SMC Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 For the UK: MK toys r us has all the sets in store and smyths have lake town. Quote
Anexcuse Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Mine didn't? Mine did, they had their little page with a poster of the wave and each set on the other side? Quote
Shuebmabow Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Mine didn't? So im trying to mod my Windlance so it looks more movie accurate, I tried different ways but i don't really know how? Any advice chaps? Check out the Windlance from the Lego Hobbit Videogame. It looks awesome and is partially functional. Some pieces aren't available in the necessary colors, but substitution won't look terrible. Quote
kevkipo Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Check out the Windlance from the Lego Hobbit Videogame. It looks awesome and is partially functional. Some pieces aren't available in the necessary colors, but substitution won't look terrible. Thanks, can i combine it with the springload shooter? Quote
Shuebmabow Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Thanks, can i combine it with the springload shooter? Actually, that's on my list of things to try and build today. I think there's a simple way to add the spring mechanism.. I'll let you know if I upload a pic of it later on my Flickr. Edited October 18, 2014 by Shuebmabow Quote
kevkipo Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Actually, that's on my list of things to try and build today. I think there's a simple way to add the spring mechanism.. I'll let you know if I upload a pic of it later on my Flickr. Good, then i start building too Quote
Shuebmabow Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Good, then i start building too Alright, my first design is up. I know it's discolored and lacking a few aesthetically necessary pieces, but three pics are on my Flickr. Also, there is a small portion of a Bag End WIP in the background of one of the pictures. I have uploaded pictures of that MOC as well. Edited October 18, 2014 by Shuebmabow Quote
Hypernova888 Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 I'm currently building a second version of my original Windlance design, and I think it looks really good. I'll link to a few pictures once I find the last pieces I need...four dang dark grey robot arms! =S When I get Attack on Lake-Town I'm gonna see if I can fit the spring launcher into my design. Quote
Shuebmabow Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 I have a second design. I actually had the idea to use these wheel covers for the prongs, and I just uncovered it. I think it best resembles the film Windlance. Pictures will be uploaded on Flickr momentarily. Quote
kevkipo Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Great designs Sheub, My design is done as well , i tried to make it out of the parts that are in the set. I'll see when i can upload the pics Quote
Hypernova888 Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Would someone mind posting links to his Windlance please? Edited October 18, 2014 by Hypernova888 Quote
Shuebmabow Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Would someone mind posting links to his Windlance please? Mine is at https://www.flickr.com/photos/125956731@N06/ Kevkipo's should be at https://www.flickr.com/photos/77334655@N07/ Quote
Ardelon Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) I did get the Lonely mountain set now that it is officially released (and double VIP/Xmas set of course). I could do a review if anyone is interested! Color me interested (who wouldnt be? ), though I doubt it would sway me to buy the set. Edited October 18, 2014 by Ardelon Quote
pachara Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 How long after last year's hobbit wave was released did it take Amazon to discount them? Quote
Mahtion Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Lego really dropped the ball with BoFA accuracy. Even Legolas wears a cloak and carries Orcrist. However in the BoFA set he is not in correct attire, lacks a cloak and they gave him a simple bow, at least he could carry an existing lego sword. Now Azog wears armor and lego couldn't be bothered to give either a new print (other than face printing change). And we all know the lack of the major players represented in BoFA. Mirkwood Elf Soldiers, King Thranduil, the Iron Hill Warriors and the armored Dol Guldur Orcs. Im so glad the line is ending when we see such half hearted attempts to do the license proper justice. Though I do admit Erebor and WKB and even Lake Town Chase are great. It's Bofa set that is utterly disappointing and more so seeing more details revealed which would have been great to see in lego. Quote
The Legonater Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 I am completely astonished at the amount of bashing that's been going on against the line. Personally, BoFA is great. Could it have been better? Sure, with the addition of Iron Hill Warriors and a couple other people. That would raise the cost of the set, of course, and I could see why they would be opposed to that. Furthermore, we have Mirkwood Elves and Thranduil in another set, and the Orcs we have are fine. Not to mention, we've had beautiful sets in the past few years from the LotR/Hobbit line. Was Helm's Deep and Orthanc a half-hearted attempt to do the license proper justice? Because personally they're the highlight of my collection, to say nothing of Bag End, Moria, and my Goblin Town set-up (which is admittedly made up of the original set mashed with the Mordor Mine). LEGO's done an amazing job with this line. Quote
