 | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Thomas Main
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| | | (...) 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 —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) I don't know that it's "too grown-up," but I don't think Tolkien is as present in the popular consciousness as Harry Potter. That's not to say Tolkien isn't the foundation of modern fantasy, but I think the average child today is vastly more (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) I think this is true, but with the first LOTR movie being released in December 2001, public consciousness will skyrocket. (...) I think this is mainly because the figures SUCK. I was excited about them until I saw pictures. The Balrog looks (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) I hadn't considered that. Even so, with the Potter film forthcoming, I'm afraid dear Harry will still hold kids' primary interest. Of course, the old- school fans of Tolkien are another matter; however, while many AFOL's appear to be Tolkein (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Maybe, maybe not. The Potter series is good - I like it a lot - but kids' interests, especially the kind that come with a blow, have a tendency to disappear just as quickly... you never know. (...) We-ell, just think about how many die-hard SW (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Good point. I'd like to see some numbers on that. More importantly, I'd be interested to find out how many will stay with Lego after SW has gone... Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Hmm--looks like the folks at CNN were listening in on our conversation: (URL) Dave! (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —Alex Farlie
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| | | | (...) the (...) up (...) Do you have an adress for the Christopher Tolkien or alternativly Bashki(ISTR that was the LoTR directors name)? I mean an en-masse letter might work.... According to my source in Hamleys SW lego happened because Lucas asked (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —John Radtke
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| | | | (...) Ralph Bakshi did the pseudo-live/animation version covering Fellowship and most of Two Towers. Rankin & Bass did the Hobbit and later ROTKing. Any others? John (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom —James Brown
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| | | | (...) How about Peter Jackson, doing the whole trilogy, as we speak? (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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