Reluctant-Hero
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I've seen reports of various "Year 2" (wave 6 & 7) discs being broken with no data. Maybe contact the support phone number when they reopen on Monday?
LEGO Dimensions |OT| Not Lost Dimensions
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I've seen reports of various "Year 2" (wave 6 & 7) discs being broken with no data. Maybe contact the support phone number when they reopen on Monday?
Got my Marceline in the mail from toysrus.com
Confirming that my toy tag for her is blank too
I contacted support with photos to prove purchase. I hope they can send me a replacement toy tag.
You must have placed your order just before they stopped selling those. Stores have pulled them due to a high percentage having blank tags. I'm sure Lego will take care of it for you.
Darth Smurf X
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I wasn't planning on braving the mall on Black Friday, but I also didn't want to fail my city.
I played through the Sonic level pack and I messed up on saving some clips. I wish I could have gotten the 1st level, it was so incredible much like playing a sonic game. I was able to get one small snippet from the 2nd level that many will probably recognize
Sonic beach snippet
I also captured the final boss of the level pack. A couple warnings, of course final boss should be enough warning for spoilers but just to reiterate, spoilers. Big, awesome spoiler at the ending of the video. It's actually a very tedious and long battle so if you want to skip to the last 5 minute you won't miss anything.
Sonic Final boss gameplay with big super awesome spoiler at the end
Overall yes this is my favorite level pack of the new bunch so far. If you are a fan of video games and especially Sonic you will absolutely love this level pack. TTG put alot of love into this level pack and it really shows. The only negative I can say is in the hub world it can get really choppy. I would say its because the gameplay with sonic is too fast for the game engine. Also the gameplay can get a bit wonky during the level trying to emulate classic side scrolling sonic game with the Dimensions game engine.
Sonic beach snippet
I also captured the final boss of the level pack. A couple warnings, of course final boss should be enough warning for spoilers but just to reiterate, spoilers. Big, awesome spoiler at the ending of the video. It's actually a very tedious and long battle so if you want to skip to the last 5 minute you won't miss anything.
Sonic Final boss gameplay with big super awesome spoiler at the end
Overall yes this is my favorite level pack of the new bunch so far. If you are a fan of video games and especially Sonic you will absolutely love this level pack. TTG put alot of love into this level pack and it really shows. The only negative I can say is in the hub world it can get really choppy. I would say its because the gameplay with sonic is too fast for the game engine. Also the gameplay can get a bit wonky during the level trying to emulate classic side scrolling sonic game with the Dimensions game engine.
TAJ
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Did they ever fix the crash bugs in this? I ragequit the main story after the Ghostbusters level crashed six or seven times in a row.
I had at least one crash in most of the levels before that.
I literally spent more time replaying stuff after crashes than playing new content.
I had at least one crash in most of the levels before that.
I literally spent more time replaying stuff after crashes than playing new content.
Steve Youngblood
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I feel like I'm missing out on something looking at auctions for the hard-to-get figures. I know GameStop just had the Green Arrow promotion, but it can't have flooded the market with that many figures. Why is Green Arrow consistently cheaper than Supergirl? Like the cheapest I see Supergirl right now is $34 on auctions that are still ongoing. There have been a number of opportunities to buy the whole PS4 starter set that includes Supergirl for $39.99. I can do so right now via Toys 'R Us! Why can't I find a Supergirl for $20 - $30 including shipping!?
Dunno man, but I bought the starter set with Supergirl, only for Supergirl and now I can't sell the starter set at all. No one wants it lol
I guess people are willing to pay a little more for her alone than be stuck with an extra starter set.
You did good. I've been asking around if anybody wants it but still can't find anyone to take it off my hands :/
HamsterExAstris
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Because the audience of people who'd pay $10-20 for the other parts of a PS4 starter and who already have Supergirl is basically non-existent.
Steve Youngblood
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Yeah, I do get that. But I was just venting. Leave me alone!
antiquegamer
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The whole thing is pretty dumb and really sour me with the brand.
Got my Marcy replacement tag in about two days! That was fast. New tag works great. LEGO customer service remains top notch.
Sadly, I'm not all in the clear. My gamestop.com order said it included two green arrows. I received zero. So now my only way to get him is to pay scalper prices I guess. I even went through the trouble of returning my unopened Fantastic Beasts set to Best Buy (ordered a couple days before) since I had to order something from gamestop to get the green arrow promo.
Can't believe I gave gamestop my money.
