Is this the place to talk about Lego

Yes, no? What about Transformers?

These are pretty tabletop and also Lego.

As are many of these.

Also, I remember reading about a game called Mechaton based around fighting with Lego robots.

Ah yes, Lego. I remember buying some of the sets from their Indiana Jones ripoff. They had a whole series of sets for that, apparently with a plotline attached—and the first guy to be shown dying in one of the pictures in their catalog didn't appear in any of the sets subsequent to the one containing that picture. (By the final set they were down to the hero, his love interest, and a single bad guy.)

I also remember stepping on Legos in the middle of the night. Ugh.

I died playing with Legos.

edited 2nd Jan '11 10:08:55 PM by Neccy60

They have another new Ancient Egypt theme, but i think it's more like The Mummy. Some sets are pretty cool, they have "Anubis Guards" which are about exactly like the ones from Stargate.

You all know you and your friends went into the cafeteria when no one else was around, built battlefields with your legos and simulated wars, and you let that kid with the kinects join in too, just to make it more interesting.

Awesome Lego-based wargame: http://www.brikwars.com/

It actively encourages using everything you have, regardless of genre.

Lego is Minecraft IRL, right?

Pirates vs Construction workers was a favorite of mine, as were Aliens and Astronauts vs Miners and Arctic Dwellers. Never got that submarine set though.

Legos were my childhood love. They are actually a key plot point in an animated series I hope to make.

THE PLURAL OF LEGO IS LEGO DAMNIT!

"LEGO" is the brand/company name. The object are Lego bricks.

It's a funny thing. I have a huge Lego collection and I'm the sort to love building my own things, but I could never dismantle more than one model at a time because I was honestly afraid of mixing up their bricks. My creativity and my perfectionism have always fought each other.

I was inspired by The Lego Movie to start digging through my old Lego pieces. So many pieces. So many memories. I especially remember going ape over the Lego Star Wars sets from The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones, and A New Hope, in addition to the Harry Potter sets, from Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban- the latter of which I just discovered I had a partially-constructed Knight Bus from one of the sets I didn't know I even know I had. (Funny thing, memory).

Going through my sets also reminded me how much I loved the Bionicle franchise, especially the tie-in comics that came in with every other issue of Lego Magazine, published, I think by DC Comics? I just realized, upon closer inspection, how the original masks of the BIONICLE characters looked like they were trying to convey, like this◊ looks like an old-fashioned, almost steampunk diving mask that'd fit into that universe perfectly.

Also, I'm a grown man, but damn, do I want this Doctor Who set.

And even though I find the series a guilty pleasure, I think that turning Sheldon and Leonard's apartment from The Big Bang Theory to be letting the Lego Ideas department running a little too wild with its greenlighting sessions. I mean, I've seen nearly every episode in the nine-season run at least twice (once via TBS and TBS On Demand, and newer episodes on CBS), but I barely remember them making a Lego joke or passing reference in the series to warrant it.

edited 7th Apr '16 6:07:15 AM by Shippudentimes

Appropriate for this forum, I've gotten back into Lego bricks in a huge way in part because they're perfect to use as minis when playing role-playing games. Sure, I had to pick up a ton of the blind bags, but I'm prepared for so many encounters, it's ridiculous.

Also, Nexo Knights and Chima are great for various encounters too. Werewolves, driders(!), all sorts of demons and knights... it's great to incorporate Lego with tabletop RPGs.

In case anyone's interested, I recently discovered an interesting series of You Tube videos called LEGO Rewind. Any thoughts (and Wiki Magic)?