Before The LEGO Movie hit theaters in February, LEGO said that there were no plans at that time to continue the LEGO Movie theme past 2014. But that was before The LEGO Movie actually hit theaters and became insanely, outrageously successful and sent crowds of customers to the LEGO Stores like never before! So, yeah–LEGO has clearly rethought their stance and LEGO Movie 2015 sets are on the way! And the set most likely to be a huge seller brings together some of the most beloved characters and concepts from The LEGO Movie–it’s the LEGO Double Decker Couch 70818 set! LEGO obviously wasn’t planning to expand the LEGO Movie sets for 2015 until the last minute, which would explain why in January 2015 we’ll get a selection of three smaller 2015 LEGO Movie sets that contain a lot of recycled minifigures and accessories. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though, as many of the returning LEGO Movie minifigures and vehicles/furniture are currently expensive and/or hard-to-find on the market!
Of the three new sets, the best example of this is the 70818 LEGO Double-Decker Couch set. Almost everything in this set either been released before or is in a slightly modified version (such as the new facial expressions on some of the minifigures). I love the eyes closed/open smile face on the new LEGO Benny minifigure, and it’s great to finally get a LEGO Benny the Spaceman minifigure in a set that costs less than $99! Benny’s inclusion here is going to make a lot of kids happy! In addition to Benny, LEGO 70818 includes minifigures of Emmet, Ghost Vitruvius, President Business (looking surprisingly friendly!) and a Unikitty with new quizzical/pouty face plates. The two non-minifigure items in this set are the LEGO Emmet’s Car vehicle and the infamous LEGO Double Decker couch build. Emmet’s Car was previously only available as an exclusive free build at Toys R Us stores twice in 2014, but both times the crowds were wild and many people went home disappointed that there weren’t enough LEGO Movie Emmet’s Car sets to go around.
Well, it won’t be free in 2015, but as part of LEGO 70818, everyone can finally give Emmet a car to drive around it! It’s also a very nice move on LEGO’s part to make the lovably ludicrous LEGO Double-Decker Couch itself available again for a low price, as I imagine most kids (and adults!) who wanted this may not have wanted to buy the awesome (yet immensely expensive) $250 LEGO Metal Beard’s Sea Cow set to get it. The LEGO Movie Double-Decker Couch 70818 set is scheduled for release in January 2014 and contains 197 pieces. I’ll post an update here and to the Bricks and Bloks Facebook page once the set shows up in stores or online for sale, so stay tuned if you’re planning to continue your LEGO Movie collection in 2015! And thanks to just2good for debuting these images on his YouTube channel! What do you think of the 70818 Double-Decker Couch LEGO Movie set, LEGO fans? Is this a worthwhile addition to your LEGO collection, or is this set too rehash-y for your tastes?
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LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Barnes & Noble® is the ultimate destination for LEGO toys. Shop thousands of LEGO products, including LEGO City, LEGO Super Hero, LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Junior sets. Barnes & Noble® also offers a wide range of LEGO books. Lego's official building instructions for The Sea Cow set include building instructions for building Emmet's couch from The Lego Movie. Are there differences between this model and the one actually featured in the movie? The one in this set looks different to me. Like, for example, this set has studs on some of the cushions to help minifigures stay seated, but in the movie the couch didn't have studs. Are there other differences as well? Any really major ones? There are several discrepancies between the double-decker couch featured in The Sea Cow set and that depicted in the LEGO Movie. I've recreated the movie version as best I could in LDD and LDraw, and have compared it side-by-side with the Sea Cow set version. In the first picture, the Sea Cow set version is on the left, and the movie version is on the right, and vice-versa in the second picture.
The notable differences are as follows: As you pointed out, some of the seats in the Sea Cow version have studs on them so that minifigures will stay on better. Notice also that the Sea Cow version has one layer of blue plates, whereas the movie version has two layers. The armrests are different. The parts that the two different armrests share have different color selections, and the Sea Cow counterparts are thicker and higher up than the movie counter parts. Also, the Sea Cow armrests contain the supports for the ladders, whereas the supports for the ladders are located elsewhere on the movie version. The ladders in the Sea Cow version are higher up than the movie version. There are round 1x1 studs placed on the bottom of the upper level of the movie version, but none are found on that of the Sea Cow version. The back rests have more layers of plates in the Sea Cow set version than in the movie version. The 1x2 plates with bars in the Sea Cow set version are used to connect the back rests with their corresponding seats, whereas in the movie version, they are not connected to anything.
Because of this, the seats on the upper level are simply suspended in midair, and the back rests of the lower level are just sitting there with nothing attaching them to the seats. This is why replicating the movie version 100% and keeping it together is physically impossible. Why the makers of The LEGO Movie didn't simply attach plates with clips to those plates with bars they have there is beyond me. In the Sea Cow set version, the two levels are connected by technic tubes which connect to 2x2 plates with holes. The two levels of the movie version are connected by long cylindrical 1x1 columns. You can get this as its own set now: 70818 Double-Decker Couch which includes enough minifigs to fill it up too. We built this set before seeing the movie and puzzled over what it could mean. It appears very similar to the design in the The Sea Cow and HaydenStudios' excellent rendition. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign up using Email and Password Post as a guest