LEGO have officially unveiled all the sets from the first wave of VIDIYO – its newest, wacky, Tik-Tok meets augmented reality meets LEGO theme.
The first wave of sets will see a mix of 6 Beatboxes and 12 Bandmates that will be released on 1 March 2021.
You can also download the app on the App Store (iOS) or on Google Play (Android)
The six BeatBoxes and 12 Bandmate characters introduced today are:
Each beatbox will retail US$19 / AU$25.99 / €19 and the Bandmates (which come in the blindbag format) are US$4.99 / AU$$5.99 / €19, so not too pricey!
- 43102 ‘Candy Pop’ in the Candy Mermaid BeatBox (Pop)
- 43103 ‘Pirate Punk’ in the Punk Pirate Beatbox (Punk)
- 43104 ‘Alien DJ’ in the Extra Terrestrial Dance Music BeatBox (ETDM)
- 43105 ‘Party Llama’ in the Party Llama BeatBox (Tropicon)
- 43106 ‘Unicorn DJ’ in the Unicorn DJ BeatBox (K-pawp)
- 43107 ‘Robot Break-dancer’ in the HipHop Robot BeatBox (HipHop)
- 43101 Bandmates: Red Panda Dancer; Cotton Candy Cheerleader; Shark Singer; Bunny Dancer; Discowboy Singer; Genie Dancer; Samurapper; DJ Cheetah; Ice Cream Saxophonist; Alien Keytarist; Banshee Singer; Werewolf Drummer
43102 ‘Candy Pop’ in the Candy Mermaid BeatBox (Pop)
43105 ‘Party Llama’ in the Party Llama BeatBox (Tropicon)
43106 ‘Unicorn DJ’ in the Unicorn DJ BeatBox (K-pawp)
43104 ‘Alien DJ’ in the Extra Terrestrial Dance Music BeatBox (ETDM)
43103 ‘Pirate Punk’ in the Punk Pirate Beatbox (Punk)
43107 ‘Robot Break-dancer’ in the HipHop Robot BeatBox (HipHop)
Bandmates
BeatBits
BeatBit Effects
Be sure to read my first impressions for my early thoughts on this theme.
Given the way Target have been advertising Lego Vidiyo on their website and in their newsletter, I’m wondering whether this theme will be exclusive to Target.
Despite both website and newsletter stating coming 1 March, my local Target had some on the shelf this morning. Beatboxes scanning at $22 and Bandmate blind boxes $5. They only had the DJ Unicorn and Punk Pirate Beatboxes so I passed on them. I did get 2 Bandmate blind boxes – the wolf and the purple genie with the tamborine. It was a full box and I picked the 4th one from the front and the last one, both on the right hand side. Don’t know which minifigure was in which spot as the boxes got mixed up, but that might help someone.
As someone who can identify minifigures in blind bags and doesn’t have money to waste, I don’t like blind boxes. At least all the Lego inside is in a plastic bag
There won’t be any retail exclusivity for Vidiyo – it’s a wide release and will be available everywhere.
Lucky you, I’ve been waiting for them to pop up in my local Kmart but no luck yet!
I don’t like blind boxes too, but at least it’ll be (slightly) better for the environment.
These are some of the most vibrant, crazy minifigure designs I’ve ever seen. I want all of them!! (Well, except the fairly ordinary cowboy and dude in the purple helmet… Sorry to them, but contrasted with the wacky animals, supernatural creatures, and living ice cream, they just don’t stand out anymore.)
The cheerleader is a supernatural creature?
The cheerleader looks like a take on the N-Pop Girl from the Ninjago CMF series…
Well, maybe she’s half-cotton-candy 😛 I forgot about the cheerleader, the bright pink-and-blue makes her stand out more than the other 2 humans IMO.
I like them all, it’s nice to see LEGO have fun again with minifigure design!
Hmm, a lot of those fig parts could be useful for figbarfing space, sci-fi and cyberpunk figs, and the BeatBits would be useful for LP covers or posters.
I’m unsure of the box parts, though, possibly they could be used for air vents/ locks or windows or something, depending on how they are constructed. I’d wait for a review…
And I also want that teal hairpiece from the video you posted on your Facebook page…
https://www.facebook.com/jaysbrickblog/posts/3584864021643212
But yeah, for yout next video, the Zig-Ah-Zig-Ah Stardusts and chicken bodily functions really add something else to the mxi!
https://www.facebook.com/jaysbrickblog/videos/149821100318325/
Yes, I really hope we get some of these parts seen in the app. Some really cool torso designs you can unlock and stuff within it.
So is this what they sacrificed Hidden Side for?
Apparently. Wait, hidden side is going poof?
Lego is constantly cancelling themes after 2-3 years, if the sales aren’t considered impressive enough. If the theme performs worse than expected, the shelf time could be reduced to 1-2 years.
Ninjago was supposed to be cancelled after only three years, but the sales were unexpectedly good, so it stuck as a core theme, where designers were allowed to experiment with new sub-themes.
I know that. I just didn’t know that it was being cancelled
Don’t think a sacrifice would be well received if it wasn’t that alive to begin with…
While the theme is not of any interest to me, I like the look of some of those minifigs. Also you called Party Llama’s name in your initial post
Haha yes! Very pleased to see them use that name – it’s perfect!
I wonder if it was something else and Lego saw your blog post and thought ‘That’s a good name’ and changed it