KingPixels Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 LEGO need to stop all these ridiculous bootlegs that are coming out of China. It only really happens with the Superheroes line which isn't surprising, but it's still awful. I'd rather they didn't. Where else can I get a moulded plastic bigfig Red Hulk? Or a printed Odin, Winter Soldier, and Fantastic Four for less than $2 each? Quote
Sam892 Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 I'd rather they didn't. Where else can I get a moulded plastic bigfig Red Hulk? Or a printed Odin, Winter Soldier, and Fantastic Four for less than $2 each? Maybe you should create your own or print off decals, bootleg minifigures are usually designs stolen from LEGO or AFOL who create custom decals, bootleggers have an unfair advantage since they don't have to pay Marvel or DC for the licence, they don't have to pay LEGO for copying their sets and designs and they don't have to pay AFOLs who have also put there own hours into there creations to have them stolen. As far as I'm concerned Bootleggers are thieves who illegally make money using other more talented people's ideas. Quote
Navy Trooper Fenson Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Maybe you should create your own or print off decals, bootleg minifigures are usually designs stolen from LEGO or AFOL who create custom decals, bootleggers have an unfair advantage since they don't have to pay Marvel or DC for the licence, they don't have to pay LEGO for copying their sets and designs and they don't have to pay AFOLs who have also put there own hours into there creations to have them stolen. As far as I'm concerned Bootleggers are thieves who illegally make money using other more talented people's ideas. Bootleggers don´t make the designs themselves but at least they sell it. Lego chooses to not give us more opportunities to give them money (Megabloks had Marvel CMFs, there is no reason for Lego to not do them) so I am giving my money to people that will take it and don´t play these stupid games of which lone JL member to release this year. If only these Bootlegs were available outside of USA, that is. Quote
strangely Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Maybe you should create your own or print off decals, bootleg minifigures are usually designs stolen from LEGO or AFOL who create custom decals, bootleggers have an unfair advantage since they don't have to pay Marvel or DC for the licence, they don't have to pay LEGO for copying their sets and designs and they don't have to pay AFOLs who have also put there own hours into there creations to have them stolen. As far as I'm concerned Bootleggers are thieves who illegally make money using other more talented people's ideas. I'll point out the basic fact that customs of licensed characters that are sold is also stealing. The big difference is that bootleggers do it in bulk and flood the market. But in the end both are profiting off of somebody else's IP. Frankly I'm okay with buying bootlegs of minifigures that aren't widely available (Liked SDCC minifigures) or that are based on game designs, but I would never buy a bootleg of a minifigure that's widely available. I do agree that stealing AFOL designs is pretty low though. The funny thing is the bootlegging wouldn't be so bad if Lego actually just kept up with fan demand. I mean a lot of the bootlegs I see are of SDCC minifigures or video game characters. Lego tends to move at a slow pace releasing characters, and yet they only fuel the fire of fan anticipation with these game designs and SDCC exclusives. The demand was there and at first customs met that demand, but eventually bootleggers found a way to do it bigger and better. Increasing the superheroes theme and beating the bootleggers to the punch may be the only way to get that market back (I mean taking them to court would be long and tedious and probably wouldn't accomplish much). Meeting fan demands in a more timely matter would definitely slow that market down. Really the only bootlegs that intrigue me are the ones Lego has failed to make a reality as of yet, so that may be the key to beating them at their own game. Quote
SoupOrFishOil Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 (Megabloks had Marvel CMFs, there is no reason for Lego to not do them) Actually... Maybe MB paid an additional fee for the blind bagged license and LEGO didn't pick it up, so Funko did instead? DC has a similar line as a tie in for Scribblenauts, too. Quote
strangely Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Maybe MB paid an additional fee for the blind bagged license and LEGO didn't pick it up, so Funko did instead? DC has a similar line as a tie in for Scribblenauts, too. That's seems logical. Or possibly Lego isn't aloud to do a superhero CMF because it competes too much with another piece of existing merchandise Marvel/DC puts out. I recall there was a similar problem with the Star Wars magnet sets where another toy company thought that being able to buy minifigures individually was direct competition and thus Lego had to start gluing the minifigures to the magnets. I'd assume that would be the same problem for a superhero CMF. Perhaps they could find a way around that though, for Star Wars they did the planets series and microfighters. While a straight up CMF series might not be possible perhaps a mini build type set similar to microfighters would work. Quote
Ultron Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Actually... Maybe MB paid an additional fee for the blind bagged license and LEGO didn't pick it up, so Funko did instead? DC has a similar line as a tie in for Scribblenauts, too. Tried to get the Ultron one...1/72 chance is bullcrap I don't see CMF out of their reach, but I don't see them doing it anytime soon. Quote
