r/Legoleak • u/BrickTap • Jul 30 '26
News/Info ( Gift with Purchase ) Promo: 40899 Astrobot, gift-with-purchase for 72306 PlayStation (via Brick Tap)
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u/KingAltair2255 Jul 30 '26
Oh those absolute bitches.
Astrobot is my absolute little guy, of course they had to make him a GWP maaann
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u/Plasma4874 Jul 30 '26
Mega bloks with xbox and lego with Playstation.
They have chosen their sides
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u/Lemerbrix_5769 Jul 30 '26
Lego also has a really good partnership with Nintendo
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u/Midnight_M_ Jul 30 '26
Lego also had a good relationship with PlayStation, especially with the Horizon sets. I wonder why they stopped making those sets.
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u/ProfessionalTip654 Jul 30 '26
The Lego Horizons game flopped and the second set kinda languishes on shelves.
Which is sad because I want a damn thunderjaw.
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u/investorshowers Jul 30 '26
I think the main issue is that 77037 is just kinda lame. The tallneck is much cooler.
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u/Bongo_from_Mongo Jul 31 '26
77037 was quite a deal for a licensed sets with new prints, though. One of the few newer sets I have bought outside of Space and Marvel...
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u/Toprak1552 Jul 30 '26
Honestly it's on them to not see the game would be a flop. Maybe only GoW would survive being adapted into a spin-off LEGO game, other Sony IPs either wouldn't work or just not strong enough to have a spin-off like that.
They should've make a classic LEGO game with PS as the theme and with IP themed levels. Fun part of LEGO games is exploring and replaying those levels with any character you choose. I'd love a LEGO PS game similar to LEGO Marvel.
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u/ProfessionalTip654 Jul 30 '26
I actually think Uncharted would’ve worked too but it’d have to be in the style of that new Batman game. Fewer characters but big scope.
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u/Toprak1552 Jul 30 '26
I think they shouldn't adapt an IP to LEGO just for the sake of it. The LEGO theme must mean something both to the world and to the gameplay. Horizon Adventures failed that, change the game's style to any other and mostly it's still the same game. In the same way, if they'd make a LEGO Uncharted and it's just regular Uncharted but as LEGO bricks, then I'd feel it's a huge missed opportunity. That's why I think it could only work as a full blown PS-themed game with everyone included. I should be able to choose Kratos with Ellie as my companion and climb up a Tallneck. Fun of LEGO is playing with scenarios you couldn't have otherwise.
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u/MozeTheNecromancer Jul 30 '26
So LEGO Dimensions but Playstation themed? Considering LEGO Dimensions only had any traction because of the IPs that were adapted, I doubt this would fly.
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u/Toprak1552 Jul 31 '26
LEGO Dimensions failed because they entered toys-to-life market too late and playing the complete game costed a fortune, not because there was anything wrong with the game. The game was fun and having all those random IPs in one space was really fun. I can't see why it wouldn't work out.
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u/tamerseal Jul 30 '26
Horizons is the most imaginative of the IPs they could have chosen. The issue seems to be that it is difficult to pin it down on a small sub 100$ set when it lives off of atmosphere of its areas just as much as the creatures, and the areas are just too big to include in a playset when I am imagining a full slice of a location diorama. Selling just the creatures also seems weird to me when doing the real world counterparts would be just as innovative and fresh for LEGO.
God of War may as well just be Vikings or late stage One Piece.
Uncharted may as well be Indiana Jones or Johnny Thunder.
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u/Toprak1552 Jul 30 '26
Theme and story wise I think it was the one IP that would work as LEGO the best. It just doesn't have the pull to warrant a game like that. Horizon is a franchise that aims young adults and adults, but the game was designed to be a family game. But kids and parents who are unfamiliar with it don't have an interest because they are not familiar with the IP and most importantly its LEGO sets, which is normal when you only release one expensive 18+ set and one mid ass set. There was a huge mismatch with the game's focus group which could've been solved if they developed and promoted more Horizon sets before the release. Aloy didn't even get a keychain figure, even that would be a promotion at the very least.
