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Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
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Date: 
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:42:14 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).

I dont think lego are bothered with minifig size. look at the Star Wars
anakin v's chewbacca, about 3 foot difference - both the same size minifig.
The minifig has been around 20 odd years and hasnt changed. I do agree that
the Harry Potter line dosent instill great enthusiasm, unless there are a
few shnacky pieces for my castle sets.


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.

The first of the 3 LOTR movies is out in December this year, and looking at
the marketing schedules (they are floating around on the net) it seems that
for the first film at least they are keeping the marketing low key (yeah
sure) as they don't want to phantom menace the merchandise (we all know what
that means). There cetainly isn't any reference to TLC in their lists
(although scarily a Games Workshop board game is on the cards)

Nethertheless.. I want LOTR sets... lots of them... please
:)

James Stacey
www.minifig.co.uk



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  Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
 
(...) Well, there ought to be a lot of cool "wizardy" stuff...I expect potions, cauldrons, owls (hopefully they won't use the same bird piece they use for falcons and parrots), maybe a rat (is Scabbers in the first book?), castle walls, probably (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
 
(...) Fellowship of the Ring - Christmas 2001 The Two Towers - Christmas 2002 Return of the King - Christmas 2003 *sigh* Have to wait 3 years to see them all. ARGH! In any case, I'm sure we'll see plenty of merchandise, but LEGO sets would be darn (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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