LEGO Hobbit 2014

[8BrickMario]

No. There was a Bilbo with his blue coat, and Gamestop's preorder bonus for the game was Bilbo in his morning robe.

[Ardelon]

If we get polybags, my money is on:

1) a Gundabad Orc (since one poly a generic bad guy), and...

2) Thorin – he is the deuteragonist of the whole trilogy, only second to Bilbo himself. And while we didnt get a Bilbo polybag, we got at least two (iirc) exclusive Bilbos with games and whatnot. Thorin would also follow the pattern of all the polybag good guys appearing in all the Hobbit films (Gandalf, Legolas, so also Thorin) – Im basing this argument on Legolas appearing in both films while the Hobbit was still a duology, and TLG having released his poly with this in mind. I assume the first film would have finished after the Barrel scene, but before Bard showed up to take them to Lake-Town. Even if Bard would have appeared in the last scene of the first film, he would still be a „part two hero“.

As for what variant, its either the one we see in the BO5A set, or if TLG would want to keep him exclusive, maybe they would give him the BO5A torso, but his plain hair – like he appears in the teaser when the other Dwarves are parading in full armor in front of him.

Of course, we might get Bard, I just think Thorin is more likely. I strongly doubt we would get Bain before Bard in a poly; and I dont think boys would really like a Tauriel polybag over a male hero they can identify with more closely.

[Jason7189]

There is a chance that the dwarf in 79017 is a generic figure! Brickipedia says in there character list of the BO5A set that the dwarf is an "Armoured Dwarf Guard" you know what this could mean! Maybe there will be a dwarf polybag after.

It also shows bard in his SDCC version, (which is good) here is the link.

http://lego.wikia.co...the_Five_Armies

Edited August 21, 2014 by Jason7189

[just2good]

There is a chance that the dwarf in 79017 is a generic figure! Brickipedia says in there character list of the BO5A set that the dwarf is an "Armoured Dwarf Guard" you know what this could mean! Maybe there will be a dwarf polybag after.

It also shows bard in his SDCC version, (which is good) here is the link.

http://lego.wikia.co...the_Five_Armies

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's just based on the picture that leaked, which indeed showed SDCC Bard.

[Jason7189]

But what about the dwarf?

[Borador]

There is a chance that the dwarf in 79017 is a generic figure! Brickipedia says in there character list of the BO5A set that the dwarf is an "Armoured Dwarf Guard" you know what this could mean! Maybe there will be a dwarf polybag after.

It also shows bard in his SDCC version, (which is good) here is the link.

http://lego.wikia.co...the_Five_Armies

Didn't the folks from London Toy Fair confirm it was Dain? I can't recall if they had been told that, or just guessed based on his appearance. I'd doubt the latter, since Dain's design has yet to be revealed.

[Jason7189]

Well, I've heard nothing about them confirming Dain.

[DJ Bricks]

There is a chance that the dwarf in 79017 is a generic figure! Brickipedia says in there character list of the BO5A set that the dwarf is an "Armoured Dwarf Guard" you know what this could mean! Maybe there will be a dwarf polybag after.

It also shows bard in his SDCC version, (which is good) here is the link.

http://lego.wikia.co...the_Five_Armies

Thats the old Brickipedia, which has gone dowhill since Brickimedia was formed. They just speculate.

[Jason7189]

Personally, I think there's a 30% chance of it being a generic dwarf.

Edited August 21, 2014 by Jason7189

[Borador]

Personally, I think there's a 50% chance of it being a generic dwarf.

It's possible, but unlikely. Check out bigospedro's Toy Fair report on the first page of this very thread. He says that he googled what he "thought she said" and the closest thing that came up was "Dain Ironfoot", which means "she" probably had told them it was Dain. I'd say it's more like 75% Dain, 25% Generic. Either way, though, one can still convert Dain to a generic dwarf...

[Blakstone]

I think the labeling of Armored Dwarf Guard is because the leaked photo did not have the names of the minifigs on front. While the minifigures were visible in the box, the labels were out of the frame. However, the minifig had the mohawk like Dain. it will be him. Of course, since the mohawk is a different color from the helmet and likely removable, it could still be reused for a generic polybag. But an orc is more likley for the polybag as it could fight the good guys.

[Jason7189]

The thing is, animato Studios also says that it is a dwarf soldier.

