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Lego in Video Games & Video Games as Lego

In this short-form video essay, you will learn(?) about some obscure connections between Lego and Video Games. Everyone knows about the Lego Platformers and the goofy 90s Lego games, but how about the Maplestory Lego knockoffs, Nintendo's attempt at copying Lego bricks, or the Lego skins in Overwatch?

This was the last video filmed for the Molten Permit YouTube channel before I went off to do my own thing. Kermits.Permit and I loved working together, but after moving so far away, and going through a lot of life changes, we had to split up the team for the time being. We both still make videos though. I'll start posting videos from my new channel next time I post a YouTube vid.

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i've started a little series of weekly posts documenting every MoC i made (digitally) over the last few years:

week 2: 2018

my first post on reddit, an effort to document irl MoCs, testing a new renderer, Minecraft cusoo, Lego Movies and Overwatch (ew)

i was obsessed with monocycles as a 17 year old. i made these two specifically to post on my then new reddit account and a lot of the comments under that post were referencing some south park episode. this made me way too upset, because i loathed that show (pretty reasonable, i'd say).

i still kinda like this build even though the wheel doesn't turn, which is like, the main thing that a good wheel should be able to do.

here we've got my oldest ever MoC, a red sewing machine using only three parts, that i made when i was like, four or five.

then there's some micro space ships, including a Bird of Prey and the enterprise.

the last few are semi-minifigure scale, even the ccbs MoC. the last one is still probably one of my favourite MoCs i've made so far. i also like the photo i took of it.

i took these photos with my dslr to document all the Irl MoCs i had on reddit. i think i posted them weekly (kinda like this series).

i think some of the photos look really nice, but a lot of them just don't work.

Stud.io updated their renderer to look more realistic at that time, so i decided to test it by rendering and photgraphing the Cusoo Minecraft Set that i had just bought on amazon. we'll revisit this idea in a later week, where i've tested rendering Lego in Blender

by the way, never buy dicontinued Lego sets on amazon; i payed waaaay to much for this one, especially compared to the prize i would've payed on bricklink.

that Minecraft set inspired me to try out the building style. i still kinda like the way it turned out and we'll see a lot more of this, especially more block-accurate MoCs, in a later week.

the Lego Batman Movie came out around this time and i, being a Doctor who fan, just had to re-make the "british Robots" that appeared in that movie.

this was the first of my MoCs that i made instructions for and i published those to the Bricklink Stud.io Gallery, but it was later deleted becasue it was technically not My own Creation. oh well.

the trailer for The Lego Movie 2 came out later in the year in the year and Apocalypseburg inspired me to build something based on the architecture statue of liberty.

i like both of these almost equally. i think the first one better conveys the look of stacked up containers, but the second one envelopes the statue in a way more convincing way.

i don't really like this Roblox spider.

Lego Overwatch came out around that time, which was really big, because it was the first Theme based on a Video Game after the Minecraft Theme from 2014 (that one doesn't really count though, because it was pretty much inevitable)

i almost immeadly bought the omnic bastion that was exclusive to the Blizzard shop, even though i couldn't care less about Overwatch, because the set was a really cool exclusive that i just needed to have.

i then digitally rebuilt the set and began modding it to have variants based on some of the different skins that were available for Bastion.

2019's going to be a lot, maybe i'll split it into two weeks.

Week 1 next week

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Blizzard is selling a Lego Bastion model right now

Blizzard is selling a Lego Bastion model right now

With the power of Lego and Blizzard combined, some hot new Overwatch merchandise is upon us. Blizzard is now selling the Lego Omnic Bastion set, which has 182 pieces.

Lego Omnic Bastion is $25, and you can order it now through Blizzard’s online store. If you are attending the upcoming BlizzCon fan gathering, you’ll also have the option to purchase it at that time as well. BlizzCon begins November…

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I wasn’t especially impressed with the Official LEGO Bastion so I made my own

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Even though I quit Overwatch a while ago, this is still a cool set I might buy soon.

