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Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
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Date: 
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:27:50 GMT
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Ack!  Don't suggest it!

You know why?  To get the right scale, they'd end up using minifigs for the
Hobbits, and the new Midifigs for humans.  Ick!

David Gowing wrote:

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 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.

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  Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
 
(...) Midifigs? Is this the new music stuff from Lego? Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: 2002 Lord of the Rings Lego line?
 
(...) (URL) wouldn't necessarily be so bad. I wish the Creator-scale figs were a bit more articulated, but I don't see what everyone's big problem with them is. Yeah, I'd be upset if they completely replaced Minifigs, but I don't think that's going (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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

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