think a license for something like this would be more expensive than a license for a super-desirable intellectual properties like Star Wars, Batman, or The Lord of the Rings. Supply and demand would at least imply that licenses like those, for which companies scramble to obtain exclusive rights, would be far more expensive than licenses for things like Portal which aren't nearly as well-known and don't have decades of proven success in the merchandising department. Yes, but those license deals aren't being struck for single, limited release sets. Any talk of LEGO economy is all speculation, but I would speculate that any license for a CUUSOO project would have to be pretty cheap for LEGO to do it. Those big licenses might be more expensive, but they give LEGO entire lines over multiple years. Quote
Sorensen Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Im still playing portal, love the pussle in the game. Voted for it on CUUSOO aswell. Hope to see it in build Quote
Multiverse Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) I suppose the main difference between Portal and Minecraft is that Portal is just the level higher in commerciality, being distributed by a larger company than the developers' company. The license will be harder to achieve than that of Minecraft, since it's not just the developers' consent that's needed. I imagine Valve would agree wholeheartedly to let Lego produce a product like this, but EA is another case entirely, and I doubt they'd give their consent without pay. And while it might be a cheaper consent to buy than George Lucas', it's also something that will be used in presumably only one set of limited release, making the budget that much tighter. That said, I would buy that set in a heartbeat. My brother have both Portal games, and I love them! Edited July 17, 2012 by Multiverse Quote
Hive Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 I suppose the main difference between Portal and Minecraft is that Portal is just the level higher in commerciality, being distributed by a larger company than the developers' company. The license will be harder to achieve than that of Minecraft, since it's not just the developers' consent that's needed. I imagine Valve would agree wholeheartedly to let Lego produce a product like this, but EA is another case entirely, and I doubt they'd give their consent without pay. And while it might be a cheaper consent to buy than George Lucas', it's also something that will be used in presumably only one set of limited release, making the budget that much tighter. That said, I would buy that set in a heartbeat. My brother have both Portal games, and I love them! Pretty sure that Valve owns all actual rights to Portal. EA just distributed the physical copies of the product, nothing more. Quote
CopMike Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 Congrats Brickthing for an exquisitly thought through and executed concept ! Now we'll just wait and see ! Quote
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