LEGO Hobbit 2014

[nymmerod]

I think the runes in 79018 might say "EREBOR * THROR" although the "Thror" part looks more like "Threr". It's hard to tell exactly what it says since I have yet to see a totally clear image of the runes.

If true, it's much better than the Mines of Moria runes "DJORDJE WAS HERE"

[deskp]

I think the runes in 79018 might say "EREBOR * THROR" although the "Thror" part looks more like "Threr". It's hard to tell exactly what it says since I have yet to see a totally clear image of the runes.

If true, it's much better than the Mines of Moria runes "DJORDJE WAS HERE"

I prefer the easter egg/joke stuff.

[Hypernova888]

I prefer the easter egg/joke stuff.

Me too. I think they're clever and fun.

As for the bell tower not having the windlance in the film, I've had a sort of idea. As much as I want a brick-built windlance, what if Bard ends up with the windlance destroyed and has to resort to

firing it from his bow? Just an thought I had a couple of months ago.

I think the runes in 79018 might say "EREBOR * THROR" although the "Thror" part looks more like "Threr". It's hard to tell exactly what it says since I have yet to see a totally clear image of the runes.

It appears that "EREBOR*THRER" is correct.

[Shuebmabow]

If we get Bolg in Laketown, will there be a recognizable villain in the BOFA set? I know they have Azog, but I'm not sure if they'd reuse him in another large set. I'm sure that we will get an Orc or two, but I'm wondering about major villains.

[azog15]

If we get Bolg in Laketown, will there be a recognizable villain in the BOFA set? I know they have Azog, but I'm not sure if they'd reuse him in another large set. I'm sure that we will get an Orc or two, but I'm wondering about major villains.

I wonder if they would include the Gundabad Orc General?

[Shuebmabow]

I wonder if they would include the Gundabad Orc General?

If they did that, I wonder what differentiation the general would have from the other generic orc(s); I'm suspecting and hoping for armor on all of them, which should be Uruk-Hai armor (without the white hand, of course)

[deskp]

If they did that, I wonder what differentiation the general would have from the other generic orc(s); I'm suspecting and hoping for armor on all of them, which should be Uruk-Hai armor (without the white hand, of course)

Gundabad orc general is the name thats used for the old Bolg design, by games workshop anyways.

[BrickBob Studpants]

If they did that, I wonder what differentiation the general would have from the other generic orc(s)

The orc general is this fellow (formerly known as Bolg):

Other toy companies have decided to call him "Gundabad Orc General" after the design of Bolg has been changed, so TLG might do so too I certainly wouldn't mind it All in all, we'll definitely get at least two orcs, since Huw stated in his Toy Fair report that there are "orcs" (in plural) among the minifigs Edit: Argh, Ninja'd by deskp

Edited August 1, 2014 by Lego-Freak

[Shuebmabow]

The orc general is this fellow (formerly known as Bolg):

Other toy companies have decided to call him "Gundabad Orc General" after the design of Bolg has been changed, so TLG might do so too I certainly wouldn't mind it All in all, we'll definitely get at least two orcs, since Huw stated in his Toy Fair report that there are "orcs" (in plural) among the minifigs Edit: Argh, Ninja'd by deskp

The orc general sounds a bit like something from a battle pack, but that doesn't mean it won't happen. I found some pics of models of armored Gundabad Orcs that should resemble what we will get in the BOFA set.

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Gundabad-Orc-Spearmen.jpg.

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Gundabad-Orc-Swordsmen.jpg

Maybe the figs will be called Gundabad Orc Spearmen/Swordsmen, just like these models have been labeled...?

Edited August 1, 2014 by Shuebmabow

[Agent Fusion]

I'm disappointed that they didn't use that design for Bolg. It's better than the final design, in my opinion.

[kevkipo]

Okay just to make a dream BOFA set

- King Thorin

- Dain

- 2x Iron Hill soldier

- 2x Orc (maybe Azog or Bolg is one of them?)

Molded beast: War Ram

+

The Ice War Chariot, the dwarves we already have because you can see Dwalin in the front, Kili with Bow on the left, Fili on the right, and Balin riding it.

the chariot being pulled by only 1 ram, because 4 might be too much.

+ a Dale broken building with some snow

That would be just perfect!