Sadly, I'm not all in the clear. My gamestop.com order said it included two green arrows. I received zero. So now my only way to get him is to pay scalper prices I guess. I even went through the trouble of returning my unopened Fantastic Beasts set to Best Buy (ordered a couple days before) since I had to order something from gamestop to get the green arrow promo.
Can't believe I gave gamestop my money.
Steve Youngblood
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Neat. I opened the Marceline I got shipped from Toys 'R Us over the weekend and it worked right out of the box.
There's a good review round up of all the new add on packs here,
http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/01/lego-...astic-beasts-adventure-time-and-more-6294981/
http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/01/lego-...astic-beasts-adventure-time-and-more-6294981/
Rodney McKay
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Good your hear about the Missions Impossible pack.
I thought about buying that during black Friday, but put it off until I knew if it was good or not.
21st century cowboy
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Is the Harry Potter team pack the only way to access the Harry potter hub world?
purseowner
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I believe so, but there's a Hermione Fun Pack out next year that will also unlock it.
There's a Green Arrow pack?
antiquegamer
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PM me your address and I will send you my extra one.
It got 8/10 in that review I posted a few posts back, so I reckon it's not bad.
Yes it was a gamestop in-store and online incentive over black friday.
Wow man, awesome of you to offer.
PMed!
You know it's funny, I've talked to a few other people who made gamestop.com orders around the same time as me, and some of them did receive the figure. I placed my order before they removed the promo. I just had this feeling something like that would happen. I haven't had a lot of luck using Gamestop.
This is what's keeping me from buying - I found a deal for the starter pack (PS3 version, admittedly) for $30, but I have a super low bandwidth cap. Is the game even remotely fun with the content that comes in the box? A single expansion pack alone would essentially eat my meager 10gb/mo data cap
So what is the likelihood of them nixxing the physical toys and selling the level packs and characters as DLC given the current toys to life market? I really want to support them and I really want to play the game, but I can't justify the current pricing model for physical toys that will probably end up lost or broken.
KelpPlankton
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There is zero chance of this happening. The game and toys are all selling very, very well and the pricepoint of the level packs being a bit high is what lets them justify the necessary budget to make them as elaborate as they are (not to mention securing so many varied licences).
There's still plenty of lego games that don't use the Dimensions toys-to-life model though, like Lego Avengers or Lego Star Wars, so you can always check those out.
Steve Youngblood
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Can you provide any numbers here? I have no hard numbers to refute this, mind you. But my attempts to read the tea leaves has kind of led me to believe that this is doing far from stellar numbers.
KelpPlankton
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Everything I have heard is that other Toys To Life games are being pushed out of the market/shelfspace by Lego Dimensions because Lego knows how to actually market, produce, and distribute their toys without it being at a loss. Basically all the problems that Skylanders and Disney Infinity have suffered over the years don't exist for them, so it's pure profit all the way and they're keeping their momentum strong into year 2 so far.
I haven't seen any hard numbers though.
CosmicQueso
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Hmmmm
With the licensing and COGs structure, dimensions has the toughest path to profit of any of the TTL games. I just don't think what you're saying is accurate.
KelpPlankton
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They're not the other toys-to-life games, though. They're Lego. Lego's basically the top-tier master of handling licence deals to make sure they make tons of money from it.
Like I said, as a company that's already been doing the toy side of handling dozens of licences for a long, long time now, Lego's avoided the pitfalls other toys-to-life games have had. And they're going to keep doing it.
CosmicQueso
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Erm.... Warner Bros is handling all the licensing for Dimensions. LEGO just approves the IP and designs the characters, produces the bricks and then sells these bricks to WB which has ownership and has to manage through the retail chain.
LEGO actually has very little involvement of the day to day operations with dimensions outside of managing the supply chain and consulting on the game as they would for any other LEGO game. You are getting bad information friend.
Steve Youngblood
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OK. You have no hard numbers, and that's fine. Most people don't. What are you basing this analysis on, then? Honestly, I would love the reassurance. My read as an armchair analyst is that it'll be a small miracle if Year 3 stuff gets the green light. I'd love to understand why you are so optimistic.
I would be super curious to hear how this stuff was actually selling, too! This is strictly anecdotal, but as someone who has been buying T2L stuff since 2013, It's been hard not to notice the massive shift in shelf allocation towards Dimensions.
At every Wal Mart, Toys R Us and Best Buy in town, the Skylanders section has dramatically reduced in size and stock, even when the new game was launching. Amiibo have been reigned in a bit as well. But the LEGO sections are as big or even bigger than they were last year. The question is, how much does that have to do with great LEGO sales vs. poor competitor sales vs. LEGO negotiating for good coverage.
