Forum › General LEGO Discussion › LEGO Ideas Projects › Exo Suit by Peter Reid (aka Legoloverman) [Passed Review!] Exo Suit by Peter Reid (aka Legoloverman) [Passed Review!] June 6, 2012 at 4:07 pm I meant to add this earlier but things (*mutter*flippin’ eye*mutter*) got in the way. Pete Reid builds awesome robots (a few of them have appeared in TB comic). He’s put his Classic Space themed Exo Suit up on CUUSOO. It needs your support! Support the Exo Suit! June 7, 2012 at 12:27 pm Looks like he was trying to build an APU from the Matrix Revolutions, but about 3/4 of the way through he gave up and just made a custom mech. It’s neat, but somewhat lacking in originality. If he’d just build a badass-looking APU, that’d be neat. If he’s build a custom mech that looks like something 100% original, that’d also be neat. This is… less neat. I guess it’s pretty okay. June 7, 2012 at 4:11 pm While you’re perfectly entitled to think it’s “meh”, I’d just like to point out that the originality thing is unfortunate, because this model is a few years old.
Pete’s been building robots for years and has many imitators. It’s not based on any existing APU/mech, it’s in Pete’s own unique “greebly” style. Which you either like or not. I guess not in your case, which is fine. Basically, though, you’ve said that Star Wars (orignal trilogy) was unoriginal after watching everything else that’s tried to copy it since. Actually I swapped the image for a better representation (the BFGs were added after people insisted it needed them). Of course, in the event it reaches 10,000 and TLG actually accept it, it may not end up looking exactly like Pete’s model, which is probably a bit too complex for a LEGO set — but you never know and it certainly wouldn’t happen if you don’t try. June 7, 2012 at 11:35 pm According to one of the original posts in the dude’s flickr: I did no research for this model. Obviously it’s a nod to Aliens and the Matrix (and WH40k Sentinels). But I didn’t look at a single reference picture till it was done.
…but I was wrong, the thing’s shoulders are completely different and the clawed hands are different too. So yeah, it’s not a Matrix APU, it just looks like one because those were kind of generic mech things to begin with. February 3, 2014 at 3:43 pm Gosh, I should have updated this ages ago. This project reached 10,000 votes last year and has also passed the review stage in October and LEGO are turning it into an actual set! The Official CUUSOO announcement Remember it probably won’t look exactly like the original, it’ll be more in line with LEGO’s own building methods (i.e. no pulling minifig hands out of arms etc). So, I think it will be the next set after the recently released Mars Rover. April 18, 2014 at 6:57 am SO, it seems like the exosuit has a logo now: And a release date somewhere in August. Looks like a set which might pop up in Legostar Galactica April 18, 2014 at 7:26 amNow to wait for August. April 18, 2014 at 10:46 am
Ahh, I meant to post this, but forgot. It really does look like it’ll be awesome. Did you read the related blog article too? Looks like a set which might pop up in Legostar Galactica Or indeed, Tranquility Base! April 18, 2014 at 2:01 pm it all depends on the price point. June 27, 2014 at 6:03 pm 35 USD sounds kinda reasonable :) June 28, 2014 at 2:16 am It’s a shame the sets release won’t coincide with the white astronaut and robot promo. June 29, 2014 at 9:49 pm June 30, 2014 at 7:07 am Because as the promo is a Classic Space astronaut with a robot, it would go well with this set. July 4, 2014 at 9:34 am More info will be posted later on the LEGO Ideas Blog. Green Classic Space suits! Green Classic Space suits! Also, according to this Brickset article, it looks like the set comes with two minifigures (male and female) and a bonus Turtle ‘Bot. Obviously the LEGO designers (Mark Stafford in this case) had to make some adjustments to Pete’s design (& Pete had input himself) to make it fit within the current LEGO parts palatte and allowable techniques, but from the picture it looks pretty faithful to the original.
