LEGO Con 2021 is Live!
Posted by Huw,
The first LEGO Con virtual event begins later today at 5pm BST, 12pm EDT and 9am PDT.
There's a wide variety of sessions planned, covering everything from Minecraft to Technic. Of most interest to us, though, is a Star Wars set reveal, which the rumour mill is suggesting could be the UCS Republic Gunship.
Update: It's also been announced that the results of the LEGO Ideas We Love Sports contest review will be revealed during the event.
It'll be hosted by Melvin Odoom, presenter of UK LEGO Masters series, and Michelle Khare.
You can watch it for free at LEGO.com/legocon and if you miss it you'll be able to view a recording after it's finished.
Will you be tuning in?
54 likes
99 comments on this article
Let us hope they acquired sufficient bandwith to facilitate all those viewers
Knowing how 'great' the lego website is.... they really should've done this via a 3rd party like how nintendo has it's directs on YouTube.
Pretty much every company whose products I collect does these things on YouTube or Facebook Live. Not the biggest fan of either, but at least you know that won't crash.
@AgentKallus said:
"Knowing how 'great' the lego website is.... they really should've done this via a 3rd party like how nintendo has it's directs on YouTube."
Yeah I agree.
@cody6268 said:
"Pretty much every company whose products I collect does these things on YouTube or Facebook Live. Not the biggest fan of either, but at least you know that won't crash. "
Or like Warhammer Previews on Twitch.
I won't be wasting my time to watch this live. I prefer a recap here at brickset :)
I would like to watch it, but considering I’m about to go to bed and it will start at 2am down here, I’ll just watch it tomorrow afternoon.
That’s if nothing is spoiled.
Hoping for more reveals than just Star Wars. Maybe Seinfeld?
I don't have time to watch the whole thing. I'm sure someone will be kind enough to recap the highlights.
I’ve devoted far too much time to the refresh button with Lego this year already.
I’m enjoying a break :-)
Like the other Aussies on here, I'm curious, but not enough to get up at 2am AEST on a Sunday morning to watch. Maybe if I was 26 and not 46 it'd be a different story, but alas it's getting on for 11pm and I'm off to bed before things start turning into pumpkins!
Enjoy every that manages to watch it live for how ever long the Lego servers manage to stay up!
I'll be watching Denmark vs Wales today in the Euro 2020! I will watch Lego Con later on YouTube or however they offer it. (I am excited to watch it though.)
I don't think I can tune in, so I'll have to watch it later.
What does everyone think the new star wars set is? I would personally love it if it was the Mandalorian armory. But it’ll probably be the Gunship, or the other 800$ Price point UCS set.
If there's only the one Star Wars set announced and that's it for actual Lego announcements, I don't really see a reason to watch this
Betcha a tenner it's gonna be one of the Star Wars sets from that Japanese catalogue a few weeks back! :P
Next article: lego website crashed due to overload of users watching lego con
If they don’t reveal the Republic Gunship my heart will be shattered into pieces
Said it before, but I'm wondering what with all the reveals and leaks over the last few weeks, what have they got left to show us?
Gonna agree with most people here it seems, that it'll be better to just watch the highlights after the event.
I don't think Melvin Odoom is particularly good/interesting/funny as a presenter.
It will be interesting to see the results of the 'We Love Sports' review. Most of the models require what are likely to be unobtainable licenses which doesn't leave many contenders.
@graymattr said:
"I'll be watching Denmark vs Wales today in the Euro 2020! I will watch Lego Con later on YouTube or however they offer it. (I am excited to watch it though.)"
They should do the right thing and push back the Lego Con a couple of hours :D
!!!COME ON WALES!!!
I'll tune in on a second screen while I watch the football, and maybe give it a thorough re-watch afterwards. I think the content will be very kid-focused (as it should be), so I'm not expecting much to interest most AFOLs unless there are true exclusives of un-leaked items.
I'm very keen to see official 2-player demos of Mario as I see a lot of potential there.
Wow there is so much sarcasm in the comments.
And I love it!
@Cooliocdawg said:
"What does everyone think the new star wars set is? I would personally love it if it was the Mandalorian armory. But it’ll probably be the Gunship, or the other 800$ Price point UCS set."
UCS Jar Jar Binks Statue
@Nahmidget said:
" @Cooliocdawg said:
"What does everyone think the new star wars set is? I would personally love it if it was the Mandalorian armory. But it’ll probably be the Gunship, or the other 800$ Price point UCS set."
UCS Jar Jar Binks Statue
"
Honestly, that’d be an interesting set. Lol. That could be the 800$ UCS set!!!
5.02 and it hasn't broken. Well done, Lego.
@BooTheMightyHamster said:
"5.02 and it hasn't broken. Well done, Lego. "
It's broke as a reddish brown plate for me!
Edit: Its working after reload and waiting though.
I was planning on watching live, but we had to take our dog to the vet and ran a bit late, so I’m missing it now, but I’ll probably watch the archived stream later.
Pre-recorded section over.
Live section starts.
Stream starts getting shonky.
Well done, Lego.
