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Re: Lego Spider-man 3?
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lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:02:53 GMT
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In lugnet.licensed.spiderman, Dave Schuler wrote:
In lugnet.licensed.spiderman, Ken Dowd wrote:
In lugnet.licensed.spiderman, Jeff Szklennik wrote:
does anyone know if Lego will be doing any Spider-man 3 sets, or did they let
the license go?

Sorry, MegaBloks now holds the license for Spider-man 3.

**snip**

I found it interesting that the sets were all named for the minifigure included
rather than for the vehicle itself.

That has puzzled me as well, and it makes cataloguing a bit of a headache, when
there are a dozen sets called "Spider-Man."

And I seriously doubt that any of the
vehicles will make an appearance in the movie. MegaBloks is no doubt trying to
make sets that appeal to kids, but I still prefer LEGOs approach of making sets
that actually reflect what is in the movies.

I'm guessing that the #2004 Sandman's Bank Heist and #2002 Green Goblin's Secret
Lab probably reflect a scene or setting in the film, so it's not as though
they're ignoring the movie altogther.  But a quick perusal of the toy aisle
confirms that lots of licensed properties creep onto the shelves without ever
having appeared onscreen.  I don't recall, for example, a film version of the
Star Wars/Transformers amalgamation, but now I can relive those epic adventures
thanks to the Han Solo/Millennium Falcon Transformer battlesuit.  Heck, Mego did
this kind of freestyling for years back when they were putting out the 8 1/2"
Marvel and DC figures; there is nothing new under the sun.

As for the minifigures, they are the new designs that have articulated knees and
elbows. I didn't compare the sets, but I'm almost certain that the Spider-man in
sets 1947 and 1926 are identical, as are the symbiote Spider-man in sets 1948
and 1927.

That appears to be correct, though I haven't cracked open the newer sets to
verify this.  Of course, I don't know how else they'd do it:  "Spider-Man with
left sleeve torn;" "Spider-Man with left sleeve and right pants-leg torn;" and
so on?

Though I definitely *would* like to see a Peter Parker fig.  Heck, for years
I've been futilely calling for a whole "civilians" pack.  That would be cool.

Presumably there will be larger sets forthcoming that will actually contain
villians.

Yeah--that's the #2002 and #2004 I mentioned.  I don't know if they'll have a
larger set with the symbiote or not.

Dave!

6 of the new sets are out now.  New style Symbiote, Spiderman, Sandman, Young
Green Goblin, and Ravage are out.  A number of the kits are what Mega calls
super-tech Mecha.  They combine super-tech elements (done in weird bionical
style character kits released a few years ago) with Mecha elements used in the
Warriors series plus a new style cockpit for the pilot, which is designed for
old style minis but can accomodate (barely) the new fully articulated minis.



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(...) **snip** (...) That has puzzled me as well, and it makes cataloguing a bit of a headache, when there are a dozen sets called "Spider-Man." (...) I'm guessing that the #2004 Sandman's Bank Heist and #2002 Green Goblin's Secret Lab probably (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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