Activision's Skylanders franchise has been a huge success, combining heaps of colorful toys with an evolving video game platform that players can manipulate with their personal collection. Disney and Nintendo have followed with slightly different takes on the toys-to-life concept, and now Lego is jumping into the fray too. The company is partnering with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Traveller's Tales, the publisher and studio responsible for most of the existing Lego games, to create a new series called Lego Dimensions .
A $99.99 "Starter Pack" will launch on September 27th in the US (September 29th in the UK) for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and Wii U. It'll leverage multiple Lego themes, including its original creations and numerous movie tie-ins, such as DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings and Back to the Future. Similar to Disney Infinity and Activision's Skylanders, Lego is focusing first on a "Starter Pack" which includes a copy of the game, a Lego "Toy Pad" and three special minifigures: Gandalf, Batman and Wyldstyle from The Lego Movie.
Based on the box art, it seems players will be able to merge different properties in classic Lego style. The company has already confirmed a couple of standalone expansions for 2015, themed around Back to the Future and Lego Ninjago. They'll be joined by "Fun Packs" featuring other Lego-themed properties, as well as further expansions well into 2016. While the beloved brick-building company is clearly jumping on the bandwagon here, it's arguably one of the better-positioned brands to develop a toys-to-life platform. Our only question is whether, in the future, the special minifigures will be customisable. If we could build our own creations and import them into the game...that would really be something.
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Source: Lego Dimensions, Toys R Us
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