12/11/2011 - 18:51 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

Chrome Bricks

I told you about it today on Hoth Bricks, you can buy chrome parts to customize your designs.

Et Chrome Bricks offer many accessories suitable for the most daring customs on the Lord of the Rings theme, I put a few examples above and I let you judge the result.

For those who do not yet know Chrome Bricks, this is a brand that offers parts for sale in version Chromium Gold, Chrome Silver et Copper (Copper), and for some time in version battle look, Metallic Gold et metallic Silver.

Chrome Bricks Range

10/11/2011 - 00:00 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

lego lotr

I know, I know, the title was a bit easy .... But I come back to a subject that titillates me: A possible LEGO game based on the Lord of the Rings license.

The rumor persists, no one is vehemently denying it, but no one is confirming it either. in 2010 Warner Bros. announced that the partnership between LEGO and TT Games Publishing (Which is owned by Warner) would run until at least 2016.
The year 2011 was rich in releases with LEGO Star Wars III The Clone Wars, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, LEGO Ninjago: The Videogame et LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7.

For 2012, we already know that Lego batman 2 et LEGO Superheroes: The Videogame are on the program.
And why not a game LEGO: The Hobbit ? After all, the theme lends itself to it: Endearing characters for children, a legend that is part of the culture of adults today, an extended, varied, mysterious universe, populated by strange creatures ...

In 2010, producer Loz Doyle (TT Games) refused during an interview to answer on the subject: "I can't say anything about it", but admitted that the Lord of the Rings franchise meets the necessary criteria for a video game adaptation:"It's [Lord of the Rings] got three films - well, plus one if you add The Hobbit. It's got a lot of cool characters. It could definitely work. There are very few things that wouldn't work, don't you think? There is an age limit, and Lord of the Rings is aimed younger in terms of appropriateness. So in that respect they work. Yeah, it would definitely work. "Which means that with the three films, plus The Hobbit (2 films planned) and as many characters, it could work ....

The Lord of the Rings license is no longer in the hands of Electronic Arts, and New Line Cinema is now part of the Time Warner group, allowing the group to regain control of the LOTR licensed games, as long as they are based on movies only. Tolkien Enterprises retains its rights to anything adapted from the books.

There is a persistent rumor that Peter Jackson himself was treated to a presentation of a LEGO LOTR game demo .....

LEGO's strategy could be as follows: Announce the license in July 2012, release the game LEGO The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey just after the film's theatrical release in late 2012, and providing a first wave of sets in early 2013, between the two films, building on the Blu-ray / DVD release of the first opus.
Same timing for the second installment of the game LEGO The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies which would be available after the theatrical release of the second film in late 2013 with another wave of sets in early 2014.

Wait & see ....

 

08/11/2011 - 20:53 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

Welcome to Hobbiton by Nick Roth

A nice MOC from Nick roth with this scene where Gandalf arrives by cart in Hobbiton, a village where Bilbo, Frodo and Samwise reside ....

This MOC is remarkable for the design and density of the vegetation and the design of the tree largely inspired by the work of Derfel cadarn. The minifigs presented are arbitrary but the scene resumes well the magical side of that of the film, where the calm and the greenery contrast with the events which will follow ...

To see more about this MOC, it's on the flickr gallery de Nick roth that it happens.

LOTR - Gandalf arrives in Hobbiton

08/11/2011 - 00:16 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

LEGO Lord of the Rings .... NOT

Admit that looking at this image you say to yourself that finally a license Lego lord of the rings, it could force you to spend a few euros to feed your collection of minifigs .....

I was doing my customs tour (I still fell in love with some of Christo's achievements, but I'm saving it for Brick Heroes) and was looking for some quality LOTR themed minifigs.
When I say quality, by that I mean resembling minifigs designed for this theme, and not more or less happy assemblages of Castle or Kingdoms pieces without real similarity to the personage embodied.

My only credible find is on eBay, with the store of Green Pea Toys which offers some customs rather well done (a priori) and in any case quite easily identifiable.
Above: A Gimli with a custom helmet and armor, the rest being official LEGO parts, a Witch King of Angmar with a helmet / head and custom weapons, and a Saruman designed from official parts and equipped with a custom stick.

The rates are okay, if I compare with what I'm paying for Marvel or Star Wars customs and the seller seems reliable. I might try one or two minifigs to see the result. I'll let you know.

If you have already bought from this merchant, leave me your impressions in the comments, it is always very interesting to have other opinions.

 

05/11/2011 - 23:23 LEGO LOTR & The Hobbit Lego news

Mines of Moria @ BrickCon 2011

The 2011 edition of BrickCon held in Seattle on October 1st and 2nd was marked by the superb MOC "The Last March of the Ents"which somewhat eclipsed another equally spectacular creation: Mines of Moria (MOC flickr gallery at BrickCon 2011) which reconstructs down to the smallest detail this underground space where majestic columns are aligned for a striking effect.

But even stronger, we must go back to Brick World Chicago 2011 which was held in June 2011 to see that this MOC is only a very small part of a titanic collaborative project reconstructing dozens of scenes and places from the world of Lord of the Rings.

If you are a fan of Tolkien's universe, you will not remain indifferent to the photo gallery published on MOCpages on the occasion of this event.

LOTR The Journey of the Fellowship @ BrickWolrd 2011