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LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Gameplay Footage at E3

June 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

A short while ago, TT Games Game Director Arthur Parsons showed off some gameplay footage for LEGO Marvel’s Avengers at E3. The game features the first Avengers movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, “and more.”

The interview was pretty short but we did get to see some different gameplay footage from the end of the first Avengers movie. The game will begin at the beginning of Avengers: Age of Ultron where they are searching for Loki’s staff. It then segues into the scene in the first Avengers movie where Loki is given the staff. There’s also more content after the Avengers movies including an open-world New York.

There’s also a new team-up combat system called the “Avengers Inititive Moves” where you have certain Avengers team up in various ways for example Hulk interacts with Iron Man or Black Widow with Hawkeye. Every single character will also have a power bar that you can charge up to unleash solo combat special moves or team combo moves. The special moves will take a third off from the fully-powered bar.

The fighting style and costumes for each character is different from movie to movie. All the characters will have new moves and abiliteis. For example, Captain America’s moves from the first Avengers movie will differ from his moves in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Like with the recent LEGO Jurassic World video game, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will also incorporate actual movie dialog into the game. Arthur also slyly mentions that some of the new MCU characters like Quicksilver will be in … Continue

European Union Rules LEGO Minifigures are Protected Trademark

June 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

Back in March, there was a report that LEGO was given permission to bring patent and copyright infringement cases against some of their major competitors. One of these competitors is Best-Lock Construction Toys Inc. and today the General Court of the European Union has ruled that the shape of the LEGO minifigures is protected trademark and cannot be copied.

Best-Lock argued that the shape of the LEGO minifigures was “determined by the fact that they were part of a toy that involved ‘interlocking building blocks for play purposes.'” The EU ruled that the elements of a LEGO minifigure has nothing to do with their ability to connect them to other bricks.

This ruling today by the EU is one step closer to LEGO further protecting their patents and trademarks from other companies. With the company opening a new factory in China in 2017, this will help deter counterfeit companies in the Asian markets.

**Via BBC**

LEGO Dimensions E3 Portal Trailer Featuring the Toy Pad

June 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

Following the gameplay footage of LEGO Dimensions yesterday at E3, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released another video today showing off the details of the Toy Pad and how it works in conjunction with the game. The Toy Pad allows a combination of seven different characters, objects, and vehicles to be simultaneously be brought into the game at a single time. It features three distinct areas of RGB light technology that gives a range of colors to provide the players hints and puzzles to solve.

There are five modes available on the Toy Pad: SHIFT, SCALE, CHROMA, ELEMENTAL, and LOCATE. SHIFT mode is activated when characters need to use colored vortexes to move around the area or to avoid danger. The player must physically move the LEGO minifigure to the right colored light section on the Toy Pad which allows them to transport the character to the vortex of their choosing.

By using SCALE, players can physically place the LEGO minifigure on a distinct colored section of the Toy Pad and they can either grow their character to a larger size or shrink them down to micro-size to be able to compleze puzzles or access new areas.

With CHROMA, you change each character into a specific color and you use them at certain points with their respective colors to progress in the puzzle.

For ELEMENTAL, the characters can gain different elemental abilities to use including lightning, fire, water, and wind. You can use those abilities to fight enemies or to use on puzzles.

Finally, LOCATE is … Continue

New LEGO DK Books Available Today

June 16, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

There are a couple of new LEGO DK books that go on sale today. The first book is LEGO NINJAGO: Secret World of the Ninja which contains 96 pages. This book takes an in-depth look at the world of Ninjago ranging from the Ninja heroes themselves to their weapons and vehicles to their enemies. The book will also include Sensei Wu as the exclusive minifigure.

Step into the action-packed world of LEGO® NINJAGO™, and discover everything there is to know about the legendary Ninja.

Meet the heroes of LEGO NINJAGO, learn all about their foes, and join them in their fierce battles with LEGO NINJAGO: Secret World of the Ninja. Discover their amazing weapons, vehicles, and dragons. Learn how to become a powerful Ninja, just like Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay, Lloyd, with the help of their wise leader, Sensei Wu.

Featuring an exclusive minifigure to guide you on your way, LEGO NINJAGO: Secret World of the Ninja will have you mastering the ways of the ninja in no time!

The other LEGO DK book that is released today is LEGO Friends: The Adventure Guide. This book also has 96 pages and it includes Kate as the exclusive minidoll. The Adventure Guide takes a look at the characters from Heartlake City and their adventures.

Join Mia, Stephanie, Emma, Andrea, and Olivia on their exciting adventures around Heartlake City and beyond in LEGO® Friends: The Adventure Guide. Learn about their pets, personalities, dreams, and passions. Discover how the girls like to spend their days: find out what

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Watch The Secret World of LEGO on YouTube

June 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Yesterday in the UK showed the anticipated documentary: The Secret World of LEGO. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet but many LEGO fans enjoyed it from what I’ve been reading on different sites. The documentary takes a look inside LEGO’s headquarters as well as featuring some of the employees. The show also follows Mark Guest and his launch of Bricks and Bricks Culture and Tom Poulsom and his LEGO Ideas Birds (21301) set. If you haven’t watched The Secret World of LEGO yet, there’s a video up on YouTube of the full show but I suspect it might be going down in a few days so watch it while you can. For people in the UK, you can watch it on demand over on Channel 4’s website.

LEGO Dimensions Gameplay Shown Off at E3

June 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in full-swing and there are tons of upcoming video games being showed off. One of the games that was shown off today was LEGO Dimensions which will be coming out on September 27. At the event, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Doug Heder and TT Games’ Mark Warburton gave us our first look at the Portal 2 Level Pack (71203) which includes the Chell LEGO minifigure.

In the video, you get to see how the game works in conjunction with the minifigures and the different builds in the expansion packs. The sections of the ToyPad itself can be used to place various items on it and it’ll appear in the game in real-time. This allows you you trigger different abilities to use in game to further you gaming experience. It was also stated that there are no restrictions on which LEGO characters, objects, or vehicles you can bring in game.

Check out the video below for LEGO Dimensions at E3 as well as some screenshots of the game.

Win a Chance at a LEGO Minifigures Online Video Game Demo Day

June 15, 2015 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 2 Comments

LEGO Minifigures Online will be fully launching this summer and LEGO and Funcom are hosting two different demo days to try out the updated version of the game. These demo days will be held at The LEGO Store in New York City, NY as well as in San Mateo, CA. You can get a free copy of the game before it launches in the summer, meet some of the game’s developers, as well as getting some limited edition minifigures.

The only requirements is that you have to be near New York City and San Mateo to be able to attend. I’ll be sending one (1) person from each locally to attend the event. If you’re interested, send me a message at [email protected] and the first person locally to email me will get an invite. Deadline to enter is tomorrow.

Update: The demo day at the Flatiron Store, NYC has been claimed.

The San Mateo event has been claimed.

Eurobricks is also having a contest if you want to try your luck over there.

Event details are below:

Event 1: June 23, 2015: The LEGO Store in the Flatiron District, NYC.
Presentations at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Demos from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Event 2: June 26, 2015: The LEGO Store in San Mateo, CA.
Presentation at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Demos from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.