LEGO LotR - general discussion

[Alcarin]

I don't understand all of the hate on DGB. Personally, DGB is the set i'm most excited about for this wave. Dol Guldur is huge when you look at a picture, so a set with the whole fortress would probably cost a lot more than 100$. My guess is that they chose the courtyard because that is where most of the fighting will happen. Also, I think we should wait for the movie to come out before we judge how "iconic" the set will be. Maybe the movie will make Dol Guldur a very well known and iconic area.

Dol Guldur

http://images.wikia....ted_Journey.PNG

Helm's Deep is also HUUUUGEEEE :) just for information :)

[Blazej_Holen]

Helm's Deep is also HUUUUGEEEE :) just for information :)

Thats not true. Sorry laddy, but Helms deep is just fortress or keep in normal size and easy to recreate (afterl all in lego this is really no big deal) but on the other hand, if you want to recreate it properly, it could be hard, Eurolock can say a word :)

But DG is something Different, there are lenty of halls and tunnels and chambers...also staircases, ruined towers and so on...

So your argument is irrelevant.

[Mahtion]

Of course Dol Guldur is huge, it was originally the capitol of Oropher's elven realm. It has plenty of space because like Thranduil's halls it is meant to house the royal family and court along with palace guards and officials.

I hope someone makes mention in the movie that the Necromancer has taken the Mirkwood elves ancestral dwelling.

[Seaber]

Of course Dol Guldur is huge, it was originally the capitol of Oropher's elven realm. It has plenty of space because like Thranduil's halls it is meant to house the royal family and court along with palace guards and officials.

I hope someone makes mention in the movie that the Necromancer has taken the Mirkwood elves ancestral dwelling.

I don't think they will, I am fairly sure that's not licences material, plus the designers have not given much of an elven vibe to the architecture.

It works perfectly in Lego though, lots of slopes!

[Alcarin]

Thats not true. Sorry laddy, but Helms deep is just fortress or keep in normal size and easy to recreate (afterl all in lego this is really no big deal) but on the other hand, if you want to recreate it properly, it could be hard, Eurolock can say a word :)

But DG is something Different, there are lenty of halls and tunnels and chambers...also staircases, ruined towers and so on...

So your argument is irrelevant.

nothing irrelevant... Helm's Deep is a big fortress/keep regardless of how easy it is to recreate it....

[Blazej_Holen]

nothing irrelevant... Helm's Deep is a big fortress/keep regardless of how easy it is to recreate it....

Not that big.

First we have discusion why TLG create only courtyard rather then whole fortress, then I was defending DGB set against haters who have some really crazy arguments about size and so on, and repeating all these really silly arguments over the same things again...Then we compare size of the Helms Deep which you have mentioned, against the size of the DG still as LEgo set..then we continue to real sites in the movie...and now its regardless?

Man, it was part of explanation why probably TLG did only this scene and not whole fortress :D

Try to connect your opinions, thoughts and judgements to make it clear and to make it sense, otherwise its only some moaning in the dark :)

Btw, Helms Deep is only fortress Dol Guldur was a Capital of the Grey Elves from Mirkwood...Its the same like if you compare Edoras and Minas Tirith :D

[Mahtion]

I don't think they will, I am fairly sure that's not licences material, plus the designers have not given much of an elven vibe to the architecture.

It works perfectly in Lego though, lots of slopes!

I agree the architecture isnt very elvish but the ruins have been built upon by the Necromancer so that could be the explanation. It is certainly tall and narrow like elvish towers (look at Ost-en-Edhil in FOTR) and the bridges are very narrow without rails across large chasms just like in Rivendell, Lothlorien and now the Elvenking's halls.

Also the Movie guide actually mentions that Dol Guldur was once Amon Lanc and was the city of Oropher so maybe it will be made light of in the movie even if briefly. I am sure Thranduil would be appalled and dismayed to know that the fortress of his father is now occupied by the enemy.

[Robert_88]

I'm not a moderator but I think this is not the right place to discuss a Hobbit set!

[Blazej_Holen]

I'm not a moderator but I think this is not the right place to discuss a Hobbit set!

Sorry for that, that discussion was a reaction about some previous posts :) And after all there was also mentioned a LOTR set as well :)

[Robert_88]

I know! I was just a bit tired of the discussion ;)

I gave up speculation about a third LotR wave. The retailers should soon get the catalogue for the summer wave and then we will know it. I think the chances are 50:50.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Robert_88

[Blazej_Holen]

I gave up speculation about a third LotR wave. The retailers should soon get the catalogue for the summer wave and then we will know it. I think the chances are 50:50.

U think? :)

[Robert_88]

I hope so :)

[deskp]

Hmm, LEGO has gone alot more sneaky with keeping secrets recently. But hopefully theres no secrets to keep in regards to LOTR, if we dont know from the catalogue, we might know at toy fair..

Btw has anyone asked any of the lego designers?

lotr/hobbit has/had:

2 design managers

6 set designers(including the 2 design managers)

1 minifig designer

I made a list of the people who has worked on the hobbit/lord of the rings

Hans Henrik:

7 orthanc, Mines of moria, Goblin king, Riddles, dol guldur ambush, dol guldur battle, black gate

https://www.youtube....h?v=FrxbbjgStSI

http://thehobbit.leg...l-guldur-ambush

http://thehobbit.leg...l-guldur-battle

http://thelordofther...ucts/79007.aspx

Bjarge Lykke Madsen:

7 Orthanc, Helms deep, Bag end, barrel escape, lake town, Wizard battle, rivendell

https://www.youtube....h?v=FrxbbjgStSI

http://thehobbit.leg...lake-town-chase

http://thelordofther...ucts/79006.aspx

http://thelordofther...ucts/79005.aspx

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Jordan Scott:

