Fifth wave of Dimensions now available
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The fifth wave of LEGO Dimensions expansion packs, the remainder of "series one", is now available for purchase in stores and at shop.LEGO.com:
News about a "series two" of Dimensions sets and game content should emerge in the next few months; most likely at E3 in June. We will keep you all updated!
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Read on after the break for a press release!
LEGO Dimensions Adds Three New Fun Packs Based
on DC Comics, Ghostbusters and LEGO Ninjago
Players Can Grow Their Collection to Create Even Crazier Combinations
with Their Favorite Characters, Vehicles and Gadgets
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today the release of the highly collectable DC Comics Bane, Ghostbusters Slimer and LEGO Ninjago Lloyd Fun Packs. Players can customize their building and gaming adventures in LEGO Dimensions with the purchase of these Wave 5 Fun Packs which provide buildable characters, and rebuildable 3-in-1 vehicles and gadgets with special in-game abilities. All expansion packs provide gamers the opportunity to use everything interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game. Plus, any expansion pack character can unlock the corresponding Adventure World of the same brand to provide players with additional open-world gameplay content based on that entertainment property.
DC Comics fans can broaden their LEGO Dimensions gameplay with the buildable Bane Fun Pack. Players can place the buildable villain on the LEGO Toy Pad to bring him to life in the game, and then activate his Hazard Protection, Big Transform, or Super Stealth abilities to solve puzzles and overpower enemies. His 3-in-1 Drill Driver will boost gameplay, and can be rebuilt into the Bane Dig ‘n Drill and the Bane Drill ‘n Blast for upgraded in-game abilities.
Players who want to slime their enemies can construct Slimer, the glutinous ghost, included in the Ghostbusters Slimer Fun Pack. They can fire his Hot Dog and activate his Boomerang, Sonar Smash, Flying, Dive, Hazard Clean, Illumination, Mini Access and Hazard Protection abilities to solve puzzles and battle enemies. When he needs backup, players can call in the Slime Shooter and rebuild it into a Slime Exploder and Slime Streamer for upgraded powers in the game.
Players can put their ninja skills to the test with the LEGO Ninjago Lloyd Fun Pack, featuring a buildable Lloyd minifigure, two Golden Katanas and rebuildable 3-in-1 Golden Dragon. Players can use Lloyd’s two Golden Katanas and activate his special Spinjitzu, Illumination, Acrobat, Laser Deflector and Stealth abilities to solve puzzles and take on enemies in true Ninja style! When it’s time to take the battle to the sky, launch Lloyd’s Golden Dragon and rebuild it into a Sword Projector Dragon and Mega Flight Dragon for enhanced powers.
These Fun Packs round out the first five waves of LEGO Dimensions expansion packs, with many new expansion packs based on more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands to be revealed soon. The LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack will remain the entry point for a gaming system of play that will offer continued compatibility – everything bought today and expansions added tomorrow will continue to work together. No compatibility chart necessary!
LEGO Dimensions is available for PlayStation4 and PlayStation3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and the Wii U system from Nintendo.
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Maybe we'll get some Star Wars Dimensions characters. Disney just pulled the plug on Disney Infinity.
^ I saw the news! It's certainly a possibility, as well as with other Disney franchises.
I heard a rumor about Sonic the Hedgehog. It's not unlikely they could get the license due to Nintendo being out of the picture construction toy wise, and other unexpected characters (such as Chell and Midway Arcade) have appeared as playable in packs.
Actually am I the only one who wants to see some more LEGO-original stuff such as from Pirates or Castle?
As for Disney Infinity I'm not too surprised. The "toys to life" gimmick is starting to wane some from what I have noticed. Walk into a GameStop and you'll find all the figures from Skylanders and Disney Infinity that people just got tired of after finishing the game due to them being just figurines you can't really play with. I am concerned about Skylanders though, that's the only place Spyro can still be found!
It makes sense actually. Why go through the trouble of having to all the work your self, speaking of Disney, when you are already getting licensing fees from another company like Lego. Let Lego do the legwork with their established gaming system. Hope it comes true.
Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts (and where to find them) are also rumoured to be included in the series 2! Really hope they'll be making sets again of the first and adding the new theme of the second one :)
Just saw the news about Disney Infinity...... WHY, DISNEY, WHY?!?!?!
Disney ending Infinity is major news, and it will be interesting to see what effect it has on Dimensions.
Interesting that a "lack of growth" in the toys-to-life market has been cited as a reason. Perhaps Dimensions has taken the lion's share of the market at Disney's expense.
Welp, looks like Disney's been edged out of the market. Does this mean Disney-owned stuff in Dimensions?!
I will see if I can hunt down the instructions for these new sets.
Do we have any idea of how well Dimensions have done, there have been lots of sales maybe the toys-to-life fad has past?
just wait a bit. they will be on sale for half price.
Do we really think Dimensions will be around for much longer? How much money does Lego have to lose before they pull the plug?
It's a bit suspicious that TLG haven't really released anything concrete already, given that there are now no more packs to come out since initial release. You would have thought that they would want to garner excitement for more expansions and 'strike while the iron's (relatively) hot' but they haven't. I'm aware of the Supergirl images but I'm not a DC completionist so I'm just not interested.