Darth Caedus Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) I am completely astonished at the amount of bashing that's been going on against the line. Personally, BoFA is great. Could it have been better? Sure, with the addition of Iron Hill Warriors and a couple other people. That would raise the cost of the set, of course, and I could see why they would be opposed to that. Furthermore, we have Mirkwood Elves and Thranduil in another set, and the Orcs we have are fine. Not to mention, we've had beautiful sets in the past few years from the LotR/Hobbit line. Was Helm's Deep and Orthanc a half-hearted attempt to do the license proper justice? Because personally they're the highlight of my collection, to say nothing of Bag End, Moria, and my Goblin Town set-up (which is admittedly made up of the original set mashed with the Mordor Mine). LEGO's done an amazing job with this line. "BoFA is great" - clearly it's not, or there wouldnt be people trashing it. "addition of IH Warriors & a couple others" - well, yes, those are rather critical. Addition is also a tricky term - substitution for the filler crap to avoid price-buffing would be more appropriate (Legolas, basically identical Azog that's now not even film-appropriate, minor Bard reskin, garbage Orc rehashes) -and $60 is already too expensive as it is. "Mirkwood Elves & Thranduil" Yes to the Thranduil, an armored one would have been nice but is by no means necessary or expected. But the MEA set was kind of a bust too - dull, boring Elves, mostly ruined by hoods. The Elves that make Mirkwood unique are the masked armored sentinels or the ones who actually go to the battle in the third film. "Orcs we have are fine" Sadly another point where Lego has failed utterly. They waste significant Orc variations in printing on Goblintown (without ever making a Goblin armybuilder either!), and yet they literally only give 2 different Orcs for BOTH LOTR and the Hobbit, a tan Orc, and a slightly more orange-than-tan Orc. Orcs are all about variation. At least a Dol Guldur Orc in a darker shade of grey or green would have gone a long, long way. As to the rest, yes, those are all solid sets........and pretty much most of the only solid sets in the line. It's not just a Eurobricks circlejerk here that's bemoaning the failure of Lego with the M-E license. Hop over to the TORN forums and you see people saying the same thing: Lego really started putting less and less effort into the line after the first LOTR wave, which was well structured and contained mostly solid sets. Hobbit Wave 1 also was predominantly decent, though with a few more flaws (Attack of the Wargs' tree was kind of a brown turd TBH, and Riddles for the Ring was a 0/10.) But after that, the mistakes started piling up - the Corsair Ship, the Mirkwood Elf Army's failure to succeed UHA as a proper 30-dollar armybuilder...almost every set after 2012 has one or more major flaws. Then 2014 rolls around and Lego just decides to betray the fans utterly. No LOTR wave 3 with so much left to do, and a crappy TBOFA wave: Smaug ends up being an overpriced set because Dwarf reskins are kind of irrelevant outside Thorin and maybe Fili and Kili (seriously, Balin is basically identical) and the build itself is a Dwarves Mine rehash with little coherence (only iconic part of Erebor is either focusing solely on the Throne, or doing the Gates); the Battle set itself due to the minifig failure and the crappy build (gimmicky oversized siege weapon and stunted tower); a Laketown of pure meh (Tauriel variant and Orc hair molds too little too late, also Bain looks like a doofier Ron Weasley). The only good set is the WKB. I am sorry if that comes off as a little put-out, but it's because I (and many others in this thread) am quite put-out. Was just rewatching the beginning FOTR in beautiful bluray 1080p tonight and it stung to know we'll never get a Last Alliance battlepack - or even any proper armored Elves of any kind (Mirkwood Sentinel? Mirkwood Army? Rivendell Cavalry? Galadhrim? Bueller? Bueller?). And yet, Lego totally could have made those sets. It's a cruel irony. I've always been a diehard fan of the Mouth of Sauron. But I never dreamed I'd see a line where the MoS got a special mold just for him and so many other characters and armies with actual screentime would go neglected. On a slightly more positive note, I'm trying to decide how to proceed with WKB. Strongly considering buying 9 of 'em to get 9 Twilight Ringwraiths and selling the excess Galadriels and maybe some Elronds too. Seems like it might be worth it to pull the trigger on 9 of em, since we're never getting a proper Witch King from ROTK, or affordable standard Nazgul. Edited October 19, 2014 by Darth Caedus Quote