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Those who attend Blizzcon 2018 will be able to pick up the set for 25$. The rest of the eager collectors should not fear for the set is now available to order for the same price online at the Blizzard Gear store. 

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(via Exclusive limited edition LEGO Overwatch 75987 Omnic Bastion set announced, available now [News])

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hi i just organized my lego collection i like how it looks now (not pictured: my two bastions- omnic bastion and regular bastion)

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Even before those releases though, I did get to ‘try out’ this LegOverwatch thing via the actual first release: The Blizzard-store exclusive Omnic Bastion set, which arrived a couple days ago and I was able to put together. It’s a smaller, simpler set than the above mass-retail release, not being really transformable, but it does make a nice tease for types of things we may expect from the line. That is, this is still a cool little set loaded with personality and detail.

The build does seem more unconventional from what limited experience I have with other Lego sets nowadays, likely as a result of sculpting a larger, articulated figure out of the bricks. Bastion makes use of ball-jointed bits and some hinges to pack in a decent amount of movement, though lacking things like bicep swivels or any type of knees, it’s not quite at proper action-figure levels. The most effective point is probably the head, being entirely on a ball-joint and able to move around and emote as such. And lest that level of posability and the buildable little stand trick you into thinking this is merely meant for display, rest assured there is some play-value in a gimmick: A little launcher built into the gun-arm that lets you fire little clear bits out! Delightful!

Most other details do seem to be there just as fun bonuses, though. The gun on the back has some movement in its connection, seemingly just to make you think you *might* be able to finangle a turret mode. It also includes a teeny little brick-built approximation of Ganymede in his accompanying cardinal color scheme, a cute element that does well to show how nicely Lego can abstractly approximate something in miniature like that. So overall it’s a fun little figure that doesn’t take too long to build, and does well to prime us for a fuller Lego Overwatch experience. Maybe it’ll be more fulfilling to wait for the bigger regular Bastion kit, but this is neat if you need something now.

Good to see you tonight, everyone! Have fun!

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LEGO Overwatch Omnic Bastion 75987 Building Kit 182 Pieces~2018 Set~Brand New https://ift.tt/2PvIhCA

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Lego Exclusive Omnic Bastion now available!

Lego Exclusive Omnic Bastion now available!

Whether you love Overwatch, Lego, or just really dig brick bots in general, this ought to be a fun bit of news for you. Official Overwatch Twitter account @PlayOverwatch reports that the Blizzard exclusive Lego Omnic Bastion kit is now available!

The 182-piece kit of the walking tank platform can now be purchased from the Blizzard website for $25. And yup, he does come with Ganymede!

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LEGO System Overwatch - Bastione Omnic - Set 75987

LEGO System Overwatch – Bastione Omnic – Set 75987

LEGO Overwatch – Bastione Omnic – Set 75987

Il Bastione Omnic, set 75987 è un esclusivo set Overwatchrilasciato nel 2018. Originariamente create per scopi di mantenimento della pace, le unità robotiche Bastion possedevano l’eccezionale capacità di riconfigurarsi rapidamente in modalità cannone d’assalto. Ma durante la crisi Omnica, si rivoltarono contro i loro stessi creatori umani,…

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LEGO Overwatch Omnic Bastion - Stop Motion Video via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2LXKJOr

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I bought all the Overwatch LEGO sets. These are the best.

I love Overwatch. I love LEGO. When the two combined, I couldn’t resist buying all of the themed sets that LEGO released at the start of 2019.

If you’re not quite as enamored with this geeky peanut butter-and-jelly combination as I am, or if you’re on a limited budget and you want to know which sets are the best, I’m here to break it down for you. The list follows from best to worst, with a particular emphasis on the quality of the sets compared to Overwatch’s fantastic character design. Here we go!

The Best: Big Bastion ($50)

If you only get one Overwatch LEGO set, make it this one. The only one of the bunch not at least attempting to build to minifig scale gets a lot of freedom in its design, and it’s a lot better for it. This guy stands about ten inches tall, from the top of his rotating turret gun to the bottom of his surprisingly stable feet. He transforms into turret mode, his head lights up with a special LED brick (no external batteries necessary), and he gets a little buildable Ganymede (that’s the bird) to keep him company.

