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Ian McShane Joins Disney in Reveal of LEGO Captain Jack Sparrow Life-Size
Statue
Earlier this evening, Disney Consumer Products debuted new lines of toys from
LEGO and JAKKS Pacific for this summers blockbuster, Pirates of the Caribbean
4: On Stranger Tides. Highlights of the event included appearances by
production designer John Myhre and Ian McShane who takes on the role of
Blackbeard, the pirate all pirates fear.
As part of the event, Disney and LEGO unveiled a six foot tall life-size
statue of Captain Jack Sparrow, the first of its kind. The highly detailed
statue, which includes a removable sword, consists of approximately 150,000 LEGO
bricks and took more than 200 man hours to design and build. Approximately 70 of
those hours alone were used in the creation of Jacks head which was all done
without the assistance of computers.
Also taking place during the event, Ian McShane was presented with his very own
one-off custom Blackbeard transforming pirate which reveals the pirates curse
when placed under blacklight. Production designer John Myhre, who talked at
length about the fiery and skeletal details of the Queen Annes Revenge and
Blackbeard himself, received a limited edition print of the ship from Acme
Archives.
Attendees also got a preview of the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean video game
after viewing the trailer for the film.
LEGO 2011 Pirates of Caribbean sets list:
4181 Isla De la Muerta
4182 The Cannibal Escape
4183 The Mill
4191 The Captains Cabin
4192 Fountain of Youth
4193 The London Escape
4194 Whitecap Bay
4195 Queen Annes Revenge
Pictures and trailer are on the websites listed.
Source:
stichkingdom.com
MTV.com
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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Another thing to consider is that licensed themes, contrary to popular
griping, almost certainly keep costs down. ...(snip)... To me that says
that they either dont know what theyre
talking about, or what theyre really trying to say is that they regret the
passage of time taking the primary market in a direction thats different
from what theyd prefer to see.
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Good points, all. And I must confess to at least sometimes being in the
latter group.
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Okay, so heres a question I have for you. If the PotC theme results in the
release of a set based on Sao Fengs junk, would that appease you? Not saying
that I expect it to happen, but I realized today that it is something they would
be able to produce under the current license, and which I very much hope they
do.
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Brickworld 2011 - Registration Open
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lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people
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Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce that Brickworld registration is now open. We have been
hard at work performing a complete overhaul on the registration process. In
response to your feedback in the survey after last years event, we have done a
couple things to the event. Some items that impact registration:
1.There are now 2 types of registration: Full and light. These are described on
the web site. But, essentially, full registration is for someone that is
contributing to the event and partaking in the workshops and presentations.
Light registration is for families that want to show up Friday afternoon, see
the event hall without the public, participate in weekend non-public activities,
and learn from the AFOLs and TFOLs.
2.The full registration will be capped at 650 people to keep things from being
unmanagable.
3.When you register for the event, you arent considered registered until you
pay (the new process leads you through this)
4.The event will start on Wednesday evening with opening ceremonies later in the
evening. This will lead to having most of the display space available for MoC
setup starting on Thursday morning instead of Thursday evening. Essentially, we
are spreading the event out a bit so it is more relaxing for everyone. The
survey feedback indicated there was too much happening in too small a space in
time.
Dont forget to sign up for your hotel rooms too. Last year the hotel filled up.
And, if you are a first time attendee, everyone will tell you that it makes the
event a lot more fun to be at the hotel.
You can register at the Brickworld web site.
We hope you like the new process and the changes to the event. We are all very
excited about Brickworld 2011.
We hope to see you all in Chicago at the Westin North Shore in Wheeling, IL.
June 15th through 19th.
Warm Regards, The Brickworld Team
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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True, but similar comments could be made of any theme.
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And they often are. How many times have you seen complaints about how the Town
theme largely consisted of a 3-year repeating schedule of police, fire
department, and hospital stuff? Only in the last couple years have they started
to really branch out into civilian stuff like they used to do 20ish years ago.
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The truth is, how a tall ship is trimmed makes a notable difference, as it
would have in the real world.
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True, but I recall at least one ship in the original Pirates line that looked
like someone had stolen half the sails. And to a parent, one ship is not that
different from the next, which can kill a theme.
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Also, like with Castle, Pirates could be so much more than a few ships and
islands.
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Also true, but it never really was. Did they ever once do a straight merchant
ship, or were they always pirates and soldiers? Its not that there werent
possibilities, just that they always stuck to the few core elements until theyd
beaten them into the ground.
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The recent (and arguably expensive) Medieval Market set was an example of
a civilian set for Castle. Pirates could always do well with similar
merchant ports... Though I dont expect a POTC theme to include such.
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Tortuga Island filled with minifig hookers doesnt do it for you, huh?
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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Im torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan
of the licensed Lego products. IMO, they limit the imaginary story and
characters, and thus influence creative building. Star Wars, though a movie
series that I love, is no exception, and I would much rather see Lego
produce more generic space themed sets. For PIRATES, my feelings are
similar - I fear that a licensed POTC theme would limit some creative
potential.
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What I always saw as a core problem with the Pirates theme is that you
basically get small ships, large ships, forts, and the occassional island.