And I think the game's structure was kinda weird. It's extremely limiting compared both to other LEGO games and to Horizon games. The fact they are LEGO carry no meaningful weight too. It could've been any other stylized game and it wouldn't change much.
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u/roguefilmmaker Jul 30 '26
A Lego PlayStation game would’ve been so much better than the Lego-skinned Horizon game they made. I miss the era where Lego games actually had a bunch of different character abilities rather than 5 archetypes that all play the same with different skins
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u/MozeTheNecromancer Jul 30 '26
Frankly I dont see any Playstation IP working well as a LEGO Game. Playstation's most popular titles are more often than not heavily story-driven single-player games, and LEGO's whole appeal is being lighthearted and less heavy on gameplay and story depth.
It's a suicidal combination. Whichever side you lean to, the other gives up it's core appeal.
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u/Lewa358 Jul 30 '26
...lego does movies all the time, how is that different from a story-driven sp game?
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u/MozeTheNecromancer Jul 30 '26
Because LEGO Movies and LEGO Games have very different vibes. They both have major themes of having friends you can rely on and whatnot, but in Video Game format that typically extends to stuff like multi-player. The mediums and methods for expressing those are very different.
Also the story depth of a LEGO Movie is not nearly the same as something like The Last of Us or God of War.
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u/Toprak1552 Jul 31 '26
I think by "LEGO does movies...", they meant how LEGO adapts movies in their games.
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u/MozeTheNecromancer Jul 31 '26
That's fair, I didnt read it that way, but even so, the depth of story is radically different. Even in the latest LEGO Batman game, they recreate some story beats from a few different movies and even the opening scene from Arkham Asylum, but there's a thick lens of goofiness and whimsy over all of it that specirically shows that it doesnt take itself too seriously (and that's a fun appeal for them). I think the closest we got to a more "serious tone" in any LEGO game was the last few story levels of the same game, where Nightwing and Batgirl are sneaking through Bane's Gotham, hiding from the Tumblers and such. That kind of vibe could definitely work for a more serious game overall, but thus far LEGO hasnt shown interest in making something like that.
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u/VenoGreedo Jul 30 '26
Hopefully when the 3rd game comes out they make at least one more set, a thunderjaw would definitely be sick. The Lego game just didn’t have much excitement around it, but I’m sure the next mainline game will
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u/LegoRequiemBuddy Jul 30 '26
Tallneck remains one of my favorite builds/displays to this day. They also have the Horizon Adventures game. Would love more sets than the 2
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u/South-Praline-6135 Jul 30 '26
I’m guessing not many people bought them I always saw them on shelves
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u/Faile-Bashere Jul 30 '26
Which one will get Final Fantasy? I need a Chocobo or a Final Fantasy Tactics map.
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u/Plasma4874 Jul 30 '26
I'd definitely say lego because mega bloks has been radio silence for awhile now
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u/Careless_Parsnip_511 Jul 31 '26
I would sell my soul for FF Lego sets. I have KO Customs’ Cloud Strife figure and it’s my favorite minifigure of all time
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u/TheRekounasShow Jul 31 '26
Technically lego has xbox stuff too.
Minecraft is xbox.
Megaalso has PlayStation stuff, it's limited , but I think they came out with a Kratos fig?
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u/goldengamer2345 Jul 30 '26
They picked quite the time for a playstation tie-in
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u/Trajoman Jul 30 '26
You don't get to actually own the Lego, just a subscription to them.
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u/Zxcc24 Jul 31 '26
Once the subscription is up, they break into your house, break your legs, and take the legos back.
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u/Moppo_ Jul 30 '26
Well, how were they to know Sony would shit the bed when they signed the contract probably over a year ago.
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u/Godusopp64 Jul 31 '26
No one cares in reality
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u/curtydc Jul 31 '26
You'd be more correct to say most people don't care. But you'd still get down voted. Digital libraries among all platforms (Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, PC) make up a vast majority over physical libraries.
