JackJonespaw Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Here is FBTB's description of the LOTR sets. Read it here. Now, before I try to write this up, I'm going to qualify this post by saying I've only seen the first hour of the first LOTR film! I got bored, so stopped watching the rest. Yes yes ... I am a heathen ... get over it. With that in mind, forgive me if I miss any important bits out. However, despite this lack of knowledge, I was bowled over by these sets. Fans of this licence are going to LOVE these sets. It's another line where the minifigs are the star, but even so, I found some of the supporting buildings to be very cool too, the Helm's Deep castle being a particular stand out. They're well constructed and detailed. You'll need to buy all 7 sets if you want to get the complete Fellowship and the prices start at 11.99 to 99.99. 9469 Gandalf Arrives ... a scene I recognised!! ;-) You get Frodo and Gandalf with cart and fireworks. A pretty cool opener of a set and a way to get the two most obvious (at least to a noob like me) from this range, all for a measly £11.99. 9470 Shelob Attacks ... Gollum! Now, even with watching only a hour of the first film, I know what Gollum looks like ... the fig is a custom mould, with Gollum in crouched position with articulated arms, smilar in connection to the main body as skeleton / battle droid arms. Printed face and "clothes" (i.e. bit of cloth round his nether regions!!). The big spider (Shelob) is also pretty cool, with a winch being used for his spider silk, meaning he can be hung up if you want. You also get Frodo, with ring (which is a gold chromed ring, sized perfectly to fit on a minifig hand) and Samwise Gamgee. Priced at £19.99 9471 Uruk-Hai Army ... Comes with Eomer, Rohan soldier and 4 Urak-Hai and a small section of wall, siege machine and one of the new horses, which features articulated back legs (which is an excellent new feature for the horses). It's designed to be joined to the Helm's Deep castle, via technic pins. The minifig printing was beautifully detailed, especially on Eomer. Priced at £29.99 9472 Attack on Weathertop ... Most of my time looking at this was marvelling over the new horses and moving them from stood normally to being on their hind legs only. Even in that position, they were very sturdy. This is a great inovation. You get Frodo, Merry, Aragorn and two Ringwaiths on horseback. There's a small section of Weathertop, which includes a spiral staircase and ruins at the top. Priced at 49.99. 9473 The Mines of Moria ... Comes with a great selection of minifigs, such as Pippin, Gimli, Legolas, Boromir, a cave troll and two Moria orcs. The troll is pretty awesome and detailed ... great printing on the rest of the figs. Priced at £69.99. 9474 The Battle of Helm's Deep ... The castle here was really cool ... pretty large and well constructed with curved walls. There were new modified 2 x 2 bricks to simulate bricks, mixed in with the walls, which was pretty cool to see. I can see people wanting these bricks on their own for added detail in building MOCs. The castle comes with the "side door" feature, which I was reliable told is important to the story?! ;-) It comes with 8 minifigs - Gimli, King Theoden, Haldir, Aragorn and 4 Urak-Hai warriors. Priced at £99.99 9476 The Orc Forge ... reminded me a little of the Dwarf Mine set from a few years back ... comes with 5 orcs and a various forge related stuff and has a light brick, which was a nice feature. Priced at £39.99. All sets are due to be released in August. There was mention of Hobbit sets coming later in the year, perhaps January although that might be a little late with the films release in December ... who knows, they might land early. Wow......
BTappel Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) How did you zoom in enough to see the Uruk swords? Where is the link to see the pics, I have read from 114 page to this one and found none. Go to my post on the bottom of page 119 (second post from bottom). Click on the link. Click the picture that pops up next. Now you are at the same picture. Click view all sizes in the upper right. You are at the same picture again, but in the upper right above the picture there is a place to click the original size option. Enjoy. Edited January 25, 2012 by BTappel
Darth Nihilus Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Where is the link to see the pics, I have read from 114 page to this one and found none. Here you go.
Artanis I Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Well the fellowship minifigs looked great (for the most part) and now the sets (although from a distance) look good too. Still not won over for the Gandalf set. I look forward to seeing the orc/uruk/goblins & Gollum in detail. Definitely getting all the other sets. Although disappointed about no Saruman, it does mean that I'll be looking to get the Orc Forge set more than once.
DaleDVM Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Ouch on the price of the orc forge. It is gonna be hard to army build with that set. Too many bricks. Now more than ever I hope we get some sort of battlepack with very few bricks. Especially for the bad guys. I was really hoping to make an army of atleast 1000 orcs and 200 uruks. We will have to wait and see if better army builders become available. However, that doesn't help me when planning my purchases for later this year.