[Alfadas]

Well, we just got to wait and see who is in the set. My money is on Dain Ironfoot, not on a generic dwarf soldier. True, we might get him in a polybag, but not in the set.

[Alcarin]

Its Dain 99%......

You think LEGO would skip that character over generic noob dwarf? Good luck!

[BrickBob Studpants]

@Alcarin: Let me correct that:

Its Dain 100%......

You think LEGO would skip that character over generic noob dwarf? Good luck!

There's no way around it, it's undoubtedly Dain It was confirmed at the London Toy Fair, very convincingly even since Bigospedros didn't know much about LOTR/ the Hobbit. His description was thus not based on his own assumption, but what he was told at the Fair. There's no way he came up with that name on accident And I agree with Alcarin, given TLG's tendency to prefer named characters over nameless grunts, there's no way they would have chosen a generic dwarf instead of Dain

[Lynx]

The dwarf's red axe, Barazanthual, is a certain giveaway that the dwarf is Dain II Ironfoot and no generic solider.

[azog15]

Do you think LEGO would ever make a Hobbit wave of minifigures?

[Robert_88]

Do you think LEGO would ever make a Hobbit wave of minifigures?

I'm afraid they can't because they don't have the license to do this.

[kevkipo]

Well, I've heard nothing about them confirming Dain.

It is Dain, His Red Axe kinda gives it away

Brickipedia is formed by people with speculations, they even know lesser than we do

Do you think LEGO would ever make a Hobbit wave of minifigures?

That kinda broke my heart , it will probably never happen.

[azog15]

Why is that?

[Blakstone]

The issue with a Hobbit CMF series is a matter of timing and of contract. Another toy company has the contract for Hobbit action figures. So LEGO cannot sell minifigures without another of a build to be considered a construction toy.

Even if LEGO was able to restructure their contract with the WB for a CMF line, we know that Series 12 goes live in September. The next CMF line won't appear for approx another 4 months. The Battle of the Five Armies will have left the movie theatre before then and the demand will be gone.

The LEGO Movie and The Simpsons were the only licensed minifigure lines. Both lines were planned from the beginning to include CMF. New licenses and evergreen licenses may use CMF if that is spelled out in contract negotiations.

But that innovation came to late to help the Middle Earth line.

[deskp]

I'm afraid they can't because they don't have the license to do this.

They could get the license and then do it.

Its not like they would get that license and sit on it for several years. If lego wanted to do this, around or after the last movie would be the best time to do it if they wanted.

That said i dont think it will happen no.

[Fives]

Why is that?

The license allows for building toys only. Selling individual figures without a brick built part as well would breach this agreement. Currently Bridge Direct holds the license to release individual 'action figures', which is what the CMF blind bags are in the eyes of Warner Bros.

As for the whole Dain debate, I feel that if LEGO is unwilling to give us a generic Elf warrior as opposed to a pre-existing Legolas fig, why would they give us a generic Dwarf when they could make a named character? LEGO always seems to prefer to give us named figs because kids, I think, would rather have named heroes that you actually care about and can relate to when playing instead of some random background soldier.

The whole army-building thing really seems to be a AFOL-only phenomenon. I bet that there are very few kids who care how many grunts they get. Just as long as they have the main heroes to play adventures with, they're happy.

[Lynx]

Regarding named characters vs. 'random' grunts: Casting my mind back to my childhood, I didn't need any named characters. The only two I had (sort of) were Robin Hood and Redbeard. And yet, my not officially named forestmen had names that I gave to them. Two of my young, not officially named, pirates, became the heroes of my stories when they opposed the evil blue empire and greedy Redbeard. I think the LEGO movie actually follows in the same spirit with the main character being a 'random construction worker'. I don't believe that today's kids have lost their imagination. Unnamed characters might actually spark it! Instead of replaying the adventures of Luke Skywalker, why not create the adventures of aspiring Jedi knight Mirktag, the ewok?

[kevkipo]

The whole army-building thing really seems to be a AFOL-only phenomenon. I bet that there are very few kids who care how many grunts they get. Just as long as they have the main heroes to play adventures with, they're happy.

See? that's my problem, the Hobbit sets are 8-14... well i think when a child sees an orc head getting sliced off they would run screaming out of the room...

I just think that when they buy the sets they are also going to see the movies

Lego better focused on T and AFOL's, but then again we would only buy it

why not create the adventures of aspiring Jedi knight Mirktag, the ewok?

Or Burnip the Dwarf Soldier