Disney Infinity Thread of Old Men Buying Plastic Toys

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I bought the starter kit & Rocket Raccoon figure today

so did someone else on the forum

[CatsCatsCats]

 

[Joe Molotov]

Should have bought Groot.

[Dickie Dee]

It looked pretty competent on the Giant Bomb quick look I watched, it also looked like something I probably wouldn't buy :shrug

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I have moved beyond non-games to buying and playing anti-games

[cool breeze]

I played lego batman 2 and lego marvel.  am I still allowed to show my disapproval?

[hampster]

Disney Infinity

I play Skylanders. The figures can wear hats in game. Hats!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I played lego batman 2 and lego marvel.  am I still allowed to show my disapproval?

LEGO Marvel was pretty boss, real talk

[ToxicAdam]

That reminds me, I need to sell all my Wii U shit. Kids never played it more than three times.

[CatsCatsCats]

I played lego batman 2 and lego marvel.  am I still allowed to show my disapproval?

Yes. Lego games are amazing at what they are

[Eel O'Brian]

Change "plastic toys" to "doll babies"

[Mr. Gundam]

Moooom!!! They're action figures!!!! Sheesh.

[Yeti]

I've got mine ordered, looking forward to playing it.

[I'm a Puppy!]

If they made it so you could combine disney universes then I might be interested. But as it is? No thanks.

[Yeti]

What do you mean? That's the whole point of the Toy Box mode.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Really? Maybe I should look at it. I thought I had heard that beyond just basic stuff you couldn't put like the incredibles on the black pearl and such. Maybe I heard wrong?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Really? Maybe I should look at it. I thought I had heard that beyond just basic stuff you couldn't put like the incredibles on the black pearl and such. Maybe I heard wrong?

there are two modes: Play Sets (4-5 hour story campaigns, can only use that Play Set's characters) and Toy Box (do whatever the fuck you want, Minecraft x all Disney characters)

So you can't have Elsa play through the Avengers campaign, but you CAN have her and Tony Stark run around in Toy Box land

[ToxicAdam]

IIRC, you can't really alter the pre-built areas. You also have to use the characters that exist in that area.

The sandbox mode lets you have access to all that you own (or unlock).

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The pre-built areas kind of reminded me of a bad GTA3 clone. Pretty boring stuff, even with two players.

The sandbox mode is a lot more fun, especially with two people.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I'll have to think about it. The main thing is that the kids sort of glutted themselves on Skylanders and really don't have much interest in another portal+action figure game.

[chronovore]

I played lego batman 2 and lego marvel.  am I still allowed to show my disapproval?

You can, but we'll point and laugh at you.

I'll have to think about it. The main thing is that the kids sort of glutted themselves on Skylanders and really don't have much interest in another portal+action figure game.

Does Skylanders allow you to build your own landscapes? That's really half-or-more of Infinity: building your own worlds, even creating your own adventures and gameplay with logic building blocks which can act as basic scripting modules.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I played lego batman 2 and lego marvel.  am I still allowed to show my disapproval?

You can, but we'll point and laugh at you.

I'll have to think about it. The main thing is that the kids sort of glutted themselves on Skylanders and really don't have much interest in another portal+action figure game.

Does Skylanders allow you to build your own landscapes? That's really half-or-more of Infinity: building your own worlds, even creating your own adventures and gameplay with logic building blocks which can act as basic scripting modules.

Yeah, but the kids got Minecraft for that. Sure it doesn't have disney stuff, but they don't really care.

[ToxicAdam]

That's what happened with my kids. They were deep into Minecraft/Roblox when they got Infinity and it just seemed too limiting compared to what they were used to.

So, like some toys, they played around with it long enough to see how you can break it or make it do silly things, rather than try to craft some kind of world with it.

 

[Dennis]

Can I get Elsa?

[Joe Molotov]

Yes.

[chronovore]

Can I get Elsa?

Yeah, oddly, with all the Infinity hype, the first separate PlaySet worlds available were Cars and The Lone Ranger, prior to the movie's release. Frozen was announced and hot on the heels of that, but only offered a bundle of two figures and a Power Disc rather than a full PlaySet.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Update: Disney Infinity is terrible.

[ToxicAdam]

Lawl. Should have looked for bore advice first.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

if anyone wants the PS3 set, lmk

[chronovore]

Update: Disney Infinity is terrible.

What don’t you like about it?

[chronovore]

keep in mind he's not playing it with his kid

Yeah.

I enjoy the game, but it’s mainly fun to get into a free-for-all on some crazy landmass we just conjured. Also, my son is a terrible griefer. He invites friends over and then gives them just enough control explanation to get them functional before terrorizing them.