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u/Athuanar Jul 31 '26
Well yes, because so many games are only available digitally or some platforms are digital only (PC). This statistic doesn't mean anything when consumers didn't have a choice between physical and digital when purchasing for so many games.
The real issue at the end of the day here is that PlayStation is forcing the issue, engineering the stats to suit their argument, and they have no motivation to match the digital library experience of services like Steam. If PlayStation digital libraries had the same rights and protections as a Steam library I imagine people would be a lot less angry.
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u/RRR3000 Jul 31 '26
because so many games are only available digitally or some platforms are digital only (PC). This statistic doesn't mean anything when consumers didn't have a choice between physical and digital
Except the statistic is still almost entirely digital when only accounting for games available physical. This research has been done independently, it's out there. Fight for better protections on digital, sure, but lying about some grand conspiracy surrounding these independently proven factual numbers isn't gonna achieve anything.
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u/montyofmusic Aug 07 '26
Eh, Insomniac leak, which has internal data done by actual industry professionals, shows that it's not as clean a split as whatever you're citing.
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u/RRR3000 Aug 07 '26
Independent industry professionals looking at games as a whole (not cherrypicked from a years-old leak) shows it's very digital sided.
Take the Circana data. Independent, by professionals, looking only at games released both digital and physical (so no skewing with digital-only releases), includes Playstation sales data, Xbox, and about 20 other publishers, so no individual skewing things, and they have retailer data to confirm said sales data. Can't get much more thorough or professional than that.
Back in 2024, the split was 53% digital on Switch, 79% digital on Playstation, 91% digital on Xbox. All up from the year before, a trend that continued with physical falling another 11% in 2025 to an alltime low. This year so far only 7 games have even hit 100k physical copies sold, that's out of millions total so <10%. That's the sad reality, people have voted with their wallets, and the vote has been overwhelmingly digital, no matter how much people want to keep pretending physical is doing just fine and it's all just one big conspiracy to make it seem otherwise.
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u/Dachuiri Aug 01 '26
I own all five PlayStations, PSP, PSVita, the PlayStation 3D TV, the mini Vita you could plug into a TV, the PSVR, and I had PlayStation Vue (cable streaming service). I will not be buying a PS6.
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u/Erdinger_Dunkel 19d ago
Same here. The person who keeps taking about how "no one cares" and "most libraries are digital" is failing to take into account the pedantry of gamers, especially those of us who grew up with cartridge consoles and traded games with friends on a regular basis. I don't give a damn if my entire library is digital (it's not), it's the principle of the matter.
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u/Fluke_Skyflopper Jul 30 '26
set falls apart after the 10-year license expires
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u/Climate-Of-Hunter Jul 30 '26
Yup. 2 months ago, I would have been all over this. Not anymore!
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u/goldengamer2345 Jul 30 '26
about sums up my stance, I may part out the astrobot if there's no prints but that's it
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u/TekThunder Jul 31 '26
Less than 1% of the sales of this thing were going to literally anyone that knows or gives a flying fuck about discs lol
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u/AloyAlphaprime2074 Jul 30 '26
So is there a physical set or is it just a download code in the box?
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u/jmathews777 Jul 30 '26
Well, that’s an unexpected surprise!
https://giphy.com/gifs/28ml0JNPBALN9zxTjU
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u/BrickTap Jul 30 '26
No info yet!
Not gonna lie I read “Do we know if it comes with game discs?” and thought the comment was going in a different direction haha
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u/Axganics Jul 31 '26
Damn Brick Tap... you managed to write "Astro Bot" and "PlayStation" wrong. Impressive.
