Man i really miss the days lego was made out of mostly just blocks, and not just a couple massive plastic pieces you snap together and call it done.
Man i really miss the days lego was made out of mostly just blocks, and not just a couple massive plastic pieces you snap together and call it done.
Well this is absolutely true ;D
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Ahah! Nice trick that :P I really don't know what they made up in the meantime... I got them when the first Robin Hood forest legos were new :P a million internet years ago
I'm sorry, but I can't feel any love for these. :/ They just look so cheap and nasty and *junky*. I guess my preference for details/quality stems from legit Lego and Warhammer-esque (and any other brand of highly detailed plastic/metal) miniatures.
Im sitting here waiting for the zepplin to release in swedish stores so far only one store actuly sells any of these sets atleast what i have found and its webhallen if anyone wanted to know sadly they only have the small ones no lich king or such however yet only the random alliance and horde characters :/
Atleast they arent getting ignored like the Halo ones where i so wanted a few of those but meh.
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Why did Blizz never partner up with Lego??
They would have made a mountain of $$$$$$$$, which - as we all know - is something they are very fond of.
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Kids these days are such lucky bastards... =P
I have long since decided that when/if I get a kid in a couple of years, I'd get all of those legos ''for the kids'' =P
(they just have that much more than we had /cry, the best we had were the dragons and I was damn proud of my 2 green ones!)
I can tell you why Blizzard didn't partner with Lego.... Exclusivity and Licensing....
Take a look at what Lego does with EVERYTHING they license.... They make a full line of toys (ok so far), make a Lego "License Name Here" video game on consoles (NOT OK), Make Lego animated movies of licenses (again, I'm sure NOT OK) .... Lego basically takes over license control of Lego version of that license.
I DO NOT see Blizzard being ok with Lego making a "Lego WoW" on the Wii and Wii U. Do you? or Lego Warcraft on Boomerang channel? without their blessing or input?
you know Lego would INSIST on it!! it would be a cash cow for them! that would be why.
I'm sure Blizzard did go to Lego first and Lego said.. we want THIS... and Blizzard told them to beat sand and Megabloks were willing to play in the mud with them.
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If true thats all fine and dandy. Blizzard can't be the only people running a business for a profit.
However, at least you know with LEGO you're getting a superior product vs a mega blocks product.
Even may 11 year old knows the difference between the 2. When we saw them in target he was not interested in them simply cause it was mega block. Not that he didn't think WOW stuff was cool or interesting, he didn't want mega block from past experiences when he received that product.
You could be right about LEGO wanting certain agreements, but again they would still have to pay royalties, contracts are signed in many different ways and are rarely all inclusive like you mention. So I doubt thats how it turned out but we'll never know so we might as well throw any guess in the hat.
But I do know this, blizzard made a mistake by not using LEGO as far as block building toys goes in my book.
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Well all those looked like trash to me. Gaudy and gross.
READ and be less Ignorant.
Look at the Lord of the Rings LEGO sets and minifigures if you want to get an idea of what WoW themed ones might look like.
Over the years they have started printing the bodies and heads with much more detail along with different faces. Sometimes heads have two different facial expressions that you can flip around, with a helmet to cover the unused one.
I'll just link:
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I haven't bought the Deathwing set yet, as I mentioned in my original post, but just looking at Deathwing in the screenshot makes me slightly annoyed. He's too silvery.
Exactly what I said!
Cows For Life pretty much answered for me:
Only reason I recommend this crap is because it's WoW-themed and it looks nice on your shelf.
My viewpoint exactly. HERESY!
Megabloks is actually Lego's competitor. They're the second biggest building block company, Lego being the first.
The reason Megabloks got the license is because THEY approached Blizzard with the idea, and Blizzards like "sure why not?"; first come first serve.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?M=col088
They can just make a head mold. I have this particular minifigure from the little blind bags.
That was my mindset before buying the sets. But I just HAD to buy them, because it's WoW.
Damn, beat me to it.
This I agree with 100%, as I stated above in the review. Even my friend who was with me when buying the first 4 sets in the screenshot said "Megabloks throws all their money they could use to better their plastic into making shinier boxes.."
And all the other Lego Lands as well.
Well... they do look nicer. Gives more variety and customization.
Yeah, I just look past that and say "But it's WoW.. So i have to like it."
International is harder to get. Why don't you just order from the US?
As I said in one of the quotes above, Megabloks approached Blizzard with the idea in 2010, and Blizzard just accepted.
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Becos the price would be doubled if not more and i have horrible memories of ordering from other countries either it gets lost or it comes home to me broken happened several times now so thats why i dont order anything online anymore.
Also even if i do want to risk it most sites dont even ship here for some reason.
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Not sure if anyone remember this or not but this is what it could of be more like if WoW had used Lego instead....This project done of Booty Bay is freaking awesome......
http://wow.joystiq.com/photos/lego-booty-bay/