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  • Cartoon Network and Lego launch Mixels app

    Cartoon Network and Lego launch Mixels app

    MUMBAI: Cartoon Network and Lego have released ‘Calling All Mixels’, a new iOS application based on the entertainment franchise Mixels, which is a collaboration between the two companies.

     

    ‘Calling All Mixels’ features a combination of exploration, combat and strategy. Players need to rescue captured Mixels while discovering new lands, collecting supplies and creating various mixes. They can complete more than 40 quests in three different locations. The game is currently available for purchase in the app store.

     

    Mixels takes place in a world inhabited by colorful creatures that have the ability to combine with one another. They are divided into different element-based tribes – the Infernites, the Cragsters, the Electroids and the trouble-making Nixels.

  • ‘The Simpsons’ to feature as Lego characters for 550th episode

    ‘The Simpsons’ to feature as Lego characters for 550th episode

    MUMBAI: The Fox network’s animated family The Simpsons will soon be getting a plastic makeover on 4 May, as the creators team up with toy manufacturing giant Lego for an entire episode created out of the plastic building blocks, Fox’s consumer products division announced recently.

     

    The episode, entitled Brick Like Me, will see family patriarch Homer Simpson wake up in a Springfield where everyone and everything is made out of Legos, and he must figure his way out before he gets stuck in the plastic world forever.

     

    The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, is the longest-running animated series in the history of US television, making the cartoon family and their catch phrases, such as Homer’s “D’Oh!,” a facet of American pop culture.

     

    Danish company The Lego Group first started producing the plastic construction building blocks in 1949, which have become a popular toy around the world.

     

    The series, which airs on 21st Century Fox’s Fox Television, entered its 25th season last year, and the Lego episode will be its 550th show.

     

    The animation has also been renewed for a 26th season; in which producers have revealed that one longstanding character will die.

     

    Last week’s release of The Lego Movie, featuring superheroes and villains in a world made entirely from Legos, raked in $69.1 million at US and Canadian theaters in its opening weekend. 

  • Cartoon Network adds more fun to its programming line-up

    Cartoon Network adds more fun to its programming line-up

    MUMBAI: Cartoon Network India is all set to launch two new shows – Lego’s Mixels and Steven Universe. The mischievous shorts of Mixels will be telecast every Saturday at 8:00 am and the magical adventures of Steven Universe every Sunday at 10:30 am.

    Talking about shows, Turner International India South Asia sr director and network head – kids, Krishna Desai said, “We are thrilled to launch Lego Mixelsand Steven Universe in Indiathat represent Cartoon Network’s illustrious and trans-global portfolio.The partnership with Lego is the next step in the evolution of Cartoon Network Studios and the way we co-develop original IPs.Steven Universeis our latest and biggest original series, that has been creating waves across the world. Kids in India can look forward to all this new excitement, entertainment, humour, adventure and wackiness on Cartoon Network.”

    Mixels is a groundbreaking global franchise created by the powerhouse partnership of two of the biggest forces in kids’ entertainment – Cartoon Network and the LEGO Group. Mixels is centred around a world of colourful creatures who can mix and combine with each other leading to hilarious and surprising results. They are comical, mischievous creatures that live in tribes of three. Each tribe is based around a unique natural element. The Infernites are fiery and short tempered, but handy for a barbeque. The Cragsters are the industrious mining tribe and the Electroids are a quirky bunch with enough nervous energy to light up the whole world. Nixels, annoying and destructive little creatures, wreak havoc over the Mixel land trying to tear down and break apart the tribes. Mixels will air as two minute shorts every Saturday at 8:00 am starting 15 February 2014.

    Steven Universe is the latest original animated comedy series from Cartoon Network Studios. Steven Universe is about the misadventures of a boy named Steven, the ultimate “little brother” to a team of magical guardians of humanity – the Crystal Gems. Steven may not be as powerful as the Crystal Gems or as savvy.  But that doesn’t stop him from joining his sisters – Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl on their magical adventures and somehow finding a way to save the day! It is created by Emmy and Annie Award-nominated writer and storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar. Steven Universe premieres on 16 February 2014 and will air every Sunday at 10:30 am on Cartoon Network.

     

  • Lego, Marvel team up for online series ‘Maximum Overload’

    Lego, Marvel team up for online series ‘Maximum Overload’

    MUMBAI: Lego and Marvel are teaming up on the 10-episode online series Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload.

    Marvel is launching all 10 of the episodes today exclusively on Disney.com, Disney’s YouTube channel and across Disney’s Roku-and Xbox-connected TV apps.

    Featuring Lego Spider-Man and Marvel’s most popular superheroes and villains, Maximum Overload brings the Marvel universe to a Lego-designed backdrop.

    In the series, the mischievous Loki has found a way to put the “super” in super-villain and is amassing an army to conquer Earth and beyond. His antics are keeping Spider-Man and SHIELD’s finest busy as they tackle old foes who possess new powers.

    Lego and Marvel have been in business for some time, teaming up on a successful Lego toy line as well as video games.

    Lego has become an increasingly active player in Hollywood, with a pair of hit Cartoon Network series – Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu and Legends of Chima. Warner Bros will release The Lego Movie on 7 February 2014.

  • Marvel to bolster Spiderman with consumer products

    MUMBAI: Marvel Entertainment has announced consumer product plans for Spiderman.

    The lineup will cover toys, apparel, home goods, etc. Licensees include Hasbro, Lego, Huffy and Street Flyers.

    Spiderman-themed products to be showcased at the Toy Fair in London include action figures, building sets, bicycles and sporting goods.

  • VH1’s new series features top 100 toys

    VH1’s new series features top 100 toys

    MUMBAI: The hula hoop tops VH1 US’ I Love Toys countdown proving that you are never too old to love toys. From Lego to Mr. Potato Head to Barbie and Candy Land, VH1 is reprising its I Love the ’80s approach for its all new five-part series I Love Toys but with a countdown of the top 100 toys.

    The show will culminate later this month with a 90-minute special that will countdown toys 20-1. I Love Toys offers viewers yet another nostalgic look back at their childhood with the toys that defined their generation. The journey to rank the top 100 toys of all time and setting your inner child free consisted of online voting, sales, historical significance and longevity.

    Each one-hour episode of “I Love Toys” will feature today’s top celebrities, such as Ricky Martin, Rachel Leigh Cook, Lisa Lisa and Biz Markie.

    The top 10 toys of all time include Star Wars Figure, G.I. Joe, Barbie and Lego.