SMC Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 it would really take the sting out of the SDCC exclusive Kitty if they offered those faces on two new figures in next year's sets I also hope for Robo Disguise Wyldstyle. I know Emmet's car has already been done as a rather generous TRU building event freebie, but it would also make a great small, inexpensive set I really want Bad Cop's City-Western Police horse. :D yes yes yes yes Quote
-Horizon- Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) I'd wouldn't be surprised if they did the Octan tanker ship or the Copper Chopper. And more Cloud Cuckoo Land sets and the MB Submarine. Edited July 23, 2014 by lego3364 Quote
Moebius118 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I'd wouldn't be surprised if they did the Octan tanker ship or the Copper Chopper. And more Cloud Cuckoo Land sets and the MB Submarine. Oh no if they finally decided to make the Octanship it would make my massive project earlier this year rather regrettable. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92933 I hope instead for Western train or town. Copper Chopper seems like a really possible candidate as well. I for one would like a Kabob stand. I am fairly confident though that the Octanship will not be released due to its extremely fragile construction as portrayed in the video game. Unless of course LEGO does a complete rework. Which they are capable of doing. I'm doomed. Quote
Aanchir Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I'd like more Unikitty exp<b></b>ressions. I know it's wishful thing, but it would really take the sting out of the SDCC exclusive Kitty if they offered those faces on two new figures in next year's sets, with the SDCC remaining a unique exclusive in having both faces on a single figure. And it would be fantastic if Green Lantern were released in a set, as well. Ah, well. Perhaps there'll be a more movie-accurate Metalbeard, which would be great. I concur with all the call for more new character exp<b></b>ressions as well, especially Business, and I also hope for Robo Disguise Wyldstyle. I know Emmet's car has already been done as a rather generous TRU building event freebie, but it would also make a great small, inexpensive set - more affordable than anything else in the line, aside from the Minifigures and the promotional freebies. Of various things in the movie not yet done as sets at all, the Copper Chopper and Wyldstyle's western wagon strike me as good set candidates. I really want Bad Cop's City-Western Police horse. :D Green Lantern is being released, but as has long been expected, it's not the SDCC exclusive version and thus not the same one used in The LEGO Movie. Though if anyone should be blamed for that, it would be the creators of The LEGO Movie. They were willing to come up with a new design for Shaq, after all. The police horse would be AWESOME, but the biggest flaw is that it could only have a red light or a blue one — the light could not change colors like it did in The LEGO Movie. Quote
BlueberryWaffles Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Or they could just include a blue and red stud. Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Green Lantern is being released, but as has long been expected, it's not the SDCC exclusive version and thus not the same one used in The LEGO Movie. Though if anyone should be blamed for that, it would be the creators of The LEGO Movie. They were willing to come up with a new design for Shaq, after all. The police horse would be AWESOME, but the biggest flaw is that it could only have a red light or a blue one — the light could not change colors like it did in The LEGO Movie. I think the SDCC Green Lantern was an appropriate choice for the movie, as it probably reflected a figure The Man Upstairs kept on his wall display (and thus would be a "special" minifigure). Moreover, at the time of the movie's production, it was the only GL figure design. It's funny to me that you mention Shaq, as in an earlier draft of my post I also mentioned him as another character that might be worth including in a set, while also noting the difference between the actual Shaq figure and the one in the movie. It's different from the other examples of redesign, though, in that there's not really a difference in the print (at least for the torso, while the face difference can be written off as just being part of the animation). The major difference between TLM Shaq and the actual Shaq minifigure produced a little over a decade ago is that the latter, as part of the larger LEGO Sports basketball subtheme, has the modified arms and legs common to all that theme's basketball player minifigures, allowing them to pick up and throw basketballs. But that's something that can be addressed by arm and leg swaps, without resorting to new element decoration. However, I'm guessing they would in fact do at least a new face print if they were to actually include a Shaq figure in a TLM set, and give it more traditional arms and legs as well. I wouldn't count the inability of the horse's light to change colors as a "flaw," per se, just an unavoidable difference arising from translating an animated character to a toy. The movie horse's light changing is just a natural animation effect, like ones used in any of countless brickfilms of the sort the movie specifically emulates in style, and probably best addressed in an actual toy by just including both trans-red and trans-blue 1x1 round plates for the builder to choose between. At worst, it's still no more of a problem than the fact it and various other light sources (such as the printed "glowing" red eyes of the innumerable robot minifigures) don't actually glow from within. For me, it'd be enough to just have the horse and its adornment with the "light" and the POLICE deco and all that. Quote
Nimrod Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) <edited> Edited December 9, 2020 by Nimrod Quote
K-Nut Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Would you even be able to attach the piece to the horse's head in the first place? With the Kragle, maybe. The thing with GL is probably exactly what Blondie-Wan said. Opposed to changing Shaq's limbs to make him fit, there was already existing (albeit rare) version of GL. Quote
