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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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