Bastion’s robotic character design is ideal for a big, beefy LEGO set, and little touches like the decals on his shoulder plates and knobbly accents on his legs really stand out. It looks fantastic on a shelf. The transforming design means you get a lot of flexibility in posing him, too, which is a problem with the tank set below.

The turret mode isn’t all that exciting in and of itself---LEGO isn’t as flexible as polygonal models, after all--and they couldn’t squeeze in a tank mode. But posing Bastion in his standard mode is great fun, and the build is surprisingly simple for such a complex result. It’s the hardest set of the series, and even so, I’d say a ten-year-old would have no problem getting through it.

The Next Best: D.Va and Reinhardt ($40)

The set that probably has people most excited is the combination of two tanks in one box, the Korean mech pilot D.Va and the geriatric German knight Reinhardt. And they’re definitely some of the highlights of the series. If you’re a fan of either character you’ll love the way they’ve been modeled here. Both the MEKA and Reinhardt’s armor look fantastic posed.

Both six-inch tanks come with minifigs: D.Va in her “baby” mobile form and Reinhardt in a miniature version of his armor, which can also be accessorized with a tiny hammer. That said, the scaling is weird: while both match the rest of the minifigs in the other sets, the mech and the armor are about twice the size that they should be at minifig scale---though I appreciate this was the only way to get them both inside with any detail. I do like the inclusion of a sans-helmet Reinhardt option, complete with his flowing snowy locks. The character is so expressive in the game it would be a shame to hide him behind a helmet all the time.

The gamer decals on the MEKA and the bits of livery on the armor are fantastic. But both knight and mech are very unbalanced, and need to be posed in specific ways to keep from tipping over. I wish Reinhardt came with some kind of shield, and D.Va’s mech has only one canon on each arm, instead of the distinctive triple rotating guns in the game. It’s the one sore spot in an otherwise fantastic translation of the game model. I also wish there was some way to secure D.Va inside the mech---she just kind of sits in there, rattling around whenever you move the model.

Even so, both were great fun to build. They’re ideal for desktop companions if you’d like to show off your gaming habits in LEGO form.

The Rest: Dorado Showdown ($30), Tracer vs. Widowmaker ($15), Hanzo vs Genji ($20)

The smallest three sets with minifigs have a focus on the stages themselves: Dorado, Gibraltar, and Hanamura, respectively. They’re also good choices if you want quick, easy builds with a bit of Overwatch flavor, without having to dedicate an hour or more to setting them up.

Among the three, Dorado takes the definite lead. This set includes Soldier 76, Reaper, and McCree, plus the hovertruck payload and a stage-themed arch and market stall. The elements really come together nicely, with minifig scale working well between all of them. The truck is particularly nice as a translation of the game model, with plenty of places to stick the minifigs for posed battles.

Next comes Tracer vs Widowmaker, the cheapest set of the whole line. There’s no scenery to be had between these two rivals, but they can duke it out over a nice rendition of the Gibraltar spaceship payload. The Tracer minifig in particular is a highlight, with her dual-wield pistols, mop head hair, and translucent “blink” trail.

Genji and Hanzo get a minifig recreation of their battle from the Dragons animated short. The Japanese castle interior is nice, but the inclusion of action pieces that shoot dragon-themed discs is kind of forced, and the Yakuza lackey minifig (the only one in the series not of a playable character) is unnecessary. You’re buying this for the great Shimada brothers minifigs.

The Ones To Skip: Watchpoint Gibraltar ($90) and Omnic Crisis Bastion ($25)

The biggest and most expensive set is Watchpoint: Gibraltar, a recreation of the game stage with no less than four minifigs. And these minifigs are popular heroes that many will want: Mercy, Pharah, a wonderful BigFig Winston, and a repeat Reaper with a special smoky shadowstep bottom option.

