Comments on: New LEGO pics from Comic-Con: Prince of Persia, Toy Story, & more! [News]

By: peterlegowizard

peterlegowizard — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:25:36 +0000

i only like the army men. woody and buzz are to mega blocksish

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:47:07 +0000

Yeah, I guess I just don’t see any difference between people complaining about super-early grainy pictures and people complaining about clean pictures of what are still not final products (the Buzz and Woody figures could still be altered, no?).

By: David4

David4 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:58:12 +0000

Do you mean the camel isn’t a final product? I like the lines on it! :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:48 +0000

^ No, that wasn’t the intent. We’re not going to blog grainy catalog scans of uncertain origin (for example). High-res photos taken on-site in an official context is absolutely fair game.

But it does continue to baffle me that people can’t tell the difference between an obvious prototype and a final production element…

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:26:37 +0000

Andrew, I thought you were going to block commenting on pre-production pictures?

RC looks fantastic, anyway, and it looks like he’s got a wind-up motor in the back.

By: Rens

Rens — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:46:50 +0000

Sorry, on Flickr I just saw that you don’t mean Buz Lightyear with “the Alien”

By: Rens

Rens — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:28:06 +0000

I really love the green soldiers. Am I the only one who doesn’t want the soldiers for the hands/helmets/other green parts. I love them how they are. The stupid green soldiers made of lego!!! SO COOL. Why does everyone call Buzz Lightyear an alien. That’s horrible. Woody and Buzz look good, but not for LEGO. The PoP minifigs look good!

By: Jai

Jai — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:07:08 +0000

Toy Story MIGHT be something that AFOLs will become universally ecstatic about… I haven’t seen what the actual sets are like, after all (Except for RC. I’m sure he’s pretty much a set all by himself). Considering that’s it’s gotta be all toy-themed in some way, I’m really looking forward to finding out about the actual sets. Brick-built Mr. Potato Head (Wait… maybe not, considering the sizes of Buzz and Woody. Then again, the army men are Buzz and Woody’s size…!) / disfigured toys / Etch-a-Sketch / Slinky Dog (Ok, I have no idea how that would work) / sets with multiple aliens / sets with multiple army men (A must-have, and I’d say an obvious ringer of a guess) / claw machine / ??? / ?!? / !!!, etc. ;)

By: thwaak

thwaak — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:26:16 +0000

David4: I will not let sour minded people ruin my fun, so I shall remain a devoted follower of TBB, but thank you for the kind offer.

By: the enigma that is badger

the enigma that is badger — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:50:07 +0000

I’ll add my voice to the love everyone seems to be universally expressing about the PoP line. Some truly great things there, and while some where expected (camel, new fig designs), many really neat ones weren’t (ostrich, new headwrap). I’m primarily a fig builder and collected, and PoP is shaping up to a line I’ll definitely have to collect.

As for Toy Story, I absolutely love the Army Men (especially for the very fun of seeing a toy based on characters who were based on toys who were based on real people aspect that other have pointed out).

In regards to the other figures, while I doubt I’ll be collecting them myself, I think they’re perfect for the key demographic of this line: very young builders. True, they’re not what we think of when we think System, but as others have said, they’re large, bright, and colorful and as such will make for an excellent tool to attract younger folks to building with accurate representations of characters they know and love that incorporate aspects of building.

Do I think Toy Story will be something AFOLs get into? No. Do I think it’s something kids will want and their guardians will put in the shopping cart? Very much so. Do I think the line good for LEGO to explore new ways of introducing the brand and building to the builders of tomorrow? Absolutely.

By: David4

David4 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:48:19 +0000

Then don’t read the site.

By: thwaak

thwaak — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:42:11 +0000

I get very tired of seeing the same routine out the people commenting here:
1) New Set is revealed through sneak peek images of prototypes.
2) Lots of bashing about hideous pieces, colors, TLG making a mistake, blah, blah, blah.
3) Actual sets come out.
4) Lots of praise and love.

Power Miners comes to mind.

By: David4

David4 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:51:53 +0000

Yeah the odd The Toy Story heads are hideous, simple as that. However the Alien one is nice. The army men is some of the best I have seen.

The PoP could become my new favorite theme.

By: Creative Anarchy

Creative Anarchy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:57:10 +0000

I’m seeing buckets of potential here. Lego licence army helmets. Lots of great pink figs. Tons of unique minifig accessories. I have my hopes up that lego will revive the east-indian patterned bricks for Prince of Persia sets, or at least create something similar. Kind of disappointed no sneak-peak of the Ben Ten licenced stuff, makes me nervous that the line insn’t very solid.

By: dover

dover — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:00:36 +0000

Wait, Don? They’re not going to be carved out of wood? I was really hoping for some wooden lego element to appear out of nowhere, now i’m so disappointed.

I think these look great, especially when you remember that the target market for Toy Story is probably around 5 or 6. Jack Stone was great for introducing kids to the basics of Lego building and, at the same time, giving them “cool” looking things that are within their capabilities

I see elements of Fabuland (which used to have Disney, too), Jack Stone, and regular system. These are going to be very popular