Iggy Pop Lego Rock Band figure in game!

[lord of da sith]

That's obviously created from the Create a LEGO Player

[DJPooka]

If nobody told you that was Iggy Pop...would you have known it was Iggy Pop?

I sent the picture to a friend of mine and she recognised it straight away. So I would guess so....

[WingsOfSteel]

This oughta make some of you people happy.

Yeah, I talked about this a little when I talked at Boston Postmort. Real people is something that totally fits with LEGO when they're a minifig, but would never fit in a mainline Rock Band game.

Also, something that was announced but not picked up by most of the articles I've seen: Iggy is also the voice of the tutorials in LRB. He's an incredibly nice, sweet, and awesome guy by all reports.

[Ehfahq]

Iggy fits perfectly in this game. He loves kids and has done plenty of kids shows in the past. Like people mentioned earlier, Pete and Pete.

And its a lego man. People need to stop go ape-S over something so small.

[QB8Young]

Damn it, now HMX is starting to become Neversoft. The one thing I didn't want Rock Band to have is actual musicians in the game.

LEGO isn't made by Harmonix

[cherokeesam]

This oughta make some of you people happy.

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Originally Posted by Dan Teasdale, on another forum
Yeah, I talked about this a little when I talked at Boston Postmort. Real people is something that totally fits with LEGO when they're a minifig, but would never fit in a mainline Rock Band game.

Also, something that was announced but not picked up by most of the articles I've seen: Iggy is also the voice of the tutorials in LRB. He's an incredibly nice, sweet, and awesome guy by all reports.

Yes, that makes me very happy.

[cherokeesam]

I think using real-life musicians in any music game is kind of tacky. In a game like Lego Rock Band where making your own characters is going to be a big part of the game's experience, it's especially distracting and pointless. I get that it contributes somewhat to the atmosphere of the game being a silly take on rock music, but I think it's something that needed to stay a ROCK BAND feature.
I don't like this and if it's a big part of the game I'm just going to wind up spending a lot less time playing the songs on the disc. I'll export and toss it over my shoulder if it's going to be like this.

Corrected a line in there for you.
You *do* realize that Rock Band's Create A Rocker feature allows you (and *encourages* you) to create real-life rockers....? Just like, oh I dunno, LEGO RB's character creator likely will.

In case you were wondering how on earth to create real-life rockers in RB, just look at my profile page. I've got over 100 Hall-of-Famers (and not-so HoFers) on my roster, from The Who all the way up to Muse.

[SonicRocker15X]

LEGO isn't made by Harmonix

Um... Technically, it is. It's running on an engine created and developed by Harmonix, and they can't NOT have influence on the game right now.

[aspiring]

Awwww, i just want this game sooooo bad and November is sooooo far away. C'mon HMX lets do something really different and move the date forward

Oh and have some NFG in there as well

[Alright_Computer]

Sorry, but in my point of view it is not a parody, but a heavy tame down. I don't want some of my musical heroes compressed into a flat mock off for kids.... Sorry, I really am a humerous guy and the game style is cute, but in my eyes this step is not taking the art of music making and alternative lifestyles seriously.

Let me guess, the people that think it's funny or great are (probably) the ones who flame Neversoft for doing this? Pretty sure HMX has stated before they weren't going to have Real Musicians in the game because their music was the focus of the game.

Great, now Iggy Pop can play a Blink 182 song. Bad way to ruin your career.

For the record, when this is the third image that shows up when you google "Iggy Pop", I don't think he really has to worry about ruining his career too much.