ZCerberus Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I am surprised we're still talking about this. Once the daily posts stop- we'll finally cut the thread loose and let it drift out to sea. Quote
HawkLord Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I think the idea/thread for Future LOTR Sets can be dropped or closed and maybe a new thread for LOTR Dimensions may be worthwhile and more informative. Quote
Blazej_Holen Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Is it somehow confirmed that we can expect any other LOTR themed sets in Dimensions series (except these three which are already revealed)? Because I am Afradi that thats it or not...? Quote
General Magma Posted June 23, 2015 Author Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Well, I'll say a last (dramatic!) goodbye to my thread, then, so it may drift off into the sea - it's been quite a ride, but alas, all the speculation, discussions, hopes and requests remain fruitless. So ends the time of the official LEGO The Lord of the Rings. It will now pass into legend - and our last hopes lie with the third party vendors. BrickWarriors... BrickForge... it is time. And I say upon this theme, farewell, and may the echoes of your glory be ever so persistent! Edited June 23, 2015 by General Magma Quote
Chookdude Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Goodbye lord of the rings and the hobbit you great themes too bad you had to end. I will not be returning to this thread Quote
Ql97 Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 "And the rain-gray curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass...and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country, under a swift sunrise." Goodbye Lego LotR. You will be missed. Quote
Balbo Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 So I guess it's time to let this thread sail into the west. Goodbye Lego Middle Earth Quote
TheRedViper Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 It isn't good Bye to Middle earth, only official sets, as long as we still have pieces and our imagination anything is possible! Quote
MAB Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 I am surprised we're still talking about this. Once the daily posts stop- we'll finally cut the thread loose and let it drift out to sea. I think you've thrown down the gauntlet there, so the daily posts will never end. With this post, I've just done my bit for another day :-) It isn't good Bye to Middle earth, only official sets, as long as we still have pieces and our imagination anything is possible! Indeed, goodbye official sets and a continued hello to MOCs. Quote
SMC Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 We should set up a rota so that we keep it alive . Quote
Mott the Brick Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 Well it was a nice voyage, but I guess we can now say goodbye to the West!!! Quote
TheGreyPilgrim Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 I genuinely feel a little sadness that LEGO Lotr is done. I've known for a good while now, that the theme was most likely finished. But then Dimensions came along and gave me a little hope again...a fool's hope. It was Harry Potter that brought me back to Lego after a 20 year absence, and I enjoy some of the Star Wars sets (mostly original trilogy stuff). But the announcement that Lego would make official lotr (and to a much lesser extent, hobbit) sets was a dream come true. It started out so great! I loved wave 1. And as many of you have stated, wave 2 was not as great, but I still enjoyed the offerings. I assumed a wave 3 was a given and eagerly awaited my Balrog, Witchking vs Eowyn and Gondor related sets. I will be grateful for the possible releases of missing characters through Dimensions, but Lego has truly disappointed this AFOL and his nine year old son. My boy loves the middle earth stuff - much more that Chima or Ninjago or even Superheroes. Only my wallet is happy by the way this has turned out. Quote
Blazej_Holen Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Can somebody answer me please??? I was just askin if we can expect any more LOTR sets through Dimensions or if those three are everything we will have... Quote
Deathleech Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Can somebody answer me please??? I was just askin if we can expect any more LOTR sets through Dimensions or if those three are everything we will have... No one knows except Lego themselves. I would expect a few more, but you never know... Quote
The_Chosen_1 Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Very sad that the theme petered out with a whimper instead of a bang. Pretty poor handling of the theme on Lego's part. :-/ Quote
Deathleech Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Yup, a huge D2C Minas Tirith set with a smaller Gondor Soldier Army builder set would have been a great conclusion to the theme. We could have gotten most of the main things we were still missing. Sure there wouldn't be a Balrog or what have you, but it would have at least given us the Witch King, Eowyn, Gondor Soldiers, and maybe a few other exclusive characters as well as a super iconic build. Oh what could have been... With that said, I am starting to wonder why Lego Ideas even allows those huge sets to pass into review. I mean if Lego has no intention of ever creating a big $100+ set like that, why keep letting so many projects of that size get into the review stage? Are they actually open to making a huge set and just waiting for a specific idea, or what? So far it seems like they have an unspoken rule that Ideas sets can't exceed the $100 price point. Every one of them gets shut down despite half a dozen or more being present in almost every review phase. Quote
MAB Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 They might be waiting for one that they think will sell well. Sure Minas Tirith got there, but they may be looking at sales for Orthanc and decide that such a large set is not going to make as much money as a smaller more unique offering. Development costs for the build are presumably very low for things like the Big Bang Theory set, it is really a minifig pack in a scene. Design the minifigs, and you have the set, with little play testing or stability testing problems. Quote
General Magma Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 The problem with LEGO Ideas is that they won't be making any new molds for that, so we still wouldn't end up with the Witch-king or Gondorian soldiers. Quote
Deathleech Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) The problem with LEGO Ideas is that they won't be making any new molds for that, so we still wouldn't end up with the Witch-king or Gondorian soldiers. Ya, that is definitely a problem for the Witch King, but Eowyn can use existing hair and a new print and Gondor Soldiers, while not optimal by any means, could use the existing Castle helm (with the nose guard) and some tree printed armor or something to at least get us a thrown together Gondor Soldier. The Witch King is really the only one that absolutely needs a new mold. Lego could give us a new mold for him in a Dimensions set though (as they could a new Gondor Helm). With that said, it looks like two more LotR projects should be in the next review phase. Lothlorien has less than 700 votes to go, and Rivendell has 3200 more votes. Both would need to be huge $100+ sets so I guess we can count on neither being made before even hearing the results. Maybe LotR will turn into the next Zelda where projects keep making it into the review phase and Lego keeps allowing them to pass that far only to shut them down at that stage? Edited June 30, 2015 by Deathleech Quote
HawkLord Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 It's always funny when a toy company won't actually come out and say they no longer have the license to a given IP. With action figures, you never really find out the license was gone until someone else starts to make figures of the same IP later. We might find out that A competitor company picked up LOTR, but that's unlikely considering Lego has let it go and other fantasy building toys have passed - MegaBlok's WoW and Hasbro's D&D. Quote
AFOLguy1970 Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Lothlorien is a beautiful model. Even though it does not really give us new characters apart from Celeborn, its aesthetic appeal would be strong. It has 1399 pieces, which is not extremely high. That would make it approximately a $150 set. Of course, it will get shot down, because it goes above the $100 mark. About the only thing a LOTR ideas set does is show that fan support for the line does exist. Quote
Dr.Cogg Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I stinks LotR is gone, before we got the Balrog, Minas Tirith, The Witch King and Fell beast, Sauron, and many other things because of TLGs mishandling of LotR and the Hobbit, It leaves me feeling like Buzz, after he found out he couldn't fly. Quote
Faefrost Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Very sad that the theme petered out with a whimper instead of a bang. Pretty poor handling of the theme on Lego's part. :-/ You all do realize that they ended the theme with a gorgeous massive D2C set, right? Orthanc was the finale. Just as Siagon Alley closed out HP. But nobody wanted to admit that to themselves. Quote
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