Lego Finally Announces Minecraft-Themed Sets

[exfileme]

Lego is officially launching a Minecraft-themed set this summer.

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[A Bad Day]

That guy's face, looks creepy...

 

[joytech22]

1% to charity?
Still a lot of money, but couldn't they have done at least 5%?

It just seems kinda insignificant.

 

[one-shot]

[citation][nom]joytech22[/nom]1% to charity?Still a lot of money, but couldn't they have done at least 5%?It just seems kinda insignificant.[/citation]

It's better than 0%

 

[dormantreign]

but not as good as 5%

 

[runswindows95]

When I first saw Minecraft, I thought "It looks like Legos". I had a feeling it was a matter of time before this would happen.

 

[Yrusoad]

I'm not buying those. I have Steam.

 

[kinggremlin]

[citation][nom]joytech22[/nom]1% to charity?Still a lot of money, but couldn't they have done at least 5%?It just seems kinda insignificant.[/citation]

1% is 100% of what they are making from this deal. That isn't enough? You can't please anyone these days.

 

[alidan]

legos are horrifically overpriced. i would love to know the profit margin on them, because how much does it cost to fill a mold, and pop it out? i would still buy legos today if the price was anywhere close to reasonable.

generic 405 piece lego kit - 30$
generic 650 piece lego kit - 30$
10x10 lego mat = 10$

anyone ever play with legos here?
anyone really know what 1 405 lego bucket kit can build? basically nothing, you need at lest 2 of them to build anything interesting.

good thing we have digital programs now that are lego based, or even minecraft where its not lego exactly, but its close enough.

you know i would love to see a lego mmo like game... give players unlimited blocks and such, and give them a large but limited area to work with, but let them go as high or low as possible.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]legos are horrifically overpriced. i would love to know the profit margin on them, because how much does it cost to fill a mold, and pop it out? i would still buy legos today if the price was anywhere close to reasonable.generic 405 piece lego kit - 30$generic 650 piece lego kit - 30$10x10 lego mat = 10$anyone ever play with legos here? anyone really know what 1 405 lego bucket kit can build? basically nothing, you need at lest 2 of them to build anything interesting.good thing we have digital programs now that are lego based, or even minecraft where its not lego exactly, but its close enough. you know i would love to see a lego mmo like game... give players unlimited blocks and such, and give them a large but limited area to work with, but let them go as high or low as possible.[/citation]

I know what you mean... I'd buy lots of sets if they'd cost less. Cool-looking stuff can be made with them, but prices are ridiculous.

 

[bin1127]

the charity figure is just for PR sakes. It's like Phillip Morris donating money for cancer research.

 

[Guest]

I don't understand why Lego haven't bought minecraft allready. Instead they tried with lego universe and failed

 

[kaisellgren]

I'm jealous that today's kids get to enjoy this when I did not in the past!

 

[JonnyDough]

[citation][nom]one-shot[/nom]It's better than 0%[/citation]

Philanthropy: The act of giving, which in turn helps your PR department.

 

[elcentral]

[citation][nom]dadadedeto[/nom]I thought "It looks like Legos". I had a feeling it was a matter of time before this would happen.[/citation]

yes its the 100% of notch profit we arent complaning of him but the 70% lego get in proffit appart fron produsing etc

 

[elcentral]

why cant i learn how this toms chat works sorry dadadeto

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]amk-aka-Phantom[/nom]I know what you mean... I'd buy lots of sets if they'd cost less. Cool-looking stuff can be made with them, but prices are ridiculous.[/citation]
sets i can kind of understand costing more, if you are talking about the just have enough for the bluprint made model kind, and not a generic set, but at the same time, they REALLY over charge the crap out of sets.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]legos are horrifically overpriced. i would love to know the profit margin on them, because how much does it cost to fill a mold, and pop it out? i would still buy legos today if the price was anywhere close to reasonable.generic 405 piece lego kit - 30$generic 650 piece lego kit - 30$10x10 lego mat = 10$anyone ever play with legos here? anyone really know what 1 405 lego bucket kit can build? basically nothing, you need at lest 2 of them to build anything interesting.good thing we have digital programs now that are lego based, or even minecraft where its not lego exactly, but its close enough. you know i would love to see a lego mmo like game... give players unlimited blocks and such, and give them a large but limited area to work with, but let them go as high or low as possible.[/citation]

Ebay, craigslist, garage sales etc. I've snagged a 25gal storage tub of them for $10, Got some extra gears-n-axles from the website, then added all that to a mindstorms I got for christmas.

 

[eddieroolz]

I like that creeper. Can I buy just that?

 

[gtvr]

Minecraft's cut from this Lego product is apparently 1% of the proceeds from Lego. Notch says they are giving that to charity. He's not obligated to give a damn thing to charity, but he is giving away what could be a decent amount of money - all that he is getting from this promotion.

Clear enough now?

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]you know i would love to see a lego mmo like game... give players unlimited blocks and such, and give them a large but limited area to work with, but let them go as high or low as possible.[/citation]
Well there is Lego Universe, which is an MMO but it kinda blows... Minecraft is kinda like what you are talking about, maybe you should try it.