We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /2016/02/11/lego-announces-next-ucs-playset-assault-on-hoth-base/ on this server. An invalid request was received from your browser. This may be caused by a malfunctioning proxy server or browser privacy software. Your technical support key is: 36fb-cca5-1756-6707 You can use this key to fix this problem yourself. and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.Playset minifigures spark legal battle between Lego and Mega Bloks See all Editor's Picks Lego is suing for patent infringement. The Lego Group (Lego A/S) is suing Mega Brands, Inc. for patent infringement of the Friends line of Lego products, specifically the minifigures that come with the Lego sets. After years of Mega Bloks distributing construction toys that are compatible with Lego sets because the bricks are so similar to one another, it’s the action figures that sparked a lawsuit. Lego contends that Mega Bloks’ My Life As series of construction sets feature minifigures that are too close to the design of the minifigures included in Lego’s Friends line of construction sets.
Both the My Life As and Friends lines of toys feature cutesy minifigures that are meant to appeal to little girls. They’re markedly different from any other kind of minifigure produced by either company. Mega Bloks bricks may be very similar to Lego bricks, but Mega Bloks’ minifigures are very distinct from Lego’s. Here’s a Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Marine minifigure next to a Lego Star Wars Endor Rebel Trooper minifigure. They’re totally different from one another in terms of size, articulation, and sculpting. Now look at a stock photo of one of Lego’s Friends sets, followed by a stock photo of a Mega Bloks My Life As set, and watch the difference between the minifigures blur. You can also find detailed product comparisons in the complaint. What’s head-scratching about this is that My Life As sets aren’t part of any core line of Mega Bloks products. My Life As is actually a line of dolls owned by Wal-Mart. In other words, after years of co-existing peaceably with Lego even though their products were very similar, Mega Bloks has entered a legal battle with the Danish toy behemoth on account of a single toy line exclusive to a single chain of stores (albeit a very large chain of stores).
Sticking with Halo and Call of Duty might have been a better idea. Photo via the great 8/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) | Remix by Fernando Alfonso III Up next after the break:Because LEGO is droppin' it like it's hot (PUNCH ME -- DO IT NOW) this year at Comic-Con, here's a preview of their upcoming Rancor Pit playset. I...don't know how I feel about it. I'm thinking maybe they should just sell the Rancor minifig and let me build my own pit. Because this one doesn't look so hot. Sure it has a gate but it also has WIDE OPEN SIDES. If this was where the Rancor lived in the movie he would have eaten everybody. Thanks to my Facebook feed, which is almost entirely ugly baby pictures and idiots talking politics. 1,000-Slice Cheeseburger: This Is Why You're Clogged I Didn't Like That Finger Anyways: The Guillotine RingStar Wars: The Force Awakens: Book and Magnetic Playset is an activity book that was published on October 6, 2015 by Disney–Lucasfilm Press. The book comprises 32 pages, and is intended for children in grades 1-3.
Inside are two coloring books, six magnetic "play scenes," and over forty magnets. Magnetic Book and Play Set including two 16-page coloring and activity books, 6 play scenes, over 40 magnets. The handle will be on top of the case. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Magnetic Book and Play Set. Retrieved on September 10, 2015.In celebration of the LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary and the 10 Year Anniversary of LEGO and Star Wars’ beautiful marriage, I hereby give you my top ten coolest LEGO Star Wars sets. Don’t agree with my choices? Let me know in the comments, or forever hold your peace. It may not be the most exciting vehicle from the Star Wars Trilogy, but the Sandcrawler is a pretty impressive beast, especially in LEGO form. This set came with 11 minifigs, including Owen Lars (pre-burn-victim), R2-D2, C-3PO, three Jawas, and a bunch of droids. The middle compartment lifts out, and it even has a tiny cockpit for a Jawa driver. So it only takes one Jawa to drive this thing?
Part of the Ultimate Collector Series ($$$), the Imperial Star Destroyer boasts an impressive 3,104 LEGO pieces, is three feet long, and even comes with a scale model of the Tantive IV so you can play tractor beam. I’m not much into the non-minifig-scale sets, but I had to include this because of its sheer scale. This is a new set, so you can still get it while it’s hot. This would be in my collection basically just so I could recreate Admiral Ackbar’s famous “It’s a trap!” line over and over. It has the bridge of Ackbar’s ship, complete with a holographic model of the Death Star, and an A-Wing fighter. Oh, and its got Mon Mothma. Return of the Jedi may be my third favorite original trilogy film, but I still love it. This is another new set, and runs around $90 on Amazon, but looks totally worth it. It comes with a Chewie-driven AT-ST, Imperial Bunker, two Scout Troopers on speeder bikes, an Ewok catapult and glider, and more! I saw this one the other day and almost grabbed it.
As if my dream of owning any kind of toy incarnation of an AT-AT isn’t enough, this LEGO set actually walks. The Motorized Walking AT-AT may actually be cooler than the standard action figure AT-AT that I’ve always wanted looming over my desk. I don’t have any experience with building motorized LEGO sets, so I’m going to assume that it is harder than building a normal set, so it would take me days to finish this. It takes me a half hour just to find the piece I need, but I digress. Finally, a set I can afford! I love the Mos Eisley Cantina set because it features one of the classic (and infamous) scenes in Star Wars history; Han solo shooting Greedo. Which do you prefer, Han shooting first, or do you think that makes him seem like a murderer? Have it your way, heck, you could have Greedo spontaneously combust for all I care. The only bad thing about this set is that it doesn’t include the full Cantina, including the band. This one tops a lot of lists I’ve seen, and rightly so, because it’s pretty awesome.
It has 360 degrees of Death Star cutaway goodness, including a lot of scenes from A New Hope. It has 24 minifigs, including the trash compactor monster! Here’s some more features. It’s a fairly new set, so if you’ve got the cash laying around, you can pick it up for around $400 on Amazon or your local mega-store. The Tantive IV is of course the ship that is making a mad dash to get away from the Star Destroyer at the beginning of A New Hope, and for that reason it’s a spaceship that’s ingrained in a lot of people’s memory. There have been a couple different versions of this ship in LEGO form, but I like this new one the best. It’s way too expensive for me to ever own it, but if I had my choice out of any LEGO Star Wars set, it’d be my third pick. Along with the Mos Eisley Cantina, this is a set I could actually afford if it was still around. Why is a X-Wing Fighter my number two pick? It intends to recreate the scene in The Empire Strikes Back where Luke lands on Dagobah and meets Yoda, so it includes Yoda’s hut!