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Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
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Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:52:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Christopher Lindsey writes:
I still dream that they'll pair up with the folks making the
Lord of the Rings movie due next December...  That would just
be *AWESOME*...  I've always dreamed that LEGO would do something
with Tolkien's world.  I also bet that it would draw the same
collector crowd as the Star Wars stuff did.

Chris

I too think a Lego/Tolkien team up would be great.  The Orcs, Trolls, and
Hobbits would be lots of fun.  But I think the closest we will get will be the
Harry Potter theme.  More than likely Tolkien will be considered too grown-up
for Lego's target consumers (ie, not us AFOL).

Just my two-bits,
Jason



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  Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
 
(...) Well, if TLC wants to bring legos into the realm of collectors (ie. the chrome and ninja sets, along with the Minifigs Collections) then they appear to be targeting the older consumer also. As one of these, I can say that some sort of Fantasy (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
 
(...) I think the problem for TLC would be the licensing issue. IIRC, Christopher Tolkien owns the rights to the Tolkien estate and any Tolkien-themed products that are released have to be approved by the estate. They apparently have very rigid (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
 
(...) I still dream that they'll pair up with the folks making the Lord of the Rings movie due next December... That would just be *AWESOME*... I've always dreamed that LEGO would do something with Tolkien's world. I also bet that it would draw the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)

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