I forgot that this stream was meant for a much younger audience... Lets just hope the set reveals are good.
George Gilliatt is currently speaking about LEGO Space. Here is his BrickList, in case anyone is curious about his creations: https://brickset.com/sets/list-40077
I think I'm going to watch the recording later so I can skip though the stuff I'm not interested in.
LOL it broke
Edit: Twice!
@Capslock said:
"Next article: lego website crashed due to overload of users watching lego con"
And that is just what happened, that's a big shame.
@Lordmoral said:
" @Capslock said:
"Next article: lego website crashed due to overload of users watching lego con"
And that is just what happened, that's a big shame."
Refresh, hit play, all back to normal.
This is actually quite smooth and quite good fun.
Who else got bored with the stream and turned it off?
A recap will be more than sufficient.
All those CON-events are always somewhat navel-gazing.
Boy, they are really pushing that Vidiyo marketing.
“Oops, we’ve broken something”…
Pretty darn typical
OOPS, WE'VE BROKEN SOMETHING!
(here we go again). I guess I'll wait for the summary then.
And the most technical issue ridden con goes to..(drum roll)..
Breakey wakey!
It was only a matter of time...
Okay, place your bets people. Will the stream return just as the presenter says
"wow, what an amazing new set and you saw it first here folks, now onto xyz"
They’ve put LLAMA’s music back on to, err, keep us entertained I guess
Okay, I’m getting sound again now. L.L.A.M.A. playing some funky beats or so.
But in all seriousness, when will somebody in that company realize they really need to do something with their IT issues. This is embarrassing..
and they're back
Multi-billion dollar corporation can't figure out how to stream an hour and a half of video without severe tech issues. They didn't even have the foresight to stream it to multiple platforms like YouTube or Twitch. TLG really needs to hire some new web developers because the website has had issues for like half a decade at this point.
@The_Mack said:
"Boy, they are really pushing that Vidiyo marketing. "
Vidiyo is actually a pretty good app experience. £3.99 for a bandmate (or free for a digital one) gets you access to a lot of content, with lots available free on a daily rotating basis. Definitely for kids, but still fun for silly adults :)
Twitch and Youtube can handle 150.000-300.000 viewers on a single stream , why didn't LEGO pick one of those platforms ? ?
How can a company so big have a live event flop like this?
How long does the event last??
Foosball table? Really? Well, apparently we have very different definitions of the word "sport".
Should have a drinking game with how many times she says amazing.
I can understand technical difficulties. Main problem I have with the show it kind of can not decide if it is for kids or adults. For kids there is hell of a talking and for adults there is unbearable amount of artificial coolness. Yes, and virtually no trains.
It's really just a two hour commercial.
@Inflex said:
"...Main problem I have with the show it kind of can not decide if it is for kids or adults. For kids there is hell of a talking and for adults there is unbearable amount of artificial coolness...."
^^Exactly. It was difficult to watch the hosts trying so hard to hype things up to a live audience consisting of a few technicians and a stage manager who contributed sparse applause. Yikes! I felt bad for them.
Just revealing the Moff Gideon Imperial cruiser... which was already leaked...
Aaaand the reveal isn't a reveal.
This has been dreadful.
@TDRM said:
"Just revealing the Moff Gideon Imperial cruiser... which was already leaked..."
For feck sake!
Where is the UCS Gunship?
I sat through 2 hours just to see sets that were already leaked/revealed. No sign of the UCS Gunship or the video game. Sigh. I expected nothing and was still disappointed.
They're not gonna reveal anything meaningful, are they?
I just checked con in the dictionary: here is what I get.
Con: verb, persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically by use of a deception.
On that basis, I assume this Lego con was a total success.
@The_Mack said:
"Boy, they are really pushing that Vidiyo marketing. "
I rest my case...
This was a waste of time. Nothing new.
What an absolute nothing burger... No news or set releases, and these releases were all known about months ago. This event felt like a complete waste of time to watch... how dissapointing
I guess Minecraft fans got to see designs for 3 potential new minifigs for a set next year? I did like seeing the new Mandalorian sets up close though, even if there was no Gunship reveal. The display stand vehicle for the small Slave I is a good idea!
Was really expecting something more exciting. Some of the chat with designers was okay but no big reveal! Rather disappointing. You would have figured they might have shown us something new and cool after watching over an hour. Sigh!
wasted 2 hours of my time, not joining any lego con ever. Start was decent but Q&A submission of question was for nothing ? At least Lego could do for every theme save 5 minutes for answering questions from fans. And exclusive reveals of SW sets ? We already got the pictures for weeks :/
Waste of time - don't bother re-watching if you missed. Only the pre-show was interesting to watch imo.
@HOBBES said:
"I just checked con in the dictionary: here is what I get.
Con: verb, persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically by use of a deception.
On that basis, I assume this Lego con was a total success."
LOL! You beat me to it.
Oh, LEGO...I love ya, but it's not so easy to impress or surprise people these days - AFOLs OR kids. Much of this presentation was a review of the last two weeks of leaked sets. Let's see if you learned any of this for 2022.