Edited August 1, 2014 by kevkipo

[bachamn]

If true, it's much better than the Mines of Moria runes "DJORDJE WAS HERE"

Hah I didn't even know about that. I noticed the runes but didn't even think to translate them. Cheers for that ;)

I'm disappointed that they didn't use that design for Bolg. It's better than the final design, in my opinion.

yeah that's the design labeled as "Bolg" in the Bridge Direct series of figures and a few other merch items I've seen, was curious what people were calling him after the actual Bolg was released so that's good to know.

I prefer the newer CG style for Bolg though as he's clearly modeled after Azog and convincingly comes across as his son.

Edited August 1, 2014 by bachamn

[Shuebmabow]

Okay just to make a dream BOFA set

- King Thorin

- Dain

- 2x Iron Hill soldier

- 2x Orc (maybe Azog or Bolg is one of them?)

Molded beast: War Ram

+

The Ice War Chariot, the dwarves we already have because you can see Dwalin in the front, Kili with Bow on the left, Fili on the right, and Balin riding it.

the chariot being pulled by only 1 ram, because 4 might be too much.

+ a Dale broken building with some snow

That would be just perfect!

Don't exclude the possibility of Elf soldiers. I know we already have a bunch of elves, but I'd be upset if we didn't get at least one of them in their awesome new armor. Also, if the war chariot were to appear in a set, I'd imagine that it would have been Erebor due to the characters on it and where the chariot is charging from, unless somehow that is the same carriage that Dain arrives in (it's being pulled by rams, which most likely means that it was made by the iron hills dwarves). I'm not saying that your predictions would make a bad set, but don't forget, there's still lots of things from the battle that we haven't seen yet that may appear in the set. :)

Edited August 1, 2014 by Shuebmabow

[kevkipo]

Don't exclude the possibility of Elf soldiers. I know we already have a bunch of elves, but I'd be upset if we didn't get at least one of them in their awesome new armor. Also, if the war chariot were to appear in a set, I'd imagine that it would have been Erebor due to the characters on it and where the chariot is charging from, unless somehow that is the same carriage that Dain arrives in (it's being pulled by rams, which most likely means that it was made by the iron hills dwarves). I'm not saying that your predictions would make a bad set, but don't forget, there's still lots of things from the battle that we haven't seen yet that may appear in the set. :)

I know, that is why i said it would be a dream set

[legofreak86]

On the matter of the BO5A set:

Armoured Thranduil

King Thorin

Dain

2 armoured orcs

2 dwarf soldiers.

1 elf soldier

a villain character Azog?, Bolg?

Set consists of Ruined dale buildings like description maybe that courtyard that a lot of action seems to take place in with surrounding ruined structures, Battle ram (for dain?) chariot, something for orcs.

what we may get: Thranduil armoured, 2 dwarves, Thorin Armoured, dain, 2 orcs. Depends how much they want to put into the set I guess. It is an iconic sequence in both film and book so I would hope they do the film version some justice.

Sounds reasonable From what we can gather, the set probably depicts the scene where Bard loads the windlance with his black arrow, even though the tower said weapon is standing on top of apparently is not the same thing as the Belltower Additionally, the fight scene from DoS might be involved as well. Either way, a bad guy is needed for this set and Bolg would be a perfect fit Of course, there are antagonistic Laketown residents, but that wouldn't make much sense in the context of this set unless the Master and Alfrid are still opposed to Bard despite him trying to get rid of a furious dragon that destroys their precious town

Maybe due to the laketown guard bard has to take the windlance to another tower. Maybe the windlance gets destroyed and he has to find another way to fire it. Depends on how the movie swings it.

Edited August 1, 2014 by legofreak86

[legolord]

On the matter of the BOFA set, one given figure is Bard ( in blue coat, the same that was given in SDCC). The reason is because since he is not exclusive, he will appear in one of the 4 sets. One we already know (the erebor set or smaug set) the characters that will appear, if rumours are true the little set will contain galadriel elrond and the witch king. So we have 2 more sets, the laketown and the battle. From the trailer we can see that when Bard is with the elves he is still wearing the brown jacket and I am quite sure they wouldn't put the same character in two add-on sets. So bard is probably going in the battle set.

[Lynx]

Interesting that most here seem to share the idea of an 'ideal' Battle of the Five Armies set! My wish list is quite similar: Thorin in kingly armour, including crown; Dain II Ironfoot; 2 generic dwarves, 2 generic orcs, 1 generic elf, ideally in golden armour. For the molded creature, I would love to see Beorn in bear form. I like the dwarves of the Iron Hills as described by Tolkien. While I don't mind the war ram fan fiction (it looks very cool!), I'd much prefer to get one of the most important and influential characters in that final battle in this set. On that topic, I expect the title will be changed to something more generic after the adaptation of 'Battle of Five Armies' as the third film's title.

