Lord of the Rings Ongoing Discussion

[Balrogofmorgoth]

2 hours ago, Yoggington said:

https://i.imgur.com/tgVf9kc.mp4

🤣🤣🤣

Man it really needs to come with Odo 😂 that would be such a great fig 

Edited January 24 by Balrogofmorgoth

[TheDoctor]

15 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

This is my list too.  I think 10 is my expectation given that hobbits are relatively uniform (face and torso prints would be different and different hair for females).  I am hoping for one or two generic hobbits in addition to this list to get us to 12 minifigures.

I just don't expect generic Hobbits to be included with nowhere to really display them.
Like BrickBob Studpants said, expect a pretty weak line up for this set. (then be happy if you're proved wrong!)

Although a quick note on Lobelia; in LotR her appearance is far less striking than her colourful appearance in The Hobbit.
(so it would actually be quite a dull choice, unless they just decide to go for her Hobbit look)


There's also been a bit of an up tick in leaks at the moment, so maybe we'll get an idea closer to the end of February if the current leaks are anything to go by.
(Surprising really, LEGO has been quite successful in cracking down on leaks after appointing staff to that specific role. Maybe they're on holiday!)

[Balrogofmorgoth]

2 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

I just don't expect generic Hobbits to be included with nowhere to really display them.
Like BrickBob Studpants said, expect a pretty weak line up for this set. (then be happy if you're proved wrong!)

Although a quick note on Lobelia; in LotR her appearance is far less striking than her colourful appearance in The Hobbit.
(so it would actually be quite a dull choice, unless they just decide to go for her Hobbit look)


There's also been a bit of an up tick in leaks at the moment, so maybe we'll get an idea closer to the end of February if the current leaks are anything to go by.
(Surprising really, LEGO has been quite successful in cracking down on leaks after appointing staff to that specific role. Maybe they're on holiday!)

It’s not about getting colorful characters, it’s about getting screen accurate ones. I think Fellowship Lobelia would be a fine addition 

[MAB]

Wasn't Lobelia only onscreen for a few seconds in the extended edition of FOTR? There were complaints when they did Mouth of Sauron in the Black Gate but at least he had a scene. Other hobbits had more significant roles at the party.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Idk, it‘s just hard for me to get excited over hobbits with very little screentime when we could finally get characters we‘ve been aching to see, like Eowyn or the Witch-King of Angmar  It‘s a great idea to revisit the Shire, don‘t get me wrong, but I‘d rather have had Minas Tirith / The Battle of the Pelennor Fields first, and Bag End after that

[Balrogofmorgoth]

3 hours ago, MAB said:

Wasn't Lobelia only onscreen for a few seconds in the extended edition of FOTR? There were complaints when they did Mouth of Sauron in the Black Gate but at least he had a scene. Other hobbits had more significant roles at the party.

Anyone that complained about the Mouth being included is deranged. Lobelia is probably the most significant side hobbit character after Rosie, and everyone knows who she is, even if only by reputation

[Cyprinus]

3 hours ago, MAB said:

Wasn't Lobelia only onscreen for a few seconds in the extended edition of FOTR? There were complaints when they did Mouth of Sauron in the Black Gate but at least he had a scene. Other hobbits had more significant roles at the party.

Not like Gloin had much of a role in the movie beyond being background scenery, yet we still got him (even if unnamed).

[Balrogofmorgoth]

And even the theatrical version has the scene where Bilbo is hiding in Bag End from the S.B.’s, I think it would make perfect sense for a Bag End set

[kuzyabricks]

9 hours ago, Cyprinus said:

Not like Gloin had much of a role in the movie beyond being background scenery, yet we still got him (even if unnamed).

They only gave him to us because he's a hodge podge of  random parts and they wanted to use Gimli's beard mold for more than one character.

Edit: just found out he has an exclusive face print, maybe they just cheaped out on the torsos or I don't know what I'm talking about)))

Edited January 25 by kuzyabricks

[MAB]

10 hours ago, Cyprinus said:

Not like Gloin had much of a role in the movie beyond being background scenery, yet we still got him (even if unnamed).

Merry and Pippin parts already exist, they had screentime and people recognize them. They are two easy figures for LEGO to include again.

LEGO could do all new parrs for Lobelia but then they can probably make a reasonable Lobelia figure from existing parts too, the brief time she was onscreen means they could get away with pretty much anything for her (just like Gloin re-using Owen Grady's torso).

[Balrogofmorgoth]

Bag End wouldn’t require as many new molds so I would hope for mostly new prints for minifigs

[McMurder_them_softly]

On 1/25/2025 at 4:05 AM, MAB said:

Wasn't Lobelia only onscreen for a few seconds in the extended edition of FOTR? There were complaints when they did Mouth of Sauron in the Black Gate but at least he had a scene. Other hobbits had more significant roles at the party.

