I'm curious to see how this will work. Second Life with preset building blocks? A more rigid structure of quests and/or PVP?

elevenoverzero

I have to wonder, why haven't the buildings they've shown been made of Lego(s)?

(Is Lego the plural of Lego..?)

Chesu

I dunno about an MMO lego game.
The movie adaptions have been great so far, I think they should just stick with that.

Tyrannical

First we need Lego:RAMBO

JASONSPAZ

I hope it has some soft of crazy crafting system.

jair

@Chesu: I've always been under the understanding of the plural being the same as the singular.

Although a lot of Americans call them Legos, so it could just be a geographical thing.

Gofthick

Seems to be some great potential! Now as long as their are no random "missing" pieces or "clean up time" then I'm sold!

Mike's Stalker

@Gofthick: @Gofthick: I deal with these kind of people from time to time.

Apparently the terms are "construction brick" with the obvious plural form being "construction bricks".
Since Lego is a brand and not the name of the actual pieces.

Not sure if all Lego people feel this way.

Silent_X

Lego Purists?

"No! You can't put that in there; that's a Mega Blox! You're fired!"

markusdragon

They better show some of the Old School sets some love. Yes, I'm looking at you Knights of the Round Table and Johnny Thunder sets.

BlackMage66652

Surprised I'm the first one that got around to this.
Either that or everyone's already seen it...

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MentalNote

I really hope the whole system is based on taking your opponents apart.

That would kind of rock.

Atsumi

Weird, this will be interesting to see the turnout.

Ralavik

Alas, I'm still looking forward to the day of Lego: Knights of the Old Republic Saga! KotOR 1&2, in Lego. Plus, maybe Lego would actually sell a Lego HK-47, and I could buy him and have him rip off the arms of 'meatbags'. Maybe... one day, in a galaxy far far away.

Salen

does anyone remember the old old PC game Lego Island? I loved it. first sandbox IMO.

avern

Oh hecks yeah! I can't wait for this, and it makes me happy to know that there's a crack team of elite LEGO obsessives who are dorking out over it to help the devs. Good! My expectations: build the Black Seas Barracuda and take Captain Redbeard on a raiding party, from the Rock Island Refuge to the Eldorado Fortress. Governor Broadside, you're goin' down!

And then maybe some Blacktron in outer space!

gloveofpower

@Chesu:
"LEGO" (which is supposed to be in all-caps) is treated as an adjective, not a noun. Therefore the plural of "LEGO" is "LEGO bricks", "LEGO parts", "LEGO pieces", or any other similar word combination.

@Silent_X:
"Construction brick" is a generic term, which could refer to cinder blocks just as easily as it could to LEGO bricks. And it depends on what you mean by "LEGO people". People within the LEGO Company are, I'm sure, very aware of the danger of dilution of brand identity (look what happened to Bayer's Aspirin trademark), so I expect they'd all toe the company line. In the world of AFOLs, things aren't always so simple. There are fans who will flat out refuse to treat "LEGO" as an adjective for no other reason than that they were told to do so. Many are just so used to saying "LEGOs" that they do so out of habit, even though they know it's not correct usage of the trademark. Many of those people will do that in private, but still try to do right by the trademark when dealing with the public at large.

Purple Dave

That castle was awesome.

jporter313

@markusdragon:
That is actually a very complicated term. There are purists who feel that if you put an official LEGO set sticker on a part that it was not intended to be used on, that's not "pure". Others feel that as long as it came from an official LEGO sticker sheet (including the filler), it's okay to use it anywhere. Some feel that making your own stickers is okay, and that's just dealing with stickers.

Then there's part modification. Some are cool with it on the basis that the LEGO Master Model Builders are known to do it when necessary, while others only do it to parts that _we_ are asked to cut up, like pneumatic hose. And then there's the custom part market, where people make LEGO-compatible parts that are intended to fill (perceived) gaps in the official part catalog.

Now, for full clone brands (i.e. _not_ the custom supplementary stuff), there are basically two camps that can justify calling themselves LEGO purists. One says that _all_ clone brands are bad, and the other is okay with using any clone brand that is made of a similar quality as real LEGO parts (the only brand I know of is Tyco, but they got forced out through legal proceedings several years ago). Both Megabloks and Best-Loc are cheap crap, and most people that will actually buy them don't buy LEGO sets because they cost so much more.

Purple Dave

Why can't anyone make a cool MMO? Lego MMO? WTF? Star Trek MMO? Thanks, but no thanks. Warhammer MMO? I'm getting tired of orcs, trolls, and dwarves. Where is my All Points Bulletin? Where is my Champions Online? And Where is my (Dare I say it?!) Huxley ?

TheFamous1

@TheFamous1: Arggh! Huxley!

michaelleung

@TheFamous1:

What? You want an "Elmo goes to Grouchland" MMO?

wezelboy