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Ok, this is not strictly wargaming news, but for fans of Lego interpretations of all things fantasy, comic book and sci-fi, this is welcome news.

For those who like to buy stuff which will accumulate value, may I suggest picking some of these up. Lego holds its value very well and these sets are often discontinued after a period of time (e.g. many of the original Stars Wars kits are no longer available).

I wanted them to come out with these when I was a kid. Now its too late :(

I will still by it.

>_>

<_<

There's more:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lord-of-the-rings-lego-line-286032

You could glue those to bases and use them in LOTR right?

Kazwulf wrote:You could glue those to bases and use them in LOTR right?

That was my first thought

Flashman wrote:

Kazwulf wrote:You could glue those to bases and use them in LOTR right?

That was my first thought

Your doin it wrong. You glue a generic lego block to the base, and then attach the mini to the block traditional lego style.

...Am I the only one who finds the size of the ring hilarious?

Lego Frodo has no fingers for Gollum to bite off, Gollum will have to bite the whole hand off.

Vampirate of Sartosa wrote:...Am I the only one who finds the size of the ring hilarious?

Lord of the Water Wings.

Vampirate of Sartosa wrote:...Am I the only one who finds the size of the ring hilarious?

Haven't you seen the film?
It has just reverted back to the size it had when Sauron wore it.

I wasn't that sure about starting a family before, but I might now just to give me a legitimate reason to buy these!

Ahem... I should probably add that these aren't out until December.

How's that for an advance preview?

Well then it looks like Pacific has some time to start that family!

Awww, look at the cute little Uruk!

Is it wrong to suddenly want a whole army of Lego Uruk Hai?

Took them long enough.... and just when I have no money.

I saw this last night on some random site I was on; I just figured everyone else already knew of them.

Full sets:
Mines of moria

Attack on weathertop

Uruk-hai army

the Battle of helm's deep

Shelob attacks

Gandolf arrives

As I said in an off topic thread this came up in a while back, although I can see me getting these for the boys.

I am much more interested in the possible (and probably likely) Travellers Tales Lego Lord of the Rings computer/console game that will accompany the release.

I definitely want those!

I'm a bit underwhelmed by Helm's Deep, to be honest, although I'm excited for the line as a whole. Helm's Deep just comes across as smaller than it should be, and kinda bland.

What I AM excited for are the possibilities, starting with Gandalf vs Balrog, Eowyn and Merry with the Witch King on his Fell Beast, and maybe Smaug at some point.

Heh, you really need to get about 10 of the Helm's Deep sets to do it any sort of justice. Maybe that's their plan!

Thank God I've got 2 sons! I have all the excuse I need to buy these for Christmas and birthdays!

They will be mine... my precious'

So does this mean they are going to be bringing out lego lord of the rings video game? Too early to speculate, but that would be hilarious.

Wow thats awesome, especially the sets. And gollum looks absolutely hilarious!

Going to be a debbie downer here and say they look disappointing. Too little, too late. No one cares about LoTR anymore, especially not Lego's target audience. The LoTR bandwagon left like five years ago <.<

Look how crappy shelob is. How could they ruin such an iconic beast? I bet I could make a better shelob than that, with mismatching colors, of course, but still.

Samus_aran115 wrote:Going to be a debbie downer here and say they look disappointing. Too little, too late. No one cares about LoTR anymore, especially not Lego's target audience. The LoTR bandwagon left like five years ago <.<

Wait. What's that? Do you hear it? Its faint, but....

It's the Hobbit bandwagon!!

I'm not a fan of these 'Licensed' kits myself. There's no creativity in them.

Don't get me wrong, the Star Wars kits are great, but the ones that are just set pieces (like the Inidiana Jones and now this) just smack of lazy cash in.

Something that Lego shouldn't need to do.

Samus_aran115 wrote:
Look how crappy shelob is. How could they ruin such an iconic beast? I bet I could make a better shelob than that, with mismatching colors, of course, but still.

Please do post your pictures of a better looking, articulated, lego spider when it's finished.

snake wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:Going to be a debbie downer here and say they look disappointing. Too little, too late. No one cares about LoTR anymore, especially not Lego's target audience. The LoTR bandwagon left like five years ago <.<

Wait. What's that? Do you hear it? Its faint, but....

It's the Hobbit bandwagon!!

Yep... you can hear it coming from 10 months away...

Here is hoping that the next releases are more involved... Helm's Deep (for example) should be freaking massive. I also want to see Lego Ents.

Damn you Lego, damn you. So much cool stuff that I wish I had when I was a kid. Of course, parents wouldn't have bought it

Lego's pretty much given up on massive themed kits. I can't imagine why. They're doing themselves a disservice.

Also, finished.