Chalk this one up under the list of “Things We’ve Seen Coming.” Warner Bros. Consumer Products, along with DC Entertainment and The LEGO Group have announced that they will be bringing some of the world’s most popular DC Comics Super Heroes into the world of LEGO build-and-play adventures with LEGO DC Universe SUPER HEROES. It’s a multi-year agreement that grants the folks at LEGO access to the entire library of DC Comics characters and stories to inspire LEGO building fun. Construction sets, minifigures, and other buildable characters and creatures inspired by the universe of DC Comics are slated to launch in January 2012.
The collection will feature a number of super heroes and their villainous counterparts in minifig form, including Batman, Robin, Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Bane, Bruce Wayne, Superman, Lex Luthor, and Wonder Woman. Figures are already on display in the LEGO booth at Comic-Con Internation in San Diego July 21-24.
“We have enjoyed a successful, longstanding relationship with The LEGO Group and this agreement enables the vast universe of DC Comics to inspire an array of incredible offerings,” said Karen McTier, executive vice president, domestic licensing and worldwide marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. ”Fans of our legendary Super Heroes and villains will be delighted with the uniquely imaginative creations which only LEGO Group can create.”
If you’re at Comic-Con, and they haven’t run out yet, they’re distributing 3,000 Batman and Green Lantern minifigs as part of the promotion for the sets. You can use these and other LEGO collections to create your own adventures through video, photography, or illustration, then share submissions on www.LEGOSUPERHEROES.com. Entrants will have a chance to win monthly prizes or a grand prize trip to California for exclusive tours of Warner Bros. Studios, WB Animation, and LEGOLAND California.
“Given the fan enthusiasm for previous LEGO BATMAN collections, we couldn’t be more thrilled to continue the build-and-play adventures with new LEGO BATMAN play sets and the addition of other DC Comics properties,” said Jill Wilfert, vice president, licensing and entertainment for The LEGO Group. “This partnership gives builders a chance to recreate the characters, vehicles, and worlds of some of the most iconic Super Heroes, so they can relive the action and even customize it – a proven and winning formula in LEGO construction.”
Terrific, because my LEGO and super hero-loving sons won’t want to add to their collection at all with these at all. And far be it from us to wildly speculate, but doesn’t this pretty much open up the door for LEGO DC Universe: The Videogame, which we’ve been calling for for a while now? Isn’t it pretty much a no-brainer at this point?
