Lego is asking Yu-Gi-Oh followers to design its first potential set primarily based on the cardboard recreation anime, that means 30 years after the manga initially launched, Yu-Gi-pilled millennials may lastly be get to duel in Lego kind. Anime might find yourself being the following profitable frontier for the corporate’s licensed brick empire.
The toy firm has announced a contest for Yu-Gi-Oh followers to submit concepts for a buildable set, however it has a number of guidelines and laws that may slim down the eligible designs. The examples Lego provides embrace fashions of characters and their trademark monsters, reminiscent of Yugi and the Darkish Magician or Kaiba and his Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Dioramas of iconic duels from the anime, or a standalone monster, are additionally allowed.
Lego is particularly on the lookout for concepts primarily based on the Battle Metropolis and Duelist Kingdom event arcs from the unique anime, so in case you had been considering of an concept for a personality in one of many newer anime collection, assume once more. Every concept will need to have between 400 and 2000 items to be thought of. Lego isn’t on the lookout for chump units right here.
That’s all properly and good, however I’m stunned Lego isn’t taking an apparent route and releasing a Millennium Puzzle Lego set when Yugi actually builds his signature pyramid pendant that he wears round his neck like an precise Lego. Possibly if this contest takes off Lego will take into account different Yu-Gi-Oh fashions. That one looks like a no brainer.
Nonetheless, the deal with the unique anime collection does make it sound like Lego is concentrating on older followers who grew up with the basic playing cards and characters, which is in keeping with the advertising of different collaborations just like the Pokémon units that particularly known as out individuals who have again ache and payments to pay.
However hey, these items are costly, require a number of endurance to assemble, and are far more elaborate than the smaller units you see marketed to youngsters. Submissions are open till March 10.
