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based on the animated television series of the same name. It was licensed from

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and

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for

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and the series starred the character of the same name from ''

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'' and its sequel, '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''. The theme was first introduced in August 2018. The product line was discontinued by the end of December 2019.

Overview

''Lego Unikitty!'' was based on the

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. The product line focuses on Unikitty and her friends in Unikingdom. As the ruler of Unikingdom, Princess Unikitty has various misadventures in her land with her brother Prince Puppycorn, scientist Dr. Fox, bodyguard Hawkodile, and advisor Richard. They also deal with the threats of Master Frown from the neighboring Frown Town. ''Lego Unikitty!'' aimed to recreate the main characters in Lego form, including Unikitty, Puppycorn, Dr. Fox, Hawkodile and Richard. In April 2016, Christoph Bartneck built a life-sized model of Unikitty from the ''Unikitty!'' animated television series. The Unikitty contained a total of 30,000 Lego bricks and was six feet tall.

Development

During the development process of the ''Lego Unikitty!'' theme, Lego designers Yi-Chien Cheng and Janko Grujic explained the concept of the Lego Unikitty! theme. Yi-Chien Cheng explained, "It’s a unisex theme, for both boys and girls. I know Unikitty is pink, so that looks girly, but she's a very active character and there's a very exciting story. So we tried to use lots of colours and lots of crazy ideas, and created lots of cool characters with the new printed elements. So we hope the fans can use these to create something more. We look forward to seeing that!". Janko Grujic explained, "There's a lot of simple bricks, because we wanted to inspire kids to build, we wanted to inspire creativity, and to build in the simplest ways: Just stacking bricks. As Yi-Chien said, we definitely didn't want to exclude anyone, so there are sets that appeal more to the girls and sets that appeal more to the boys. But overall, we were trying to make something that would be for everyone." The initial concept for the theme originated in a rough sketch created by

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, Lynn V Wang and

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in January 2019. The sketch reveals how Unikitty! was developed for television and how the character was refined to transform from 3D to 2D animation on screen.

Characters

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: The princess of the Unikingdom who is a

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hybrid. She is very happy, playful, cute, and upbeat, but has an angry side that she sometimes struggles to control. She was previously voiced by

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in the

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. Voiced by

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. * Prince Puppycorn: Unikitty's little brother, a

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hybrid. He is sometimes clueless and dimwitted, but is also loyal and good-hearted. Voiced by

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. * Dr. Fox: A

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who is the castle's resident scientist whose experiments and inventions can both create and resolve problems. Voiced by

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. * Hawkodile: Unikitty's trusty

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hybrid bodyguard who has a "macho" personality and has a crush on Dr. Fox. He trained to be a fighter in the Action Forest and has a rival named Eagleator (voiced by Keith Ferguson), who was his former best friend and an

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hybrid. Voiced by

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. * Richard "Rick": A grey 1x3

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who is Unikitty's royal advisor and the castle's property caretaker. He speaks with a dull monotone voice and is often the voice of reason, though the others find him boring to listen to. Voiced by

. * Master Frown: Unikitty's

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who comes from Frown Town at the other side of Unikitty's kingdom. He is one of the Doom Lords that spread pain and misery throughout the world as he wants to impress the other Doom Lords. This often causes him to suffer the wrath of Unikitty, who wants to spread fun and joy. Voiced by

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. * Brock: An anthropomorphic headstone with a neutral personality who is Master Frown's best friend, sidekick, and roommate. Brock would often hang around his apartment playing video games rather than help Master Frown with his plots. The only time he gets angry is when Master Frown neglects his part of the chores. He is also Crankybeard's son. Voiced by H. Michael Croner. * Beatsby: A

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with tiny-rounded arms and legs. His toy counterpart has no arms and legs. * Beau: A rectangular creature with short legs and armless hands. Voiced by Tara Strong * Burger Person: A cheeseburger citizen of Unikingdom who dislikes being eaten. Voiced by Tara Strong. * Buzz: A creature with a blue square head and a yellow rectangular body who moves around on a skateboard. * Cloudbarry: A cloud citizen of the Unikingdom. He is spelled "Cloud Berry" in the toyline. * Dino Dude: An Australian-accented

