Villager Chris Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 Saw the film today with my son - not bad although I did glance at my watch to see how long was left a few times. I was amazed how many of the Lego sets had so little screen time. Scuttler and Batmobile aside, blink and you missed them (unless I dozed after eating too much popcorn). It was almost like the Lego set designers and film makers were not quite on the same script. Sadly, bit of a miss for me all round. 1 Quote
glucapg Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 Saw the film today with my son - not bad although I did glance at my watch to see how long was left a few times. I was amazed how many of the Lego sets had so little screen time. Scuttler and Batmobile aside, blink and you missed them (unless I dozed after eating too much popcorn). It was almost like the Lego set designers and film makers were not quite on the same script. Sadly, bit of a miss for me all round. And the penguin three seconds Quote
justapilgrim Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 p.s. if you have an iphone tell Siri: "hey computer " 4 Quote
Fleck Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 9 hours ago, justapilgrim said: p.s. if you have an iphone tell Siri: "hey computer " Welcome home, sir. FYI, Robin is trying on costumes in the Batcave again, He's doing some pirouettes in Batryshnikov. 3 Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted February 18, 2017 Posted February 18, 2017 On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Villager Chris said: Saw the film today with my son - not bad although I did glance at my watch to see how long was left a few times. I was amazed how many of the Lego sets had so little screen time. Scuttler and Batmobile aside, blink and you missed them (unless I dozed after eating too much popcorn). It was almost like the Lego set designers and film makers were not quite on the same script. Sadly, bit of a miss for me all round. This post is fairly accurate.......for me as far as the movie goes it wasn't horrible. 1 Quote
Villager Chris Posted February 18, 2017 Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, stephen_rockefeller said: This post is fairly accurate.......for me as far as the movie goes it wasn't horrible. Thanks buddy. As many of the sets' screen time was limited, I don't see kids resonating with them. For example, I like the arctic roller, but I showed my son the set, and he barely recognise it. He is too young to know anything else about Batman. Where were the sub-plots involving the sets and minifigures? Where were the mini-figure cameos? The film wasn't bad, but I would have loved to see a 'Lego home-run'. For me, the film limped to first base. It will be interesting to see how the discounts play out in months to come. Edited February 18, 2017 by Villager Chris Quote
Furious_george Posted February 18, 2017 Posted February 18, 2017 Cmon mate. You hoped for a huge six over long off, instead you got a hurried single. 1 Quote
Guest TabbyBoy Posted February 18, 2017 Posted February 18, 2017 I finally watched the movie all the way through and kept thinking, "are we nearly at the end yet?" I tried to keep an eye out for all the sets in the theme and, I agree, they didn't get much screen time at all - very disappointing and it doesn't bode well for investing in any of these sets. I doubt they'll do as well as the first LEGO movie and they didn't exactly set Wall Street on fire, did they? However, it'll be interesting to see the box office numbers in a few weeks' time. Of all the sets available, I prefer the Artic Roller. Quote
Villager Chris Posted February 18, 2017 Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, Furious_george said: Cmon mate. You hoped for a huge six over long off, instead you got a hurried single. It was a leg bye. Didn't even get 1 to add to my batting score... and it was a village game, not the Ashes at Lords! Edited February 18, 2017 by Villager Chris Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Finally watched the movie. In general it was good even though a few parts dragged. There were too many awkward silence type scenes for my liking. On the other hand, the shoutout to older Batman movies and TV shows were great. Lol at "we're gonna hit them so hard words are going to spontaneously appear on screen". There were too many vehicles with too little screen time. Ditto for the villains / characters. For the most part the screen was so crowded with moving pieces it was hard to keep track of what's going on. All of the sales around TLBM sets in the past 2 weeks make sense now. 3 Quote
donbee Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Finally watched the movie. In general it was good even though a few parts dragged. There were too many awkward silence type scenes for my liking. On the other hand, the shoutout to older Batman movies and TV shows were great. Lol at "we're gonna hit them so hard words are going to spontaneously appear on screen". There were too many vehicles with too little screen time. Ditto for the villains / characters. For the most part the screen was so crowded with moving pieces it was hard to keep track of what's going on. All of the sales around TLBM sets in the past 2 weeks make sense now. I agree, there were some great shout outs. This movie was definitely made with my generation in mind. Lots of grown up jokes and pop references: jerry Macguire, Michael Jackson, all the questionable pop music that Robin likes. It is true that you don't see the vehicles much, but they need to drive something. I'm sure these vehicles will appear in the video games, straight to dvd shows/movies and activity books. What impressed me was the scutter. I didn't really care for the set. But after seeing it in action, it played a very cool role in the movie. I'd like to see a batwing set, crammed with the 4 heroes, being covered with Gremlins. And a Wayne Mansion. Quote
Villager Chris Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Tears of Batman very liquid and consistently averaging around £10 on Ebay. I see Lego ran out. Later this year it might pay for one or two 50% sets I bought (hopefully not the £3.99 sets either). Edited February 25, 2017 by Villager Chris Quote
Mrbigz8657 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 I see that the batman battle pod poly has hit eBay and bricklink at around 40-60 dollars a piece. Does anyone have an idea as to where and when it'll be released Quote
Alpinemaps Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 I see that the batman battle pod poly has hit eBay and bricklink at around 40-60 dollars a piece. Does anyone have an idea as to where and when it'll be released So far, just Malaysia. Quote
Lordoflego Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 $80 million budget. Grossed $260 million worldwide as of march 9th. Us and Canada $150 million and $110 other countries. Quote
Frank Brickowski Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lordoflego said: $80 million budget. Grossed $260 million worldwide as of march 9th. Us and Canada $150 million and $110 other countries. meaning, moderately successful (compared to the first Lego movie) since half of the gross was being spend for marketing beforehand Edited March 11, 2017 by Frank Brickowski Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 5 hours ago, Lordoflego said: $80 million budget. Grossed $260 million worldwide as of march 9th. Us and Canada $150 million and $110 other countries. Yeah people paid to watch 1.5 hour of toy commercials. Best deal ever (for LEGO) 3 Quote
inversion Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Frank Brickowski said: meaning, moderately successful (compared to the first Lego movie) since half of the gross was being spend for marketing beforehand Add toy sales to that. It was a good venture. Quote
Huskers1236 Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 14 hours ago, donbee said: First time seeing this. 20 slots Too bad they didn't make these for the previous series. I like the idea that Jang came up with using the color coordinated off brand plates. Quote
donbee Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 Too bad they didn't make these for the previous series. I like the idea that Jang came up with using the color coordinated off brand plates. Something like this would be great for Disney. Hope this becomes a standard, though I didn't buy it so I don't know the quality of the frame. It's $16.99, if the frame is cheap, it may be best to just BL the base plate and slopes. Quote
jonnyhanukkah Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 14 hours ago, donbee said: First time seeing this. 20 slots Was this at a Lego store? Quote
lazuli16 Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 4 hours ago, jonnyhanukkah said: Was this at a Lego store? 3 hours ago, donbee said: LegoLand FL And here https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Batman-Minifigure-Collector-Frame-853638 1 Quote
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