Bipartisanship, gilded mansions, and the urge to Trumpify cultural criticism.POP!-A-PALOOZA & LEGO BATMAN EVENT!!! Saturday, February 18th from 11am to 9pm EC is over-run with Pop!s, and it’s time to make room for EVEN MORE new Pop!s that are on their way!!! And, now that The Lego Batman Movie has “snapped” into theaters, it’s time to bring you up-close and personal with everyone’s favorite tiny, plastic crusader!!! (Just don’t step on him – it hurts!!!) Join us on Saturday, Feb. 18th, when the FIRST 45 KIDS will receive a FREE “LEGO MOVIE” BUTTON!!! SAVE 10% on ALL POP! PLUS, SAVE 50% on a HUGE stock of SELECT POP! MEET LEGO BATMAN (yes, you read that right!) LIVE, & IN-PERSON for FREE PICS & AUTOGRAPHS from 11am-1pm & 3-5pm!!! ALL GUESTS, ALL DAY can enter our FREE RAFFLE for a chance to win* a “DC LEGENDS” LEGION OF COLLECTORS BOX from FUNKO, featuring Batman!!! The Collector Corps Box includes: 1 Plastic Man Pop! 1 Krypto or Ace XL T-Shirt,
1 Batman & Robin Salt & Pepper Shaker Set, 1 Green Arrow Patch, and 1 Swamp Thing Pin!!! You can also enter our KIDS RAFFLE for a chance to win* 1 Lego Batman Essential Guide Hardcover, and 1 “Lego Batman Movie” Movie Poster (folded)!!! The winners will be called on Monday, Feb. 20th! * Winners do not need to be present to win and will be notified by the phone number/email given on the entry ballot. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER! All winners must collect their prize(s) within 2 weeks of the drawing date. (EC reserves the right to alter/substitute give-aways and raffle prizes when unexpected circumstances occur. One entry per person, please. All entries must be printed legibly to be considered eligible.) ** Scheduled to appear; subject to change without notice. See EC’s Facebook Page, or contact the store for updates.Comments are closed, but you can leave a trackback: Trackback URL. The LEGO Batman Movie The LEGO Batman Movie targets the familiar universe of superheroes and extravagant villains, with a subplot reminiscent of The Incredibles -- society has come to see Batman and his ilk as vigilantes who need to learn the value of teamwork.
The frantic pace of The LEGO Batman Movie can drive you beyond distraction to the brink of dissociation. It's really funny, though, an animated send-up of comic-book epics that vanquishes solemnity with the power of supersilliness.Back at the 2016 Nurember Toy Fair, LEGO announced there will be a special LEGO Minifigure series dedicated to the German national football team, DFB (Die Mannschaft). It looks like our friends over at PromoBricks has some more details on these minifigures from a press release that was sent to them. On April 12, there will be a live stream to reveal the players for the LEGO DFB Minifigure Series (71014). There’s no hints or rumors on which players will be included so far but everything will be confirmed in a few weeks. Some more details we already know about of the DFB Series include them being available starting on May 14 and will be retailing for €2.99. However another thing that is unknown is whether or not they’ll be available worldwide or just in Germany.
Thanks to Michael for the heads up.The LEGO Batman Movie review: All other Batman parodies are now defunct Sorry, this LEGO Movie spin-off has made every Batman joke possible, so the rest of you might as well go home Saturday 4 February 2017 11:05 GMT It's intriguing, in a way, to see The LEGO Batman Movie hit the scene exactly a full year after Deadpool's trumpeted arrival. The hope, obviously, is that kids won't have seen the latter (pray for good parenting); yet, for adults, the comparison may be hard to ignore. We've re-entered the realm of the meta-superhero narrative and, honestly, it's The LEGO Batman Movie which actually emerges triumphant. Call it the boon of opportunity which arrives hand-in-hand with animation, but it commits fully to its fourth-wall-breakage and endless self-referencing in a way which simply outlasts its live-action compatriot. Buckle in and hold on tight, because the jokes start dropping as early as the studio logos and only relent once we're deep into end credits territory.
A spin-off of 2014's wildly successful The LEGO Movie it may be, but it's hard to consider this film as anything other than a one-shot deal; Warner Bros. have thrown everything into the ring here, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a single Batman joke that isn't exploited here, much less any wiggle room for a sequel. Every age, every iteration becomes prime target for parody: from the whiz-bang camp of the '60s TV show to Tom Hardy's indecipherable mumbles in The Dark Knight Rises. Even Gentleman Ghost gets a brief shout-out: a gentleman, a ghost, and possibly the least expected Batman villain ever to make it screen. Will Arnett's welcome return, after his scene-stealing turn in The LEGO Movie, continues a vocal performance which expertly combines every Batman that's come before; all combined with the fragile ego of a man who's Instagrammed every single gym session he's ever undertaken, as he now attempts to stop short the Joker (Zach Galifianakis)'s plans to conquer Gotham, while finding himself saddled with a newly-adopted son in Robin (Michael Cera).
If this all sounds a little exhausting, worry not: LEGO Batman nimbly manages to pull off this kind of hyperspeed humour through the sheer level of quality being maintained, interspersing its silliness with pointed jabs at Batman's place in pop culture, getting right to the heart of the matter in a way Zack Snyder's excessively sombre Batman v Superman never dared. That includes the admittance that, despite his iconic appeal, we're talking about a character who represents something of an authoritarian elite; certainly, a tax-dodger if he's managing both the upkeep of the Batcave and all of its ludicrous gadgets. Or, as the film succinctly puts it, he's essentially "an unsupervised adult man karate-chopping poor people". With any superhero movie, inevitably, come the shadow of the shared universe; however, LEGO Batman keeps its references to its cinematic predecessor refreshingly minimal, though a continued giddy attitude towards its property mash-up ethos once more ends up being a driving force behind the film.