Hypernova888 Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 I am completely astonished at the amount of bashing that's been going on against the line. Personally, BoFA is great. Could it have been better? Sure, with the addition of Iron Hill Warriors and a couple other people. That would raise the cost of the set, of course, and I could see why they would be opposed to that. Furthermore, we have Mirkwood Elves and Thranduil in another set, and the Orcs we have are fine. Not to mention, we've had beautiful sets in the past few years from the LotR/Hobbit line. Was Helm's Deep and Orthanc a half-hearted attempt to do the license proper justice? Because personally they're the highlight of my collection, to say nothing of Bag End, Moria, and my Goblin Town set-up (which is admittedly made up of the original set mashed with the Mordor Mine). LEGO's done an amazing job with this line. My thoughts exactly. It always feels like a slap in the face to read all sorts of comments on LEGO failing on these sets, when I treasure my LotR and The Hobbit display as one of my most prized posessions. I love these sets, even the more lackluster ones and it always frustrates me to see so manu that hate what I think are just fine. Could LEGO have done better on a load of them? ABSOLUTELY! But I don't think we should let our disappointment for what we expected dominate what are really truly alright choices. Mine is at https://www.flickr.com/photos/125956731@N06/ Kevkipo's should be at https://www.flickr.com/photos/77334655@N07/ I really like your design! I too am using the 1x2 claw/bracket thing for where the recurved bits attach! I found three of my four grey robot arms...I really want to post pictures but I'm gonna wait till it's finished. And what exactly is wrong with the ORCS in this wave?! Now I feel like you're just looking for things to be frustrated with!!! LEGO has given LOADS of variation in orcs, apl except for making them all a different skin tone, which I prefer because then you can sort them by type but not have a load of identicals! By the end of my collecting I'll have an awesome army of Gundabad orcs! I love how many LEGO puts in their sets! Quote
kevkipo Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Mine is at https://www.flickr.c.../125956731@N06/ Kevkipo's should be at https://www.flickr.c...s/77334655@N07/ But isn't... yet Quote
legofreak86 Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Just a thought guys but the calendar for the movie has been unveiled and it clearly shows Thorin fighting azog in the ruins on the cover and azog is not wearing his armour so maybe lego was right afterall. http://38.media.tumblr.com/88c776f5bc78254db2d5263c080bbaaa/tumblr_ndibrtDJEM1sml467o1_1280.jpg http://33.media.tumblr.com/6ba99c483b5b4beb53181c1f2a6049cf/tumblr_ndij3pZKrg1r50xflo3_r3_500.jpg Quote
kevkipo Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Just a thought guys but the calendar for the movie has been unveiled and it clearly shows Thorin fighting azog in the ruins on the cover and azog is not wearing his armour so maybe lego was right afterall. http://38.media.tumb...l467o1_1280.jpg http://33.media.tumb...flo3_r3_500.jpg I think that's kinda prelim... Also Thorin is not wearing his armour? Quote
legofreak86 Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 In the final battle when they were filming in the pictures Thorin didn't appear to be wearing any Armour. The first time that bulky Armour has been seen is in the first trailer. Maybe he dons it for the battle but it gets smashed off or something or he discards it during. You are right about Azog though maybe he wasn't finished. It would be odd to put an unfinished version on official merch though. Probably also explains why we got the armourless version. Quote
gdugaucquier Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 Hello I wanted to share something. A while ago someone posted about the hair-issues, I read it and tried to improve Galadriels hair. Here are some pictures. Quote
kevkipo Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 My thoughts exactly. It always feels like a slap in the face to read all sorts of comments on LEGO failing on these sets, when I treasure my LotR and The Hobbit display as one of my most prized posessions. I love these sets, even the more lackluster ones and it always frustrates me to see so manu that hate what I think are just fine. Could LEGO have done better on a load of them? ABSOLUTELY! But I don't think we should let our disappointment for what we expected dominate what are really truly alright choices. Great comment there chap, i feel that way too Hello I wanted to share something. A while ago someone posted about the hair-issues, I read it and tried to improve Galadriels hair. Here are some pictures. https://www.flickr.c...05/15572077925/ You can use that for Thranduil too! In the final battle when they were filming in the pictures Thorin didn't appear to be wearing any Armour. The first time that bulky Armour has been seen is in the first trailer. Maybe he dons it for the battle but it gets smashed off or something or he discards it during. You are right about Azog though maybe he wasn't finished. It would be odd to put an unfinished version on official merch though. Probably also explains why we got the armourless version. Dangit. are they doin it again? i want a Thorin with the clothes he wears during battle not a Thorin with stuff he wears five minutes! Quote
gdugaucquier Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 You can use that for Thranduil too! For Thranduil I have made something else. I shall post it later. Quote
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