AndyC Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 So now we now that the pose is not static but the legs move so we can pose them! Excellent and that was the way I was hoping for TLG to make them. Not sure about this. I mean if all you can do is articulate the rear legs then the only 'posing' you can do is either stand them normally or have them rearing up. I'm not sure how beneficial that really is, especially if the articulation point weakens a bit over time (as these thing tend to do) and your rearing horse start falling back into a standing position.
legobodgers Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Where are these pictures you are all talking about? I only found the one of the fellowship.
Niku Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Go to my post on the bottom of page 119 (second post from bottom). Click on the link. Click the picture that pops up next. Now you are at the same picture. Click view all sizes in the upper right. You are at the same picture again, but in the upper right above the picture there is a place to click the original size option. Enjoy. Thanks a lot. Here you go. Thanks to you too. Edited January 25, 2012 by Niku
LEGOTR Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Go to my post on the bottom of page 119 (second post from bottom). Click on the link. Click the picture that pops up next. Now you are at the same picture. Click view all sizes in the upper right. You are at the same picture again, but in the upper right above the picture there is a place to click the original size option. Enjoy. Thank you so much I am even more excited.
legobodgers Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Thanks a lot. Thanks to you too. Thanks, I like the look of the new uruk sword.
DaleDVM Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) The articulated legs in the rear help with several poses. You can make the horse bucking like a rodeo horse or running by attaching the front legs to a stud and putting the rear legs out at different angles. Attaching at the rear legs to a stud makes the horse rear up. Edited January 25, 2012 by DaleDVM
Fives Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) I've noticed one thing about the orc forge set. Not only does it have some Uruk swords, but I believe there is at least one or two berserker swords here as well, which is good, because I don't believe the Uruk berserker has a sword in the Helm's Deep set, just a bomb. Edited January 25, 2012 by Fives
deskp Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I've noticed one thing about the orc forge set. Not only does it have some Uruk swords, but I believe there is at least one or two berserker swords here as well, which is good, because I don't believe the Uruk berserker has a sword in the Helm's Deep set, just a bomb. Um do you mean the pickaxe?
Fives Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Um do you mean the pickaxe? At first I thought it was a pickaxe, but the piece in the set is too long, and the top blades are shorter. Also, a pickaxe would make no sense in a forge. Edited January 25, 2012 by Fives
Falconer Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Hey, guys. Dumb newbie question. I haven’t collected Legos since the Black Falcons/Crusaders/Forestmen until the MMV. The MMV minifigs still have yellow heads and hands like I remember (not normal smiling faces anymore, but I remember the new faces from when Pirates first came out). These Middle-earth minifigs look... not yellow??
Jakon Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 At first I thought it was a pickaxe, but the piece in the set is too long, and the top blades are shorter. Also, a pickaxe would make no sense in a forge. I looked at it a little bit closer, and I think you're right
Clone OPatra Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 These Middle-earth minifigs look... not yellow?? LEGO has used flesh tones for minifigures in licensed themes since around 2004.
Artanis I Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Unfortunately I'm not seeing a tan coloured horse here. Only black (in weathertop) and brown for the other 3 sets. At least they are all (can't tell for Gandalf set) the new type.
deskp Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 At first I thought it was a pickaxe, but the piece in the set is too long, and the top blades are shorter. Also, a pickaxe would make no sense in a forge. Well they have dug out the earth to make their holes n that. it really really look like a pickaxe to me, also the pikes at the end shouldnt be longer than the ones on normal uruk swords
Delta 38 Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Hmm, is it just me or do the boxes look rather large? Either that, or the sets are smaller than I expected. The minifigs look great so far. The sets are also nice, and it looks like some of them can be joined together.
Nicker Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I have to say the minifigs look pretty good in this computer graphic rendering of them but I will reserve my final opinion until I see the real minifigs.
LEGOman273 Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I noticed something: In the pic of the characters, it looks like Gandalf's beard wraps around his head. Perhaps, like the dwarf beard, it will have hair on the back.
Brickity Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 If we're not getting pics from the toy fair.. then when are we seeing the official pictures?
Apache Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I think I just had LOTR Overload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * Those Horses look Fantastic, and what a great addition to our standing horses * Anyone else see what looks like a white spot on the head of the Helms' Deep horse?? Maybe just a glare but if it has white printing that would be EXTRA * Anyone tell if Boromir in the Moria set has a new sword? Looks like it to me but hard for these old eyes to see that small. * Love Helms Deep, like a playset * Might have to buy 2 of the Mines for the Troll's * Will Buy Multiple of Urak-Hai Army and one of the others Thank you LEGO, thank you for fulfilling this Lego fan's dreams.
joeygunns Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 well if everyone is being nit picky, shouldn't gimli be a bit taller then the hobbits?
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