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Lego Speed Racer
Lego Speed Racer (stylized as ''LEGO Speed Racer'') was a 2008 Lego theme based on the 2008 film ''Speed Racer'' (which is based on the anime of the same name). It consists of four sets which were first released in April 2008. The product line was discontinued by the end of 2009. Overview The product line focuses on Speed Racer, an 18-year-old automobile racer who follows his apparently deceased brother's career, choosing to remain loyal to his family and their company Racer Motors, which causes difficulties after he refuses a contract that E.P. Arnold Royalton, owner of Royalton Industries, offers him. ''Lego Speed Racer'' aimed to recreate the main characters in Lego form, including Speed Racer, Snake Oiler, Racer X, Taejo Togokahn, Cruncher Block, Cruncher's driver, Gray Ghost, Cannonball Taylor, Pops Racer, Spritle, Trixie and a commentator. Development ''Lego Speed Racer'' was inspired by the 2008 film ''Speed Racer''. The construction toy range was based on the film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Speed Racer Logo
Lego ( , ; stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of variously colored interlocking plastic bricks accompanying an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various other parts. Lego pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct objects, including vehicles, buildings, and working robots. Anything constructed can be taken apart again, and the pieces reused to make new things. The Lego Group began manufacturing the interlocking toy bricks in 1949. Movies, games, competitions and eight Legoland amusement parks have been developed under the brand. , 600 billion Lego parts had been produced. History The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Harry Potter
Lego ''Harry Potter'' is a Lego theme based on the films of the ''Harry Potter'' series. It is licensed from Warner Bros. Lego models of important scenes, vehicles and characters were made for the first six films and all of the published books. The first sets appeared in 2001, to coincide with the release of the first film, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. Subsequent sets were released alongside the new films, until ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. The line then went dormant for three years, with sets being released in 2010 and 2011. In 2018, it was announced that more sets based on the ''Harry Potter'' franchise would be released, including new sets based on ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' and its sequel, '' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald''. Overview The main focus of the line is Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his education. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Themes
A Lego theme is a product line of Lego construction toys produced by The Lego Group based on a central concept. Before 1978, Lego produced several construction sets with common themes, but they were not necessarily branded as part of a single series or theme. Following the introduction of minifigures in 1978, owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen pushed a new strategy of creating and marketing a series of sets he termed a "system within the system" and the three original environments (based on the present, past and future, respectively) were launched: Town, Castle, and Space. In 1987, Lego created themes within these environments, as well as introducing branding that identified a set as part of a theme. The company also produced product lines that used pieces outside of the standard Lego System such as Technic and Fabuland. Since then, many new themes have been introduced and discontinued, including the inclusion of licensed themes in 1999 such as ''Star Wars''. Not all sets produced ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego World Racers
Lego World Racers (stylized as ''LEGO World Racers'') was a Lego theme that centred around two racing teams competing to win the world cup. The first six sets were released in May and June 2010, with an additional three sets being released later in 2010. The theme was discontinued in the same year. Story Lego World Racers was based on a storyline that focused on two racing teams named the Backyard Blasters and the X-Treme Daredevils that compete in races across the world to win the world cup. The Lego minifigures in the X-treme Daredevils' team were Dex-treme, Rex-treme, and Max-treme. The minifigures in the Backyard Blasters' team were Bubba, Bart, and Billy Bob Blaster. Construction sets The first World Racers sets were released during the end of May and the start of June, 2010. Blizzard's Peak was a 504 piece set with an age rating of 8–14 and was marked as Race 5 in the theme. The set features included two Arctic racers, a helicopter, snowmobile, and six minifigures. The min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Speed Champions
