bacem Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 the villains in the story oh. will they get a figures too? Quote
Ikkad555 Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I have a feeling that the Nixels will have sets regardless of how un-fun they are. Look at them there. Their heads clearly have LEGO elements, which suggests simplification of sets already designed. Of course, they could just be drawn up based on bricks, but really I'm just hoping they make Nixel figures. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I have a feeling that the Nixels will have sets regardless of how un-fun they are. http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Ikkad555/LEGO/Mixels/nixels.png Look at them there. Their heads clearly have LEGO elements, which suggests simplification of sets already designed. Of course, they could just be drawn up based on bricks, but really I'm just hoping they make Nixel figures. Hmm, you have a good point. I hadn't even noticed these pictures of the Nixels. I need to pay more attention! However, this does reinforce my belief that they won't be stand-alone sets like the Mixels. In this picture, they're visibly smaller than the Mixels. The one on the left has ears made from cheese slopes. and the one on the right has ears/horns made from the same tooth pieces used as Flain's toes. Unless these pictures are incredibly inaccurate to the sets, then neither of these Nixels can be much more than three bricks tall. Perhaps there will be a promotional "Nixels" set that includes three or four tiny Nixels instead of a single Mixels figure. But I can't picture a set like that being released as a part of the main Mixels series. It just wouldn't have the same potential for creative rebuilding as the larger Mixels figures that offer a more diverse array of pieces. Quote
Kalhiki Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I think a multi pack of Nixels is entirely possible. Just have a single package that contains, like you said, four Nixels. Then it could be in a regular Mixel wave. Three Mixels each of the different colors, and one set that contains four Nixels. Plus, then you could get multiples of the set and have a quickly made swarm of Nixels. The only problem I see as far as construction would go is pose-ability. If they are so small, the ball joints may not work for them. Quote
DraikNova Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Considering the size of the Nixels from that pic, I'd say they're at most ten bricks; two printed round eye tiles, two modified bricks for the main body, one or two parts for the horns (either two cheese slopes or one horn foot piece) and about four pieces for the hands and feet. The mouth might be a printed piece too, so maybe thirteen pieces (one for the mouth and two more modified bricks). That means you could fit at least five of them in a Mixel-size set. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I think a multi pack of Nixels is entirely possible. Just have a single package that contains, like you said, four Nixels. Then it could be in a regular Mixel wave. Three Mixels each of the different colors, and one set that contains four Nixels. Plus, then you could get multiples of the set and have a quickly made swarm of Nixels. The only problem I see as far as construction would go is pose-ability. If they are so small, the ball joints may not work for them. But the Mixels we've seen so far have a pretty consistent release pattern of nine sets in three different color schemes per wave. So you'd need at least three multi-Nixel packs for that to work. And yeah, the tiny ball joints wouldn't work for the Nixels. But that's not an obstacle to release so much as another way the sets would likely be fairly underwhelming compared to proper Mixels sets. Quote
DraikNova Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Small 1x1 plates with balljoint/ballcup could make a Nixel's legs and arms, although the descriptions give me the feeling Nixels will lack any and all posability. Quote
VBBN Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Totally gonna try and get every single one of these. They make me very nostalgic for the old X-Pod sets. Quoted for truth, I loved the x-pod sets with a passion and thought the exact same thing the moment I saw these. With that said, I kinda wish they had a similar concept to the x-pod sets where all of the models could be built out of the parts given as alternate models- Of course that is a feature for creator sets and I'm not surprised they avoided it here, and the combining feature would render that idea useless Do we know the exact cost of these sets in USD? Quote
Aanchir Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Quoted for truth, I loved the x-pod sets with a passion and thought the exact same thing the moment I saw these. With that said, I kinda wish they had a similar concept to the x-pod sets where all of the models could be built out of the parts given as alternate models- Of course that is a feature for creator sets and I'm not surprised they avoided it here, and the combining feature would render that idea useless Do we know the exact cost of these sets in USD? Not yet, but the price in Euros is 3.99, so I'd expect the US price to be four or five dollars. Quote
Ikkad555 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 But the Mixels we've seen so far have a pretty consistent release pattern of nine sets in three different color schemes per wave. So you'd need at least three multi-Nixel packs for that to work. And yeah, the tiny ball joints wouldn't work for the Nixels. But that's not an obstacle to release so much as another way the sets would likely be fairly underwhelming compared to proper Mixels sets. What if the Nixels could combine, like the Mixels? Mixel-sized combiners that could be rebuilt into multiple Nixels. That way we can get three varied bagged sets for Wave 2 and still have enough Nixels to fight all of the Mixels released by that point. I'm thinking that their claw hands are actually the ball cups of the mega-Nixel. Quote
Jared Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Quoted for truth, I loved the x-pod sets with a passion and thought the exact same thing the moment I saw these. Now that it's been mentioned, I do get a little x-pod vibe from these. I loved that series. I mostly want these for those nice-looking ball joint pieces... Quote
DraikNova Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 What if the Nixels could combine, like the Mixels? Mixel-sized combiners that could be rebuilt into multiple Nixels. That way we can get three varied bagged sets for Wave 2 and still have enough Nixels to fight all of the Mixels released by that point. I'm thinking that their claw hands are actually the ball cups of the mega-Nixel. Considering the size of the mini-Nixels, a single set would probably feature a combiner to make a Mixel-sized Nixel. Quote
CM4Sci Posted January 5, 2014 Author Posted January 5, 2014 Brickset posted some set names: 41517 Balk 41516 Tentro 41515 Kraw 41514 Jawg 41513 Gobba 41512 Chomly 41511 Flurr 41510 Lunk 41509 Slumbo -Sci Quote
Kalhiki Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 As if this theme didn't already have me. Chomly. I love it. Quote
Sanoreti Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Volectro use ThunderShock! Its super effective! Hehe, sorry but i got a very strong pokemon vibe from these... Wonder if they will have any sort of battle game, seems like a move lego would do, you buy new ones so you can combine and be stronger than your friends. Maybe... Edited January 6, 2014 by Sanoreti Quote
Takanuinuva Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Here is my Interpretation of how I think A Nixel would be built. It uses 17 pieces and I built it to look as close to the artwork as possible. I added the eyes and teeth using paint.net http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/mc/nixel_1.png Parts used http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/mc/nixel_2.png Quote
DraikNova Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 That looks amazingly accurate. Nice work. How many pieces are there in an average Mixel set? Quote
Aanchir Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 That looks amazingly accurate. Nice work. How many pieces are there in an average Mixel set? Back when we got our first pics of the Mixels, I counted how many parts were visible or otherwise able to be extrapolated from what we could see, and I came up with an estimate of between 50 and 60 pieces per model. Since they're probably going to be four or five dollars apiece, I think it should be a good value for money. Sadly, the product pages here don't list part counts, unlike the product pages for some of the other unreleased sets on that site. Quote
DraikNova Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) Which would mean a Nixels sets built similarly to these could contain three Nixels if it was in the same "slot" as a normal Mixel, maybe four. Edited January 7, 2014 by DraikNova Quote
CM4Sci Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 More names! 41518 Glomp 41519 Glurt 41520 Torts 41521 Footi 41522 Scorpi 41523 Hoogi 41524 Mesmo (not quite sure why they're reusing a Ninjago name)) 41525 Magnifo 41526 Wizwuz -Sci Quote
Meiko Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) More names! 41524 Mesmo (not quite sure why they're reusing a Ninjago name)) -Sci Ninjago was "Mezmo" I think, and because it's a useful and common name to describe confusion or hypnosis. Edited January 11, 2014 by Meiko Quote
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