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LEGO Speed Champion the Game (Idea)

This is an idea I had in mind some months back and haven’t done anything with it since. Obviously simple and not big whatsoever, so for the heck of it, I decided to share this idea here.

Crashing, bricks flying everywhere and try to get first place. The main target for this is to have a game relating to LEGO’s own IP themes like Ninjago, City, Friends, Elves and so on (it would have both the girl and boy themes), to promote them more threw a LEGO Game like with LEGO Worlds.

As the game would mainly have LEGO recent IP, there would as well be an old classic LEGO theme, along with the return of Rocket Racer (as the final boss) and Sparky (to help the player), something for the adult fans, fans of the old LEGO Racer games to grab the nostalgia a bit.

The very different gameplay from the norm of nowadays LEGO games, having a little bit of more difficulty (i.e. the boss racers) and showing the old classic stuff; this game would not only get kids playing it, but some older fans as well by having a difficulty choice.

Customization:

The customization would allow the player to make their own Race Car and Avatar; plus the player is able to choose either a minidoll or minifig as their Avatar Racer.

With making of the race car would have three different base to choose from and building on top of it, along with changing the wheels.

Opponents:

There would be up to 43 different racers 7 on each world, one of them being a boss and the final boss being Rocket Racer.

The opponents are as follow:

Speed Champion: 6 of any of the recent speed champion sets in LEGO City

Friends: Stephanie, Emma, Andrea, Olivia, Livi and Mia

Ninjago: Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Nya and Dareth.

Elves: Azari, Emily, Farran, Naida, Rosalyn and Tidus.

Unikitty: Puppycorn, Brock, Hawkodile, Dr. Fox, Richard and Master Frown.

Classic space: 6 spacecar in styles of 6 functions from the classic space theme.

Bosses: Lloyd (Ninjago), Mia (Friends), Chip (City), Aira (Elves), Unikitty (Unikitty), Benny (Classic Space) and Rocket Racer (Final Boss)

Besides from Mia from Friends and Chip from City, the other bosses won’t be normal races, you would be going against the boss 1-on-1 after winning the required number of races. After winning the boss race, you are allowed to choose to race the boss alongside the other racers. Note: Benny would have 3 choice of 1 on 1 rematch, race with others while Benny still have the Spaceship or Benny have a normal Spacecar

When going against Rocket Racer, the bosses from the previous worlds would also be racing against Rocket but without their boss ability. (Benny having a normal Race Car instead of his Spaceship)

Gameplay:

As of the title, this is a racing game, there be 6-8 racers trying to get to first place with power ups along the way to help get ahead or slow those opponents behind them. Like the original LEGO Racer, those who are hit by the Power-Up would lose bricks on their vehicle or knocked back, if you lose all the bricks on your vehicle, you would have to run to a pit to get your car back.

Power Up:

X3 Stud Shooter Power-Up fires studs, slowing the driver who are hit by it down, but doesn’t take away any bricks unless getting hit by all 3 of the studs.

Flick Fire Missile Power-Up fires a straight missile, taking out %25 of the opponents bricks that are hit.

Stealth Power-Up makes the car invisible to other racers and prevent tracking missile from hitting the,. It will last for 8 seconds. Symbol: Gray Ninja Advanced use: The player can bump into another racers to steal their power-up.

Harpoon Power-Up will pull the opponent in front of the player back and pull you ahead.

Shield Power-Up protects you for 6 seconds.

Ice Power-Up will slow the driver behind you by slipping on ice, when use the ice will remain there for 20 seconds until someone slips.

Whirlwind power-up creates a stationary whirlwind that causes cars to veer away from it, spinning out of control, and will also take some damage. Once you press the power up button, it will drop on the track in a few seconds. It last for 5 seconds. You won't be able to pick up any power-ups nor use your 2nd power-up while this last.

Purple Stud Power-Up is rare and just give you 10,000 studs.

Story Adventure Race:

The ‘story’ isn’t really gonna be story heavy, it would be pretty basic and simple; but it’d be heavily focus on gameplay and the 7 bosses in the game mod. There would be a easy and hard mod for kids and adults to choose, the easy mod would make it easy to get first place, but the boss would still be a bit hard that the player would likely only loss a race once, though Rocket Racer would be more than once.

In story race is where the Player races their way to the top and challenge Rocket Racer to become the ‘Speed Champion’. When starting a new game, the player will be ask to type a name for their driver than allow to design a driver, and build a car or select a pre-built car and driver before starting.

Players are allow to explore the world anytime they want after unlocking the world. With the exception of City and Friends having 3 tracks and Rocket having 1 single track, there are 5 tracks for each world, 4 are normal races and 1 is the boss race. The player can race on these tracks in any order, except the boss race which required number of races the player need to get in 1st place.

Introduction:

Rocket Racer along with the boss racers are ready to race and he always find a way to get ahead of the person he’s next to or in front of. The introduction highlight the different tracks up to Rocket getting first.

City/Heart Lake:

Depending which figure the player choose, they will start in either Heart Lake (Minidoll) or City (Minifigure), this will not change anything of the two worlds besides for cutscenes of the two worlds. It is not required to finish both Heart Lake nor City races to proceed to the the next world but is required to face against the final boss.

The character Sparky would make a return in this game, just like in LEGO Racer 2, he’ll be assisting and giving tips on playing the game. The characters of the world would invite you to race them twice, than the boss racer challenge you to a 1-on-1 race, their race car would be a bit faster. After beating them, you’ll be able to travel to the next world (Ninjago).

Ninjago:

After beating everyone in City or Heart Lake, you can travel to Ninjago. The boss of this world is Lloyd the Green Ninja, who has a fast car and can repair his race car within 25 seconds without a pit.

Elvendale:

You need to beat Lloyd to travel to Elvendale. The racing boss is Aira, who will blow you back behind her if you are close to her for too long and she cannot be hurt by any rang power-ups.

Cloud Cuckoo Land:

After beating Aira, you’ll be able to travel to Cloud Cuckoo Land. The racing boss of this world is Unikitty, she would have a bit of a speed boost. However in this Mr. Frown would put things in your way preventing first place for either of you.