I've been very tactical with my Dimensions purchases - I've only bought one pack (Stay Puft) that's unnecessary to complete the game as of right now unless more 'hire a hero's are offered, but that was more for collectivity than game function. Fortunately with most of the packs the two come hand in hand. Such as Slimer!
I get the impression that Dimensions has performed very well in some countries and poorly in others, at least based on the extensive sales and lack of promotion for recent waves. I am glad of it for the new properties and minifigures but the game itself is lacking in my opinion.
I am a huge fan of dimensions and have every level/team/fun pack. I will be picking the last 3 up this week, Slimer is the one you really need to get 100% completion as he can use sonar smash underwater.
I really hope there is more dimensions to come, (they mentioned a 3 year plan initially). Hopefully they are keeping it quiet until E3. I've heard lots of rumours such as sonic the hedgehog, Harry Potter, ET, Knightrider amongst other franchises which would all be cool but it would be fantastic and I mean really fantastic if they could bring Star Wars to dimensions. Imagine the possible level/team/fun packs that Star Wars could bring and also the open adventure worlds then to mash Star Wars up with all the other franchises would be so much fun and completely mad.
I nerded-out big time with the Portal 2 Dimensions pack. It's one if the great moments in gaming, TT Games utterly nailed that part of it.
The rest of the game could've been better, though.
It says on that press release that there are many new expansion packs to be revealed soon.
Can't wait to see what's coming!!
Dimensions is partners by LEGO and WB. WB owns DC so the Disney Issue isn't quiet as clear.
@kumasawa: "Do we really think Dimensions will be around for much longer? How much money does Lego have to lose before they pull the plug?"
Do you have anything to back this statement up? By most accounts Dimensions has performed beyond the expectations of WB and Tt. There is a three-year plan in place for the franchise.
Picked up the Slimer pack today (dont have/play the game but wanted the Slimer minifig and can't afford the Firehouse HQ). Slimer looks good although I am not yet sure which of the 2 colors (the dark green in this set or the other green in the GBHQ) is closer to the actual movie color (or why they did 2 different colors instead of just going with whichever color is closest to the movie)
I would say Dimensions hasn't done well because everyday on this site there is an Amazon lists of sales and many dimensions sets are 33 to 50% off. Including the console itself. Hardly great pricing power.
I played Dimensions for about 40 hours, then updated my PS4 a couple of weeks ago and it corrupted my save file! I have been waiting on the last three (I have all the others) before restarting the game. The first couple of hours will be re-adding all the characters to it, and then going through the instructions to an already built vehicle!!
I am looking forward to the next series.
I just wish that they would make the game for PC instead of just consoles.
Even though the sets are often on sale here in the US, I can't imagine the sets cost LEGO much to make. I've got to believe that even when the sets are "half off", LEGO is still making money.
The amazing thing is that I've recently seen the LEGO Dimensions game itself on sale for $40 US. That spurred speculation (at least in my mind) that the next wave may require a new game.
Very excited to pick these up when I get the chance. I usually buy these at my local Gamestop for half off so it is an even better deal! These fun packs are great collectibles!
Dimensions itself is a great game but it suffers from a lack of content not present in past LEGO games (before all the needed characters to 100% the games where already IN the game code for you to acquire with in game currency), here you have to invest over $100 to get to 100%, not cool.
Dimensions was a hit with my family for about a week. After that it seemed a hassle to get the board/portal out every time and swapping the characters around wasn't fun any more. If we buy any more packs, it will be just for the Lego pieces. And it will be 50% off.
Most people's evidence that LEGO Dimensions isn't doing well is "look at all the sales/discounts", but from what I've heard, deep discounts like this are a normal part of the toys-to-life market. Everybody wants to have the better price on expansion packs than the other guys. Even before LEGO Dimensions came out I remember some people responding to the high sticker prices with comments like "they'll be marked down in a matter of months, same as Skylanders or Disney Infinity".
According to the LEGO Annual Report for last year, Dimensions did well, and while that may only account for a few months of sales, I'm not sure if it's realistic to imagine sales have plummeted since last year, or that they won't pick up again with the second series of expansions.
So Aanchir, it sounds like price gouging if they purposely set the price twice as high as they need to. They don't discount that much on normal Lego
With Infinity ending. I can see the possibility of Star Wars making an appearance in Dimensions, Marvel is a completely different story though. This is Warner Brothers and Disney having to work together. This is DC and Marvel having to work together. It's highly unlikely...
Those that say 50%+ discounts shows that Dimensions is doing well need to explain how a minifigure, the associated Lego and software development for a fun pack can be done for $5.99 (see some of Amazon prices on this site) and companies still make a profit.
It's not just Infinity: Disney has dropped all its' In House video game development (although Infinity was probably the only AAA title they had). Now it's all third party developed under license stuff.
Wouldnt be at all surprised to see Star Wars in Dimensions in a year or so, if it survives that long (Marvel seems unlikely, as WB publish the game and neither party would be keen on cross play of DC and Marvel characters)