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

Post by **SavaTheAggie** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:03 pm

Shadow wrote:
Unlike some folks around here, no one forces me to buy the sets LEGO creates, so it doesn't hurt me any.
Ditto here. I know a few wierdos who would like Spongebob Legos. (Ugh) My only concern is that Lego will run out of money to produce better things like Castle Factory. Can you imagine a full replication of Bikini beach? Ugh! No way am I going to be tempted to even look at the sets.

To tell the truth, if the spongebob sets contain parts I want, I may buy some. The fact is, I don't buy sets because of the sets. I buy a box of parts I can use in MOCs, so anything is MOC fodder. Who knows, the Spongebob line may introduce new aquatic flora and fauna that will prove to be very useful to many.

Here's hopin'.

--Anthony

Recluce · Post by **Recluce** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:13 pm

As far as Spongebob goes..... I'm thinking it will be a Duplo/+4 type of line. It's a show for a fairly young kid, and I know Lego wants to bring the kids in young and hope they grow into the rest of the line. So, It would make sense. They have several other licenses for very strong young child themes, like Thomas the tank engine.

sam89 · Post by **sam89** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:29 pm

The press release says it's popular for boys aged 6-11, and minifigs are mentioned, so it seems more likely it'll be a System theme to me.

Tanotrooper · Post by **Tanotrooper** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:22 pm

Recluce wrote: like Thomas the tank engine.

Thomas who?

i really hope it will be minifigs...

about the lego quality: two of my new battle droid arms from the turbo tank broke of one of the fingers!!! :evil:

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:43 pm

First tier of licenses:

Winnie the Pooh
Star Wars
(I think Mcdonalds was even earlier)

Last tier of licenses:

Weapon industries?

Tanotrooper wrote:Thomas who?

You know, the blue train?

Post by **Robin Hood** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:53 pm

Lord_Of_The_LEGO wrote:Spongebob????

Please someone kill me now.

Amen brother.

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!! Why must Lego degrade themselves so? It seems my earlier comment in the Batman thread comes true: Lego lacks the ingiuity to make anything of their own.

Dan

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:03 pm

Hey, if it gets LEGO out of the red and into the black, I'm all for it, whatever it is.
Same her. Same goes for Bionicle and other stuff I don't like. If they make profit from it and survive: Thumbs up.

Indeed.

Lego lacks the ingiuity to make anything of their own.

As Tony said, that's where we take the (hopefully) good peices and build ourselves. I'm rather looking forward to at least seeing what they do with all these...

BreadMan · Post by **BreadMan** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:17 pm

Ok, so Spongebob isn't all that thrilling, true, but as others have said nobody's forcing you to buy them and whatever keeps lego afloat financially is acceptable to me.

But lets talk about this avatar thing. I've never heard of the show, so I immediately started looking for pictures. I think this could be very good news for castle, look at the way people are dressed. The main characters could very well be the answer to all our wishes for more peasant torsos (and knowing lego and their licensing, they'll be in every set so there'll be no shortage of them), and check out some of the soldier characters.

I'm seeing a lot of potential here, and as someone who loves non-faction-specific armor and torsos this gets me excited.

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:48 pm

Oh, c'mon people! SpongeBob is great! It's one of the wittiest animated shows on TV these days -- full of sly, subversive humor kids are very unlikely to get.

Unlike most of you (it would seem), I hope these are SYSTEM sets, instead of 4+ or DUPLO. If they're SYSTEM, It'll be very interesting to see how they make Mr. Krabbs, Patrick, Squidward, and other non-humanoid characters -- not to mention Mr. SquarePants himself.

As others have said, if nothing else, these new sets will likely introduce some new pieces for MOC fodder.

The Hordesman · Post by **The Hordesman** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:48 pm

Breadman (and HenrytheV who gave me further info) is right!

That stuff seems very interesting now.

Dunechaser isnt without point either. Spongebob isnt really bad, its like The Simpsons for kids. Its because the media hype that people consider it bad.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:53 pm

Hey BM,

Very cool. I like the idea of having these vaguely Asian-looking torsos and helms available. The character with the blue arrow on his forehead will be annoying as all of us with lots of Harry Potter heads can understand, but the rest of these all look very versatile.

Even spongebob could be cool if we get more availability of things like the crab, the scoripon in red (aka lobster), the ornamental fish from the ninja sets (and recent Belville sets), etc in a variety of colors. Along with the merperson from the newest HP sets I could imagine a cool Atalantis subtheme, or maybe I'll get back into doing more sea monkeys MOCs.

Bruce

Bruce

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:09 am

Dunechaser wrote:Oh, c'mon people! SpongeBob is great! It's one of the wittiest animated shows on TV these days -- full of sly, subversive humor kids are very unlikely to get.

Unlike most of you (it would seem), I hope these are SYSTEM sets, instead of 4+ or DUPLO. If they're SYSTEM, It'll be very interesting to see how they make Mr. Krabbs, Patrick, Squidward, and other non-humanoid characters -- not to mention Mr. SquarePants himself.

As others have said, if nothing else, these new sets will likely introduce some new pieces for MOC fodder.

Exaclety!

I would love brick-built Spongebob figs.

I don't know about Avatar - though castle-related, won't those neat faces be flesh? Maybe that'd be better for pseudo-samurai anyway...

I'm seeing a lot of potential here, and as someone who loves non-faction-specific armor and torsos this gets me excited.

Too true.

Post by **Athos** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:50 am

Who knows, the Spongebob line may introduce new aquatic flora and fauna that will prove to be very useful to many.

Even spongebob could be cool if we get more availability of things like the crab, the scoripon in red (aka lobster), the ornamental fish from the ninja sets (and recent Belville sets), etc in a variety of colors. Along with the merperson from the newest HP sets I could imagine a cool Atalantis subtheme, or maybe I'll get back into doing more sea monkeys MOCs.

'Tis a good point. I'm afraid it will be too cartoony though.

Winnie the Pooh
Star Wars
(I think Mcdonalds was even earlier)

Well if you are going to count McDonalds, then you should also count the Exxon gas stations, which were even earlier.

Steve

Post by **Formendacil** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:30 am

Sad...

Okay, if LEGO is going to do more licenses, I can live with that. I'll buy the good sets, enjoy the pieces, and won't make an ongoing fuss.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The problem is that TLC predicted clear skies for the next few years...

It's not the licensed themes in themselves that I object to so much as the fact that TLC said they were phasing them out...

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:52 am

BreadMan wrote: I'm seeing a lot of potential here, and as someone who loves non-faction-specific armor and torsos this gets me excited.

I can agree with that - just seeing pics like this one (http://www.avatarfans.net/gallery/album ... ap_537.jpg) suggests some very very cool baddies to compliment our already growing army of scorpians... this Avatar thing is COOL!