Classic Space:

Beating Unikitty will allow you to travel into Space.  The racing boss of this world is Benny in his SPACESHIP SPACESHIP SPACESHIP, he’ll be getting ahead start and do to the size of his SPACESHIP, it cannot be damage by power-ups and Benny cannot pickup and use power-ups.

Rocket Racer’s Race Trace.

You need to beat all bosses before you can face off against Rocket Racer, While the player be facing against him and the previous bosses (but as normal drivers instead as bosses). Rocket Racer would be having higher chance to get a rocket boost power-up and would use it the chance he get to remain in first place. After Rocket Racer is defeated, he will happily hand over the trophy, and you’ll be title as the Speed Champion.

Bonus Games:

Foot Race: No cars, no power-ups, it’s player and others running on the shortest track (or open world) to see who’s the fastest on their two feet.

Taxi: Carrying passengers one by one to their destination and get all the needed number of passenger before the time runs out, but make sure you don’t get hit by other vehicles, or you’ll lose the passenger.

Find and pick up: A character from a world would want the player to collect a certain amount of item for them before the timer runs out. If player get hit by any vehicles along the way, they’ll lose the items collected.

Pursuit: Chase down a thief or stop a dangerous creature. In the open world or on the race trace, ram your car at them until their car destroy or the creature stops running.

Multiplayer

Speed Champion would be having Online Multiplayer of 7 players racing against each other, with those in first place showing off their costume race car and figure, or their favorite character in their favorite race car.

Because with the game letting you build your own race car, obviously you would want to show it off, especially when you get first place, that this alone could get many people playing Multiplayer just to show off their race car…   especially when they’re in first.

Major Note: Red Bricks cannot be used and bashing damage does not work in online Multiplayer. Vehicle getting destroy would be disable by default and can be turn on by host.

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CMF Disney Series 2 Pixar (CMF Draft)

With the release of the LEGO Incredibles video game, and it having other Pixar characters, I have a huge feeling that the next Licence CMF series will be a Disney series 2 but it being Pixar theme.

Obviously characters like Wall-E, Sulley, Lightning McQueen and Junior are unlikely do to them not being minifigures.

Figure 1-8 Woody (Toy Story), Spot (Good Dinosaur), Russell (up), Miguel (coco), Merida (Brave), Linguini (Ratatouille), Flik (Bugs’ life), Bing Bong (Inside Out)

These figures are extremely likely, do to them already having design for them from the LEGO Incredibles video game.

As of with accessories they are : Woody - Lasso Spot - Unknown (I haven’t seen the movie) Russell - Book Miguel - Gitar Merida - Bow Linguini - Mouse (Remy) Flik - none Bing Bong - none

Figure 9-12 Buddy Pine, Elastigirl (Golden Age), Reflux and Bob Parr (Pajamas)

Likely the incredible would be the spotlight for series 2 (with the bag being red), there would be 4, one half being from the first movie, the other being from the 2nd.

There already design of the figures from the video game, but Bob would be having a normal minifigure torso and have a 5 o'clock shadow; along with Reflux may having his hair being piece 21268 in white or not.

With accessories are: Buddy Pine - Mr. Incredibles’ autograph Elastigirl - Unknown Reflux - Puke Bob - Parr - Jack-Jack (Diaper or Pire)

(Side Note: Ashnflash Studios has drawing of these Incredible minifigure (besides for pajamas Bob Parr) in his CMF Draft)

Figure 13 Darla Sherman (Finding Nemo)

There not a lot of human character in Finding Nemo, and Darla is the best pick out of the humans. She would be reusing the dark orange pigtails from series 18 party girl, and a double face of one side smiling, the other screaming.

Her accessory would be a transparent sack (piece 17833) with a printing being nemo, sense I don’t think LEGO would allow a dead fish.

Figure 14 Riley Andersen (Inside Out)

She would be in her hockey uniform, obviously having ice skates and hockey stick as her accessories. She also be having a hockey mask and hair to switch between, the hair I think would be Luke’s hair (piece 92746) in dark tan.

Figure 15 Jessie (Toy Story)

Having a new hat/hair combo mold for the figure to be accurate, though it’s unlikely but it would be great if there would be a pinhole around the end of her ponytail to put in different color bows (piece 94717). There isn’t much to give her for accessories, so she would be having the same Lasso accessory as woody.

Figure 16 Carl Fredricksen (up)

Having short legs, and his bow being printed on the torso rather than using the new bow piece (piece 27151) to look more fitting. Hair look like the Spy hair (piece 25976) from series 16 in white would be a perfect fit, heck maybe the glasses could be a new mold.

The accessories would be a new walking stick mould and that new balloon mould from series 18.

Figure 17 Queen Elinor (Brave)

She not a princess but we know LEGO would sure put her in it, though she would not be having accurate arm for obvious reasons. She be having the new skirt piece (piece 36036) and the hair piece would be Vitruvius hair in dark brown with a crown like printing along with that white highlight.

Her accessory would be a 1x1 around tile cake printing.

Figure 18 Dot (Bug’s Life)

Would have the same head and waist piece as Flik but with recolor, and different printing. She would not come with any accessory.

Figure 19 Boo’s Monster Costume (Monsters, Inc.)

Sense it being a costume, she would be having a new mold, with the arms being the penguin/fin arms from series 16. The costume could be a neck connection  for the head part of the costume to freely fold and unfold, along with having a hair piece. Sense she won’t be having arms, there would be no accessories.

Figure 20 Commander Nebula  (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

This one is very unlikely to be put in, but I think having a character from the Buzz Lightyear cartoon would be great. The guy would be very close to the first CMF Disney series Buzz Lightyear, but with a purple, lime or white peg lag.

The armor would either be Buzz Lightyear’s but change of printing to be able to have the gold Star Command on the chest and gray collar, this armor would allow Nebula to have the mustache piece in gray. Or it could be Red Hood/Mr. Freeze’s armor (piece 27148) in lime green and have the gold Star Command printing, though won’t have the gray collar printing and mustache piece.

