Would You Buy Mad Max LEGO Sets?

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• gmonkey76 ChicagoMember Posts: 1,531

  October 2019 edited October 2019

  If we are going off of the Mel Gibson Mad Max movies yes, Tom Hardy movie no. I would buy a general mad max/post apocalypse theme if done right.

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• klinton CanadaMember Posts: 923

  October 2019

  It'd be rather superfluous at this point, no? Recent Ninjago and TLM2 sets have you more than covered for vehicles and locales.
  

  
  

  Revisiting the æsthetic in a few years with a branded Mad Max theme could be interesting, but I don't see Lego going there. The series is renowned for it's grisly violence, which stands a little too far out of their wheelhouse. They've demonstrated that they're willing to bend their rules, but I think that might be a little too far out there. Stranger Things is likely the extremity of how far they're willing to go. 

  
  

  A new, original theme set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a quirky Lego spin could be fun though!
  

  

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• lowlead USAMember Posts: 48

  October 2019 edited October 2019

  klinton said:

  
  

  ...A new, original theme set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a quirky Lego spin could be fun though!
  

  ^^Agreed.

  You're right, of course, that it might be too soon in light of recent sets like Apocalypseburg, etc...  But a dedicated post-apoc theme that takes heavy cues from Mad Max without an actual license would be pretty fresh if you ask me. 

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• lowlead USAMember Posts: 48

  October 2019

  

  I was hoping this would become a set, too bad!
  

  
  

  

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• klinton CanadaMember Posts: 923

  October 2019

  lowlead said:

  klinton said:

  
  

  ...A new, original theme set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a quirky Lego spin could be fun though!
  

  ^^Agreed.

  You're right, of course, that it might be too soon in light of recent sets like Apocalypseburg, etc...  But a dedicated post-apoc theme that takes heavy cues from Mad Max without an actual license would be pretty fresh if you ask me. 

  Not just Apocalypseburg, eh? Ninjago has scads of stuff that would sate your needs, all the way from the first wave's #2505 and #2506, right up through last year's #70654 and #70655 and tonnes in between. You might want to investigate Ninjago more closely. :)
  

  

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• daewoo TexasMember Posts: 388

  October 2019

  A Mad Max/Road Warrior combo with Speed Champions would be awesome!

  

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• lowlead USAMember Posts: 48

  October 2019 edited October 2019

  klinton said:

  ...Not just Apocalypseburg, eh?...
  

  Oh, I hear ya, that's why I said 'etc...'

  Yep, the Ninjago sets you linked are kinda close, especially 70654 Dieselnaut, but the color palettes and, to a greater degree, the minifigs don't convey the post-apocalyptic vibe I'm speaking of.  To me, Ninjago looks more futuristic and other-worldly.

  Apocalypseburg and a couple other TLM2 sets nail the aeshetic with the minifigs, and left me wondering "What a great stand alone theme this would be."

  daewoo said:

  A Mad Max/Road Warrior combo with Speed Champions would be awesome!

  ^^If they could pack a bunch of detail into Speed Champion-sized vehicles - YES!
  

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• CCC UKMember Posts: 18,312

  October 2019

  I cannot really see them doing Mad Max / Mad Max 2. They aren't exactly kid friendly. Thunderdome is a significantly lighter but again I don't really see it happening when they have done post-apocalyptic stuff in TLM2.
  

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• catwrangler Northern IrelandMember Posts: 1,824

  November 2019

  I always thought Nexo Knights had more than a tinge of Mad Max to it. The timing was great - loved Fury Road at the cinema, started vaguely thinking it'd be nice to build something like that, and voila, a new Lego theme with bizarre war vehicles...

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