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| Any Lord of the Rings fans here? Heard about the upcoming LoTR movies? This might be a good time for TLC to make LoTR Castle LEGO!! Any Thoughts? Elliot Hyde (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Co-designer of the Lord of the Rings computer game from a number of years back (oh, gee, I have to read it again for research? Awwwwwwww). Yes, I'd love it, but that's me. Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) It would be cool, but I'd rather LEGO limited their licensed building sets. Less is more in this case. I'd much rather see cool MOC LoTR. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I'm just finishing The Hobbit and about to start Lord of the Rings, and I agree that it would make a fantastic subject for Lego Castle. Even with existing parts, one could start a descent Hobbit theme. I know: no Goblins, but perhaps Elves (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) It might be hard to make the differences obvious, considering all the races would have to be the same size. I would like to see Lego do a LotR theme, since they could produce the specialized pieces that would be needed. Such as: -bushy hobbit (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I'm working on it... <grin> As soon as my next shipment of red plates gets here, I should be able to complete my model of Smaug. He's more-or-less at minifig scale, sitting ~75 studs long or so. Of course, artisic liscence prevails, since I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| Set ideas? Here's a few: Mordor Swamps--small set in a deeply forested area with a river running through it. Trees are black. Brick-heighth baseplates are put on either side of a row of 2 green plates stacked on one another, then trans-green peices (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) The Bat Lord's helmet keeps reminding me of "The Mouth of Sauron"'s helmet seen in the animated version of "The Return of the King". :-) Elliot (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Your ideas are excellent! My only change would be to substitute Smaug for Ancalagon. How about Bag End? A big, rounded green hill with windows and doors sticking out. Comes with Bilbo and Frodo. The Prancing Pony: A medieval-looking inn with a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) How about a world based on Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time? You already have the Dragon banners from the Dragon Masters for Rand Al Thor and the followers of the Dragon Reborn, the Royal Knights and older lion-clad figures would work perfect (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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