The guy wouldn’t have any accessories or unknown because I’m too lazy to rewatch the series.

This would probably get some more characters that are unlikely to ever be seen in a set, or will just become minidolls in sets like Brave. But seriously I really do think that the next Licence CMF would be relating to disney with the other Pixar IP we saw in LEGO Incredible Video Game.

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CMF Sports Theme (CMF Draft)

I am not a sports person at all, I have zero interest in it, unless Dungeons and dragon is somehow know as the sport, sense people think video game is a sport as well.

But anyways, a sports theme for a CMF pack would be something very fitting and could see happening, sense there been something of that in the past with DFB and GB, that were only exclusive to certain countries. So why not have a sports theme in the main series of CMF.

Figure 1 Bowling Guy

The figure would be wearing a polo shirt with something relating to bowling, maybe we would be getting some black sleeve with yellow arms, but with at least one of the arms having a tattoo.

And what a found when looking up images, the face would be based on this guy Pete Weber, having the black shades and the hair would obviously be piece 21268 or piece 90461.

The ball a balljoint piece, printed to look like a bowling ball, maybe it would be melded color, would be pretty interesting to see that piece have.

Figure 2 Skater Kid

The figure would be having knee and elbow pads, though with the short legs, if there can’t be knee pad printings, than it would be the yellow printing to look like shorts. Like the other Skater minifigures, the kid could as well be having a hoodie.

The kid would have the sports helmet in green and the skateboard in yellow with a plan basic printing or reference LEGO Island.

Figure 3 Street Skater Girl.

She could introduce a new hat/hair combo of a beanie with long hair, or use the hat/ponytail combo, along with having the same printing on series 4 street skater beanie. She would be having an open up jacket, with the shirt having a Swirl pattern.

The skateboard could return the white wheels and board in olive green with an alien like face pattern as the printing. Actually maybe it’s better to call this hippy skater now that I think about it.

Figure 4 Table Tennis Player.

As with it being Table, the figure does not have a Tennis Racket for the accessory and it wouldn’t be a new mould. Instead it’s actually this 1x1 round  piece with a bar, in red. Do to it being much smaller that it’s a fitting size.

Other than the accessory, the player would be wearing polo shirt and shorts, but unlike the bowling guy, this one would be in a pretty simple design..

The hair I think would be a bowl cut hair (x219/40240), while the face printing would have a red Headband and bushing mustache printing…  This is the picture that got me to want those for the printing and hair.

Figure 5 Archery Girl

The face printing would kinda look like a female version of GB series archer, wearing a plain tank top, with a Bow Holder (as what bricklink calls it). The leg printing would be the same printing as the GB archer.

The hair would be the LEGO Friends Vizor/Ponytail combo. As for the bow would be the Compound Bow.

Figure 6 Pro Surfer Girl

Wearing a blue wet-suit, and like series 4 and 17 surfer, this one would also be having that wave logo on the chest. The hair would be the Off-center ponytail.

The Surfboard would be in pink with some flower pattern, or be interesting for the series 4 Surfboard printing return but the white is recolored to dark green.

Figure 7 Horse Rider

The clothes would be a male version GB Horseback Rider, the headwear could be a cap piece, a new helmet mould or hair, Which the hair could be piece (25972).

Figure 8 Basketball Player

Obviously comes with a basketball. Wearing shorts and tank top, the face world be having a full black beard with Ninjago Movie Zane hair (25379) in black.

Figure 9 Bodybuilder

It’s a color change of the weightlifter from series 2, but ripped that the printing has Muscles pattern, and cheek lines on the face with a beard. Hair I don’t know if go long or short, for long would be the Long Mullet (24072) from series 15 Wrestling Champion, and the short hair would be TV Show Kai hair(15705).

Accessory are Barbell Weights.

Figure 10 Purple Cheerleader

There isn’t any to say about it, it’s a cheerleader, having the cheerleader dress, the pom pom with purple printing. Only thing I think there would be to add on is the letter on her chest being S, Because JAMS, and the hair being those pigtails…    actually instead of the pigtails,  maybe Ninjago Movie Jay’s hair (25412) or Braided Pigtails (13784) in tan.

Figure 11 Chess Player

The figure would come with a 2x2 tile chestboard and have either a white or black Pawn piece, or both.

It would be wearing an open up jacket with shirt and checkered pattern tie under. It could have a chess piece in a pocket, but I would like it if it doesn’t have anything in its pockets. Face is likely to have glasses.

For the hair if male Emmet hair (15443), or for if female that Large High Bun hair (27186).

Figure 12 Downhill Skier

the male alternative to the female back in series 8. He would had a Winter Sports Jacket and dual-molded leg printing.

With goggles would be the snow goggle but now in white. Accessories is obviously the ski and ski poles, both could be in white.

Figure 13 Purple Football Player

To go with the purple cheerleader right away, and go with series 8 Football Player. It would be the same as that Series 8 player but purple and the number of whatever number of year the figure would be made.

Maybe the majority of the torso color is all purple, the letter is black with a hint of yellow…  go team Denju.

One would hope for the accessory be a Football, but the other if no football would be the Trophy in copper.

Figure 14 Paintball Girl

The female alternative of the Paintball Player, would have the same uniform, helmet and accessory, but the uniform is in a female version with the paint hits are placed differently and the helmet could have the same printing.

The goggle piece like with the Skier, would not be in white as well.

Figure 15 Baseball infielders

The figure could have an alternate version of the Stackers or Clutchers, but for another LEGO baseball team could be orange and are called the Separators, and looking up a font for it could be the Candy Inc font.

The figure facial hair can either be none or a soul patch, and the accessory is obviously a mitt.

Figure 16 Relay Guy

The leg printing could be the exact same as Team GB, but with the torso having a different printing but still having the white tank top color. The hair could be the flat top (30608) returning in dark orange.

Figure 17 Cycling Lady

It would look ridiculous in white and the Octan logo on the torso and arm, the side of the legs and arms having green and red scrips. She’ll have the friends hair/helmet combo.

