At Comic-Con International in San Diego, Lego Systems Inc. has a slate of activities and events to commemorate 15 years of fun at the convention, including never-before-seen life-sized models, product reveals, and exclusive retail sets.
Highlights for the various Lego lines include the following:
• For Lego Star Wars, a preview of next year’s Lego Star Wars First Order Stormtrooper buildable figure, as well as a life-sized model of the new Stormtrooper from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Lego Master Builders used 35,525 bricks over 325 hours to design and build this never-before-seen model.
• For Lego Super Heroes: DC Comics, a preview of next year’s Lego Super Heroes: DC Comics building set, based on the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The film’s superhero trifecta is immortalized in a custom triptych Lego mosaic built from 82,944 Lego bricks.
• For Lego Marvel Super Heroes, an exclusive Comic-Con International set, Lego Super Heroes: Marvel Throne of Ultron, will be on sale July 10. There will also be a Lego diorama of Marvel’s Hulkbuster and the Hulk, as seen in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, built from 100,643 Lego bricks.
• For Lego Ninjago, the new Lego Ninjago Temple of Airjitzu building set, scheduled to launch on August 1 in Lego Stores and on shop.lego.com, will be displayed for the first time. At the Lego booth, a life-sized Lego model of the Ninjago apprentice character, Lloyd, will be in a rappelling pose.
• For Lego Scooby-Doo, there will be a diorama of life-sized, 2-D Lego comic replicas of Shaggy, Scooby, Fred, Daphne, and Velma, plus their iconic Mystery Machine, assembled by Lego Master Builders from 70,875 Lego bricks.
• For Lego Jurassic World, there will be a life-sized Lego model of actor Chris Pratt as Owen on his motorcycle, constructed by Lego Master Builders from 86,844 Lego bricks. Attendees can also visit with four life-sized raptors—Blue, Delta, Charlie, and Echo—constructed from more than 303,243 Lego bricks, at Nerdist‘s Conival takeover at Petco Park.
• For Lego Ideas, the fan-inspired The Big Bang Theory building set, which will be available for purchase August 1, will be on-hand for preview.