[NEW STUFF] Alien Conquest

[banthafodder]

Looks like the new space line will be Alien conquest. Looks like this is where the blue astronaut and awesome green headed alien will fit in. Those bubble domes look fantastic.

[Draykov]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57393885@N03/5287322111/



7049 Alien Striker
7050 Alien Defender
7051 Tripod Invader
7052 UFO Abduction
7065 Alien Mothership
7066 Earth Defense HQ
7067 Jet-Copter Encounter


Nice!

[banthafodder]

Thanks for the link Draykov. For some reason I couldn't get it to paste.

[Mofo Jones]

I already want a few sets from this line. Flying saucers, FTW!

[banthafodder]

Who wouldn't. It looks like War of the Worlds meets classic space with those blue vehicles with yellow windscreens. I'm all in.

[GIR3691]

Couldn't agree more, banthafodder. This looks like the coolest original theme I've seen in a long time.

[UOldPirate]

This theme reminds me of Tim Burton's Mars Attacks. Very cool, I love the retro look. Big domes and set names like UFO Abuduction, what's not to love?

[Solo]

I'm totally taking credit for recommending an alien invasion theme with flying saucers and tripods way back when Lego was asking for ideas.

[Mofo Jones]

+1 to Solo for the idea. Should I send you a check or well-concealed pennies?

[Solo]

The fact that these exist is payment enough. (That means pay me in sets)

[Mofo Jones]

Right.

[Daz Hoo]

Blue bricks and Trans-Yellow... anyone else thinking Classic Space stuff in disguise?



I'm totally getting excited about this new line!

[Mofo Jones]

I am definitely getting the Tripod and the Flying Saucer type set.

[Marty]

This is something new, and by the looks of it showing a lot of promise.
It's not unlike of of the older UFO sets, though this time with a new twist. I agree with those above that it's a cross between Mars Attacks & War of the worlds, though for the life of me, I wish they had given more thought to this.
It's a great idea, but where is the Leader, and the government smoking guy or army dude when you need him, not to mention Mulder & Scully?
So many unanswered questions, are there sound & lights with these sets, it would be excellent if there was, and it would add a different angle if so?
But whatever the outcome I look forward to these coming to the shops, and who knows it may rekindle my faith it Lego yet.

[meeotch]

While I think you were being a little facetious with some of the suggestions, there is room for some of the ideas (the leader, though you and I may be thinking of two different things). LEGO's typical MO is to have two waves, and in the second wave, there tend to be more "home-base"-type sets (like with Atlantis), along with a slight change to the color pallette (with PM, the change from orange to blue, and with Atlantis, the lime green to yellow), so I'd expect the same thing to happen with this theme.

[Mofo Jones]

I hadn't noticed this until now, but I like how the "T" in Conquest is being abducted.

[banthafodder]

Just noticed that in the lower right hand corner of the UFO abduction and the alien mothership that there is an image of a minifig being pulled into the spaceship. Does this mean we are going to get some magnetized feature to abduct minifigs. That would be cool.

[Draykov]

I'm a little reluctant on that front...I don't want them doing anything weird to the figs to magnetize them.

[Solo]

I'm pretty sure there are light features in some of the alien sets, but no sign of magnets based on the packaging.

[meeotch]

Maybe it comes with a real tractor beam?