Figure 18 Referee

Because it’s a sports theme, why wouldn’t there be a referee.

The figure would be having the black and white striped shirt with a whistle,  the arms being striped as well. The headwear would likely be a cap, either black or white and maybe have the other color as the printing.

Accessory would be a red and yellow checkered pattern flag.

Figure 19 Sports Commentator

The Headset/hair combo from the Last Jedi Poe would be perfect for this.

So that it would not be wearing another black and white suit, the figure would be wearing a dark gray suit with a bright light blue shirt and a black tie under. The face could have a mustache or a goatee. Accessory would obviously be a mic.

Figure 20 Monkey Mascot

Because of CMF costume rule, the costume would be a Monkey.

Reusing the same mask from series 3 Gorilla but recolored in brown, the costume is likely to be wearing a jersey.

Now if I have to pick face printing from the Team GB series, so people outside of what country it was exclusive from to have them. It would be:

Tennis Player and Weightlifter are pretty obvious

Brawny Boxer for Football Player

Judo for Paintball Girl

Gymnast for Pro Surfer

Horseback for Cheerleader

Archer for Commentator

And maybe Stealth Swimmer could sneak in by the Monkey Mascot

Plus if I have to pick of figure to come with a gold metal neckband, it’ll be Cycling Lady and BodyBuilder.

This pack would be great for someones LEGO City, especially for certain themed sports in an arena and certain places like forest and beach, while there some that are even good outside of sports.

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Could Harry Potter Constraction Work?

So with the return of Harry Potter, and still no news for the future of constraction sets. Could the Harry Potter theme work of having contraction.

The heads are very much likely to be like the Star Wars constraction heads of being ugly and just won’t work. Unless they could try to make the head more cartoon like.

If the first wave would have the 3 main character (Harry, Ron and Hermione), they would be having different clothes instead of the Hogwarts uniform, because it will feel like getting three of the same set just with different head (if they choose to use the uniform for the figures).

So uniform is definitely not a good idea for a whole wave, having the uniform being once a year would be a lot better.

Very likely that there’ll be a new body shell to make the characters, because the Stormtrooper (like with the characters who aren’t wearing Trooper armor in SW construction) would look extremely odd.

And just like the Trooper Armor, a new shell is also very likely to only have one connection. There would also be another new shell for the 2.0 size torso, for younger characters.

As for the wand and brooms; a new mould or shorter version of the construction lightsaber piece is needed at all for the wand, they could easily be made in different ways with existing LEGO elements, the same can go with the broom of using technic parts, and the brush part of the broom could easily be the bush piece (52208 and could return piece 6065).

There isn’t much else to add to this, so could it work as a constraction line?

My answer is no, there isn’t a lot that could be done to make Harry Potter into a long running constraction line, having it to be a one time thing with only the 3 main character is a maybe, but that’s a long shot.

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CMF Dream Theme (CMF Draft)

So months after, my idea for a LEGO 60th anniversary CMF, I got some other ideas for themed CMF series. And the idea I come up after the last one is a dream series, pretty much stuff of pajamas, goofy, dream and sleeping related.

Figure 1 Mr. Sandman (give me your dreams)

For the Sandman, I think it would be fitting if it has the same printing as sleepyhead with the pajamas,  but recolored in pearl gold. The hair would be pearl gold as well, maybe using baldish hair or Balin the Dwarf hair would fit well.

Face would be based around sandman from the Rise of the Guardians, or an old man with gold eyes.

His accessory would be an hourglass, either fulling pearl gold or pearl gold printing, honestly I think the piece being all gold would do, so it would be a reused piece in other sets for detail.

Figure 2 Tooth Fairy

Rather than being a normal fairy with teeth, she could be a mix of a fairy and a dentist, maybe the torso could be a normal dentist uniform, while everything else is that of a fairy.

It would have a reuse and/or recolor of the Skirt and Wings that series 8 Fairy have (the skirt would either be white or bright light blue).

I like it to use Aira hair from elves in brought yellow, however it can’t work but the wings doesn’t let it, and I would also like it the reuse Harley’s nurse hat with a tooth printing, but it would look really odd on the hair.

So the other hairs could be Anna hair from Frozen or pigtails. I would go with Anna hair, would look much better than the pigtails, but you guys may have a better idea.

The accessory are obviously a coin and a wand, the wand in gold or trans-light blue.

Figure 3 (Luna the) Dream Wizard

Having robe in bright light blue with the moon and star patterns, but design majorly different so it won’t be like a reused printing from series 12 wizard. Maybe the legs could be Queen Amidala’s leg.

Same goes with the wizard cone or can still have the same printing but the piece recolor,  or some other wizard hat. Actually maybe the witch hat/hair combo could be use with the hair being in light gray. But without a hat, the hair would be any Long Wavy, or if male going by just Dream Wizard, the hair could be Saruman’s hair/beard combo.

For accessory is a simple staff.

Figure 4 The Nightmare

While there a dreams, there a nightmares; the design would obviously be something that is dark and edgy, with black as the main color scheme, wouldn’t be based on Harry Potter Dementor or else it would just feel like a reskin Specter.

So a think the most fitting thing for nightmare would have to be…      furies.

It would have black fur, Faun legs, Gargoyle wings (recolor in black), and the headwear I think it have to be a wolf or fox headwear from chima, with the head under it being even worse. Well the wolf could reuse the head mould from series 14 or Monster Fighters however their wouldn’t be any wings.

I don’t know what the accessory would be, maybe claws, or won’t have any.

Figure 5 Sheep Costume

Sense it seem that the CMF have a rule of must have a costume minifigure, a sheep costume would make sense for a dream theme.

It would have a new headwear mould obviously, and either would have a sheep or a bedtime book. Making a reference of some sort of bedtime story book.

Figure 6 Dream Knight

Pretty much it’s a dude with nothing but shoulder armor and boxers.

Obviously the bear chest with abs as already been used by many other minifigures, so to add something would be chest hairy. The boxer could be a gold chain like pattern and made in a way that it would also be used with beach figures, so it could have more use.