Aanchir Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Would you even be able to attach the piece to the horse's head in the first place? Yes, because it's not attached directly to the head. It's attached to one of these in black with "POLICE" printed on it. The main reason I think the color-changing light is sort of important is that all the other Super Secret Police vehicles and creatures have both red and blue lights to really drive in idea that these are POLICE vehicles, these are POLICE crocodiles, etc. Though the police crocodiles in Bad Cop's Pursuit were themselves different from the ones in the movies, which had CMF police hats. I suppose just a red or blue light could still suggest police, especially since you'd also have the printed text on the headgear. I'd say Shaq's face being different in the movie is way more than just an animation thing. The face of the original minifigure, like all the NBA figs based on real people, was a grotesque caricature, with huge lips and whites in his eyes. If the light-skinned players like Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd hadn't been designed with the same bizarre features it would actually seem kind of racist, like the way the Indians in Western sets had slanted eyes and huge noses (yes, noses ). Shaq in the movie is consistent with modern-day minifigure designs. His eyes are black beads with white sparkles, his mouth is no more detailed than Emmet's or Benny's when they wear comparable expressions, and his facial hair is more well-defined. In that regard, Shaq's face in the movie is a complete redesign. Edited July 24, 2014 by Aanchir Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Yes, I noticed that, but I still think it can be written off as animation license, or something comparable, since at least the face isn't "fixed" (unlike the torso print, which is, and which is the same between the two). I now like to think of the face on the old figure as just sort of an "extreme" expression, and that the "true" face is more like the one in the movie (even if my actual, real-life minifigure never changes from that weird old face). Of course, if a new one were produced for a set in this theme it would (and should, I agree, for multiple reasons) reflect the movie aesthetic and not that bizarre design experiment from a decade-plus ago. But there's no reason to change the torso. (Tangentially, like you I'm not a fan of noses on minifigures, but given that I do have some from that era anyway, I plan to try to use them in MOCs and such - partly just to get maximum use out of my parts assortment, but also to help bring a bit of differentiation and variety to the populations of my LEGO worlds.) Quote
Ezekiel2517 Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) http://toynewsi.com/article.php?catid=176&itemid=22995 http://i.toynewsi.com/g/generated/2014_San_Diego_Comic_Con/Lego/Lego_The_Movie/Lego_Movie_Batman_And_Super_Angry_Kitty_Attack01__scaled_600.jpg Batman and Super Angry Kitty Attack $9.99 January 2015 Edited July 25, 2014 by Ezekiel2517 Quote
just2good Posted July 25, 2014 Author Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) toynewsi.com/article.php?catid=176&itemid=22995 http://i.toynewsi.co..._scaled_600.jpg Batman and Super Angry Kitty Attack $9.99 January 2015 Sweet, 115 pieces for $10. Edited July 25, 2014 by just2good Quote
Amazing Bricks Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Does batman have a new cowl? It looks different. It's a great set for $10 Quote
BFN Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 ...and the picture still doesn't show if Batman has a new face. Gah. Quote
Takanuinuva Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Still can't tell if Batman's gun uses this piece in black http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=85861 Quote
K-Nut Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Still can't tell if Batman's gun uses this piece in black http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=85861 From zooming way in on the image, it looks like it does. It also looks like (to me at least) that batman's eyes aren't completely white either, which makes it look like a new face. Is it just me who sees this? Quote
just2good Posted July 25, 2014 Author Posted July 25, 2014 From zooming way in on the image, it looks like it does. It also looks like (to me at least) that batman's eyes aren't completely white either, which makes it look like a new face. Is it just me who sees this? Yep, he definitely has a new face! Quote
K-Nut Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Yep, he definitely has a new face! Now that is a cool face. Definitely fits the Lego Movie version of the character. Quote
klinton Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 That's exciting! A Skeletron and a Micro Manager for cheap? I'm stoked for this! :D Quote
Super Goblin Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Look at the box looks like it has a different face than the one on display so we should get a double sided face. Both faces appear to have the black around the eyes which is awesome! Quote
TAFOL Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Yep, he definitely has a new face! Could you maybe tell me from what Flickr-photostream you have that picture from? I tried looking for it through Google, but I didn't find any results. Quote
legofreak86 Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 WOW they've redone the slits in his white eyes to make them look thinner to go for a more lego movie style look. Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 What a great little set And thus far the cheapest way to get a version of Unikitty Can't wait to see what TLM sets await us next year! Quote
lightningtiger Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 My wife will flip, she loves Uni-kitty......especially the angry one......reminds her of herself ! Great price for those parts.....and of course Batman Quote
SMC Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I really thought that we would see no more sets, will there be other, how many, how much, including, I need to know Quote
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