At every Wal Mart, Toys R Us and Best Buy in town, the Skylanders section has dramatically reduced in size and stock, even when the new game was launching. Amiibo have been reigned in a bit as well. But the LEGO sections are as big or even bigger than they were last year. The question is, how much does that have to do with great LEGO sales vs. poor competitor sales vs. LEGO negotiating for good coverage.
WordAssassin
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Year 3 already has the green light. If it goes beyond THAT, well, that's anyone's guess. But the amount of lead time WB needs to secure IPs, then Lego needs to actually make the custom parts and design the sets, let alone the time they need to give Tt to create the game content, means that when Year 1 was coming out they were designing Year 3 stuff already. They definitely had some kind of roadmap of IPs and release dates planned, at the very least:
I personally don't see it going beyond Year 3, though I'd welcome the surprise. But I would be surprised if they ended it before Year 3 came out. That would be Summer 2017. I don't know much about how long it actually takes to make the levels or adventure hubs or battle arenas, but let's say it's 6 months (which I feel is ridiculously short but again I know little about this part of it and I'm just using it for the sake of an example). That means that if Year 3 comes out in September 2017 (Year One was Sept 2015 and Year Two was Sept 2016) they'd start working on the levels in April of next year. Which means that as of April of next year they'd also need to have the licenses ready and the toy designs finalized and ready to start mass production.
Source: I worked for Lego for a couple years so I've heard here and there about how far in advance they plan stuff. For example I think I heard about the DC Superhero Friends sets about a year before they were revealed? I knew about the Green Lantern set they showed off at SDCC at least 6 months before it was revealed too. In the Lego OT we usually see leaks of temp box arts at least 3-4 months before they're officially shown off, let alone go on sale. Think about how far in advance we start hearing rumors about stuff like future versions of iPhones etc and you'll get a general idea on the lead time to bring something to market - obviously a Lego set isn't as complex as an iPhone but the license + physical toys + video game does still take some time to design, create, and bring to market, also taking into consideration the production pipeline for all the other stuff they're making. They're most likely gearing up to start production on Year 3 stuff right now (if they haven't already) even though we won't hear about it until around E3 in June.
I wonder if they have some metric or way of comparing how a Dimensions Story Pack sells VS a standalone Lego game. You and I probably expected Lego Batman Movie The Game and Lego Fantastic Beasts The Game, yet those got Story Packs in Dimensions instead. So the $50 Story Pack plus the cost of the literal and figurative Dimensions Gateway to play it VS a stand-alone $60 game, I wonder which one winds up being more profitable for Lego?
antiquegamer
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For what it worth, GameStop still haven't ship my order that I placed on Black Friday and they send me email last week saying it will be a little bit before my Sonic set get ship out. I have a feeling I will never get another Green Arrow but I got several extra on Black Friday from the local GameStop here. As I mentioned earlier when I went that day, the manager told me no one ask about Dimensions promo and not many people were buying them. Other stores have better promotional price than they do so I was not surprise.
The day after Black Friday I called my closest stores and none had extras. At least they claimed that. Sometimes I can have different luck by walking into the store and checking, but I don't have the time to double check.
Sonic has been a one of the more popular packs, so I guess that's understandable. Personally my order was for the Fantastic Beasts story pack and I threw in a Cyberman fun pack just to get it over the free shipping threshhold. I didn't know this would actually qualify me for TWO green arrows though... not that it matters, since they sent me zero. Haha!
basic_text
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Yep, I can't even get them to download despite having 35GB free. I had to free up around 50-60GB for it to start downloading.
purseowner
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Y'all get many Lego related Xmas goodies?
I got the Sonic and Fantastic Beasts packs.
Same here, + the Potter Team Pack.
Built the Fantastic Beasts set yesterday - surprising amount to build and great set.
Y'all get many Lego related Xmas goodies?
I got the Sonic and Fantastic Beasts packs.
Wanted to get Marceline and Sonic, but I missed all the Xmas sales this year.
The Broken Ska Record
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Y'all get many Lego related Xmas goodies?
I got the Sonic and Fantastic Beasts packs.
Oh god. I got the Ghostbusters 2016 Story pack, the Mission:Impossible Level Pack, the Adventure Time Team Pack, the Sonic Level Pack, the Back to the Future Level Pack, and the Homer Level Pack.
I really need something to store all of them, but do they sell Lego Dimension storage for the figures and vehicles?
They sure do, although it doesn't hold a huge amount,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B011624Q4Q/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B011624Q4Q/
Mister Sloane
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Argos are also doing the same deal - got a starter pack for Christmas so was scouting for deals straight away!