Unboxing and Building the LEGO Dimensions Wave 7.5 Sets!Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has debuted the second batch of LEGO Dimensions Year 2 content, and sent along some of the new packs to us. You can see a full gallery of everything you’ll find with the new LEGO Dimensions Wave 7.5 sets, including the now available LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack, Knight Rider Fun Pack, and Excalibur Batman Fun Pack below! You can also watch the new LEGO Batman Movie gameplay trailer underneath!The future waves of LEGO Dimensions Year 2 sets will include The Goonies, Teen Titans Go!, LEGO City Undercover, The Powerpuff Girls, Beetlejuice and Harry Potter.All expansion packs provide players with continued compatibility to use everything from Waves 1-9 interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game. And no new starter pack is required, as all new packs will simply enhance the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack game and work with the existing LEGO Toy Pad.Developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, LEGO Dimensions is now available for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360, and the Wii U system.
You can also check out a new trailer for the game’s latest addition of Battle Arenas below! This week's big Lego Dimensions announcement is a meaningful entry in the ever-growing toys-to-life genre. Backed by the publishing prowess of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and development knowledge of longtime Lego-to-game developers TT Games, Lego Dimensions has a lot going for it. But the game's unveiling is just the start. Lego has a decade-and-a-half history of getting companies to allow it to turn amazing franchises into even more amazing brickly toys. And their skill at transforming beloved characters into beloved minifigs in unparalleled. And then there's Warner Bros., a massive entertainment company with rights to a boggling amount of popular franchises, a company that owns not a small part of our national pop culture. Smash those two together and what do you get? Well, so far you get a game that allows you to drop minifigs onto a Lego Toy Pad and put them into an interactive Lego universe.
At launch, Lego Dimensions will include licensed characters and settings from DC Comics, The Wizard of Oz, Back to the Future, its own brand Ninjago and the massive Lego Movie universe. All of these wonderful franchises, wonderful toys playing together in one place. But what else could they add down the line? The Matrix, Looney Tunes, The Great Race, Camelot, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I Am Legend, The Hangover, Inception, American Sniper; the list of films and properties that Warner Bros. may have some rights to goes on and on and on. That's why this partnership with Lego is such a big deal: Who knows what they may decide to toss into the mix. Would the inclusion of the The Maltese Falcon or Dirty Harry be any more surprising than this week's news that the game includes Back to the Future and The Wizard of Oz? Make sure you vote in the poll at the bottom. Which Lego themes may go digital, which likely won't? What is it: The Bionicle universe features part-organic, part-machine creatures.
Medium: Toys, comics, video games, films, TV Number of active sets: 13 Likelihood: Lego created and owns this franchise, so it seems likely they may want to introduce it to their massive game over time. Also, the theme fits perfectly. DC Comics Super Heroes What is it: Lego's take on the DC comic universe. Number of active sets: 43 Likelihood: With Batman in the Dimensions starter pack and a promise for more to come, this is absolutely happening. We expect there is a lot more to come. What is it: Lego teamed up with Disney to create this line which includes Cinderella, Ariel, Merida and Rapunzel. The theme also includes castles, towers, carriages and other fitting set pieces. Medium: Toys, movies, TV Number of active sets: 9 Likelihood: While it would be a great fit and likely expand the reach of the game, the fact that Disney owns it likely means it won't happen. Disney Infinity doesn't need the competition. What is it: This is a Lego-created property that features a wide range of anthropomorphic animals living as tribes in a pristine land.
