Chima is a ripoff of Thundercats

I noticed at Walmart this toylline called Chima. It looks like a ripoff of Thundercats. The leader has a lion head with red hair like lion-o and the villian is some kind of crocidile. I saw the toys in the lego asle and they have a dvd out too. WTF? Any thoughts fellow fans?

I haven't really been paying attention to that show.

Actually it's not. Its closer compared to battle beasts.

"ninja cat, post: 91493" said:

Actually it's not. Its closer compared to battle beasts.

I agree 100%.

It's a Lego franchise ripping off ThunderCats in order to compete with Battle Beasts.

"Dr_SLUMP, post: 91508" said:

It's a Lego franchise ripping off ThunderCats in order to compete with Battle Beasts.

I doubt competing with Battle Beasts was top of Lego's list since the current Battle Beast line is a Diamond Select exclusive and not exactly making them millions.

The Chima motorized lego set has something that is similar to a thundertank vehicle but its not grey and a bit taller. I was considering buying ti to go along with my minimates Thundercats.

Dan Norton mentioned on Facebook once that stuff from Chima looked a LOT like stuff from a packet they sent Lego for a ThunderCats pitch that Lego didn't accept. Check out the similarities between the Armor of Omens and the "CHI" version of Laval.

"balgus82, post: 91518" said:

Dan Norton mentioned on Facebook once that stuff from Chima looked a LOT like stuff from a packet they sent Lego for a ThunderCats pitch that Lego didn't accept. Check out the similarities between the Armor of Omens and the "CHI" version of Laval.

I hadn't heard that before. I would be very interested to see what they sent. It would have been awesome to have official Thundercats Legos.

Their pitch to Lego would have allowed those people at Lego to watch some of the NS and that is probably why they were not interested.
Besides from not being very kid friendly there really wasn't a lot of vehicles or play sets they could make to relate to certain episodes of the NS.....now if it had been the OS there would have been a lot of vehicles and play sets they could have made, but without a TV show or comic etc to promote it Lego still would not be interested.

I still recall Dan Norton saying that Chima sealed the NS fate, which was nonsense as the NS was in trouble before anyone even heard of Chima.

Chima isn't a ripoff. In order to be a ripoff, it would also have to take at least some of the quality from the NS. If any of you have seen the show, you know what I mean. At least it's getting abysmal ratings.

"hammy0924, post: 91539" said:

Chima isn't a ripoff. In order to be a ripoff, it would also have to take at least some of the quality from the NS. If any of you have seen the show, you know what I mean. At least it's getting abysmal ratings.

Yep, the Chima show is terrible....well I only watched one episode but that was more than enough.

"Mark M, post: 91537" said:

Their pitch to Lego would have allowed those people at Lego to watch some of the NS and that is probably why they were not interested.
Besides from not being very kid friendly there really wasn't a lot of vehicles or play sets they could make to relate to certain episodes of the NS.....now if it had been the OS there would have been a lot of vehicles and play sets they could have made, but without a TV show or comic etc to promote it Lego still would not be interested.

I still recall Dan Norton saying that Chima sealed the NS fate, which was nonsense as the NS was in trouble before anyone even heard of Chima.

ThunderCats wasn't any less kid friendly than Star Wars or Batman or other franchises they use.

"balgus82, post: 91561" said:

ThunderCats wasn't any less kid friendly than Star Wars or Batman or other franchises they use.

It depends on what you class as being kid friendly.

Walmart has a giant lego Chima clock in the lego aisle for $24. It looks like a statue of an ancient thundercat leader. I will buy it next time and add a thundercats symbol where the clock is. I will post a pic in the customs section. It will look sweet.

I did in fact notice this in ze toy store. Very similar, but it could simply be coincidence.

I never watch "Chima."

I've observed "Chima" and though there's some similarities between Laval and Lion-O, I wouldn't consider Chima to be a ripoff. There's too many aspects that make it way different than TC. I don't even have to cite these differences and people would know what I'm talking about.