Comments on: LEGO Space Police, Indy, Castle, NXT 2.0, and other late 2009 sets revealed at Canadian toy show [News]

By: original

original — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:31:54 +0000

I like that drawbridge…
Finnally, a jester!

But I don’t like Space Police, because I hate stickers!

:-)

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By: David4

David4 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:15:59 +0000

Jai, with the green alien I think they should modify it a little bit, and like your ideas. I would also ad they should make the top have a minifigure stud on it so LEGO can have different alien head attach to it.

By: Shiningblade

Shiningblade — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:34:14 +0000

I just noticed the Battle for Endor set has an SRP of $129.99 CDN which is a $90.99 cost price with a 30% Margin.

I remember when the margin was 50% for the non-license products. Wow, Lucas is must be making a chunk of coin on each set.

By: Will Will

Will Will — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:06:03 +0000

Taun Tauns! yay :)

Loving the new googles on the rebels as well. Looking forward to building these puppies!

I wish they’d put out a Sallah figure already :S

By: Jai

Jai — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:47:16 +0000

I’m still admiring those aliens. The green slip-on piece was a very clever way to add two arms, although I think they ought to have tilted the pegs the “robot” arms attach to (So there would be a little less “oops the top arms can’t fit past the lower shoulders”). On the OTHER other other hand, that would make the top arms unable to move higher than the head. I now veto my proposed change.

By: notenoughbricks

notenoughbricks — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:46:01 +0000

I will be going to Toy Fair NYC shortly and cannot wait! I hope I can get into the LEGO booth again this year!

The Space Police Aliens look great! Cool additions to the Minifig population!

notenoughbricks

By: Jai

Jai — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:08 +0000

@lotonah: Luke’s hood is actually an already-existing piece from an old (Not OLD old) polar-themed line (The name of which I do not recall. Arctic Explorers? That sounds good. There were polar bears in it). It may be a different color here, though.

And I hate Bionicle as much as the next guy (Assuming the next guy also harbors deep resentment and loathing for Bionicle), but I can’t deny the evidence in front of my eyes when I see my hordes of nephews happily playing with Bionicle. It’s popular with its targeted audience. If it helps LEGO pay the bills, then maybe it helps them feel more free to produce things like a totally sweet new Space Police line, a fez piece, and cows.

By: Jai

Jai — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:44:51 +0000

Space Police notes:
-Oh God, that very first picture here dropped my jaw (That and the knowledge that it was a SPACE POLICE set). I am going to be going hardcore back into Space sets, looks like… and Castle (My favorite at the moment) is still going to be a big contender, so my wallet is going to be hurting. X( Which is great news!
-One of those aliens looks like a Castle troll with a frickin’ sweet spiky helmet on. If that’s NOT what it is, well, I can guarantee you that’s what it WILL be. In my house. :D
-Every alien looks awesome, which flies right in the face of every alien LEGO has come up with since the Insectoids line ended. AWESOME.
-I am going to have to buy every set. Just LOOK at them! Oh, man.

Power Miners notes:
-Big rock monster looks cool, and I imagine you can fit a big chunk of LEGO (Maybe a boulder) in his hands. But you can’t rotate his hands? So that seems like a bit of a failure (But I don’t KNOW that the hands do not rotate).
- Sets have some pretty cool designs. I’ve gotta say, I’m totally not into Power Miners at all — but if I were a lot younger, I’m pretty sure I might be. And I DO at least like the designs, I just for some reason don’t connect well with the concept and colors or something. You can’t win ‘em all.

Star Wars notes:
-The new goggles from the Hoth set(s?) look really cool.
-The prequel Y-Wing is the only thing I like about the prequels, so it’s good to see it.
-Also good to see a Greedo head coming back!
-Another AT-ST design… looks good, and like it actually has good figs with it.

Indy notes:
-RED FEZ HAT NO WAY OH MAN THAT IS SWEET.
-New blonde hair is also sweet, but I’m a little afraid of seeing it on a yellow head (And I wouldn’t let it stay on a miserable fleshie head).

By: Shiningblade

Shiningblade — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:25:18 +0000

David4, yes, I was joking pretty much. It was a thought that popped in my head as there appears to be a nice diversity of original aliens based on minifigs (it is not just one type of helmet like UFO or a non-minifig that only has one point of articulation like Mars).

Seriously though, I would love to see a mix of both humans and aliens on both sides, including an updated Blacktron I. ;-)

The other thing that would be nice in the future would be to have an original Space theme based on exploration without the us vs. them dualism that we have seen for so long. Very much like we had back in the days of Classic Space.

All this said, I am looking forward to July and I hope it is a beginning of a new era for Space and not just a one off theme.

By: Kaitimar

Kaitimar — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:44:08 +0000

Me, for one, am willing to wait for the final official box art and set photos before commenting on racial, species and sex issues in the Space law enforcement scene. In the meanwhile I’ll just watch Alien nation.

By: Puddleglum

Puddleglum — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:36:07 +0000

Yum yum! The Indiana Jones and Castle sets are looking delicious. Can’t wait to get my hands on a fez!

By: David4

David4 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:19:57 +0000

Are we there yet? :-p

I was nice, we are talking about a toy with yellow “people” fighting aliens in outer space. lol

I just thought of something, the spiky Space helmet could be used to make a Darth Maal head.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:34 +0000

Let’s keep the discussion between us nice, dear readers. Don’t make me pull this blog over! :-P