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Oct. 30th, 2005 02:39 am"LEGO Signs Batman & Nickelodeon
ENFIELD, Conn. -- Oct. 26, 2005 -- The LEGO Group, manufacturer of creative play materials for children, today announces procurement of exclusive worldwide construction toy rights for the entire portfolio of children's entertainment powerhouse Nickelodeon, as well as partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on DC Comics' classic Batman™ brand."
Per this thread on Newsarama, the following sets have been confirmed by Lego:
7779 Batman Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit
7780 Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc
7781 Batmobile: Two-Face's Escape
7782 Batwing: Jokers Aerial Assault
Which leaves two sets that could be anything, though, realistically, one of them is almost guaranteed to be the Bat Cave. I'm _hoping_ that the other one will be Arkham Asylum. >:-) There's supposed to be a total of 10(!) different villains throughout the various sets. Previous lego themes have _always_ given the villains short shrift, with only one or two villains per theme (not counting the Faceless Minions) who have to fight off five or six good guys, which hardly seems fair. I welcome the change to this discriminatory policy.
There is another problem, though, that hasn't been addressed: LEGOLAND NEEDS WOMEN. There are even fewer females in Legoland than there are villains, and this theme, with only one confirmed female character, looks to continue this unfortunate trend. Maybe we'll get lucky and Batgirl, Huntress, and Harley Quinn will show up.
update, 1 hour later: You may notice that I've added a link to Unique Brique Techniques, which is a bottomless font of Lego Brilliance. Through that blog, I discovered that the genius Count Blockula has invented a method for creating superposeable yet sturdy joints for near-minifig scale creations. He seriously needs to work for The Lego Company, as does the fan who created The Lost Tales of the Adventurers.
ENFIELD, Conn. -- Oct. 26, 2005 -- The LEGO Group, manufacturer of creative play materials for children, today announces procurement of exclusive worldwide construction toy rights for the entire portfolio of children's entertainment powerhouse Nickelodeon, as well as partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on DC Comics' classic Batman™ brand."
Per this thread on Newsarama, the following sets have been confirmed by Lego:
7779 Batman Dragster: Catwoman Pursuit
7780 Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc
7781 Batmobile: Two-Face's Escape
7782 Batwing: Jokers Aerial Assault
Which leaves two sets that could be anything, though, realistically, one of them is almost guaranteed to be the Bat Cave. I'm _hoping_ that the other one will be Arkham Asylum. >:-) There's supposed to be a total of 10(!) different villains throughout the various sets. Previous lego themes have _always_ given the villains short shrift, with only one or two villains per theme (not counting the Faceless Minions) who have to fight off five or six good guys, which hardly seems fair. I welcome the change to this discriminatory policy.
There is another problem, though, that hasn't been addressed: LEGOLAND NEEDS WOMEN. There are even fewer females in Legoland than there are villains, and this theme, with only one confirmed female character, looks to continue this unfortunate trend. Maybe we'll get lucky and Batgirl, Huntress, and Harley Quinn will show up.
update, 1 hour later: You may notice that I've added a link to Unique Brique Techniques, which is a bottomless font of Lego Brilliance. Through that blog, I discovered that the genius Count Blockula has invented a method for creating superposeable yet sturdy joints for near-minifig scale creations. He seriously needs to work for The Lego Company, as does the fan who created The Lost Tales of the Adventurers.