Lego Interactive

Background: Lego Interactive (Formally called Lego Media and Lego Software) was a video game division of The Lego Group founded in 1997 after the success of Mindscape's Lego Island. The company published games on their own until 2001, when the company teamed up to co-publish games with Electronic Arts. After the release of Bionicle: The Game in 2003, Lego closed down Lego Interactive. Lego games today are published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

1st Logo (1997, 1999, 2002-2003) Lego Films/Interactive (Prototype)Lego Films/Interactive (1990s-)

Nicknames: "Falling Lego Bricks", "The Lego Logo", "Brick Rain"

Logo: On a black or white background, many red, white, black, and yellow Lego bricks fall to the ground and group together. They eventually form the 1973-1998 Lego logo. The block details fade away, forming the Lego logo (the one you see on the company's toys).

Variant: The same logo was reused in 2002, albeit the 1998 logo is used.

FX/SFX: The Lego bricks falling and the fading in to the proper logo, in primitive CGI.

Music/Sounds: A deep bass note with synthesized twinkling throughout.

Availability: The first version was a prototype logo seen on the first Lego video game, titled Lego Island, which was published by Mindscape. It also appeared ona couple of Lego Technic CD-ROMs. The 2002 variant was seen on Soccer Mania/Football Mania, Drome Racers, Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension and the PS2/PC/GC versions of Bionicle: The Game. The Xbox version of Bionicle: The Game however uses the still logo.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1998-2000)

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Nicknames: "The Yellow M Block", "Falling Lego Bricks II", "The Lego Logo II", "Brick Rain II"

Logo: Same as the previous logo, but this time uses the 1998 Lego, and when the logo is complete, it moves to the top left corner, and Media (in white) with a yellow M shaped brick below it, zooms in.

Variants:

On some games, the Media part zooms in much faster and bounces back. On Lego Friends, the entire logo is sped-up. On the PC version of Lego Rock Raiders, the previous variant is used, but after the logo finishes copyright information fades below saying "® LEGO, the LEGO logo and the LEGO brick are registered trademarks of the LEGO group. © 1999 The LEGO Group". On the PlayStation version of the same game, the copyright remains for the entire animation of the logo, and is in a different font. The Nintendo 64 version of Lego Racers removes the Lego bricks falling and ends with the same copyright information as the Lego Rock Raiders variant and in the same font. On Lego Alpha Team, the first variant plays, and when it ends different copyright saying "© 2000 The LEGO Group. ® LEGO is a registered trademark belonging to the LEGO Group." suddenly appears. On Lego Stunt Rally, the normal version plays and then cuts to a still version with the same 2000 copyright as before. On GBC games, the logo is still. the GBC version of Lego Stunt Rally has the same copyright information as the other 2000's Lego games as well as the Licensed by Nintendo text on the top of the copyright.

FX/SFX: Same as before, but with the Lego logo moving to the top left and the Media section zooming in.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, but with a heavy boulder-y "thud" sound when the M brick appears. On the Nintendo 64 version of Lego Racers a twinkling sound and droning bassy pad note play and when the M brick appears a loud gunshot is heard.

Availability: First appeared on Lego Loco, and eventually appeared on Lego Creator, Lego Chess, Lego Friends, Lego Racers, Lego Rock Raiders, Legoland, Lego Alpha Team and Lego Stunt Rally.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2000-2001)

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Nicknames: "Software Wobble", "The Minifigure Head", "Falling Lego Bricks III", "The Lego Logo III", "Brick Rain III"

Logo: Same as the previous logo, but the animation is much smoother and the Lego trademark on the bricks is removed. When the logo is complete, it moves to the left, and "SOFT WARE" (in pale blue, stacked on top of each other) runs into the Lego logo, and wobbles for a bit. Then a scanner-like line goes through"SOFT WARE", and then a LEGO minifigure head surrounded by multicolored electrons, appears through the O, and winks his eye. The copyright details fade in below after that.

Variants:

On Lego Creator: Knights Kingdom, there is no copyright information below the logo. On Lego Island 2, the copyright says"© 2001 the LEGO Group. ® LEGO is a trademark belonging to the LEGO Group." but on Lego Racers 2 and Lego Creator: Harry Potter, it says "LEGO and the LEGO brick are trademarks of The LEGO group. © 2001 The LEGO Group". On Lego Creator: Harry Potter the sentence structure is different. On GBC and GBA games, the logo is still and lacks the copyright. On Lego Bionicle, the still logo has the same 2000 copyright from the Lego Media logo. On the 2001 Lego Software Demo Disc, the same copyright as before from the 2000 Lego Media appears but with 2001 replacing 2000.

FX/SFX: Same as before, but then the Lego logo quickly moves to the left as soon as the Software logo appears in, the minifigure head appears, winks and then copyright fading in.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, but with a cartoonish wobble sound when "SOFT WARE" bumps into the Lego logo, a futuristic scanner sound when the line comes through, and a twinkle when the minifigure head winks.

Availability: First appeared on Lego Creator: Knights Kingdom, and later appeared on Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge, Lego Racers 2, Lego Bionicle, 2001 Lego Software Demo Discs and Lego Creator: Harry Potter.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2002-2003)

Logo: We see the Lego logo on top, followed on by the Electronic Arts logo in blue and some copyright information.

Variant: The GBA version of Soccer Mania (The EA logo appears on it's own) and the PC version of Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension don't feature the Electronic Arts logo.

FX/SFX: None, except for a transition in the PS2/PC version of Soccer Mania.

Music/Sounds: None or for Bionicle: Matorian Adventures, the games' opening theme.

Availability: Appears on all the mentioned games that had the 2002 version of the first logo (This follows that one) and also on games which didn't have the previous logo, which are all the versions of Island Xtreme Stunts, the Game Boy Advance version of Soccer Mania and Bionicle: Matorian Adventures.

Editor's Note: None.