Comments on: Late 2008 LEGO set photos leaked [News]

By: Sammy

Sammy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:45:26 +0000

The City theme I think will open a lot of doors for Lego. No good or bad, no specific characters, and if it’s around for a long time, they’ll be sure to have a ton of sets that utilize great new and old pieces. I’m not a huge fan of the new Creator car though…

By: Repoort

Repoort — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:13:19 +0000

Spencer, I thought that was pretty obvious?

By: Dr. Paleo Ph.D.

Dr. Paleo Ph.D. — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:50:05 +0000

Funny I shouldn’t be the only one to notice it; the Batman set is quite like the Tumbler from the movie Batman Begins (the sequel of which, Dark Knight, is set for this summer). The bat symbol was well as the little picture of Batman himself are quite reminiscent of the movie.

And the Agents theme looks like a rehash of Alpha Team, but still I like the idea so far.

Dr. Paleo Ph.D.

P.S. Lately cross-posted Beowulf and 95 Theses MOCs–thanks for posting them!

By: Repoort

Repoort — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:15:06 +0000

I’ll have to agree; “Agents” looks too similar to Alpha Team mixed with a James Bondy kind of feel. Not sure I like it. And I’m hoping the Penguin doesn’t become another Qui-Gon….come up with some new ones, guys…

By: Dean H.

Dean H. — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:08:51 +0000

@David: Very true, but I don’t think that tumbler can get much worse, it seems very dumbed-down as it is.

By: David

David — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:53:46 +0000

*breaks from snowblowing…*

Yeah I meant Alpha Team, but what thinking Aqua Raiders, and I made up a new line.

Of course there was that Alpha Team sets that took place underwater. :)

By: Ty

Ty — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:38:22 +0000

Has no one noticed the odd resemblence between “Agents” and Alpha Team? Or is that what David meant by “Aqua Team”? Anyway… I think I won’t be buying, “Agents.”

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:59:06 +0000

Dean, a lot of the time the final design of a set is worse than the preliminary pictures we get. It happened a lot with Harry Potter and Batman. They take things out or dumb the sets down so that they get the price point they want.

By: Dean H.

Dean H. — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:32:16 +0000

Very very good thing the Batman tumbler is preliminary. Right now it looks like something my little brother would build if he was helping me sort my black bin. I just don’t think studs-up construction will cut it for the tumbler’s design. I hope we get a nice compact brick-built Bat-cycle in some later sets though. But I doubt that’ll happen. At least not the nice or compact parts.

The Agents line looks like it should be excellent for parts. Look at those cheese-graters on the front of the truck. *drools* The designs, though, are pretty ridiculous looking. From what I can see with the glare on the photo, the truck cab looks like a hovercraft or something.

The creator car looks excellent (I love the overload of arches, I’d buy it almost just for them), and the ferry looks like a very nice source of 1*n bricks. Not to mention the nice high-angle inverted slopes on the bow.

The coast guard boat looks quite nice. If that’s preliminary, I can’t wait for the final version! Orange boat hulls should be fun, and it looks like the dock has some nice large panel pieces.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:45:04 +0000

Tumbler looks all wrong.. rear wheels should be larger. too boxy. I was really hoping that would be a creator level set

By: wusmand

wusmand — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:29:47 +0000

I am, as well glad that batman sets and the agents sets are preliminary. Its seems that lego trucks(except ferrari) are way oversized and badly desinged, such as the speed racer set.

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:22:28 +0000

I love the Creator car, lovely.

I don’t like the Agents thing just because it feels like a rehash of Aqua Team’s later years with Exo-Force and is hugely over sized. But new pieces and purple are always nice. Plus if it fails then sales will be my friend. :}

I’m glad the sets are preliminary because the Batman sets do need to be fixed up. However I will love to get The Penguin in a cheap set.

By: Dunechaser

Dunechaser — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:14:05 +0000

Wow. I’m also intrigued by the Agents theme, but I really love the Coast Guard-type ship. And that Batman set looks like a cheaper way to pick up Penguin.

Eurobricks, I assume? Checking… Yup. Why am I not surprised?