Lego Speed Champions is an auto racing-inspired theme of Lego building sets first released in 2015. It features classic and modern styles from well-known car brands. Overview The ''Lego Speed Champions'' product line focuses on classic and modern styles from well-known car brands. The series featured Ferrari, McLaren, and Porsche models in its initial release. Each sets was designed by Lego Design Manager Chris Stamp. The theme later added Audi, Bugatti, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Koenigsegg, Nissan, Toyota, Aston Martin, and Lotus. The line features as the center of a 2019 expansion for the open world racing video game ''Forza Horizon 4''. In 2022, The Lego Group stated that the theme is an 18+ (18 years and older) theme that does not carry the 18+ label. In April 2022, The Lego Group built a life-size replica of the 1970 Ferrari 512 M contained 78,496 of Lego pieces. The Lego Group built a life-size replica of the Ferrari F40 contained 358,000 of Lego piec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Fusion
Lego Fusion was a Lego theme that combined standard Lego bricks with a mobile app (for iOS and Android) that was designed to interact and communicate with the build models according to the principle of augmented reality. The theme was first introduced on 1 August 2014 and exclusively in North America only. It was eventually discontinued by the end of July 2015. Overview The Lego Fusion product line focuses on the combination of construction sets and game app to create the digital worlds with the smart-phones or tablets. This has been described by The Lego Group as "fluid play". Users create their own 2D models and scan by using an app named Lego Fusion. The product line includes Lego Fusion toy sets that each contain Lego bricks, Fusion capture plate and connect to the app. The toy sets are marketed at children aged 7 to 12 years old. Development Lego Fusion was developed by Lego Future Lab, Lego Fusion was invented as a way to marry digital and analog play. Lego Future Lab al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego Cars
Lego ''Cars'' is a Lego theme based on the Disney·Pixar's ''Cars'' film franchise. It was licensed from The Walt Disney Company and Pixar. The theme was first introduced in 2010 for ''Duplo Cars'' sub-theme based on the ''Cars'' film was released as part of the ''Duplo'' theme. In 2011, ''Lego Cars 2'' sub-theme based on the ''Cars 2'' film was released as part of the '' Lego System'' and ''Duplo'' theme. In 2017, ''Lego Juniors Cars 3'' sub-theme based on the ''Cars 3'' film was released as part of the ''Lego Juniors'' and ''Duplo'' theme. Overview ''Lego Cars'' was based on the Disney·Pixar's ''Cars'' film franchise, which focused on the story takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic talking cars and other vehicles. ''Lego Cars'' aimed to recreate the main characters in Lego form, including Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally Carrera, Doc Hudson, Ramone, Mack, Sheriff, Flo, Guido and Luigi. In addition, ''Lego Cars 2'' trailer was released shortly before the film, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lego City
Lego City is a theme under which Lego building sets are released based on city life, with the models depicting city and emergency services (such as police and fire), airport, train, construction, and civilian services. Legoland Town is one of the three original List of Lego themes, themes that Lego produced upon its launch of the Lego minifigure in 1978 along with Lego Castle, Castle and Lego Space, Space. The Town brand was briefly replaced with Lego World City in 2003 and 2004 before it was simply rebranded as Lego City in 2005. Overview The Lego City theme traces its origins to Lego Town, a theme introduced with the first Lego minifigure, minifigures in 1978, when a completely new range of buildings and vehicles were introduced for the European markets, although Lego sets with city buildings and vehicles had been commonplace since the late 1960s. In 1975, a precursor to the minifigure was introduced, in the same scale but without moving parts. Through the mid-1970s Town sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focuses on Emmet, an ordinary Lego minifigure who helps a resistance movement stop a tyrannical businessman from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision of perfection. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the film's characters. Plans of the feature film based on ''Lego'' started in 2008 following the discussion with Lin and Lee before Lin left Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures. By August 2009, it was announced that Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script. It was officially green-lit by Warner Bros. in November 2011 as the planned 2014 release date. Chris McKay was brought in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mach 6 (Speed Racer)
''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese media franchise about Auto racing, automobile racing. ''Mach GoGoGo'' was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics and later re-released in Japan by Fusosha. Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Productions, its 52 episodes aired on Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968. In the US, the show aired in Broadcast syndication, syndication at approximately the same time. The anime was later re-broadcast on Tokyo MX from July 1 to September 25, 2008. Selected chapters of the manga were released by NOW Comics in the 1990s under the title ''Speed Racer Classics''. These were later released by Wildstorm Productions, a division of DC Comics, as ''Speed Racer: The Original Manga''. In 2008, under its Americanized title, ''Speed Racer'', ''Mach GoGoGo'' was republished in its entirety in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing and was released as a box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
