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Re: Careful what you wish for: clone LOTR blocks sighted
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:02:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Kevin Johnston writes:

I've seen a couple mentions recently on various newsgroups that Playmates Toys
had a "construction toy" license for Lord of the Rings.  Never saw any
concrete info, though Playmates has an "Intelli-Blox" logo on their website
(not backed up by anything, when I checked recently).

Each set builds -- Lego-style, or more accurately MegaBloks style -- a scene
from the movie, as you might guess.  The two sets I picked up build Isengard
Caverns (includes Gandalf, Saruman, and an Orc), and Encounter at Prancing
Pony Inn (Strider, Frodo, and Pippin).

ISENGARD CAVERNS!!!???!!!!

I guess I'll save myself the cost of a ticket. . .

TWS Garrison



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(...) I believe Tolkien conceived of caverns under the tower of Isengard, remember when Gandalf instructed Treebeard to let in water to fill up all the caves and caverns underneath the tower so Saruman could not escape? Regardless, the sets look (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Careful what you wish for: clone LOTR blocks sighted
 
(Note follow-ups.) I've seen a couple mentions recently on various newsgroups that Playmates Toys had a "construction toy" license for Lord of the Rings. Never saw any concrete info, though Playmates has an "Intelli-Blox" logo on their website (not (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)  

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