For the Lake-town set, one report mentioned 'three buildings', which I cannot imagine in a 30 USD set. If it'll be the bell tower only, it could lack the tower with the windlance - which seems strange indeed. For the figures of that set I hope for Bard (seems a given) and armoured dwarves (Oin and Bofur?). Might as well get all 13 nicely dressed up (which seems unlikely).

Regarding the final set, I don't really care. Getting Galadriel is nice, but for somebody still clinging to the faintest hope to see more Lord of the Rings sets, her inclusion in the Hobbit gives even one fewer incentive to continue LotR for main characters. I already have two Elrond figures and am not interested in the Witch-king unless he rides his fell beast and faces Eowyn. This might change after watching the final movie, obviously.

[kevkipo]

On the matter of the BOFA set, one given figure is Bard ( in blue coat, the same that was given in SDCC). The reason is because since he is not exclusive, he will appear in one of the 4 sets. One we already know (the erebor set or smaug set) the characters that will appear, if rumours are true the little set will contain galadriel elrond and the witch king. So we have 2 more sets, the laketown and the battle. From the trailer we can see that when Bard is with the elves he is still wearing the brown jacket and I am quite sure they wouldn't put the same character in two add-on sets. So bard is probably going in the battle set.

1 thing is for sure, Bard will NOT be in the BO5A set. i mean who else has to fire the Black Arrow? Button Lady?

[legofreak86]

Do you know what would be odd. If Bain fired it! Hopefully it will be bard as trailers and posters suggest. I reckon smaug attacks and the wall of bard's prison is blown out and bard escapes. I hope smaug totals that statue of the master that'd be great!

[kevkipo]

Do you know what would be odd. If Bain fired it! Hopefully it will be bard as trailers and posters suggest. I reckon smaug attacks and the wall of bard's prison is blown out and bard escapes. I hope smaug totals that statue of the master that'd be great!

I wonder what the master is going to do! Quick Alfrid throw a brandy at that creature!

[Hypernova888]

1 thing is for sure, Bard will NOT be in the BO5A set. i mean who else has to fire the Black Arrow? Button Lady?

BUTTON LADY!

[kevkipo]

I'm so sorry...

[Deathleech]

1 thing is for sure, Bard will NOT be in the BO5A set. i mean who else has to fire the Black Arrow? Button Lady?

And by that logic who is Bard going to fire it at? The clouds? Smaug isn't in the Lake-town set either so it's not like Bard is going to be able to use the windlance against any figures in the set itself.

Who knows, maybe Bard will be in the Bo5A set. It does seem weird to put him in two Lake-town sets that go together. I think everyone is assuming he won't be in the Bo5A just because there isn't any room for him really. I mean if Dain and Thorin are pretty much givens, that only leaves 3 spots left (if it's a $60 set like the past Middle=Earth ones). Bolg could be in either the Bo5A set or Lake-town. Worse case I am guessing we will get a larger molded eagle or warg, Thorin with a different print, Dain, armored Thranduil with a different print, Azog, and another generic Gundabad Orc like the ones we received in wave two. I'm not terribly optimistic about receiving any Elf or Dwarven soldier types because look at Black Gates. We got two Mordor Orcs, Mouth, Aragorn, and Gandalf. There were no Gondor or Rohan Soldiers at all.

Edited August 2, 2014 by Deathleech

[kevkipo]

^ Okay. but if Bard is in BO5A what is the Lake-Town set going to be about then, Hmm? It will feature the Windlance, it will feature Bard. don't you see? these are marketing skills you have to buy the biggest set so you can complete your Lake-Town.

I was just thinking... who says it is a Lake-Town set? just because of Bain reports? well Bain is at the battle in Dale so...

altough that probably wont be the case.

Edited August 2, 2014 by kevkipo

[Shuebmabow]

^ Okay. but if Bard is in BO5A what is the Lake-Town set going to be about then, Hmm? It will feature the Windlance, it will feature Bard. don't you see? these are marketing skills you have to buy the biggest set so you can complete your Lake-Town.

Continuing the use of marketing skills, they might put a big BOFA hero in Laketown so that people will buy Laketown to complete their battle character collection from BOFA, thus increasing sales for TLG. The same goes for the selection of dwarves and Bilbo that we get in Erebor, as they play a role in the battle as well.

Edited August 2, 2014 by Shuebmabow