Thats pretty much it. Ships are ships are ships are ships, and where the
Space subthemes had some very distinct hull designs, tall ships almost always
used the same large hull pieces, and it all basically boiled down to how they
trimmed the model. (snip).
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True, but similar comments could be made of any theme. Trains are trains are
trains, Castles are castles are castles. Yet for a fan of a theme, a greater
number of models of varying price-points is always welcome. The truth is, how a
tall ship is trimmed makes a notable difference, as it would have in the real
world. So if sail configuration is the only variation, it can still be worth it
to a fan of the theme. Also, like with Castle, Pirates could be so much more
than a few ships and islands. The recent (and arguably expensive) Medieval
Market set was an example of a civilian set for Castle. Pirates could always
do well with similar merchant ports... Though I dont expect a POTC theme to
include such.
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Another thing to consider is that licensed themes, contrary to popular
griping, almost certainly keep costs down. ...(snip)... To me that says
that they either dont know what theyre
talking about, or what theyre really trying to say is that they regret the
passage of time taking the primary market in a direction thats different
from what theyd prefer to see.
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Good points, all. And I must confess to at least sometimes being in the latter
group.
-Hendo
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired
by Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I dont like corporate speak where executives use ridiculously long
run on sentences to make their mission statement sound Biblically
important.
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(snip)
I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you
feel that way.
-Abner
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Abner you provide a valuable service, please dont stop! I dont think Hendo
was complaining about your work in reproducing this stuff, but rather
commenting on the original content. Which does, to be sure, have some
marketspeak in it. But all press releases do.
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Yes, just poking a little fun at the original article. No insult directed at
you Abner. :)
-Hendo
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Still I think it will be interesting to see if this theme has legs or not.
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I wouldve been interested to see if a licensing of
THIS MOVIE would have been unstoppable
or not;-)
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Never work, because we know kids NEVER run trains around curves too fast. Or
crash them into things.
IIRC, TRAINS magazine had a writeup of this movie (focusing on the how it was
made details but with some other coverage) and the writer admitted it wasnt
nearly as inaccurate as he expected it to be and begrudgingly admitting he liked
it.
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by
Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I dont like corporate speak where executives use ridiculously long run
on sentences to make their mission statement sound Biblically important.
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(snip)
I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you feel
that way.
-Abner
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Abner you provide a valuable service, please dont stop! I dont think Hendo was
complaining about your work in reproducing this stuff, but rather commenting on
the original content. Which does, to be sure, have some marketspeak in it. But
all press releases do.
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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Im torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan
of the licensed Lego products. IMO, they limit the imaginary story and
characters, and thus influence creative building. Star Wars, though a movie
series that I love, is no exception, and I would much rather see Lego produce
more generic space themed sets. For PIRATES, my feelings are similar - I
fear that a licensed POTC theme would limit some creative potential.
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What I always saw as a core problem with the Pirates theme is that you basically
get small ships, large ships, forts, and the occassional island. Thats pretty
much it. Ships are ships are ships are ships, and where the Space subthemes had
some very distinct hull designs, tall ships almost always used the same large
hull pieces, and it all basically boiled down to how they trimmed the model.
PotC might force a change in that regard, as the Flying Dutchmen would require a
very different look than anything theyve ever done before, and theres the
possibility of seeing a large non-Western hull design (namely junks, as seen in
PotC3). We might also see some of the fishy types from PotC2 and PotC3, where
previously every minifig fell into five distinct factions (only three of which
got any serious coverage). Oh, and the skeletal pirates, which was only hinted
at with that half-ship from the recent Castle theme.
Another thing to consider is that licensed themes, contrary to popular griping,
almost certainly keep costs down. The release of the first Star Wars sets is
what catapulted the US into the largest single consumer-nation of LEGO sets,
which means theyre selling a LOT more sets than they were in 1998, which in
turn means the theme should have no problem covering the licensing fees and
still turn a nice profit without having to jack the prices up. If you go back
through the last ten years and do a price/piece comparison, youll find that
Star Wars sets are no more expensive than any interal IPs, but people are always
crying about how expensive the sets are. Well, compared to a bulk bucket that
requires very little product development and even less in terms of part
selection, yes, theyre expensive. So are City sets, so that argument doesnt
hold up no matter how you look at it. Now, look back a few years to when TLC
posted not one, but two annual losses in a fairly short period of time.
BIONICLE was the top theme coming out of that period, and Star Wars was right
behind it. Harry Potter was another strong seller in those days, so a huge
chunk of the sales that were keeping the company solvent and allowing it to make
a comeback were from three themes that hardcore traditionalists have regularly
held up as whats wrong with the company. To me that says that they either
dont know what theyre talking about, or what theyre really trying to say is
that they regret the passage of time taking the primary market in a direction
thats different from what theyd prefer to see.
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by
Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I dont like corporate speak where executives use ridiculously long run
on sentences to make their mission statement sound Biblically important.
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(snip)
I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you feel
that way.
-Abner
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So I guess Im in the wait and see camp.
This rambling brought to you by...
-Hendo
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