The Lego Movie

[rcdb1984]

[@rtisan]

^That ship, like I`ve rambled on about many times, is awesome. Definitely one I really want to get, but will most likely end up waiting for x2 VIP. 

[TheOrcKing]

Is the price for Super Secret Police Dropship released yet? The minifigures look awesome!!!

Nothing confirmed but rumor is somewhere in the realm of $100. I wonder if it will be a store exclusive as well?

 

Um...how many times on this website have you seen "should I invest in X"?  Why is it more logical to conclude it was a pop culture reference to 15 seconds of Archer that has nothing to do with Legos than that it was a reference to the oft publicized phenomenon of Lego investors?  It was clearly a nod to lego investors.

That was me just being facetious and making a joke.

[TheOrcKing]

It appears there may be a chance to buy the Pajamas Emmett from Best Buy according to this article on The Brick Fan although it could cost you $5 straight.

[Jimking23]

Stars were payed in lego and what exactly is the plural form of lego... http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/lego-movie-stars-reveal-just-many-lego-were-165623835.html

Good link. I enjoyed the interview until it kept crashing on me. I'm going to have to see the movie without my granddaughter ( kid cover ) she went with her dad. The brother- in-law of one of my best friends does artwork for the Lego magazine. He told me they actually asked him if he wanted to be payed in cash or bricks and some people opt for the bricks. He opted for cash, Caplist Pig!

[TheOrcKing]

Here is great close-up of the Radio DJ Robot with a comparison to the Series 8 DJ.

Via Eurobricks

[Guest TabbyBoy]

With all these spoilers, us Brits feel like we've already watched the movie 10 times over and it's not out until tomorrow!

[TheDarkness]

With all these spoilers, us Brits feel like we've already watched the movie 10 times over and it's not out until tomorrow!

It isn't out for another two months here in Australia!!!

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[krayzie]

It appears there may be a chance to buy the Pajamas Emmett from Best Buy according to this article on The Brick Fan although it could cost you $5 straight.

Yeah, you can usually buy promos at best buy as they all have prices.

[rcdb1984]

how freaking big is this thing? It's 1000 pieces more than the imperial flagship...my god

[bramp]

Someone took really nice pictures of the Benny's Spaceship model:

 

The LEGO Movie Benny

[glenbart]

I wonder how many stickers there are...

[terrymc4677]

Looks awesome and takes me back to my childhood in the good 'ol 80's. I wonder if his helmet is actually cracked or if it's molded to look like it's cracked. Has anyone seen a close up of Benny to confirm? I can't imagine it would actually be cracked. How many unsuspecting parents would be calling lego because the brand new lego set they just dropped $100 on came with a broken piece...lol.

[Darth_Raichu]

It looks cracked to me. Now I do not know if you can actually split the crack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvpU7azcT30

 

ETA:  I was so focused on the spaceship, I did not realize it came with foil Emmet

[glenbart]

The blue figures actually kept the gold on the torso better than the white, red, yellow ones, they came 5 years later though, maybe they improved upon the printing.

[nolanfan34]

I can't wait for this. Might be the first set I buy that I don't let my son take over the building process on, haha. 

[exciter1]

The sequel is confirmed, no surprise here:

 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722785/lego-movie-sequel-confirmed.jhtml

[zskid00]

I'm surprised it's going to be more than 3 years until the sequel comes out.  I would think they could get another one cranked out in closer to 2 years, but I don't know how long production of a CG movie like this takes.

[DoNotInsertIntoMouth]

I'm surprised it's going to be more than 3 years until the sequel comes out.  I would think they could get another one cranked out in closer to 2 years, but I don't know how long production of a CG movie like this takes.

 

Me too. I mean, I assume its just like Clay animation - maybe easier in some parts in how they shoot. But when a sequel is confirmed so quickly, you would think they would have all the time. Voice over is easier to get actors to do and stuff as well.

 

What I am wondering is, will all the movie sets stay around until then? Or will they make another first movie wave? I was surprised how many sets were in this wave.

[vincevaughn]

Per the brick show review of the sea cow, Benny's helmet is not actually cracked just molded to look cracked.

[mcortez]

I don't know how long production of a CG movie like this takes.

 

Was listening to an interview with the directors yesterday and I think I recall them saying it took 4 years to do the current one...

 

edit: a little poking around the 'Net indicates that although things technically started back in 2009/10 -- actual production of animation and casting probably didn't take place until start of 2012.

[br82uca]

Based on the movie trailers, I had no interest in watching it although I love Legos.  But upon seeing all the positive reviews, my wife and I went to see it last night and we were both pleasantly surprised!  In a way, I'm glad they didn't give anything away about the plot in the trailers, (as some movies do, then you feel ripped off because you already saw the best scenes in the trailers), but I wonder if they would have made even more money at the box office if they trailers were more enticing...

[seapotato]

I thought the trailer was good! I mean, Batman is in it! lol.

[supergtp1]

Is there a lego movie section? My initial question... Is it me? I thought TRU had set 70813 at msrp $69 a few wks ago and now it's $79.

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[stephen_rockefeller]

They did. They sometimes release sets at MSRP then they realize they are TRU and raise the prices. They do it on a lot of items not just lego.