Sail Barge, Sponge Bob, and Avatar... Oh my!

Maedhros · Post by **Maedhros** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:55 am

Sigh... I always thought the point with LEGO was that if you wanted a Hogwarts Castle, a Milennium Falcon, a batmobile or a spongebob-thingy or whatever you could build one...

As others have pointed out no one forces me to buy these sets but I still feel a bit disappointed with all these licenses. It feels like LEGO is becoming nothing more than "just another toy".

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:05 am

By the gods! Why Sponge Bob???? I like the Comic book stuff, but Sponge Bob????

Maybe we have the Batman minifig give the Sponge Bob fig a real beat down. Now, THAT is a vignette!

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:41 pm

My son and I LOVE Avatar and Spongebob both! this is going to rock!

man I am stoked about this - I can't wait to tell Alex!

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:04 pm

I have to say, it's really interesting to see the wide array of responses about this whole topic - it seems people are either overjoyed or very annoyed (or depressed or whatever) about the latest developing news, and all for different reasons...

As such, I guess it's really hard to say whether this is a good thing for LEGO or not, since the community is so split...

In either event, there is no denying our beloved plastic product is changing... I do hope it is for the better.

Sir Dillon · Post by **Sir Dillon** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:52 pm

I don't mind licenses that much, but like others, am disapointed that TLC said they would stop, and now this.
I'll admit that I'm excited about Batman, and the avatar looks like it might have some nice pieces, but, Spongebob?!

Chicken Little was right, it is the end of the world.

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:33 pm

Sir Dillon wrote:I don't mind licenses that much, but like others, am disapointed that TLC said they would stop, and now this.

What I can see, only one of these liscences will last any length of time. Spongebob will have, what, 3 houses and a Krusty Krab shop? Nothing too exiting, and there's no way they will be able to stretch that out as they did Star Wars.

Same with Batman- although they have a wealth of story and material to pick from, again, they can't stretch it out as long.

Avatar is a diffferent matter. If it is a now-running show, they'll have lots of material to work from, and that looks promising fo LEGO castle.

Snap Dracone · Post by **Snap Dracone** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:04 pm

Spongebob?!?

*picks himself up and sits back in his chair, out of which he fell upon reading that, and twitches* Even if the largest reason that I hate it is because it seems that so many people love it. *twitch*

Batman is tolerable – Spider-man was, so even if I'm not thrilled with the decision, I have to let it slide. But Spongebob... *shudder* Still, as E of Alshire said, I sincerely hope that it stops after a year. Or that it's Duplo rather than System. (Avatar I have never heard of, so no comment.)

But why can't TLC just make their own themes the way they used to? Star wars is mostly great; the Harry Potter sets are good, mostly, but they leave a lot of things lacking. Dino Attack was a step in the right direction, if only they hadn't had the few-piece dinosaurs. Knights' Kingdom is slowly improving, the Vikings were awesome, City is its usual self (I'm not very interested in it), but we just don't have the variety of Lego-original themes that there used to be...

*sigh* Personally, I almost never buy a set if I'm not interested in the actual set, so piece assortment is mainly a bonus for me if there's a set I like.

TheOrk · Post by **TheOrk** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:46 am

I head that the old set designers are dead.

If they are, that explains alot of things, I'm sure there are people here who know if they are or not.

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Sir Nelson · Post by **Sir Nelson** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:47 am

TheOrk wrote:I hea(r)d that the old set designers are dead.

Well, that would explain it, eh?

I don't know if this is true, but the bottom line (for TLG and ourselves) is that they will try to license sets that will sell. That's it. Period!

Personally, I welcome the Spongebob sets.... I just hope that they are not too juniorized and that they do have some cool, new parts and figs. The TV show is witty and has many gags for adults as well - like a modern-day, albeit more domesticated, 'Bullwinkle'.

Here's Gary: ii@

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:05 am

Do you think that the avatar people, if they're minifigures that is, will have peach skin?

I'm interested to see what TLC will do because they're a cartoon yet they're also a line like Star Wars and all those minifigures get peach skin.

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:45 pm

lil Jon wrote:Do you think that the avatar people, if they're minifigures that is, will have peach skin?

I'm interested to see what TLC will do because they're a cartoon yet they're also a line like Star Wars and all those minifigures get peach skin.

That's my biggest concern as well. I think a lot of the figs will prove castleworthy, and the sets themselves will probably have lot of useful bits as well. (*crosses fingers for luck)
peach heads are useless to me however.

(Alex went nutty by the way - he loves that cartoon. Wants to get the Fire Nation ship (if they have one))

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:34 pm

In the peach concern; Im sure peach will be used here but I know what to use them for; A new faction of peachy evildoers!

Glencaer · Post by **Glencaer** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:30 pm

Sir Dillon wrote:I don't mind licenses that much, but like others, am disapointed that TLC said they would stop, and now this.

I would be upset, too... except TLG never said they would stop! Jake recently addressed this misperception on his blog.

-Lenny

Lord Spaztic · Post by **Lord Spaztic** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:55 pm

HenrytheV wrote:The Avatar line would be cool, but Spongebob? How would they make the characters, brickbuilt or new molds?

I agree with HenrytheV new robes and cloth torses and mabey
hair