LEGO Slaps Seal Of Approval On Minecraft-Themed Set
LEGO Slaps Seal Of Approval On Minecraft-Themed Set
Posted 01/25/2012 at 10:50am
| by Brad Chacos
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It doesn't take a genius to figure out why Mojang struck gold with Minecraft: it's basically a grown-up version of Legos, only with virtual blocks instead of real ones. And zombies. Prepare for the line between children's toys and grown-up games to get even blurrier in the coming months. After a petition for a Minecraft-themed Lego set garnered over 10,000 e-signatures, Lego considered the prospect in an official review. As of yesterday, Minecraft Legos are officially a go.
"We're happy to announce that the Minecraft project on LEGO CUUSOO has passed the LEGO review and we are now developing a concept that celebrates the best aspects of building with the LEGO system and in Minecraft," the Lego team announced on its community blog. "We can’t wait to show it to you—but it isn't ready just yet. These things take time, so we appreciate your patience. More details are to come."
Hopefully there are little Lego Minecraft zombies! Once Minecraft Legos hit the street, Mojang has promised that its 1 percent royalty will go to charity.
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The Corrupted One
January 25, 2012 at 6:28pm
Cobranding to the max:
A toy
Based off a game
(loosely) based off that toy.
steevonson
January 25, 2012 at 12:50pm
This has to be for 3-4 year-olds because all I can image are designs to make 1x1 blocks or designs that only use 1x1 blocks.
AETAaAS
January 25, 2012 at 11:27am
If there was one thing that did not need special kits in Lego to replicate, I would have put money on Minecraft. :p
bautrey
January 25, 2012 at 6:23pm
What they probably mean by this is that Mojang receieves 1 percent of the profit off of the Minecraft legos, and all of that profit goes to charity. So its basically everything they make off of the Minecraft legos.
Well I don't think Mojang really needs anymore money anyways...
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