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Re: Lord of the Rings/Toy Fair info.
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Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:32:37 GMT
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I guess this means that Playmates is getting into the clone bricks business.
Their license must include 'construction' toys as well as action figures.
Too bad we won't be seeing any TLC LotR sets, though if these are cool
enough I won't mind incorporating them into castle!
Kevin
In lugnet.castle, Sean Forbes writes:
> I just read this over on IGN and thought I'd let people know here.
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> Copied from the article
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> "Lord of the Rings will be a major part of this year's Playmates line. Building
> upon the interactive voice chip technology used in their very successful
> Simpsons line, Playmates' Lord of the Rings action sets will allow collectors
> to recreate scenes and dialogue from the film. Featuring movie-accurate
> figures, these sets are built on Lego-like platforms with both building blocks
> and static scenery. Moreover, they will accommodate standard Lego bricks
> allowing any customization one can dream up. Fairly good-sized sets are
> affordably priced, and it won't break your wallet to own more than a few.
> Unfortunately, as with the Lara Croft 12-inch figures, this line has not yet
> received final approval, so pictures were not allowed. "
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> Check out the full article from Toy Fair at:
> http://filmforce.ign.com/news/2012.html
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> This seems like a pretty big thing to have the static scenery mixed with
> bricks. I know the idea is to use your current Legos to build bigger sets for
> the movie figures, but I can't help wondering how these pieces will work into
> existing castle MOCs more.
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> Sean
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