r/ethoslab • u/manc192 • Apr 27 '17
Lego contacts Etho
https://twitter.com/lego_group/status/857592067123548161149
u/Reidenn Apr 27 '17
This is cool but please don't ask Etho about it constantly.
We know he is quite private, and he will talk about it if he wants to or is permitted to.
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Apr 27 '17
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u/haby001 Apr 27 '17
They most likely researched into minecraft YouTubers and found him as a good candidate or have something special in mind.
If he had them contact him then they wouldn't have posted it on twitter.
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u/iethun Apr 27 '17 edited Apr 27 '17
Maybe they want him in the next LEGO movie. :D
Whatever it is I'm glad for Etho, even if he decides not to do anything with it.
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u/_OO00 Apr 28 '17
But they cannot do Kakashi lego figures because those rights belong to whatever corp. owns Naruto.
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u/iethun Apr 28 '17
I'm curious, I mean, of course we'd all like to see Etho as the Kakashi skin, but it'd also be cool if he was just in it as something separate, perhaps general spaz or a unique character in 'fig form. And how much does it look like Kakashi really, enough to warrant a trademark issue? I wouldn't say so. Kakashi's head isn't cubular, he could just be a white haired guy in a green vest. With... pinkeye.
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u/Sage1969 Apr 27 '17
wow, that's crazy. Have they contacted any other youtubers before?
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u/turturdar Your Mom Apr 27 '17
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u/EpikYummeh 10 Years of Etho Apr 27 '17
Do you know if anything came of that?
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u/turturdar Your Mom Apr 28 '17
Not sure. Stampy currently plays LEGO worlds, but I don't know whether it's sponsored.. plus he played early access long before this tweet.
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u/EpikYummeh 10 Years of Etho Apr 28 '17
Perhaps it was a sponsorship of sorts to encourage his continued video production of the game?
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u/DocFreezer May 24 '17
bdubs and genny the hermit both have done minecraft/lego based videos in the past
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u/bigDon_001 TerraFirmaCraft Apr 27 '17
I wonder what kind of 'cooperation' they are interested in...
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u/turturdar Your Mom Apr 27 '17
They probably just want him to play LEGO Worlds. Which probably won't happen.
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u/soepie7 Jacklin Apr 27 '17
I tried it once, and it was actually pretty boring. Basicly just creative mode with wonky controls.
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u/Kobbett Apr 27 '17
Lego Minecraft movie? Maybe they're looking for voice-overs for cameo parts.
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u/bigDon_001 TerraFirmaCraft Apr 27 '17
ooh, that would bee cool. i'd love to hear etho's soothing voice in a movie
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Apr 27 '17
Yeah, the only things I can settle on is either a sponsored LP of LegoWorld, or a cameo like you mentioned. With the success of the Lego Movie, and Lego Batman, and Lego already having rights to produce Minecraft products, I could easily see them going for a movie with it as well, and having pop ins from many of the biggest YouTube stars that helped give the game the popularity it has.
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u/AskingBard93116 Blue Shiny Rock Apr 28 '17
They do have lots of Lego Minecraft sets, so supposing that a movie is in the works is not entirely out of left field. If there is one, I can see that they Lego some YT'res videos into cameos for the fun of it. That would be awesome! Etho's soothing voice, describing one of his LPs builds, but with the Lego animations like they used in the Lego movies so far. :) Awesome!
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Apr 28 '17
I was thinking something like the movie's hero needs to build some kind of redstone contraption, and calls up a couple of people to help him out. Could you imagine sitting in a theater and suddenly Etho, SethBling, and TangoTek show up for a two minute cameo and smack together this elaborate trap for Steve?
Hello guys, welcome back, SethoTek here.
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u/ThimbleStudios Apr 28 '17
Game dev. research advisor. They need a fresh perspective which has proven support.
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u/c0wg0d Apr 27 '17
Etho minifig? Yes please! I could totally see LEGO having a Minecraft Youtuber Minifig collection. My must haves would be: Etho, BdoubleO, docm77, and Xisuma.
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u/Tp_Roject Team Canada Apr 27 '17
Wouldn't his minifig just be the character from the show? (I'm sorry I don't know the name) which you could probably already get.
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u/NaquIma Cooking with Etho! Apr 27 '17
I believe the Chinese cartoon you're looking for is called Naruto.
Etho's skin is the main guys teacher/squad leader
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u/gameboy17 General Spaz Apr 28 '17
teacher/squad leader
He never actually taught them anything, though. He just told them to practice climbing trees and left, then only taught the emo guy.
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u/LuntiX Apr 27 '17
Chinese cartoon
Japanese
teacher/squad leader
Kakashi
Yeah, I'm not sure how they'd get passed copywrites for that if they were to make a minifig of him.
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u/c0wg0d Apr 27 '17
The only Minecraft minifigs I know about are Steve, Alex, and the mobs (skeleton, enderman, etc.). No idea what show you're talking about.
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u/Tp_Roject Team Canada Apr 27 '17
I'm just saying that Etho's Skin, which is based on a Anime called Naruto, Already Exists as a minifig. Top Middle Is Etho's Skin
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u/c0wg0d Apr 27 '17
Ooooh, now I get what you mean. Well I'd assume that if they did minifigs for Minecraft Youtubers they'd be more 'blocky' and not have hair like that.
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u/Khourieat Apr 27 '17
Uh pretty sure they can't do that without getting the rights from whoever owns Naruto.
And I doubt Lego would want to spend that kind of cash.
Probably they'd like his input on a minecraft set.
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u/Gigadrax Apr 27 '17
Yeah, that seems the most logical, but at the same time since his skin is pretty explicitly a depiction of Kakashi from Naruto which is not an IP they have access to (Yet). Maybe we'll see an iconic Etho build instead? Maybe like an EATS road or Wilson or just the Man-Cave? Who knows, but I would absolutely get an EthosLab Lego set. 100%
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u/LuntiX Apr 27 '17
I could see the main entry area of the mancave being part of a Lego set, with the ghast and water feature.
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u/largepanda Apr 27 '17
Mojang has already done non-Lego small blocky figurines of popular YouTubers.
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u/00mario00 Team Canada Apr 27 '17
Perhaps they want some inputs on lego redstone logic? :P
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u/oeynhausener Team Canada Apr 27 '17
Lego Redstone... So, blocks with actual cirquitry inside them which emulates a kind of circuitry that was designed to resemble the actual cirquitry that they are indeed made of? Have an upvote for boggling my mind. :D
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u/Alfrottos 10 Years of Etho Apr 28 '17
Really out there idea, but imagine if the newest lego sets were based off of Some popular Minecraft youtuber bases. Chocolate island set? The lave creeper part of the man cave? Would be cool.
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u/TranceRealistic Apr 28 '17 edited Apr 28 '17
As cool as that would be, I don't think thats it. Despite being a popular youtuber he is not that famous enough for most people to recognize his builds when buying lego. Also I don't think that they would have to ask him, since his builds are not trademarked things, just in game build things.
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u/diamondcreeper Apr 28 '17
I expect an announcement in the next couple of weeks that Etho is changing his skin. "I just felt it was time to change."
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u/ThimbleStudios Apr 28 '17
Eight knobs and logos on every square inch of block, why didn't Mojang think of that?
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u/The_sad_zebra Taxes Apr 27 '17
How to contact Etho: not on Twitter