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In lugnet.castle, David Gowing writes:
> Is it just me? I just cant seem to get excited over the imminent Harry
> Potter line.
Oh well I'd have to see what they came up with first...
> O.k I have only read 50 pages of the first book, but it all
> seemed to be based in a modern day town environment with characters who
> wouldn't translate well into minifigs (ie: Harry and the other children are
> too small and Hagrid too big).
The enviroment will shift to a magical castle enviroment once you read on...
> I would therefore suggest that a "Lord of the Rings" line would be far more
> appropriate for TLG to be developing. The film is due for release in
> December 2002. It is truly fantasy based, mediaeval, full of knights,
> wizards, castles, dragons, etc..
That would indeed be a very cool product line, lots of possibilities. I have
my doubts about the movie though, I don't see how you can put such an
elaborate story into a 120 minute movie... but that's a different matter.
> I agree that the size of the Hobbits could
> be a problem, but what the heck, they are fantasy figures, so there is more
> scope for imagination.
Aren't the HP figures fantasy figures then? Besides, a LOTR line would also
have some practical difficulties that need to be resolved in order to be
able to recreate the plot: e.g. how would you imagine the One Ring to fit
around a minifig finger? Also, unfortunately I think it's easier for TLC to
base sets on a storyline that primarily focusses on a few characters in a
castle then on a lot of characters in a whole imaginative world... you would
have to develop a *LOT* of sets in order to capture the story line of
LOTR... not that we would mind of course...
Cheers,
Wessel
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