New Minecraft Lego Sets Incoming!
On Wednesday, LEGO announced the fast-approaching launch of two brand new Minecraft kits: the "Nether" and "Village" sets! The two sets will have, as previous sets, stylized recreations of a segment of the Nether, and a villager's village, respectively. The Village set will include blocks for constructing houses, along with the Pig, Villager, and Zombie figures! The Nether kit will have Netherrack, gravel blocks, and lava blocks, as well as two Ghasts and a Zombie Pigman.
It is expected that the set will sell for approximately $34.99, and will be available starting September 1st, 2013!
I'll need to make more room on my desk for these two sets...
Well $50 for a foam pickaxe.
Why is it more expensive then the game itself?
One armed pigman (;
I'd get the set for the ghasts then swing my sword at them hoping they'll drop some tears...
2. The scale is way too small (there's no visible blocks, so hardly minecraft)
3. The zombie looks awful.
4. Not enough unique parts. Other than the tiny mob faces which are useless for anything other than as mob faces, it's just normal bricks.
5. Nothings changed, They're still a cube...
Lego is made of plastic. Plastic is made from oil. OIL IS NOT BLOODY CHEAP. So of course it's going to be somewhat expensive!
Of the 400+ bricks actually in these sets you somehow think that it's going to an absolutely great idea to texture each individual 5x5mm tile - Oh yes, that's definitely going to drop prices! ¬_¬
"URRGH ItS tEr SmUrL!!!1!one!11!!!" - Of course it's bloody small! Any bigger and you QUADRUPLE the price of the set! Yes, you heard correct - Quadruple. A 2x2 brick is 4 times the size of a 1x1 brick.
Lego are never ever going to sink a metric f***tonne of money into manufacturing tiny scale tools and creepers just because you don't happen to like it!
Whether you like it or not Lego are going to continue these sets like they are now as the design and style are increasingly popular among Lego collectors.
Lego is NOT losing money due to this, so for all you people like "ermergherd lego iz soo guna lers murneh cuz urv tis" - No, Lego isn't. Lego is never going to lose money because they are not doing anything to lose money, they are not investing in massive term loans. Lego is actually gaining profit because of this despite what lies you manage to conjure up and seduce people with.
So before anyone even thinks about criticizing the new sets just bloody think about what you are about to say before posting something totally cringe-worthy.
Oh, for crying out loud, we're really not that dumb. Trust me, all of us on here who care about this have bought LEGOs before. We're aware it's not some cheap knock-off garbage, they use high-quality plastic, etc., etc., but we've also bought enough of the things to know sets that are twice this size cost about the same amount. It's just marketing logic here. Something with 'Minecraft' on it makes worth twice as much as what they would have sold the sets for without the little Minecraft, well, faces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego#Manufacture
From ButterCreeperMcsI like to play with Minecraft Legos because it makes me feel like I am in the world with creepers and steve.
From ButterCreeperMcs
P.S.
Image RemovedI also want Lego to make Desert Temples, Jungle Temples, Iron Golems, Wolves, Cats, Ocelots, and Trees!
And all of these!
From ButterCreeperMcs
Maybe if you rescale the sets into bigger sizes, drop the price down buy at least $5 and use actual minifigures I would probably buy it.
I don't think you're quite understanding. If we were to use the average LEGO price per part ratio, which is 10 cents per piece, then these sets would be $50. Instead, the Minecraft sets use a much lower price/part ratio of 7 cents per part, which reduces the cost to $35. The sets may be small, but the details, such as using 1x1s to represent each individual block, drive the part count, and price, up. You're getting a great deal for your money, no matter the size.
Also, when fans were voting for Minecraft to become a LEGO set on LEGO Cuusoo, the average price fans would pay for such a set was $30. The set was then designed to fit as much in as possible without having to go too far beyond that price.
Double Spokes are 22p, let's call ones with a hole in an exaggerated 40p for the sake of argument.
+ DoubleSpokeHole x2 @40p = £4.83
Let's call a quad spoke 80p again just for the sake of argument
+ QuadSpoke x1 @80p = £5.63
Fourers are 13p, let's call one with a hole 30p
+ Holed x6 @30p = £7.43
+ Flat 6x8 x1 @38p = £7.81
+ Minifig x2 @83p = £9.47
+ Pickaxe x1 @40p high on blricklink = £9.87
+ New paint schemes for bricks, let's say double to super exaggerate, call it £20
FOR A MUCH BETTER SET, Steve and Zombie as minifigs, with a pickaxe, grass, dirt, stone and coal blocks, reconfigurable on a base, and a tree also made of blocks!
THAT is the Lego Minecraft we want!