LEGO Movie! While I haven't seen the film, Tumblr has informed me that Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! is the reason to see it - the manic little blue spaceman will have some sort of authentic helmet aging with a crack at the helmet's seam (my vintage ones don't have this) and the crazed face of the character from the movie. It looks like it was made out of vintage early 1980s classic Space sets, which old farts like me grew up on. With small sets, anyway, something this big was simply out of the question. Benny's mighty ship is due around August and includes a mini fighter that sadly isn't Blacktron, but still looks plenty cool.
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A really cool pirate ship was on display in a strange box - the sides appeared opaque until someone switched on a light, hence the somewhat fuzzy pictures below. It's going to be a direct offer, so don't expect it at Target or Walmart. It also looks pretty fantastic.
Thematically this may be one of LEGO's best lines in years, simply because of its surprisingly expansive scope. It seems to be what toys what Pixar is to movies - there are things for dads, for kids, and (unlike Pixar) to a lesser extent the ladies. Still, it looks like it's a bunch of fun and based on the success of the movie it's likely we'll be seeing more toys developing within this concept, somehow, for as long as possible.
--Adam Pawlus