TheBuoyWonder Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 As far as I'm aware Hasbro have EXCLUSIVE rights to make Star Wars figures, this is why lego cannot make Lego Star Wars CMF. HOWEVER, DC allow many companies to make DC action figures (funko release DC vinyls as do DC themselves) so a DC CMF line is still in reach. On the marvel side I'm not so sure, I believe it's more like Star Wars as in the Funko POP! Heros line most of them are figures with a movable head but the Star Wars and Marvel one are bobble heads, I believe this is to to with the whole exclusive rights to action figures and stuff. Hope this clears some stuff up. Quote
KingPixels Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 Maybe you should create your own or print off decals, bootleg minifigures are usually designs stolen from LEGO or AFOL who create custom decals, bootleggers have an unfair advantage since they don't have to pay Marvel or DC for the licence, they don't have to pay LEGO for copying their sets and designs and they don't have to pay AFOLs who have also put there own hours into there creations to have them stolen. As far as I'm concerned Bootleggers are thieves who illegally make money using other more talented people's ideas. How am I supposed to mould a Red Hulk out of ABS plastic? And for less than $2? Quote
BrickyNolan35 Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 Bootleggers don´t make the designs themselves but at least they sell it. Lego chooses to not give us more opportunities to give them money (Megabloks had Marvel CMFs, there is no reason for Lego to not do them) so I am giving my money to people that will take it and don´t play these stupid games of which lone JL member to release this year. If only these Bootlegs were available outside of USA, that is. They also just came out with 8 packs of captain America with 8 variants Quote
CorneliusMurdock Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 The talk of the bootlegs needs to stop here. This is not the place for that discussion. Thank you. Quote
Dr Leg O Brick Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 Hi all! Good and bad news it seems. Amazon has removed the GOTG sets, http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Super-Heroes-76019-Marvel/dp/B00I4IWPNA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397072492&sr=8-1&keywords=76019, but the X-Men set sounds like it'll be out by the end of the month, http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Super-Heroes-76022-X-Men/dp/B00I4IYCYA/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1399805725&sr=1-1&keywords=lego+76022 Quote
Fritzy Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) Hmmm... Maybe they got pushed back. To July, maybe -- whch is when the TMNT movie sets are releasing? The listings are still available on Amazon Canada, so hopefully this isn't an indication that the scheduling has changed for these sets. I wouldn't blame them if they did, though, in light of how many new sets and themes are launching (officially) next month. Edited May 11, 2014 by Fritzy Quote
Legoman123 Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 It wouldn't surprise me if the GOTG sets have been pushed back until August. After all, that is when the movie will be released. Quote
SandMirror38 Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) https://www.flickr.c...06/13975918239/ Found this... *snip* Not entierly sure how reliable this is but it had me excited... Edited May 11, 2014 by CorneliusMurdock Removed "confidential" picture. Fake or not, no pictures marked in such a way are allowed to be deeplinked here. Quote
8BrickMario Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 If it's confidential, it probably shouldn't be here, but it may be fake. If they do make ASM2 sets, I'm just going to be annoyed that they won't make a classic Goblin and stick to cinematic universe and cartoon variations. Quote
just2good Posted May 11, 2014 Author Posted May 11, 2014 Definitely a fake, as someone pointed out, the printing goes far too down for a LEGO figure. Plus, it doesn't make sense for LEGO to put this much effort into a figure that will be released in a set that doesn't even cash into the movie when it's in theaters (see TDKR set and the detail on that one). Quote
Spider-Man Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 If you look at the flickr page of the person who initially found that you can see he drew up his own custom Amazing Spider-Man 2 Green Goblin and the design he drew up is the exact same one on that figure. I don't think that is a coincidence I wish there were ASM 2 sets, but unfortunately it seems we will have to wait until ASM 3. Quote
SandMirror38 Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 @just2good I don't understand how the printings too low, could you explain some more please? Quote
TheBuoyWonder Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 @just2good I don't understand how the printings too low, could you explain some more please? There's printing on the tips of the feet, lego would never do that for a most likely one time minifig that's releasing months after the movie has came out. Quote
Floundie Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) If you look at the flickr page of the person who initially found that you can see he drew up his own custom Amazing Spider-Man 2 Green Goblin and the design he drew up is the exact same one on that figure. I don't think that is a coincidence Yep, definitely fake. The face has the exact same lines. There's printing on the tips of the feet, lego would never do that for a most likely one time minifig that's releasing months after the movie has came out. War machine was a one time minifig. And Iron Patriot. And heartbreaker. Edited May 11, 2014 by Floundie Quote
SandMirror38 Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 He actually said that this was his INSPORATION for that drawing Quote
Floundie Posted May 11, 2014 Posted May 11, 2014 Nope, drawing was posted May 4th, the other pic May 11th Quote
TheBuoyWonder Posted May 12, 2014 Posted May 12, 2014 Yep, definitely fake. The face has the exact same lines. War machine was a one time minifig. And Iron Patriot. And heartbreaker. I stand corrected. I do apologise for the false information. Quote
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