Hapori Tohu Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Back in April, Toys 'R' Us had a promotion where you could build and take home a model of Emmet's car from The LEGO Movie. BZPower Member BlueFire was kind enough to get an extra copy for us to review. Read on to check out this little set and see if it's something you should add to your collection! We've also got a polybag giveaway if you watch our video review! View the full article Quote News Forums Q&A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Nice review and a cool little set (finally a free promotional set with useful pieces in even numbers!). You didn't take a picture of the instructions from straight-on where people would be able to build this themselves though, but if anyone is in need of those, here. Question for Black Six: Is that the LG G Watch on your right wrist? It kind of looks like it. Edited June 28, 2014 by Meiko Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 This looks an awfully lot like the Smart Car released about 5 years ago. Hmm... Regardless, it is a cool design and a great chance to get that car again! -CF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 This looks an awfully lot like the Smart Car released about 5 years ago. Hmm... Regardless, it is a cool design and a great chance to get that car again! -CFThat's because Emmet's car in the movie is mostly identical to the Small Car set. I'm glad they did the building event anyway, for those of us who missed out on that set originally (and because the Small Car is still a pretty solid set, especially for a set that size). Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatanui Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) This looks an awfully lot like the Smart Car released about 5 years ago. Hmm... Regardless, it is a cool design and a great chance to get that car again! -CFThat's because Emmet's car in the movie is mostly identical to the Small Car set. I'm glad they did the building event anyway, for those of us who missed out on that set originally (and because the Small Car is still a pretty solid set, especially for a set that size). I genuinely thought they simply reused the model without any modifications for the movie. -Gata Edited June 29, 2014 by Gatanui Quote - Gata Please don't use my avatar or signature without permission, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventum (Mittens) Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Always adored that little scene in the beginning with Emmet's Car. Great to see it was a set, even if it was only a promotional little thing. I wish I had one ;-;Great review BTW, really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 This looks an awfully lot like the Smart Car released about 5 years ago. Hmm... Regardless, it is a cool design and a great chance to get that car again! -CFThat's because Emmet's car in the movie is mostly identical to the Small Car set. I'm glad they did the building event anyway, for those of us who missed out on that set originally (and because the Small Car is still a pretty solid set, especially for a set that size). I genuinely thought they simply reused the model without any modifications for the movie. -Gata I haven't watched the movie all the way through since it left theatres, but I believe the one in the movie had side mirrors (not identical to those on the Toys R Us model, but similar). Checking images on Brickset, the Small Car set seems to have no side mirrors at all. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatanui Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 This looks an awfully lot like the Smart Car released about 5 years ago. Hmm... Regardless, it is a cool design and a great chance to get that car again! -CFThat's because Emmet's car in the movie is mostly identical to the Small Car set. I'm glad they did the building event anyway, for those of us who missed out on that set originally (and because the Small Car is still a pretty solid set, especially for a set that size). I genuinely thought they simply reused the model without any modifications for the movie. -Gata I haven't watched the movie all the way through since it left theatres, but I believe the one in the movie had side mirrors (not identical to those on the Toys R Us model, but similar). Checking images on Brickset, the Small Car set seems to have no side mirrors at all. I know, but I didn't remember that detail when I watched the movie. -Gata Quote - Gata Please don't use my avatar or signature without permission, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) I haven't watched the movie all the way through since it left theatres, but I believe the one in the movie had side mirrors (not identical to those on the Toys R Us model, but similar). Checking images on Brickset, the Small Car set seems to have no side mirrors at all.I know, but I didn't remember that detail when I watched the movie. -Gata To be fair, lots of things had details in the movie that were "left out," so to speak, of the sets. I noticed this when realizing that Metalbeard had a lot more detail and pieces in the movie than he does as a set. I suspect many other movie-to-set things did too, which is probably what inspired that "LEGO Movie-accurate Micro Manager MOC" posted on the front page a few weeks ago. -CF Edited June 30, 2014 by ChocolateFrogs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believe victims Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I haven't watched the movie all the way through since it left theatres, but I believe the one in the movie had side mirrors (not identical to those on the Toys R Us model, but similar). Checking images on Brickset, the Small Car set seems to have no side mirrors at all.I know, but I didn't remember that detail when I watched the movie. -Gata To be fair, lots of things had details in the movie that were "left out," so to speak, of the sets. I noticed this when realizing that Metalbeard had a lot more detail and pieces in the movie than he does as a set. I suspect many other movie-to-set things did too, which is probably what inspired that "LEGO Movie-accurate Micro Manager MOC" posted on the front page a few weeks ago. -CF I built a movie-accurate Metalbeard in LDD, or at least as close as I could get. A lot of his changes seem to be either replacing pieces with pieces that either add more stability or are less dated, or changing the color of a piece to reduce the number of different pieces in the set. Its certainly not as many changes as the downsizing of the Construct-O-Mech and the Sea Cow. (Although, one thing I have to wonder is if at one point, the Metalbeard set was mostly how he looked in the movie, and late changes to his design in the movie resulted in some of the discrepancies?) On an interesting note, I haven't noticed any differences between Benny's Spaceship in the movie and the one in the set, which makes me think there may have been some push for consistency between the set and the movie (moreso than in the other sets). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateFrogs Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) I haven't watched the movie all the way through since it left theatres, but I believe the one in the movie had side mirrors (not identical to those on the Toys R Us model, but similar). Checking images on Brickset, the Small Car set seems to have no side mirrors at all.I know, but I didn't remember that detail when I watched the movie. -Gata To be fair, lots of things had details in the movie that were "left out," so to speak, of the sets. I noticed this when realizing that Metalbeard had a lot more detail and pieces in the movie than he does as a set. I suspect many other movie-to-set things did too, which is probably what inspired that "LEGO Movie-accurate Micro Manager MOC" posted on the front page a few weeks ago. -CF I built a movie-accurate Metalbeard in LDD, or at least as close as I could get. A lot of his changes seem to be either replacing pieces with pieces that either add more stability or are less dated, or changing the color of a piece to reduce the number of different pieces in the set. Its certainly not as many changes as the downsizing of the Construct-O-Mech and the Sea Cow. (Although, one thing I have to wonder is if at one point, the Metalbeard set was mostly how he looked in the movie, and late changes to his design in the movie resulted in some of the discrepancies?) On an interesting note, I haven't noticed any differences between Benny's Spaceship in the movie and the one in the set, which makes me think there may have been some push for consistency between the set and the movie (moreso than in the other sets). I'm really curious to find out how many of the sets were made after the movie was mostly completed and how many were made before, helping inspire what their movie counterparts looked like. I suspect some things, like the 2-in-1 sets, were requested from the set designers and then placed in the movie. Things like Metalbeard and the Construction Mech might even have been made in conjunction with what the set designers could do (to make it a realistic price point) and what they movie makers wanted (something more bulky, larger and impressive). -CF Edited June 30, 2014 by ChocolateFrogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Its kind of weird to me that this polybag doesn't have a Emmet minfig to go with it. But a small promotional set by itself, I find it to be really neat. I actually kind of like the flying car a little more than the regular one, but that is just me. Thanks for the review! Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Its kind of weird to me that this polybag doesn't have a Emmet minfig to go with it. But a small promotional set by itself, I find it to be really neat. I actually kind of like the flying car a little more than the regular one, but that is just me. Thanks for the review!The lack of a minifig is partly because it's NOT a polybag. These Toys R Us building events involve lining up to receive a small ziplock bag and then fill it with the required parts, which are laid out in trays marked with the quantity of each part you need. It's somewhat unsurprising that minifigs aren't among those parts, given their higher cost and the easy opportunity to grab more of certain parts than the model specifies. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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