The LEGO Movie Sets News and Discussion

[Pate-keetongu]

Ah, I see some undercover blacktron guys coming! And I love that very odd chicken scope thing on the flying barn. The fire mech isn't that interesting though, so I'll just pass this set.

[JeagerEX]

Blaze Firefighter's appearance has a same fireman torso from 2013 LEGO City, but with gray hands instead of yellow. Even he has a white fireman hat and an existing headpiece.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Brickset is reporting that McDonald's will be doing some Happy Meal toys for the movie. Hopefully these will be actual sets (and good ones) rather than cheap plastic figures that aren't actually Lego.

[Yooha]

Brickset is reporting that McDonald's will be doing some Happy Meal toys for the movie. Hopefully these will be actual sets (and good ones) rather than cheap plastic figures that aren't actually Lego.

How could TLG promote their product with anything else than LEGO bricks?

[just2good]

How could TLG promote their product with anything else than LEGO bricks?

You'd be surprised... http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/McDBat1_The_Batboat

[Aanchir]

How could TLG promote their product with anything else than LEGO bricks?

McDonalds has some say in what they use as toys, and they generally want toys to be something kids can play with right out of the package, with minimal assembly. Sad but true.

There's also the risk of losing parts/choking hazards/etc. Even though McDonalds offers separate toys for toddlers, they might still be wary about any liabilities attached to the toys they distribute.

[CM4Sci]

I'm just hoping for polybags.

-Sci

[SoupOrFishOil]

They're cool and all, especially how they've turned a fire truck into a mech and other sets, but there's no flick-fire missiles or 'play functions'

Maybe it is to help building and creativity shine as real play features?

[greeny]

Those minifigures look great! I love the Fabuland and Blacktron shirts

I also think I'm going to make a small army of those robot SWAT guys!

[Lego Spy]

Dat Blacktron shirt. Seriously, the minifigs in that set are brilliant, it looks like I'll be Bricklinking some of these.

Oh, and thanks for the reviews, just2good!

'Dat Fabuland shirt.

(By the way, though the chances are extremely slim, I might be in possession of one or two of this sets tomorrow... )

Edited December 24, 2013 by Lego Spy

[Jared]

Man I can't wait for these sets! Only 4 more days... I'm getting all giddy inside...

[ACPin]

They're now available!

AC

[escortmad79]

Isn't that like stealing because the piece didn't break or it wasn't missing either. I know you can buy minifigs from the buy pieces section if you don't want to get the whole set. That is what I did.

It's not stealing, it's deception & Lego will probably ask for proof of purchase or send the broken part, which they won't have as you've not actually bought the set!

Edited December 24, 2013 by escortmad79

[larsyuipo]

Lego ur so unfair. Having store exclusive sets! These stores arent here in the Netherlands

[JeagerEX]

The sets will be available at my local TRU on Dec 29, 2013, but the minifigs is on Jan 1.

[antp]

Lego ur so unfair. Having store exclusive sets! These stores arent here in the Netherlands

They will at least sell them in Europe via S@H I hope?

[larsyuipo]

Idk

I think.it will be the same as sh. Only 4 of the first superheroes wave came on the dutch store and local shops

[Dorayaki]

Brickset is reporting that McDonald's will be doing some Happy Meal toys for the movie. Hopefully these will be actual sets (and good ones) rather than cheap plastic figures that aren't actually Lego.

I'm not really sure how it works. Yes, it's happy to see their cooperation and a McDonalds' reastaurant set would be more possible in the future. However, judging from the Batman plastic figures from 2008, I doubt McDonalds and TLC would really give us real bricks in any meal.

[Lego Spy]

However, judging from the Batman plastic figures from 2008, I doubt McDonalds and TLC would really give us real bricks in any meal.

I still have a few of those.

[JeagerEX]

My Ideas for the LEGO Movie happy meal:

A small scale of Metalbeard

Emmet

Wyldstyle (Normal with hair just like the one from Cuckoo Cloud Palace and Super Cycle Chase)

Vitruvius (Different one)

Benny the Spaceman

Batman

Michelangelo

Traffic Enforcer

All of those will be made real lego, but with a mini vignette not just a minifig alone.

And why Bad Cop in the Pursuit set has a flick fire gun?

Edited December 25, 2013 by JeagerEX

[Dorayaki]

The problem of Happy meal toys would be their production cost and price. Suppose that the happy meals are going to provide "figures", the official price of one minifigure is same as one collectible blind bag ($2.99). I don't know how much a Happy Meal cost in USA (did it say it would be worldwide?), but if one costs between $1~2, there wouldn't be any real minifigure.

Edited December 25, 2013 by Dorayaki

[Lego Spy]

^Happy Meals in the U.S. are about $2.50 - 4 each. Therefore, I agree, there will most likely not be any legitimate Lego pieces of any kind. That's my opinion. :-)

[JeagerEX]

What's wrong with Bad Cop has a gun in the set? I know LEGO group never produce any police officers and crooks that has weapons. Anyways is LEGO Movie is a licensed or not? Because only Vitruvius is the only character that is not in yellow skin.

[Clone OPatra]

Anyways is LEGO Movie is a licensed or not? Because only Vitruvius is the only character that is not in yellow skin.

It's not a license. It's a tie-in to a joint venture film involving LEGO itself. But it's definitely not licensed to Warner Brothers in the same way that sets for Harry Potter were. The boxes say copyright The LEGO Group & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

[obsidianheart]

LEGO Movie sets are licensed sets that LEGO is the license of so that LEGO can produce sets based on the LEGO Movie based on LEGO sets.

Licensed.

LEGO.