5 Orthanc, Mirkwood spiders, warg attack, mirkwood elf army, pirate ambush

https://www.youtube....h?v=FrxbbjgStSI

http://thehobbit.leg...irkwood-spiders

http://thehobbit.leg...rkwood-elf-army

http://thelordofther...ucts/79008.aspx

Nicholas Groves:

2 Orc forge, Shelob (design lead LOTR/hobbit) (

)

http://www.coroflot....roves/LEGO-sets

Martin Klotz:

2 Weathertop, Uruk hai army

Henrik Saaby clausen:

(design manager of lotr+hobbit) Gandalf arrives

Djordje Djordjevic:

lotr minifigs, All hobbit minifigs

http://thelordofther... Minifigs .aspx

Edited December 10, 2013 by deskp

[Blazej_Holen]

I already ask but they didnt give me reply...

[Dr.Cogg]

I don't know if the designers could answer , just like they couldn't say if Azog was in a set.

[Deathleech]

I made a list of the people who has worked on the hobbit/lord of the rings

I was talking about the designers just recently. It seems only Bjarke, Jordan, and Hans are still actively working on the Hobbit/LotR lines. They are the only set designers to work on sets for the past three waves. Before that for the first big LotR wave they had a ton of people working on it. Djordje also seems to be working on them all as he is the (only?) minifigure designer for the lines.

[legomonk]

Hmm, LEGO has gone alot more sneaky with keeping secrets recently. But hopefully theres no secrets to keep in regards to LOTR, if we dont know from the catalogue, we might know at toy fair..

Btw has anyone asked any of the lego designers?

lotr/hobbit has/had:

2 design managers

6 set designers(including the 2 design managers)

1 minifig designer

I made a list of the people who has worked on the hobbit/lord of the rings

Hans Henrik:

7 orthanc, Mines of moria, Goblin king, Riddles, dol guldur ambush, dol guldur battle, black gate

https://www.youtube....h?v=FrxbbjgStSI

http://thehobbit.leg...l-guldur-ambush

http://thehobbit.leg...l-guldur-battle

http://thelordofther...ucts/79007.aspx

Bjarge Lykke Madsen:

7 Orthanc, Helms deep, Bag end, barrel escape, lake town, Wizard battle, rivendell

https://www.youtube....h?v=FrxbbjgStSI

http://thehobbit.leg...lake-town-chase

http://thelordofther...ucts/79006.aspx

http://thelordofther...ucts/79005.aspx

+

Jordan Scott:

5 Orthanc, Mirkwood spiders, warg attack, mirkwood elf army, pirate ambush

https://www.youtube....h?v=FrxbbjgStSI

http://thehobbit.leg...irkwood-spiders

http://thehobbit.leg...rkwood-elf-army

http://thelordofther...ucts/79008.aspx

Nicholas Groves:

2 Orc forge, Shelob (design lead LOTR/hobbit) (

)

http://www.coroflot....roves/LEGO-sets

Martin Klotz:

2 Weathertop, Uruk hai army

Henrik Saaby clausen:

(design manager of lotr+hobbit) Gandalf arrives

Djordje Djordjevic:

lotr minifigs, All hobbit minifigs

http://thelordofther... Minifigs .aspx

I like the amount of tattoos in that group. It warms my heart to see tattooed Lego guys lol.

[deskp]

I was talking about the designers just recently. It seems only Bjarke, Jordan, and Hans are still actively working on the Hobbit/LotR lines. They are the only set designers to work on sets for the past three waves.

Djordje also seems to be working on them all as he is the (only?) minifigure designer for the lines.

Well Scott is suppsoedly the design manager/design lead. He is pictured together with them 3 deisgners with the hobbit sets. But the video also states that Henrik is also design manger for hobbit, Both those design mangers/design leads have deesigned sets for LOTR, so maybe they have made some for either theme next year aswell?

there was another minifig designer on the initial LOTR wave, togetehr with Djordje. DUnno who, but Djordje did most of them.

[Darth Punk]

I am sure the designers are all bound by non disclosure agreements. They would be the least likely to reveal anything. You are better off finding someone in accounting or someone working in a factory where they are producing the sets.

[Blazej_Holen]

just interesting and believable .. i know that this type of information been there while ago but still...

http://lego-minifigures.tumblr.com/

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[deskp]

just interesting and believable .. i know that this type of information been there while ago but still...

http://lego-minifigures.tumblr.com/

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IF you are showing the supposed set names for 2014 lotr, I'm not sure the source for that was ever solid in any way.

[greeklad97]

Even if that list is true, which i doubt, I'm not particularly fond of it! If there is another wave, I'm almost positive it would be the last! It does cover a lot of needed figs, but there a still a few left out! Faramir, bilbo, to name a few! :/ If that's the list why would they include so many normal orcs? Surely they could swap one for gothmog?

Edited December 10, 2013 by greeklad97

[deskp]

Even if that list is true, which i doubt, I'm not particularly fond of it! If there is another wave, I'm almost positive it would be the last! It does cover a lot of needed figs, but there a still a few left out! Faramir, bilbo, to name a few! :/ If that's the list why would they include so many normal orcs? Surely they could swap one for gothmog?

IF it is real, the names of the figs would be just hwatever the eprson saw. "ranger" would proapbly have been faramir, some orc proapbly would be gothmog etc.

[Floundie]

I'm pretty positive the list was fake. I thought it came out at the same time as that Simpsons set list, but maybe I'm wrong.

[Lego Spy]

I'm pretty positive the list was fake. I thought it came out at the same time as that Simpsons set list, but maybe I'm wrong.

It sure looks a lot like a wish list if you ask me.