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I'm Luke Lancaster for cnet and this is Lego dimensions the game itself works like Skylanders or Disney infinity place one of the lego minifigs or vehicles on the included type ad and the figure appears is a playable character in the game we had some hands-on time with this genius concept and sat down with producer Doug Hader to talk about what players can expect something that's really interesting about the what you get in the starter pack is the lego toy pad it is our base reader that reads the the information that's contained in each toy tag to bring to life those toys in the game it's much more than a reader device it's an interactive reader device the toy pad integrates on screen gameplay with old-school LEGO building players will need to move minifigs around to solve puzzles and rebuild vehicles to access new powers swapping between playing the video game and playing with Lego bricks is a totally seamless experience just like kids make-believe with those bricks in the real world to create completely mashups fantasy scenarios we wanted that experience to happen in this game so we've removed all the barriers between the different brands the stages are enormous the game is packed with Easter eggs and even with 14 different franchises already in play Lego promises even more on the way as we roll out the game we've got you know in the starter pack brands like DC Comics Lord of the Rings lego movie universe all represented in the starter pack part of our wave 1 launch and over the next you know six to nine months we're gonna be releasing additional waves of content so you can get Ghost Busters and Midway arcade and more Doctor Who content more back to the future content you'll be able to pick up the Lego dimensions corset on September 27 for playstation 4 xbox one playstation 3 xbox 360 and wii u be sure to check out the preview article and stay tuned for the full review on cnet you