David Hingtgen Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 On the left---the SDCC-exclusive (boo!) Unikitty. On the right---the new mass-release cheap set that'll have Angrykitty and Batman (yay!) If the pic is accurate, there's printing on her upper 1x3 plate for her eyebrows, on each side. Has a plate ever been printed on the side before? Quote
David Hingtgen Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Moar kittehs coming: LEGO is definitely going all-out on "printing the sides of a plate" now that they can. (the latest mini-figs even have 2-tone arms) Quote
Dynaman Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Just saw the movie on DB and it was OK up till the end. I had a couple of good laughs from it. I mean really, Dad is a mean person since he wants to build something nice and all the kid wants to do is make a freaking mess - and we are supposed to side with the kid? Quote
technoblue Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) I came away with a different impression. The father and son had something of a broken relationship. They were unable to talk to each other effectively one on one in the beginning of the film, although they had this common interest in Lego. The son tearing down and rebuilding parts of the city was more of a metaphor for his wish to tear down and rebuild his relationship with his Dad. He just wanted to be closer to him. Edited August 1, 2014 by technoblue Quote
Dynaman Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 I've got two sons and after thousands of dollars of destroyed property I'll be sticking with my first thought. I thought my mother was crazy to say "why can't I have nice things!" when I was a kid, now I know better. Quote
Kelsain Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) I came away with a different impression. The father and son had something of a broken relationship. They were unable to talk to each other effectively one on one in the beginning of the film, although they had this common interest in Lego. The son tearing down and rebuilding parts of the city was more of a metaphor for his wish to tear down and rebuild his relationship with his Dad. He just wanted to be closer to him. Ooh, that's a neat way to look at it. But I can also appreciate Dynaman's perspective. Here are my thoughts: While Dad is clearly a big time AFOL - which is OK - he errs in 2 big ways: 1) By intending to glue all of his creations together, he's violating the premise of Lego - the ability to create, teardown & recreate something new. As a smasher of my brother's creations (sorry, man) - I've tried to instill the value of "Oh well, now I'll create something even cooler!" in my kid. Lego is inherently about exploring one's creativity. Dad/Lord Business's goal was to stifle creativity. Yes, he's built awesome stuff, but refused to allow it to change or advance further. 2) Dad's Lego hobby was entirely separate and unequal to his son's. Dad possessed scads of organized & special pieces, as well as the space to build Bricksburg, Middle Zealand & the Old West. His son was given the leftovers, the jumble of random pieces (like those damn buckets) that you could be creative with, but could not construct something amazing. And he had to keep his stuff in the small area by the Xmas decorations. Building off of technoblue's idea, not only was he ready to create more complex things, but he wanted to do so WITH his Dad. As a side note - I just realized that the pile of random pieces that the kid got to play with resembled the wreckage of Cloud Cuckoo Land. Seems like the ideal place for the Master Builders to gather, and would also explain a lot of the random architecture & wacky denizens there. Edited August 1, 2014 by Kelsain Quote
technoblue Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Very cool, Kelsain. I like how you brought the idea of creativity into the whole picture. Quote
Kelsain Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Apparently, I needed to use the word in every sentence. Bring me a thesaurus, stat! Quote
Dynaman Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 Yup, that is what they were trying to do but it was so over the top that it fell flat. IMHO that is. I think the movie succeeded in its main purpose though - now I want to go out and buy a bunch of lego sets! Quote
big F Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 Yup, that is what they were trying to do but it was so over the top that it fell flat. IMHO that is. I think the movie succeeded in its main purpose though - now I want to go out and buy a bunch of lego sets! LOL wasn't that it's only purpose ? Quote
Dynaman Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 LOL wasn't that it's only purpose ? Could be, but like I said in the spoiler bit, it struck a bad chord with me. Quote
Dynaman Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 Perhaps it must be shared, but why in The Lego Movie topic? Quote
mickyg Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 Cause it's Unikitty? But a non-lego version. Awesome! ...and there goes the song! Quote
Dynaman Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 I see I have already totally forgotten one of the characters from the film... Quote
David Hingtgen Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 Perhaps it must be shared, but why in The Lego Movie topic? Seriously? That's like asking why a pic of Starscream is in a Transformers thread... Quote
David Hingtgen Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 BTW, from reviews online----the SDCC Unikitty faces have much more opaque white printing. (the standard release really is more like a light pink face, as it's so thin and transparent). Hopefully future Unikittys will have this improved printing. (LEGO does seem aware of her popularity, and plan even more releases) I was actually hoping for improved printing on the "second batch" of first-wave movie sets, as it was apparent from the very earliest ones that the face was more pink than white, but it didn't happen. (as I have a "2nd batch" Cloud Cuckoo Palace) Quote
David Hingtgen Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 One of the best "Honest Trailers" they've done, IMHO. (you'll get so much more out of it if you've seen the music video* for "Everything is Awesome") *and if you haven't---why haven't you? It's awesome! Quote
areaseven Posted September 7, 2016 Author Posted September 7, 2016 Aside from The Lego Batman Movie, we'll have The Lego Ninjago Movie, featuring the voices of Dave Franco, Michael Peña, Olivia Munn, and Jackie Chan. The film premieres on September 22, 2017. Quote
M'Kyuun Posted September 7, 2016 Posted September 7, 2016 Looking forward to the next LEGO Movie, as well as NinjaGo and Batman, and the eventual sets that spawn from them. Quote
big F Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 2 hours ago, sh9000 said: Looks like it has some action taking place in the Lego city of the last film. Nice tie in if that's the case. Quote
mickyg Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 If that's not a blatant Bassara Hairdo on the left there, then I don't know what is! Quote
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