While you wear your retina trying to zoom in on the photo of the LEGO LOTR booth at London Toy Fair 2012, I bring you a truly awesome MOC of Grond, the destructive wolf-headed, fire-breathing ram seen in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King during the siege of Minas Tirith.

This device was also reproduced in the video games taken from the license: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King et The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth.

So take a few minutes to rest your eyes by going to admire this MOC from every angle on the flickr gallery by Martin Latta alias Thire5 or on his Brickshelf gallery which offers many views of the scene.

This is all that we will see from the LEGO Lord of the Rings sets for now and this is a shot that has not been authorized by LEGO and can be viewed on the flickr gallery by Huw Millington (brick set). Click on the image to see this visual in high resolution.

FBTB was at the London Toy Fair and delivers some information on Marvel novelties, for lack of photos:

6865 Captain America's Avenging Cycle : As said before, the set was partially presented with Captain America and his motorcycle. A character is missing (Red Skull?) So as not to reveal the scenario of the film. 

6866 Wolverine's Chopper Showdown : The minifigs provided are therefore Wolverine, Magneto & Deadpool as announced a few days ago via the official description of the set. Wolverine's claws are removable and are not integrated into the minifig's hands.

6867 Loki's Cosmic Cube Escape : Set delivered with Loki, Hawkeye & Iron Man, it's no longer a surprise since the official set description was published. Hawkeye is behind the wheel of a pickup truck with Loki standing behind it. Loki is equipped with a helmet and holds the Cosmic Cube represented by a transparent 1x1 brick. Iron Man is equipped with a helmet with a movable visor which reveals a screen printed face on both sides. This minifigure appears to have favorably impressed visitors.

6868 Hulk's Hellcarrier Breakout : This set comes with the Hulk, Hawkeye, Loki & Thor minifigs. Hawkeye would appear to be equipped with a new bow model. Loki would be imprisoned.

6869 Quinjet Aerial Battle : The minifigs delivered are Black Widow, Ironman, Thor & Loki. The Quinjet appears solid, bulky, and packed with features.

Photo credit blogomatic3000

Anyone who was still skeptical, even after some obvious explanations, are at their expense: The long awaited minifig of Queen Amidala is confirmed in the set 9499 Gungan Sub by Huw Millington from brick set who was able to admire the Star Wars novelties exhibited at the London Toy Fair 2012. The Gungan Sub also has a detachable escape pod at the back. 

Still according to him, the set 9516 Jabba's Palace is excellent, solid and well built. The Jabba figurine is identical to the one we know but with an olive green color and with a well-made serigraphy. Overall Huw Millington says all the minifigs in the set are successful.

The and 9496 Desert Skiff also has the favors of Huw with a Lando Calrissian different from the one we know in the set 6210 Jabba's Sail Barge, and a Boba Fett who also seemed relatively different to the last version released.

For the rest, no particular enthusiasm on his part for the two sets based on the game Star Wars The Old Republic (9497 Republic Striker-Class Starfighter & 9500 Sith Fury-Class Interceptor), nor for the 9515 Malevolence elsewhere. The ship is in the Clone Wars colors and close to the ISD template of the set 6211. Minifigs are not exclusive and are already known in the Star Wars range.

Huw Millington from brick set was present at the London Toy Fair and due to the lack of photos of the latest novelties exhibited at the show, he delivers some important information:

The ring is in Chromium Gold with a hole large enough for Frodo to carry it in his hand. The 7 sets of the range were on display and we will be entitled to a new version of the LEGO horse whose rear legs will be articulated.

Concerning the sets, some changes in the minifigs since the estimations according to the preliminary visuals:

 9469 Gandalf Arrives - 2 minifigs: Gandalf & Frodo, a cart, a horse, in short nothing more than what we saw in the preliminary visuals.

9470 Shelob Attacks - 3 minifigs: Frodo, Samwise & Gollum. Gollum is hunched over articulated arms that resemble those of LEGO skeletons. The spider is apparently successful.

9471 Uruk-Hai Army - 6 minifigs: Eomer, Rohan Soldier & 4 Uruk-Hai. A small piece of wall that can be connected to that of set 9474.

 9472 Attack on Weathertop - 5 minifigs: Frodo, Merry, Aragorn & 2 Nazgulhs (or Ringwaiths) on horseback.

9473 The Mines of Moria - 7 minifigs: Pippin, Gimli, Legolas, Boromir, 2 x Orcs & Cave Troll

9474 The Battle Of Helm's Deep - 8 minifigs: Aragon, Gimli, Haldir, King Theoden, 5 x Uruk-hai 

 9476 The Orc Forge - 5 minifigs: 5 x Orcs