Number of active sets: 72 Likelihood: I sure as heck hope so. They own it and who wouldn't want an anthropomorphic elephant going toe-to-toe with the Cowardly Lion? What is it: Lego's popular fusion of their toys and Marvel's comic heroes. Medium: Toys, TV, movies, comics, video games Number of active sets: 34 Likelihood: With Disney Infinity already riding the success of Marvel in their toys-to-life game, I can't imagine that it would allow Lego to steal any of its thunder. What is it: The adorable brick-take on the overwhelmingly popular sandbox, building game Minecraft. Medium: Toys, video games, books, soon a movie. Number of active sets: 10 Likelihood: Microsoft owns this property and we're not sure exactly what Lego's rights include, but boy would this be another wonderful addition to Lego Dimensions. What is it: Lego ninjas that have spawned a virtual empire of content for the brick company. Medium: Toys, comics, movies, TV, books, video games
Number of active sets: 42 Likelihood: It's happening, while they're not in the starter pack, Lego has already announced four add-ons featuring the ninja toys. What is it: In a perfect world, the Pirates set would be an antidote to Ninjago, but unfortunately they're just pirate-themed toys. Number of active sets: 6 Likelihood: No one can really own pirates and who doesn't love them? Also, the game has ninjas, so they have to have pirates, right? What is it: The franchise that made Lego and Lego games what they are today. These beloved brick adaptations of the George Lucas' films are a fan-favorite. Number of active sets: 123 Likelihood: Not a snowball's chance in hell. Disney owns this and widespread rumor has the company injecting the franchise into Disney Infinity this year. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles What is it: They're heroes in a half shell. Medium: Toys, comics, TV, movies, video games Number of active sets: 17 Likelihood: It's unclear what sort of rights Lego have to the franchise and while Warner Bros. released one of the films, they weren't associated with the last one.
Let's put this down as possible, mostly because how cool would that be? The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit What is it: A faithful adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic story, only with Legos. Number of active sets: 25 between the twoYou get Gandalf with the starter pack and three Lord of the Rings add-on packs will get you Lego Gollum, Lego Gimli and Lego Legolas minifigures. What is it: A wonderful mash-up of pop-culture icons in a lovely movie built with Legos and starring minifigs. Medium: Toys, movies, video games Number of active sets: 53Much of Lego Dimension's premise seems built around some of the ideas introduced in the movie. Also, Wyldstyle comes with the starter pack. Four Lego Movie add-on packs will get you Emmet, Bad Cop, Benny and Unikitty characters. What is it: Long-running animated television show about a caring father and his respectful son. Medium: Toys, TV, movie, video game, comics Number of active sets: 3 Likelihood: It's unclear what sort of rights Lego might have, but it doesn't seem like a good fit so I think this is unlikely.
The Wizard of Oz What is it: A tale about farmer's daughter sent to the land of Oz via a witch-killing house. Number of active sets: None Likelihood: Lego has confirmed that The Wizard of Oz will be in the game. You can pick up an add-on pack with a Lego Wicked Witch of the West minifigure after launch. Back to the Future What is it: The story of a time-traveling, hoverboard-riding, mother-loving teen and his insane professor friend. Likelihood: Lego has confirmed that Back to the Future will be in the game. We've seen the time-traveling Delorean in action and you can pick up an add-on after launch with a Lego Marty McFly minifigure. What is it: TT Games' Lego video game take on the upcoming movie. Likelihood: Lego is releasing the sets timed to the Universal film and TT Games, which is creating Lego Dimensions, is working on the game. It would be a great fit, but I'm not entirely convinced that Universal will license the property. What is it: Scared boy hunts down his parents' killer.
Lots of people die. Medium: Toys, books, movie, video games Number of active sets: 64 Likelihood: Warner Bros. made all of the movies, Lego came out with lots of sets and TT Games created a slew of video games. It sounds like there's a good possibility, depending on the particulars of the rights. What is it: If there's something strange in your neighborhood, this is who you call: Ghostbusters. Medium: Movies, video games, toys, TV Number of active sets: Officially? None, but one but one amazing fan-designed Cuusoo. Likelihood: They sort of have a Lego set, and everyone absolutely loves them. Warner Bros. doesn't own the rights, but Ghostbusters is a franchise that's never been shy about popping up in merchandise, cartoons or toys. What is it: Whip-toting archeologist spends his breaks from teaching at the university to save relics from Nazis. Medium: Movies, video games, toys Number of active sets: 18 Likelihood: This is another tough pill to swallow.