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with wheels instead of legs. Voiced by Grey Griffin in 2017–2018 and Eric Bauza in 2018. * Feebee: A Southern-accented flower/bumblebee hybrid who runs "Feebee's Flower Shop." Her name is sometimes written as 'FeeBee'. Voiced by Grey Griffin in a Southern accent. * Kickflip: A pink skateboard-riding square. Voiced by Tara Strong in most episodes and Grey Griffin in "Little Prince Puppycorn". * Penny: A green creature in full gray-armor who works at the Unikingdom's Toy Zone. * Sssnake: A snake in a bowler hat made up of rectangles with a triangle-tipped tail. Voiced by H. Michael Croner. * Stocko: A teal rectangle with arms and a bowler hat. Voiced by Kate Miccuci. * Squarebear: A

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with a rectangular body, slope-shaped ears, and rectangular feet. There is also a pink variant of Squarebear.

Toy line

According to

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released a total of nine Lego sets and promotional polybags as part of ''Lego Unikitty!'' theme. It was discontinued by the end of December 2019.

Construction sets

In 2018,

partnered with

and

. The Lego Group announced that the first wave of sets based on ''

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'' animated television series would be released on 1 August 2018. The seven Lego sets released included Dr. Fox Magnifying Machine, Unikitty Cloud Car, Prince Puppycorn Trike, Party Time, Dr. Fox Laboratory, Unikingdom Creative Brick Box and Unikingdom Fairground Fun. In addition, two polypag sets released as a promotions were Unikitty Roller Coaster Wagon and Castle Room. Each of the sets featured seven core characters, named

, Prince Puppycorn, Dr. Fox, Hawkodile, Richard, Master Frown and Brock. The sets were designed primarily for children aged 5 to 12.

Collectible buildable figures

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'' animated television series. The twelve collectible buildable figures were Rainbow Unikitty, Angry Unikitty, Shades Puppycorn, Dinosaur Unikitty, Shades Unikitty, Dalmatian Puppycorn, Dessert Unikitty, Camouflage Unikitty, Alien Puppycorn, Sleepy Unikitty, Queasy Unikitty and Dessert Puppycorn.

Web shorts

Fourteen web shorts have been released on

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for the Lego Unikitty! theme.

''Unikitty!'' TV series

In May 2017,

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and

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announced that

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, a character from ''

'', would get a spin-off animated television series on

. For the show, she was voiced by

. The premiere date was January 1, 2018 and the show's executive producers were

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, Christopher Miller,

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, Jill Wilfert and

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(creator of ''

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'' and co-creator of ''Dogsnack'') and Lynn Wang (co-creator of ''Dogsnack'') were producers, while

was supervising producer. The series aired a Halloween special/sneak peek entitled "Spoooooky Game" on October 27, 2017. The series aired a second sneak peek titled "Sparkle Matter Matters" on November 17, 2017 and a third and final sneak peek/Christmas special titled "No Day Like Snow Day" aired December 1, 2017. On August 27, 2020, the series concluded with a two-part finale entitled "The Birthday To End All Birthdays".

Publications

In November 2018, a book titled ''Unikitty: Unikitty's Guide to Being Happy'' based on the Lego Unikitty! theme was published on 1 November 2018 by Scholastic. In 2019, Independent Published released several coloring books from the Lego Unikitty! such as ''Unikitty Coloring Book : Coloring Book for Kids and Adults'', ''Unikitty Coloring Book : GREAT Coloring Book for Any Kid with HIGH QUALITY IMAGES and EXCLUSIVE ILLUSTRATIONS!'', ''Unikitty! Coloring Book for kids ages 3-12'' and ''Unikitty Coloring Book : An Amazing Coloring Book For kids Of Unikitty''.

Reception

Unikingdom Fairground Fun (set number:41456) was listed as one of the Bullseye's Top Toys of 2018.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Warner Bros. animation and comics

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