Unfortunately these figures are saddled with a huge and underwhelming spaceship and launch tower. The ship itself actually has some cool elements, like a pop-out deployment module, crew quarters, and pilot cockpit. But the spaceship at the end of the Gibraltar stage is never part of the actual game, so the massive 15-inch long shuttle feels unnecessary at best, as if LEGO just needed a big set piece for the most expensive Overwatch box on the shelf. (The Overwatch team dropship, the starting point of many maps, would have been a better choice.) 

The launchpad and tower, while having some nice high spots to stick Mercy and Pharah, are likewise mostly unnecessary. Maybe this set would have been better if it had been combined with the Tracer vs Widowmaker set, which includes the themed payload, as the manual none-too-subtly reminds you.

The minifigs are a bit of a mixed bag as well. Winston looks fantastic, but Mercy and Pharah are a bit simple, and Reaper can be had in a much cheaper set, sans the admittedly cool shadowstep feature. All in all, this is one to skip unless you want another rather generic LEGO spaceship or you just have to have Mercy, Pharah, or Winston---its price just isn’t justified by its weak connection to the games.

There’s one last set you won’t find on store shelves: Omnic Crisis Bastion. This much smaller, orange-skinned version of the cheerful robot is exclusive to Blizzard’s online merch store, and it comes with its own placard stand and Ganymede in a matching cardinal skin. This one fits in well with the D.Va and Reinhardt tanks at five inches high, though it’s still way too big to match minifig scale.

With no mode transform option, only two decals on the shoulders, and a high $25 price tag for just 182 pieces, Omnic Crisis Bastion is only for those who love the character but can’t find a place for the much bigger, better Bastion. I have to assume that, since it came out in October, Blizzard wanted a LEGO Overwatch set for its store before Christmas.

Omnic Crisis Bastion is an “exclusive,” and unlike the other widely-distributed sets that can be found in most retail stores stocking LEGO, it may be hard to find later. But even if it is, it won’t be worth the effort.

Minifig Breakdown

Once again I’ll go from best to worst.

Tracer is the face of Overwatch, so it’s good that they nailed her minifig (especially since it appears on all the retail LEGO boxes). Her spiny pistols are faithfully depicted with a few translucent pieces, and the “blink” effect on her backpack looks great and lets her balance while holding the heavy guns. The custom spiky hair is spot-on. LEGO could have left her legs plain orange without much grumbling, but they added a few splashes of paint for straps.

The Winston BigFig is a close second. The Hulk-style figure is a natural fit for his gorilla frame, and both Winston’s torso and arms get custom moldings. His tesla gun and jetpack are both made from only stock pieces with decals, but they’re still very good approximations of the game models. Winston’s also the only tank that fits in with the scale of the other minifigs.

Genji and Hanzo are probably the best minifigs in terms of accessories. Genji’s iconic helmet is rendered well---no face underneath, so you can’t peek. Genji gets his sword and several shurikens, plus a scabbard. Hanzo gets his bow and a quiver for his back, with the single flesh toned arm and custom hair with bandanna insert being highlights.

For a character that’s little more than a cowboy with a few bits of armor, McCree looks great, with excellent painted patterns on both the chest and legs. I love the little detail of a grey left hand, since McCree’s arm is robotic. I just wish they’d given him a custom hat with his Blackwatch band...or painted a tiny “BAMF” on his belt buckle (though I can guess why they left it off).

The Reapers are pretty good: one included in the Dorado set, another in Gibraltar with an optional shadowstep bottom. Granted, it’s hard to get Reaper wrong. Even the oversized shotguns, much bigger than the game model, fit with Reaper’s ridiculous character design. But it is the start of a trend in overscaled guns with these figs.

The “baby” D.Va minifig is also simple, but effective. Her custom hair and headset work well---note the grey and pink paint. And while her gun isn’t custom, it’s all that’s needed to approximate her in-game pistol. A secondary face, complete with bubblegum, is a great inclusion.

Widowmaker’s minifig is serviceable, with a nice custom hair mold that includes paint for her visor. But I wish the visor could fold down---it’s not like LEGO hasn’t done this before. The sniper rifle made out of stock pieces is oversized and looks nothing like her curvy, expandable gun. I know toy guns aren’t a huge focus for LEGO, but it doesn’t even have a rifle stock, just a handle from a smaller gun piece. Widow gets a hook, but no line or separate piece for her to hang from, a la the Spider-Man LEGO sets. 

