I think there might be a version of that hat in sand blue: Bricklink

Lego has made that hat in sand blue, it just hasn't been released unprinted in any set. The BL seller could have gotten unprinted hats from a factory leak or something, he's positioned close to Denmark. Or he might have scraped the printing off.

Personally, as fan as I am, I've always imagined Gandalf's hat to be grey (watching the movies too ), so I'm fine with the official version. I'm admittedly rather colourblind.

Personally, as fan as I am, I've always imagined Gandalf's hat to be grey (watching the movies too ), so I'm fine with the official version. I'm admittedly rather colourblind.

I agree, I think the grey hat looks better and more accurate (I also happen to be colorblind )

I dunno if I would say they all suck. I do think Gandalf Arrives, followed closely by Attack on Weathertop, are the two weakest in the line. I really enjoyed Helm's Deep and Mines of Moria though, and Shelb's Attack delightfully surprised me. I thought the Uruk-Hai Army set and the Orc Forge set were also pretty good.

I will say, I hope in future waves we get more standard battle packs at the $12.99-14.99 price range that include 4 minifigs and a small structure. The Uruk-Hai Army set was kind of cool and unique, but I don't want to have to spend 30 bucks every wave to increase my army size.

Don't get me wrong, as far as part's and fig's they contain, they're awesome. I just don't think any of the actual sets are worthy of collecting dust in my home. I had some of the sets sitting next to my current moc's and they looked terrible. Everyone who was at my home in the last few weeks agreed. Sheolob is really cool, though.

Don't get me wrong, as far as part's and fig's they contain, they're awesome. I just don't think any of the actual sets are worthy of collecting dust in my home. I had some of the sets sitting next to my current moc's and they looked terrible. Everyone who was at my home in the last few weeks agreed. Sheolob is really cool, though.

Well I am sure that's the case with the vast majority of MoCs that are well done, after all they usually include triple, quadruple, or more the amount of bricks a normal Lego set does!

A lot of people bash the Mines of Moria set but I actually don't think it's that bad. Instead of shrinking it all down like they did with Weathertop and Helm's Deep and making it more of a connected set, they decided to make it all much more realistically sized and just included a few set pieces. Sure Lego could of made it feel more "connected" and like more of a playset by shrinking it down and including some stairs or a bridge and making the door and wall piece attached, but then the set would of been done much less to scale. It also might of been kind of boring since the caves and tunnels only have so much variation. Plus, I really think we will get a Balrog set in a future wave that can be added on to the Mines of Moria set, much like the Uruk-Hai Army set can be added to Helm's Deep.

Speaking of Helm's Deep and the Uruk-Hai Army set, I felt like both of those were also fantastic. Sure they aren't as big or grand as their source material, but for the price I think Lego did a fantastic job.