03/01/2015 - 18:10 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO The Hobbit: Exclusive Minifigure Bath

One last minifigure for the road? This will be the case in 2015 with the minifig of Bain, the son of Bard the Bowman in a new variant, moreover already on sale on the Chinese Taobao site.

This character has already appeared in another outfit in the set 79016 Attack on Lake-town.

The above version will most likely come with a blu-ray as was the case for the Bilbo minifigure supplied in 2013 with the first episode of The Hobbit trilogy in a pack exclusive to the US Target brand.

The second part of the trilogy was for its part delivered by the same brand with the 30215 Legolas Greenleaf polybag.

(seen on Eurobricks)

18/12/2014 - 00:50 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

lego the hobbit posters

You have all been able to discover the official LEGO catalog which details the products that will be marketed during the first half of 2015, and The Hobbit range is conspicuous by its absence. No trace of the four sets released this fall in these pages while we find in other ranges of boxes that have been marketed for nearly a year (Marvel, DC Comics, etc ...).

The absence of new features in The Hobbit range is not a surprise, we all already understood that LEGO would end this year with the theatrical release of the third and final episode of the Peter Jackson cinematic saga to this series of products. derivatives. But the absence in the catalog pages of The Hobbit products still marketed by LEGO is strange, as if finally the manufacturer wanted to turn the page (!) Of this "temporary" range which therefore comes out the back door after 9 boxes.

Range Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is also absent from this catalog, it is difficult to know if it is definitively discontinued or if a few boxes based on the animated series currently airing and which has been renewed for a fourth season in 2015 will be released in the second half of the year.

10/12/2014 - 20:56 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

 

lego hobbit posters

While the third and final installment of The Hobbit saga is in theaters, LEGO is sluggishly making a mark by offering the (pretty) poster above on its facebook page. Yeh!

22/11/2014 - 00:12 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

minas tirith 10k supporters

The good news of the day is the transition to the review phase of the project Tirith mines of Nuju Metru who has just reached the threshold of 10.000 supporters.

This long-term project created in March 2013 will therefore be entitled to a review in due form by the LEGO Ideas team, which will decide its fate.

I don't think this project goes beyond the review phase: By the time LEGO announces the results, Tolkien's universe will not be very relevant anymore. This is how life goes, the fans will move on, other ranges will arrive ...

The film trilogy The Hobbit comes to an end on December 11, and all that remains is the release of the inevitable multiple editions in ultra-collector's boxes of this trilogy for us to talk about this saga and the other work of Tolkien: The Lords of the Rings.

I just hope that LEGO will understand that the passage in the review phase of this project, which took all its time to collect 10.000 "real"supporters, is a credible indicator of the enthusiasm of fans of LEGO and the universe of Tolkien who would like other sets to complete the short list of those already released ...

20/11/2014 - 19:18 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

bard bowman brickfilm

LEGO has uploaded a very cool brickfilm made for the manufacturer by the team at BrotherhoodWorkshop which tells us in its own way the youth of Bard the Bowman and the reasons for his popularity among the inhabitants of Esgaroth.

Beyond its excellent scenario, this film is technically very impressive: It features many minifigs and the reconstruction of Esgaroth is so successful that I still wonder how many boxes in the set 79013 Lake Town Chase it would take to achieve the same result ...