Soldier 76 suffers from some of the same problems. He’s painted well with good contrasting colors, but his multi-piece gun is ridiculously massive. It’s bigger than the sniper rifle or Pharah’s rocket, and again, looks nothing like Soldier’s intricate machine gun. This character really deserves a custom weapon.

Reinhardt’s minifig is almost unnecessary, since he’s always in his armor. But perhaps being aware of the odd scale of the tank set, LEGO painted a tiny version of his armor on the minifig and includes instructions for a scale-appropriate hammer. Still, seeing Rein as the same size as D.Va and Widow just looks odd. At least they included a hair piece for when you want to see his face outside of the helmet. The tank set also has a spare Overwatch team medallion, as seen in the Honor and Glory short.

Pharah is a let-down. The shoulder pads and attached “wings” don’t do a good job approximating her flight suit---these look like pieces recycled from a Nexo Knights set, with none of the fins or pieces her Iron Man-style getup really needs. The helmet looks good, but there’s no sign of Pharah’s hair or distinctive beads. And finally, there’s no way to elevate her, no jet effects. How can justice rain from above when she’s on the ground? At least her rocket is both correctly-sized and shoots a tiny capsule. 

Mercy is easily the most disappointing of the Overwatch minifigs. The wings attached to her backpack are stock “angel” wings, not the high-tech gliders from the game. Her caduceus staff is just a stick and a hook. And her skin tone face printed on an all-black head looks washed out and doesn’t match the colors of the rest of her outfit. Nice paint on the chest and leg pieces can’t save it. This figure is a big stumble for one of the game’s most visible characters.

If these complaints sound like nit-picks, well, they are. But in a game with an overwhelming amount of attention paid to character design, the Overwatch minifigs would inevitably be the focus of their LEGO sets. They range from great to embarrassing, so if you’re trying to buy a set with your favorite character included, choose accordingly.

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Update: LEGO Overwatch Sets Officially Announced

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By Joe Skrebels

Replace: LEGO and Blizzard have formally introduced the beforehand leaked LEGO Overwatch units on the way in which.

Take a look at the gallery under for formally launched product and field pictures of upcoming units:

Take a look at under for extra on these units:

Tracer vs. Widowmaker – 129 items, Out there Jan. 1 for $14.99

Hanzo vs. Genji – 197 items, Out there Jan. 1 for $19.99

Dorado Showdown – 419 items, Out there Jan. 1 for $29.99

D. Va & Reinhardt – 455 items, Out there Jan. 1 for $39.99

Bastion – 602 items, Out there Jan. 1 for $49.99

Watchpoint: Gibraltar – 730 items, Out there Jan. 1 for $89.99

For extra, you should definitely take a look at the most recent on Overwatch’s new hero Ashe, and try all the opposite large BlizzCon 2018 information to this point under:

Authentic story follows:

Units of Overwatch Lego, together with characters, maps and payloads have now leaked.

Following the official reveal of an Omnic Disaster Bastion set, six extra units seemingly appeared on Goal’s web site, and on YouTuber Ninja Whip’s channel (though each sources have since been deleted), with pictures now posted on Imgur.

The units embrace a Reinhardt and D.Va twin pack, a a lot bigger Bastion (which might be remodeled into turret kind), a bit of the Hanamura map with Genji and Hanzo (based mostly on the Dragons animated brief), a bit of the Gibraltar map that includes Mercy, Pharah and Winston, the Dorado map payload alongside McCree, Soldier: 76 and Reaper, and the Gibraltar map payload that includes Tracer and Widowmaker.

In response to TheBrickFan, the Goal leak indicated that units will vary from $14.99 to $89.99, and will probably be launched from January 2019.

Joe Skrebels is IGN’s UK Information Editor, and he needs Reinhardt actually was as tiny as his minifig contained in the armour. Comply with him on Twitter.

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