Everyone loves Lego, of course. Yet these days, now that just about every major film franchise has a tie in with the construction toy, Lego has become… problematic. Lego tends to release images of its movie-tie-in sets long before the associated film comes out and they’re not shy about revealing major plot points, as seen most recently with the first sets for this year’s Batman Vs. Superman. Here are seven times Lego has given away far too much. Jurassic World – Indominus Rex Breakout The new dinosaur that had been created for the first Jurassic Park film in 14 years was being carefully teased up until the film’s release. Good old Lego just revealed the Indominus Rex in all its albino, razor-clawed glory. In fairness, the deliberate crudeness of the Lego model was not fully illustrative of the final CG creation. The Lego Movie – Lord Business’ Evil Lair It’s not the fact that the set reveals the fate of Good Cop/Bad Cop’s parents, because that’s merely incidental.
It’s more that it has, very prominently, a tube of glue with the letters ‘Kragle’ showing. The fact that Kragle meant ‘Krazy Glue’ with some of the letters erased was the central, long-running gag/mystery of the film. Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull – Temple of the Crystal Skull The plot of the fourth Indiana Jones movie was kept very carefully under wraps. There were rumours that it involved aliens but it was never confirmed… that is until Lego released a set showing a trio of alien creatures just sitting around. Even though the film was dreadful, this was the final twist. Ant-Man – The Final Battle The use of the words ‘final battle’ is a bit of a giveaway. It shows that the villain will use the ‘yellow jacket’ to shrink down to microscopic size to fight Ant-Man. However, it also includes a figure of Hank Pym and, unless we’re misremembering the final, he doesn’t actually wear his suit. So maybe it’s less a spoiler and more a red herring.
Iron Man 3 – Malibu Mansion Attack The depiction of Tony Stark’s mansion being destroyed by The Mandarin was not a particularly big spoiler, as that had been shown in the trailers, but the fact that one of the figures was Iron Man, but on closer examination actually contained Pepper Potts’ head rather than Tony Stark’s, gave away a little bit too much to viewers. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Fountain of Youth So the entire plot of the film is a quest to find the Fountain of Youth. They find it, evidently. To be fair, the film is absolute dog vomit so ruining the plot is no great loss. Toy Story 3 – Trash Compactor Escape The emotional fulcrum of the entire movie – the entire series so far, in fact – is the scene in which the entire toy gang looks certain to be destroyed in an incinerator. Lego spared you the most emotional cinematic moment of 2010 by releasing a set called Trash Compactor Escape which showed the aliens using a crane to rescue them.
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LEGO is rolling out 17 new sets that tie in with their upcoming feature film, The LEGO Movie. We’ve got early looks at two of those sets today, along with a collection of minifigures that reveal some of the characters in the animated movie from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). The story centers on Emmet (Chris Pratt), an average LEGO minifigure who is mistaken for the most extraordinary person in the LEGO world and is looked upon to save his people from an evil tyrant named President Business (Will Ferrell). If you missed it, catch the film’s first trailer here. Also featuring the voices of Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and Cobie Smulders, The LEGO Movie opens in 3D on February 7, 2014. Hit the jump to check out some early looks at the movie’s characters and set pieces. First up, here’s a look at The LEGO Movie collectible minifigures series 12 and the Cloud Cuckoo Palace set (via Brick Fanatics and Yahoo!):
Gail the Construction Worker Marsha Queen of the Mermaids “Where are my Pants?” Cloud Cuckoo Palace: a building set based on a key scene in the film. The set features Emmett, Wyldstyle, and a villain named Executron. But the real highlight here is a never-before-seen character named Uni-Kitty, who’s voiced by “Community” and “Mad Men” star Alison Brie. How Uni-Kitty fits into the plot remains to be seen, but if the building set is any indication, her role is definitely a colorful one. The Cloud Cuckoo Palace, which will cost about $20. Here’s a look at one of the sets titled Lord Business’ Evil Lair (via Heat Vision): Characters in the set include [Lord Business], Emmet (the movie’s lead, voiced by Pratt) plus Vitruvius, Ma Cop, Pa Cop, Lord Business and wrestler/Master Builder, El Macho Wrestler, and brick-built Biznis Kitty, a different version of Unikitty. (The latter two are brand new creations.) The set will have 738 pieces, retail for $89.99 and hit stores in January, 2014.