Armor is a hard pick, the first pick was the rock armor for sand armor; but I think I’m going with tattered robe armor the ghost had in ninjago, the armor would be gold while the robe in dark blue to give more color to the figure.

The helmet is either 1 of these 6 knight helmet in gold, I’m strongly going with the cheek protector helmet. Especially sense that helmet needs a color other than black.

Weapon could be anything, no need to be picky

Figure 7 King's Bathrobe

The robe could be in blue with white collar and gold crown patterns. Having the same beard, hair and face printing as the series 13 classic king in the same color, but the crown is in blue and the expression would look sleepy.

Accessory is his shield instead of sword, the shield is round in gold with no printing.

Figure 8 Samurai Robes

Making up the pretty boring robes from series 13 Samurai, the robe would be in Magenta with growing flowers like printing, along with it being made in a way that it would be used as a Kimono to go with series 4 Kimono Girl.

Face would be that series 13 Samurai with a more happy expression on one side, and a tired expression on the other. The hair in a different style being Koko’s chopstick hair, or swept back friends hair with a red flower on the side.

Accessory is likely to be a hand fan either a return of dark red or just normal red.

Figure 9 Sleepy Princess.

It’s pretty much those simple white blouse with short sleeve, nothing really special.

She would have a new molded hair for a crown or movie poison Ivy’s hair recolored, maybe in dark brown or dark orange (printing remaining the same).

Her accessory would be flowers or teapot with flower printing.

Figure 10 Alien’s Pajama

Either reusing or make a new moulded head, but if reusing I would go with Classic Alien or Alien Trooper, I think they could work a lot more compared to other alien heads.

The Pajamas are black as space, with stars, UFO and/or generic alien patterns. Accessory are a ray gun in gold, or an alien like teddy bear in green or gray.

Figure 11 Vampire’s Pajama

Would especially be made in a way that it can be used for any skin color minifigure, so it can be batman’s pajamas as well.

In dark gray with bat pattern printing around, having the same cloth as series 2 Vampire, the hair is either Lego Movie Joker’s hair or Elf Warrior’s hair in black. The accessory would be a vampire teddy bear.

Figure 12 Tired Western

The Pajama is western related pattern with having horses or something, the hair for female would be the hat/hair combo of Butch’s from The Lone Ranger, or Cowgirl from series 8, the hat being in dark tan and the hair in orange.

For the male would be a normal cowboy hat or introduce a new hair/hat combo, being in dark tan and orange as well.

Figure 13

Sports Pajama

Being in dark blue or tan and basically having many different balls pattern, because of sports, the figure will be having a mitt on the left hand, the cap is the one used on the two baseball figure from series 3 or 10, but in a plain red or gray; if female could use the new hair cap combo, with the hair in black. Maybe also a baseball bat in black or dark orange, but just the mitt is good enough.

Figure 14 Tired Conductor

Having a music note pattern with a conductor jacket (along with the tuxedo tails cloth in black).

The hair for female would be banshee’s hair from series 14 or a Tousled hair for either both genders in tan, which I would go with the hobbit hair.

The accessory would be music note tail with a bar, or any instrument accessories like a saxophone.

Figure 15 Baker Pajama

Pink with strawberry patterns, no question about it. Having either a chef hat hair combo for female or new chef hat hair combo mould for males, if neither of the two, than large high bun for female or straight cut and short ponytail for males in black.

Figure 16 All Night Video Game Guy

Wearing green, but the pattern is a pretty hard pick, maybe 1Ups and Stars, or 8bit hearts all around.

The hair will 100% be the hair headphone combo, could be a reuse color or with my pick, dark orange with black headphones.

Accessory could be a controller or video game case of a made up game or referencing a old original LEGO game, the case would be a book piece.

Figure 17 Bedtime Zombie

For those who want some zombies, the zombie would either be wearing pajamas, boxers, or robes, one of the three being pretty generic or like one of the other figures on this list with a damage undead look to it. The boxers I have a huge feeling will be unlikely.

The hair would be Bellatrix’s hair for female and dog show’s hair or Emmet’s Hair for males, or one of the minifigure from this list hair in dark tan

Accessory would be a undead teddy bear aka maggie’s bear recolored in gray, or meat.

Figure 18 Metal Pig

Just to have something really goofy, the pig is of rock and roll, it could have a new mould of a pig, or reuse piggy guy headwear.

But I think the Gamorrean guard would do, despite it being a license, it would be a good risk and to change of printing wouldn’t make it a Gamorrean, instead of green skin, it would have the skin of a normal pig, the teeth and horn would be white, and the armor would be silver. The fur would in dark tan with the leg printing having tur pattern.

The accessory would be a mic, because I have a feeling that this mould would be too much, or the other accessory if the Gamorrean piece wasn’t used would be a dark green guitar of the ML type.

Figure 19 Sleepy Bear

It’s either a bear costume with a new mould, or a humanoid bear reusing the bear mask from Chima, would either wear pajama or not wearing any at all, but the Pajama would be having bee patterns.

The Accessory would obviously be the beehive or reusing the Bumblebee bot from series 10, same printing and either same color piece or recolor in dark tan.

Figure 20 Tribal Mother

This would be another female version for someone to make a pack of tribal Native American, it’s likely that the hair will be the same tribal hair as the last tribal collectible minifigure, which nowadays that hair have been exclusive to collectible minifigure.

Though it would be good if it was some other hair. Like a recolor of the Lone Ranger hair, Vitruvius hair or that long hair with the headband.

The face paint of this one maybe could be around the eyes like the Tomahawk Warrior instead of around the cheeks.

Accessory is a Dreamcatcher in a transparent 1x2 tile and either one of the two version of the baby figure.

The pajama would be good for stop motion for a person to make a quick grab or two, instead of buying one off ebay or bricklink, or when the series end, can get the cheapest one of the series on ebay or bricklink.

This would be good for any LEGO Movies in the future, like the Vampire’s Pajama for a LEGO Batman Movie sequel, or LEGO winnie the pooh the Movie.