It is certainly recognisable as Pete’s exo suit. July 4, 2014 at 9:42 pmI can add another character to my comic! July 7, 2014 at 7:57 pm When will it be in stores? I want this set and it looks like they will only do one run of it… so “sold out” really means sold out. July 7, 2014 at 8:48 pm The Exo Suit will be available on Shop@Home on the 1st of August. I’m not sure if it will be in shops. July 7, 2014 at 8:53 pm August 1, 2014 at 9:36 am The Exo-Suit is now available in LEGO S@H and in LEGO brand stores! If you want one (or two…) I suggest you buy it as soon as possible, because it will be selling like hot cakes if last week’s signing event is anything to go by! When they are gone, they are gone… for good. I see signed sets are already going for more than the retail price of the set on eBay — a couple are double or more the price! August 1, 2014 at 5:06 pm Whew, luckily I was able to get mine before it sold out, Otherwise I would have had to wait until September to get it!
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Just a bit redundant. Sorry, this is the newspaper copy editor coming out in me. It's not redundant because there's the factor of ignorance that needs to be taken into account when it comes to illegal activities. Plenty of people, including some in the Lego community, violate copyright law in regard to intellectual property rights all the time. However, they don't do so because they're trying to engage in illegal activities but rather because they're ignorant of the law (and in some cases, just not bright enough to understand something as simple as intellectual property rights). People selling custom minifigures are engaging in illegal activities. Companies styling their toys and packaging to resemble Lego products are engaging in blatantly illegal activities. CCC said:^ While lego wouldn't care as much, Marvel might.All this talk of LEGO had me for getting that Marvel still own the characters (plus DC for other side heroes). andhe said: Seems an expensive way to go about it, unless international shipping really is that cheap from China.
That seems to be the answer - there's lots of bits and pieces (mostly electronics related) that you can get shipped from Hong Kong/China for not a lot of money on ebay. CCC said:For a collector, maybe. For a parent, a $2 minifig is better value than a $4 one. There should be no reason for fake Simpsons CMFs. Official ones are cheap to buy on eBay if you don't want to buy blind packs. Yet truly awful quality quality fake CMFs sell for about £5-£10 for a set of six. But is that just people being screwed who don't know any better rather than intentional purchase of perceived to be much cheaper fakes? Xefan said: CCC said:For a collector, maybe. Some are so obviously fake, the descriptions state that they are not Lego, but still people buy. Chrisbstm said:Imagine the fake figures possibly cheaper plastic leaking toxins? . I agree, god forbid that happens and my wee one turns in to the green goblin. When i see what you get for £30 compared to the original its no wonder why some parents choose the fake.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOT-OF-16x-SY-MARVEL-FIGURES-AVENGER-X-MEN-JOKER-ETC-1x-LEGO-HULK-KEYRING-/281510868610?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item418b5af682
Looks like the Chinese counterfeiters are expanding their range, which is hardly surprising.As someone that buys quite a bit of Lego from eBay, I am concerned by the recent increase in counterfeit Lego being offered on there, mainly as it's clogging up searches as it mentions Lego in the description.It looks like stormtroopers are next on the counterfeiters' lists.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X-Star-Wars-Storm-troopers-Clone-Troopers-mini-figures-like-lego-DUE-IN-JAN-/291317759566?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item43d3e43e4e CCC said:I think Lego have lost the battle ...Fake S1 Zombie anyone? Where's the pic from? Wondered what the currency was. That's crazy how many fakes/breaches of copyright can be contained within one picture...Fake Hulkbuster, Giant Green Goblins and Hulks to the left. Fake Star Wars behind... CCC said:How would that work? For ebay to protect itself, then they would need all items to be posted to them, unpacked, checked by an expert, repacked, and then posted on.
So there would be double postage costs, probably 10 minutes time per item for unpacking, checking and repacking - that's probably another £5 for that service at least. As it currently stands, anyone buying counterfeit Lego can ask for a refund if the item is listed in the Lego category, so on that basis, eBay already guarantee buyers against buying counterfeit goods. If eBay were made legally responsible, they would be forced to take more action against sellers misusing trademarks and categories for search engine manipulation. Part of the current problem is that sellers are allowed to twist words in their descriptions, which eBay should stamp out. The word Lego should not appear anywhere in a listing, so these listings do not appear in searches for the name. Also, where an item is clearly a licensed theme, sellers should be required to state that it's licensed product, so they will either sell a genuine product, or unequivocally be breaking the law. The way to stop counterfeit products is to hit the sellers in the pocket, so make it as hard as possible for them to pass off goods and easy for buyers to claim refunds for even the smallest infringement.