-_- the Lego con sucked. Lego does not understand anything. they are like an old man in a world of modern technology. I hope they learn from their mistakes but I have nearly lost hope, which is only sustained because of the 501st battle pack. (Only the best is good enough)
The new UCS Gunship looks amazing! Oh, wait...
@The_Toniboeh said:
"If there's only the one Star Wars set announced and that's it for actual Lego announcements, I don't really see a reason to watch this"
I watched bits of it on & off and I was more than right
@Ayliffe said:
"Betcha a tenner it's gonna be one of the Star Wars sets from that Japanese catalogue a few weeks back! :P"
And thus, it looks like I'm now owed a tenner!
My disappointment was immeasurable. Was really hoping for the titanic reveal, UCS sets, Indiana Jones, adult sets, ideas, and so much more.
"LEGO Con" -- You just got Conned into waisting two hours.
The Humanity!! Oh the HUMANITY!! Won't someone think of the children! My son lost interest a quarter of the way in, I held on until the bitter end and now just wish I used that time scraping my nails on a chalkboard.
@Nagamon said:
"My disappointment was immeasurable. Was really hoping for the titanic reveal, UCS sets, Indiana Jones, adult sets, ideas, and so much more."
Come on.. You expect this convention to show off lego from all themes??? That's crazy talk!
So did they actually announce the UCS set they promised to reveal in their own marketing?
(I couldn’t get on to the site)
@blogzilly said:
"So did they actually announce the UCS set they promised to reveal in their own marketing?
(I couldn’t get on to the site)"
Yup the UCS Vidiyo BOOMBOX.... Seriously lego needs to visit some Lego Conventions like BrickCon or something to understand what they are... I hope you enjoyed your 2 hours of time Blogzilly, me I wasted mine watching legocon...
@thor96 said:
"I won't be wasting my time to watch this live. I prefer a recap here at brickset :)"
It was the biggest waste of two hours of my life that I can never get back. The name Lego CON is creative because they conned me out of part of my life.
@EGRoberts said:
"The Humanity!! Oh the HUMANITY!!...."
Yep, it Hindenburg'd for sure.
As advertised this was definitely a show for kids. From the host to the programming it was pretty clear when it actually started. The best bits were the pre show with spotlight designers and LM Richard and Flynn from LM US.
Bummers of course In SW no UCS reveal and showing of sets already leaked but then Lego didn’t leak those sets so that’s the fault of the fans.
But of course I too won’t be watching next year. Glad to see it but it’s not for me.
Lego Company
When you all sit around the board table on Monday to evaluate this event, give the person a raise who came up with the title of this event. The only part you got right...we were all conned into thinking this would be much better.
Wait, it’s already over. It sound like it was pretty sad.
At least the world of legitimate LEGO fan conventions is safe from TLG’s efforts to develop their own version and take over that space from the fans. (Like what happened to Bricklink)
For a first-time effort, I thought it was pretty good. The first half was better than the second half, but I think in the circumstances they did a decent job of trying to create some buzz. So, the reveals weren't entirely news to those who track every rumour & follow the fan sites religiously, but none of it had been officially released (all now up on Lego.com to tie in with the announcements).
Thank God I forgot to watch this (non-)event.
Haven't watched it yet, heard a lot of bad things about, but I gotta say based on that image getting the girl from Mojang on is a pretty smart move. She's been doing a stellar job with Minecon livestreams these last few years, good idea getting outsider experience.
Well I won't get that time back.
@darthdrauf said:
"-_- the Lego con sucked. Lego does not understand anything. they are like an old man in a world of modern technology. I hope they learn from their mistakes but I have nearly lost hope, which is only sustained because of the 501st battle pack. (Only the best is good enough)
"
A set we still can't buy in Australia. It appeared a couple of months ago and sold out in less than an hour. Lego don't supply some sets very well in Australia but it's rediculous when it's such a popular set.
Okay, I just watched (or skim-watched) it this morning, and what a disappointment. Best part was probably the Star Wars interview, but when we had already seen the leaks, it was a let down.
I just hope they could switch from advertisements to celebration next year, fix the dozens of technical issues on the way and try and give it more of an appeal for all ages. What a train wreck!
However, I must admit, when she said ‘Vidiyo Fans’, I absolutely cracked up.
Gotta say I expected more.
Well, this was as cringe and a waste of time as I predicted it would be.
I'm SO glad I didn't waste time watching it live.
They say they'll do this again in 2022? Yeah...unless you get someone else to organise it, you should probably not bother wasting the resources, LEGO...
I felt like it was like an infomercial you see at 4am with the fake "oh wow" I know it's hard to fill nearly 2 hours of air time and try to keep everyone happy from adult fans who follow things closely to kids who just like playing with Lego
Personally I would have prefered it to be a lighting system that people were initially speculating about from the first teaser
Weak presentations, didnt need to see full size sian, the reveal was poor...was really hoping for more then just one. And sorry Minecraft just doesn't cut if for me (the grandson loves it)
Well, at least they are consistent. The actual event was just as much a disappointment as the original announcement. They should've gone with the lighting kit.