So what are your ideas for a dream theme series and what kind of goofy things you could come up for it. Along with what you think of my pick for a dream theme series. Leave it in the comments below.

[mrcupoffail]

Ninjago TV Show (CMF Draft)

The Ninjago TV had lots of costume and characters that haven’t been put into sets, so before Ninjago ends, (whenever that is), it be good if there was a CMF series of the Ninjago TV show, so people could get all the characters and costumes they wish were made into sets.

Figure 1-6 Lumberjack Cole, Red Shogun Kai, Nya, Zane, Teacher Jay, Pajama Lloyd.

So the first few minifigures are already the original Ninjago characters, wearing non-Ninja uniform during the season.

Cole being a lumberjack in episode 35, having that hat/hair combo and a recolor axe, the torso printing would also help go well with anyone making something relating to Lumberjacks in their LEGO City.

Kai as the Red Shogun, something for those who want some wrestling figures, his accessory would be the head of his enemy…  Kruncha’s skull, what you think I was talking about.

Nya in her uniform during season 4 to 8, her right arm being printed with that watch, a hat/hair combo from episode 55 or that “clever disguise” during 56, either one would be useful for some sort of stop motion video, or studio MOC. Her accessory would obviously be the welding tool.

Zane in his pre-season 8 civilian uniform, he would be having two heads, one silver and the other yellow. Having both hair pieces, so he would not have any accessory, but if he has to have either yellow or silver, the accessory would be Pixel’s chip for the silver, and a trans-light blue bowl for the yellow.

Jay as a teacher during episode 27, he would be having some leg printing rather than just blank legs, the facial expression would be two sided, one being joyful and the other very disappointed.

Accessory are a spoon and printed lightning bowl.

Lloyd in his Pajamas, sense like Nya, Lloyd has the least amount of different clothes.  Accessory would be his phone and that small dragon made from a watermelon.

Figure 7-8 Anacondrai Garmadon and Anacondrai Skylor

Sense there can’t be a Wu, do to all his clothes already being made into sets. There would be a Anacondrai Garmadon, along with Anacondrai Skylor, the purple hair on both of them would be useful for the low life minifigures and the Anacondrai for collectors.

They both won’t be having any accessories.

Figure 9 Dr. Julien

Obviously not gonna get him in any of Ninjago’s future sets, because he’s dead. It would be the perfect minifigure for this series and would match well with other scientist minifigure.

Sense his uniform is unchanged from his young and old self. He would be having a double-sided face of the young and old, along with two of the same hair pieces in different colors, and the accessory would be a red oil can.

Figure 10 Lou

His hair would be using the Obi-Own hair from the clone wars, he be good for a LEGO City with that uniform, and his accessory is a new trophy piece that could attach a claw piece, or a walking stick.

Figure 11 Cliff Gordon

And last of the main character family member for my pick of this list. Who’s also a dead character, so he’ll fit right in with Julien; Cliff would be in his Fritz Donnegan costume, having a sand blue ray gun for his accessory.

Figure 12 Khanjikhan

Just to add one of the villain’s family member.

Getting this guy would be nice to have that 4 arm torso recolored and without the Sky Pirate logo. From the look of the hair, he would be having the hair that been used on Aurra Sing in white. The accessory is likely nothing, him having the Djinn Blade is pretty much a hope.

Figure 13 The Mechanic

We have literally seen this guy twice, one time in Sky Pirates, and again in Sons of Garmadon. He’ll pretty much would have a new headwear piece, and likely his left arm would be printed with a newly moulded hand, but I’m hoping it would be both a new moulded arm and hand.

He wouldn’t have any accessories, because I have no idea what his accessories could be.

Now to get 4…  pretty much no one cares about them, characters in the pick.

Figure 14-15 Simon and Tommy the Detectives

They would get some leg printing, sense there isn’t much to them. Both would be having double sided faces and have a stun gun, which a new gun piece could be good for LEGO city, along with these printings for someone’s city.

Figure 16 Sally

The printing would be good for a minifigures in a school MOC.

She would be having a double-sided face of happy one-side and scare the other. Accessories I have no idea what they would be.

Figure 17 Sky Pirate Soldier

This would add more to someone’s Sky Pirate army, which is likely only one person doing that very thing, but at least you’ll get a new hat or hair piece, along with face printing from this one.

Which the soldier could either be this one with the big hair piece, or the dark red sailor hat, I would go with the sailor for the figure, because I really don’t like that layered hair piece. Either of the two would be having a different leg printing, unless there’s a big gap between the Sky Pirate sets and whenever there would be a Ninjago TV show CMF pack, that would make an acception, like with the boombox that Robin has in Batman CMF series 2.

The accessory wouldn’t be anything special. It likely be a sword and rope.

Figure 18 Jacob Pevsner

Now to have an elemental Master from tournament of elements in this pack, is Jacob Pevsner, the elemental master of sound.

He would come with a new guitar piece, both the printing and hair he has would be great for something 70s related.

Figure 19 Golden Jay

With Golden Kai coming out during 2017, it would be good to get the rest of the Golden Ninjas.

He’ll be updated with new leg printing as well, and hopefully this time we get the Ninja Bandana in gold, rather than a gold mask.

Also he wouldn’t have Katana as accessories, instead it would be his Techno Blade in gold.

Figure 20 Pink Ninja

And finally is the great…     Pink Ninja

It pretty much be a complete recolor of Zane’s original Ninja uniform in dark pink, and be having a very disappointed expression.

His accessories would be the snake flute, and a 2x2 tile of his uniform folded…   and it’s pink.

I may make a round 2 pick at some point, but comment below if you want to see something of that soon. Along with what you think of my pick and what your pick for a Ninjago TV show CMF  would be in the comments as well.

[rcasedrawstuffs]

If I redesigned Lion O

With all the talk of the new Thundercats it got me thinking of how I might try and redesign the characters. So i sketched this last night. I tried to make this action like the original/2011 series but able to be silly like the new show, I also think this would be a cool toy.

