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Subject: 
Re: MegaBloks secures 'Narnia' license.
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 01:58:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Ken Dowd wrote:
It appears that MegaBloks has the license to produce sets based upon the movie
version of the C.S. Lewis book, 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' coming
in December.

<http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=273&dl=2917005>

No details yet.
Thanks to Jake_Snicket from FBTB for the link.

Jeez Louise, that's unexpected.  Or maybe not, since the film is coming out.
Any idea if the license includes the films (as in the case of the Marvel
license) or applies only to the books?

Wild stuff.  Thanks for the news!

Dave!

Well, since Disney is behind the film and the link leads to "the official Disney
Comsumers Products licensee list", I'll step out on a limb and say the license
is for the film. ;) My question is, what form will the set/s take? When Pokemon
was a huge craze, MegaBloks came out with 2 whole mosaics. And their current
Star Trek license consists of 1 Probuilder kit. Will MegaBloks take that route
or will they come out with a full blown minifig theme. I hope the latter (and
with less juniorization than say, the Dragons theme).

Ken



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  Re: MegaBloks secures 'Narnia' license.
 
(...) Everybody's a comedian... 8^) (...) That's a good question. The current Poke-ball sets seem like a better swipe at the Poke-fad, but they're like five years after the fact, aren't they? Those mosaic sets totally missed the mark, IMO. As far as (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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  Re: MegaBloks secures 'Narnia' license.
 
(...) Jeez Louise, that's unexpected. Or maybe not, since the film is coming out. Any idea if the license includes the films (as in the case of the Marvel license) or applies only to the books? Wild stuff. Thanks for the news! Dave! (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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