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Subject:	Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:53:42 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Stacey writes: > I do agree that > the Harry Potter line dosent instill great enthusiasm, unless there are a > few shnacky pieces for my castle sets. 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 secret doors... Hmm. Uh-oh. A lot of ths stuff is things I already have plenty of. Especially secret doors...and brooms...I read the first book so long ago, I'm not sure what sets might come out of it. Maybe (fingers crossed) they've been listening and they're going to make Hogwarts as a 'sectional' castle that joins together several sets... > 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) A wargame, I thought? Hopefully it's not just a re-hash of Warhammer Fantasy Battles..."What do you mean, Sauron's fielding an army of Chaos Warriors?" J

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		Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
(...) Yes. (...) As long as it's not anything like "Fellowship of the Ring" by Iron Crown Enterprises. "So, the Fellowship player wins if he makes it to here by turn 11, but if he hasn't been to Rivendell by Turn 6 he has to make it over here to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
(...) Err bad news.. from what I read quote The Lord of the Rings game will follow along the lines of the popular(sic) warhammer fantasy battle series unquote (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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