[darkmoonhyena]

[mrcupoffail]

Could Elves Constraction Work

Continuing from the “could Nexo Knights and Ninjago having construction set work”. For the heck of it, could LEGO…    Elves having constraction sets work?

Well that answer would be no, that thing would be a big train wreck. But let’s dabble of how they would look like and how Elves construction would work.

Now I know little about the theme besides from the boring Netflix show. And from what I can see from it and the sets, only the human girl has a weapon, while the others use magic. So how would function and/or gimmicks would be implemented, while the human has a function?

Well actually, airhead could use that boomerang, which would be something to see Pohato weapon get a interesting recolor. So there are two things; either one of the waves the elves get weapons, or the thornax launcher makes a big hello with being trans to fit with the elves element. Other than that, there isn’t much I could think of, besides from those two.

As with the design of the figures, since they are minidolls, they would be the size of Breakout Rocka. So they would have the $10 pocket money price or $2 more.

The torso would be a much shorter version of this female body armor. With basically 3 or 4 of them having cloth pieces around the waist, and the human would have a necklace using system pieces to make it.

But with the limbs, the normal bone on shell with the Ultrabuild system would look horrible with these as skin. What would help are new limb pieces that are a single piece, but with at least 2 connectors on the back or one side of it, with the pieces for the upper leg and arms having 2 pin holes. Basically it’s an upgraded version of the Ben 10 limbs.

It would help not make the limbs look clunky and ugly, and much better to look at, however the connection of the limbs would be a problem that sadly can’t be fix.

Oh, also there would need to be new feet because the clown feet would not work, especially since they have been outdated sense breakout. Maybe it could work with the human and tree elf, but not for the other 3, the feet have to be more, human like with toes and can be printed.

Now the head, like with my idea of a new head for Ninjago and Nexo Knights, Elves would have the same thing; but with the minidoll. Sense the printed face would have a much better look than the modeled face. The hair and elf ears would be separate pieces, to give an option changing hairs and ears; they would even be compatible with the big minifigure head like with the normal size of minifigs & minidolls.

So that’s what my idea for how a Elves construction would work; something like that would not happen. It would be like Ninjago, it would just feel the same every year and could only just be a 1 time thing.

[mrcupoffail]

Could Nexo and Ninjago buildable figures work?

So the time for contraction have gotten much worse after the end of Bionicle G2, sense Star Wars are now the only theme that is making buildable figures, and because Star Wars belongs to a “much caring company that love to overprice things”

Contraction sets became ridiculously overprice, I mean just look how much Chewbacca cost, almost $50, and look at the price of the other sets. Just compare those to price to Umarak the Destroyer and Brutaka from G1, I know there a licensing fee, but it’s damn well obvious that Chewing is $25 and everyone should be 5 to 10 dollars down.

And it’s pretty obvious that LEGO doesn’t see the many big noticable problem, when they ask BZP to “raise awareness of the Star Wars Buildable Figures”. They decided to make constraction sets on a licensed theme, instead of doing it on one of their original themes.

So now for what this is about; could LEGO two original themes, Ninjago and Nexo Knights having constraction sets work?

Contraction being in LEGO original theme would definitely help with the sets price, do to there being no licensing fees on them. And do to the characters being that of minifigure, and not humanoid like Star Wars. The size would definitely go back down to Hero Factory size like the size we have in Breakout. Basically around $10, the good pocket money price.

Obviously if they wanted to give the sets function, there need to be a new torso piece, one that don’t require a knob box, because it would have the box and balljoint for the head already on the torso. It would keep the size being small, thus using less plastic.

For the head would be a different version of the Glatorian head, but in the shape of a minifigure head with axle/pin and the side, top and back of the head.

As for the design of the theme sets, Ninjago wouldn’t be too hard to make contraction sets of, sense there isn’t much to do with the legs and arms, but with the torso, it been obviously shown that doesn’t stop the designer from adding stuff around it.

There would be printing on the body plate, but if there pin and axle on it (which there should be), would add a lot of design detail, along with using tubes around the torso. If there’s a cloth, it would be one that need to be tied up.

The weapons would be lightweight with them using katanas, shuriken and nunchaku. besides for cole’s who likely would have the hitting gimmick do to the scythe The Katana would be a new piece to fit with the figures size, along with the shurikens. Nunchaku would be using these chain pieces.

Now as with Nexo Knights, the design for them would be kind of a different, unlike ninjago that sounds like the cheapest way of making constraction sets.

Nexo Knights would basically need new upper arm/shoulder armor every year to fit with the minifigure form, with the torso, there could be just recolors of the brain attack body armor, with the chest having different stuff. Sense the knights also shows design armor on the legs, there would be add-on armor on the legs as well.

As for the helmet, I do not want the connection to use those that were used on the creature sets for the visors. You know what I’m talking about, the ones that were used on the HF beast and Elves dragon jaws. I pretty much hoping it would be an axel thew a pain hole.

Weapons aren’t gonna be like Ninjago weapon, sense they aren’t lightweight, clay, macy and axl need something to support holding their weapons. Clay can be taken out of this, depending on the weight of the weapon. Lance and Arrion would obviously have something different for their function/gimmick because of their weapons.

So now between these two, Ninjago would definitely be the cheapest way of making contraction sets, with not having much detail to make and uses the least amount of plastic, the sets could even cost under $10.

But the downside is that they pretty much would feel the same every year, besides from the villain side of it, unless the designer would put in more effort in the Ninjas. Like that ever gonna happen.

While Nexo Knights would be using more, but not the amount as Star Wars Contraction, and unlike Ninjago, Nexo Knights wouldn’t feel like the same every year, with the upper torso and add-on armor changing.

However there’s major problem, that being their system counterpart; no matter what existing theme LEGO try to put contraction in, the system will always outweigh contraction. It been made obvious with Star Wars.

But if it have to be these two, to replace Star Wars constraction, I would say that it have to be Nexo Knights, each year would have their own different design and would look better on shelfs with them having their helmet. Instead of the ugly Star Wars faces.

