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Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
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Date: 
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:32:48 GMT
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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. 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).

That's because you're only read 50 pages.

> 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.. 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.

Well, they could definitely do it with, say, minifigs for the hobbits and
creator-scale figs for everyone else...

eric



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Is it just me? I just cant seem to get excited over the imminent Harry Potter line. 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 (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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