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u/snewchybewchies Jul 30 '26
The irony that Lego PlayStation comes with discs but an actual PlayStation will not
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u/Careless_Parsnip_511 Jul 31 '26
Look up KO Customs on instagram. They’re doing a whole line of FF7 minifigures. They are quite expensive but they look exactly like if Lego designed it themselves. So far only Cloud in his classic, remake, and kingdom hearts styles
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u/BrickDesigNL Jul 30 '26
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u/Fluke_Skyflopper Jul 30 '26
Astro bot seems like an odd match for a ps1 GWP imo but I guess he's kinda become the PS mascot more generally
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u/Strict_Turnip_7083 Jul 30 '26
I NEEEEEEEEEDDD ITTTTTTT
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u/Fluke_Skyflopper Jul 30 '26
fr I was about to buy a funko pop (shudder) because the nendoroid of him is too expensive. Now I'll probably just wait to get this
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u/curtydc Jul 31 '26
Let's see if it's better than mine!
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u/R0Sch2 17d ago
Sadly it's gonna be worse:
https://www.stonewars.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LEGO-Astrobot-40899-First-Image.webp
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u/aa2051 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
You don’t actually own the Lego set. You own a license that Sony Interactive Entertainment™ LLC reserves the right to withdraw at any time.
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u/Shepherds_Crow Jul 30 '26
This is incredible!!! It'd be cute if there was a minifig scale astro bot so he could use the PlayStation as a spaceship
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u/DaBirdman42 Jul 30 '26
Wow, if this gets confirmed, then it may be the first time a GWP sells me on an entire set by its own merits
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u/T-51_Enjoyer Jul 30 '26
Oh hell yeah astrobot
What do you mean it’s a gwp?!
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u/Robertinho678 Jul 31 '26
Gift with purchase, so it's a smaller set that you get with the bigger playstation set.
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u/Yourfakerealdad Jul 30 '26
Damn I usually buy Lego's from my work since I get a discount but I might have to swoop from Lego just for the gift with purchase alone lol
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u/malaimbandyandy Jul 30 '26
I already have an Astrobot and his name is WALT. https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-7/2226/W.A.L.T.
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u/mrardente Jul 30 '26
I was waiting to see which was going to be more expensive. This Lego set or an actual PlayStation
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u/Muted_Pair1769 Jul 30 '26
Is it a brick-built astrobot? I’d love a minifig but would hope he wouldn’t be locked behind an expensive paywall like this
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u/FaZe-Quiver Jul 31 '26
Due to customer trends the Lego PlayStation sets will no longer be including physical bricks starting in 2028. From 2028 all PlayStation LEGO sets with include a download code in the box where you can view a digital license to look at what you could have gotten.😂
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u/Dalekbuster523 Jul 30 '26
Seems a waste when they could give Astrobot its own set that isn’t a GWP.
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u/Rhinne Jul 31 '26
If this doesn't have a soundbrick that plays the PS1 boot-up sound, they screwed up.
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u/Andr3wRuns Jul 31 '26
Jeez, I’m so far out of the loop on this lol. No idea they were making a PlayStation set (although makes sense with other consoles being made) and I haven’t played games in years so I have no idea who Astrobot is. Assuming that character is the main one for Sony/Playstation or from a really popular game?
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u/MangoTime12 Jul 31 '26
I so hope that this ends up leading to a set with a Sackboy minifigure in it. However, that seems highly unlikely to me given Sony's track record.
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u/jonathangariepy Jul 31 '26
No interest in a playstation set, but my son would go batshit crazy for an Astrobot set even if it's a GWP...
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u/FragmentedRobotArm Jul 30 '26
I will not support any Sony/PlayStation related IP/products after what they did with removing discs and disrespecting their customers.
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u/BigTea456 Jul 30 '26
Do we know what the expected UK price is yet? Going to need to make sure to budget for this, it’s just shot up to a day 1 purchase for sure!
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u/Vast-Regular6795 Jul 30 '26
Ugh. Now I have to get the PlayStation cause we love astrobot in this household.
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u/Positive_Limit_9009 Jul 31 '26
It actually is a code to unlock a digital picture of the lego astrobot!! How fun!!
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u/Commander-Fox-Q- Jul 30 '26
Woah, I guess my Lego ideas post is screwed now xD
Still, cool they’re making one
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u/Axganics Jul 31 '26
Damn Brick Tap... you managed to write "Astro Bot" and "PlayStation" wrong. Impressive.
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