[mrcupoffail]

Design of Dragon Sets

Back in the 90s, any sets with a dragon were mainly of a few piece build, with the main body being a big chunk of plastic. Until all of that change with LEGO Vikings, the dragons were no longer just mainly a chunk of plastic; but now have its own unique design with new at the time wings and head made for the dragon. In fact, the dragon wings made a big return in LEGO Elves.

Threw out the year onward after Vikings, dragons started having their own unique design in every theme, from Ninjago, Hero Factory, Minecraft and Elves. However themes like the Hobbits and Castle remain to use chunk of plastic build, remain to use those type of design.

But out of these design, which of them is better over the other. Well, we can easily say that castle is out of the question, and same with Hobbits single dragon.

But now let's talk about the design of the head first.

Heads

With Ninjago, the dragons use to have mostly the same design wings and alway use a big chunk of plastic for the head. But after reboot came along with changing from a 7 piece contraction head, to a brick build head. These old Ninjago dragon head, while it can have a thornax launcher in its mouth, the head were printed and were difficult with finding a different use for it outside of a dragon head, along with it having to be a certain size.

Those pieces didn’t have that special look that Vikings dragon heads have, that you can be use in different way, having different connections and doesn’t have some sore of printing in the way.

Now with the Elves dragon head, while it is a big improvement from the early ninjago dragon, with being smaller and more connection for the jaw. You can even put something other than balls in the mouth.

However Elves is also missing that spark, sure you could be able to find more uses with this, than ninjago. But how the head is design, can easily be tell that it is a dragon head when use in something other than a dragon.

Now the two head that were used in the Vikings Dragons, sure just alone you can tell that it’s a head, but it can be able to look like armor, a different way of designing a head, or part of a castle. The bigger head can be use on something other than a dragon, as it has been used in two bionicle sets. Oh, and you also can make your own jaw, instead of being restricted to a certain jaw.

So out of these, it is obvious that the contraction/brick build heads is the best one, sense the build would give the dragon a completely unique design, just look at the Viking Armored Dragon, and Ninjago dragon head from 2014 onward.

Wings

Now what is a dragon without wings, there have been 3 type of wings that have been used; the one piece, brick build, and the cloth.

I’m gonna say this right now, I have a bias against brick build wings. Just looking at those doesn’t even look like they could even fly with those. Not to mention that the design always look ugly.

The one piece or cloth looks much better, but the cloth have the ability to become the superior because of the NRG Lloyd dragon, with the wings being folded. Not to mention that they would be fantastic for stop motion film, especially with the weight of it being very little.

The cloth 100% the best for wings on sets, with it having basically zero con compare to the build and one piece wings, but I honestly think LEGO should still keep using those one piece dragon wings, since they are still pretty good looking in design.

Tail

For the tail design has mostly been using mixel or 3 piece build tail; the ratchet tail as only been used once (Armored Dragon), and at times the design of the tail are like Ninjago Earth Dragon and The Ninjago Movie Mech Dragon.

With a design of a dragon’s tail is mainly of a very thin tip getting thick up to the dragon torso. A 3 piece build does a very good job of this, however the end of the biggest part has around part, which needed a ratchet connecter to not look kind of odd.

Mixel joints does a good job of helping to add detail to the tail, though it being just mixel joins would just be a cat tail with only using one type of piece. But of making a good design of a dragon tail, is not sticking to one type of joint, using different ones to keep the tail getting thin to thick.

Take example of the Queen Dragon, having the piece connecting the tail to the body being a ball joint, than down to the tip being mixel join, with the mixel joint after the ball joints making a 2 x 2.

It gives a more satisfying flow to it, and showing that there was attention given to it, instead of having to build the same part for the tail 3 or so times like every other dragon that uses mixel joints.

I heavily suggest taking example from the person who design the Queen Dragon when it comes to the tail.

I would also talk about the design of the legs, but that’s going to be for a different topic.

But these are what I believe helps makes great dragon set, those who design dragons gotta take some example from those who design the Dragon Queen and the NRG Lloyd Dragon.

Along with taking example from this AFOL guy name Aaron Newman with his Not LEGO fan theme called Dragon Land, with all these nice and fantastic looking dragon design.

[gifbro]

[4gifs]

Japanese Sumo robots

[setheverman]

this is the funniest gif i’ve seen all week what the fuck is going on

[masklayer]

[meme-theft]

[dutchster]

HOW ADORABLE IS THIS KITTY

[inkblotgalaxies]

*slams desk* THIS IS THE KIND IF CONTENT THE UNIVERSE NEEDS MORE OF, DAMNIT!

[your-forestlass]

@kilifilithorinandco

[hirilelfwraith]

“mew!” *grunt of agreement* “mew!” *grunt of agreement* *kitten climbs on top of man’s head* “mew!” *grunt of agreement*

[ctgraphy]

I love that the second cameraman just started recording the first one instead of whatever they were originally focusing on.

[zaluzianskya-deactivated2018100]

i’m 99% sure at the very end the guy is saying “this is a masterpiece”

[cannabisexual]

So I was writing a small paper in Microsoft Word and the program suddenly crashed (I saved a couple minutes before, thank god) and I get this message in the corner of my screen two seconds afterward

what the fuck

[blushbuntings]

#a whole new level of procrastination where your paper itself is procrastinating

[mrcupoffail]

Well that gotta be a “fuck your paper shit! I gonna play Skyrim!”

[mrcupoffail]

06 Knights Kingdom Helmet on Bionicle G2 Head by ShadowWolfHount

[beardlydesigns]

So I picked up the newest UK issue of the Nexo Knights comic to see if there was an advertisement for a UK edition of the upcoming Bionicle comic - no dice.

However, in the comic itself, Macy visits a toymaker and has an action figure made of herself. now I don’t mean to jump to any conclusions here… But is it just me, or does that figure look a little… CCBS-y? Could it be based on a future product?

[velken69]

rip bionicle

[robertorosasmendoza-deactivated]

rip bioncle and here comes something with a story finally

[mrcupoffail]

It’s funny because G2 is shit and have so much eye sore stuff that it will feel like to poured bleach in your eyes.