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Re: Castle Accesseries for Knight's Kingdom
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:34:20 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Thomas Main writes:
> Jason Spears wrote:
> >
> > 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
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> > 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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> 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 standards of content and
> control that may be unacceptable to TLC. Just guessing.
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 Lego
directly.
LoTR LEGO (?) get my vote..... PROVIDED THEY DON'T JR!!!
Alex
One brick to rule them
One brick to bring them
One brick to shape them all
and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Jr where the shadows lie
(Shadows of cyncicism of consumers perhaps? Altough I can't imagine Timmy as
Gollum.....)
> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
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