Emmet, Wyldstyle and Friends Reunite in All-New Story Debuting Feb 26 at LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia (February 26, 2015) – After the launch of the "The LEGO® Movie™ 4D A New Adventure" at the LEGOLAND® Florida Resort, the new episode is now making it’s official debut at LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort. Reuniting the stars of "The LEGO® Movie™" in a LEGOLAND Parks exclusive storyline, fans can look forward to finding out what happened after the blockbuster movie, when Emmet, Wyldstyle, Unikitty, MetalBeard and Benny reunite at the invitation of a shady new character, Risky Business, who plans to open a theme park bearing a suspicious resemblance to LEGOLAND. Returning to voice their iconic characters are actors Elizabeth Banks (Wyldstyle), Nick Offerman (MetalBeard), Charlie Day (Benny) and Alison Brie (Unikitty). Actor, writer and comedian Patton Oswalt lends his voice to the scheming Risky Business, whose Evil Secret Plot requires the heroes to call on the Master Builder skills of a surprise ally to save the day.
"We are incredibly excited to welcome Emmet, Wyldstyle, Unikitty, MetalBeard and Benny to LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort! It’s a part of the commitment we made to our Park guests who have been supporting us since the opening of the Resort, to constantly keep them entertained. That commitment recently won us the Best Tourist Attraction award in the Man-Made Attraction category at the Malaysia Tourism Awards 2014/2015. With our guests always in mind, we believe that this attraction will delight both young and old LEGO Movie fans alike. It’ll definitely be a must-see show at the Park," commented Mark Germyn, General Manager, LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort. The 4D short film will play several times a day at LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort’s LEGO Studio, housed in the Imagination area, with effects such as wind, water, fog and more bringing the action out of the screen and into the audience. In conjunction with the launch of the new attraction, we will run an exclusive offer for Johoreans with 1 Free Child ticket for every 1 paid Adult (Buy 1, FREE 1).
Note that Rebrickable earns a small commission on any purchases made via these links, and we appreciate it when you do :) The box is square at 28cm x 28cm x 6cm. Inside we have: 3 x plastic bags For once there are no stickers! The bags are numbered 1 to 3, with #1 creating the evil robot and three minifigs; #2 creates MetalBeard's torso and legs; and #3 adds his arms. I didn't really see the point of separating the arms though, there was plenty of room inside bag #2 for the rest of the parts. There are 397 parts in this set, a lot of which are small in size providing some rich levels of detail on the two fighters. There is one new part - the unusual plate used to mount MetalBeard's head. It is a 2x2 plate with an extra bit attached to the side. It has some patterend markings on the front of it, to match the robotic theme. I'm not sure how reusable this part is going to be! There are also a lot of parts appearing for the first time in new colors: There are three minifigs in this set, but I honestly don't see the point.
The two awesome robo-dudes grab all the attention and there's little for the tiny minifigs to do. In any case, we have Frank the Foreman, one of the many Robo SWAT figures to come, and Skeletron who comes with some new Light Bluish Gray parts. Every single LEGO Movie has minifigures (with all but one having at least three), so I guess the designers had some obligation to include these? Or maybe my general dislike of minifigures is still showing ;) Of the three LEGO Movie sets reviewed so far, this was definitely the most fun to build. I'll split this into two sections. The build starts with the evil robot body, then adds the legs and tentacles. The robot makes some nice use of SNOT techniques to get plenty of details on the sides of the cube. I particularly like the deployable side-guns... even though they are of the flick powered variety. It actually has what seems to be a cockpit inside. None of the imagery shows it being used, but any of the minifigs fit in there quite nicely.
Although, I'm pretty sure these robots are supposed to be fully autonomous so they don't need drivers. The wheel on top lets you open the lid to access the cockpit. The legs are built with plenty of hinge plates and bricks, giving them quite a lot of freedom of movement. The "snap-in-place" features of the hinges makes it quite easy to position the legs in any stable configuration. The arms are made from cylinder hinges which give them a tentacle look. The four spiky grippers on the end of each arm give them a great sinister feel, especially with the use of the red and black colour scheme. site is that MetalBeard has lost his body parts while fighting Lord Business, and so built his cyborg body with scraps from his pirate ship. Sure, I can believe that. The build starts with his body, which has quite an assortment of gadgetry connected to it such as: a treasure chest containing the remnants of his original body (ewww); and some cool silver chains. The body connects to his hips, giving him the ability to rotate 360 degrees.
Being a pirate, he couldn't just create himself a normal body. No - his left leg is a peg leg, complete with anchor, steering wheel and barrel attachments. The right leg is much beefier, with a massive foot to help keep him stabilised. The hips are made out of the rotation joints (48172, 47455, 48171) which provide two axes of movement. His arms are even cooler :) Both arms are connected by the big 10mm ball and socket joints which make them very strong and very flexible. His left arm is basically two giant canons and a ship's steering wheel. The canons actually fire 1x1 round bricks via the pull-back spring loaded action, and spare bricks are stored on the wheel. His right arm contains 4 awesome looking fingers/thumb... and a shark. Because, well shark's are cool :) It just so happens, MetalBeard is now about the same size as the Hero Factory models... so he gets to use one of their awesome swords too. It is attached to his back but also fits in his hand (a bit loosely though).
I did have some grievances with him though. I take a lot of photos during these reviews, and so try out lots of different poses. A lot of the time, MetalBeard would just keep falling over and it was a bit frustrating getting him stable. Also, each time I moved him his head would tend to fall off. Everything else is quite strongly attached via clips/hinges/etc, but the head is only attached via a single weak stud. This is definitely a set you will want to show off. MetalBeard is a very cool figure. The cube robot by itself would be great, but is completely overshadowed by MetalBeard. I'm pretty sure the three minifigures are still around here somewhere... With these sets, the LEGO designers have had free reign to create something a bit outlandish - eg not having to build a perfect replica of some real vehicle. As a result, this is one of the best looking models I've seen in a while, and I think it's sure to be a favourite. Plus, they are both very playable and for the most part will not fall apart on you.