She was also in the Hobbit films too (I think extended as well) for a few brief moments. Not that it adds much 

[MAB]

7 hours ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

She was also in the Hobbit films too (I think extended as well) for a few brief moments. Not that it adds much 

Very different costume, and that is a movie series they are not currently making sets for. If they were to do another The Hobbit version of Bag End, then I imagine most people now would want all the dwarves before they do a Lobelia figure.

 

[Altair1]

On 1/25/2025 at 12:20 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Idk, it‘s just hard for me to get excited over hobbits with very little screentime when we could finally get characters we‘ve been aching to see, like Eowyn or the Witch-King of Angmar  It‘s a great idea to revisit the Shire, don‘t get me wrong, but I‘d rather have had Minas Tirith / The Battle of the Pelennor Fields first, and Bag End after that

Could not agree more, Lego is not very good with priorities... I really hope we finally get Minas Tirith next year.

[BrickBob Studpants]

20 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Bag End wouldn’t require as many new molds so I would hope for mostly new prints for minifigs

Does it actually require any new pieces?  I can‘t think of anything beyond a different hobbit hairpiece maybe, so that they don‘t all have the same silhouette. Or perhaps a new hair-hat combo piece for Gandalf! But neither of them is a necessity

Edited January 28 by BrickBob Studpants

[Kaijumeister]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Or perhaps a new hair-hat combo piece for Gandalf! But neither of them is a necessity

I’ve been wanting this since Rivendell first released - the Gandalf minifigure just doesn’t look right with the hat piece on. This would be the right time to introduce a new mould especially as Gandalf is presumably coming in the Book Nook too. 

[Balrogofmorgoth]

9 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I’ve been wanting this since Rivendell first released - the Gandalf minifigure just doesn’t look right with the hat piece on. This would be the right time to introduce a new mould especially as Gandalf is presumably coming in the Book Nook too. 

Agreed. He really needs that update. Hopefully they deliver 

11 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Does it actually require any new pieces?  I can‘t think of anything beyond a different hobbit hairpiece maybe, so that they don‘t all have the same silhouette. Or perhaps a new hair-hat combo piece for Gandalf! But neither of them is a necessity

I could see a new hairpiece for someone like Lobelia. Rosie Cotton could potentially use the Madam Rosmerta hair but I could also see them doing a new one. All the male hobbits have basically the same hair lol so they’ll probably stick with the usual. I’m already not happy they didn’t use it in white for Rivendell Bilbo, it’s much more accurate than the Doc Brown hair. Doc Brown hair would work for Grey Havens Bilbo.

Edited January 28 by Balrogofmorgoth

[MAB]

If they did Lobelia, there are plenty of female hair pieces already existing. I would hope they didn't use a new mould for a character that has so little screen time I doubt most people could describe how her hair is different to already existing parts without pausing the movie and taking a screenshot (as below). Her hair is not so different to the usual hobbit hair but of course this is used to represent the male hobbit shorter hair even though it is a but too volumous. I imagine they'd probably use a different one to distinguish male from female. The Dana/Rosmerta hair would be fine for me when you compare their on screen versions. It is too big, but then the existing hobbit hair is too big, in the same way that minifigure heads are too big a bit like bobble heads especiallywhen they use short legs.

 

Edited January 29 by MAB
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[Balrogofmorgoth]

4 hours ago, MAB said:

If they did Lobelia, there are plenty of female hair pieces already existing. I would hope they didn't use a new mould for a character that has so little screen time I doubt most people could describe how her hair is different to already existing parts without pausing the movie and taking a screenshot (as below). Her hair is not so different to the usual hobbit hair but of course this is used to represent the male hobbit shorter hair even though it is a but too volumous. I imagine they'd probably use a different one to distinguish male from female. The Dana/Rosmerta hair would be fine for me when you compare their on screen versions. It is too big, but then the existing hobbit hair is too big, in the same way that minifigure heads are too big a bit like bobble heads especiallywhen they use short legs.

Aside from a hat for Gandalf, what new molds would you feel like we need for a Bag End set that we would be robbed of if they gave Lobelia a new hair piece? I’m genuinely curious

[MAB]

2 hours ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

Aside from a hat for Gandalf, what new molds would you feel like we need for a Bag End set that we would be robbed of if they gave Lobelia a new hair piece? I’m genuinely curious

None. I just don't think we need a new hairpiece for such a minor character when existing ones work fine.

How many people are out there thinking: We are getting a new LOTR version of Bag End but I'll skip it if they don't do a Lobelia minifigure, and she must have a new hairpiece. 

 

I imagine there are people (both AFOLs and fans of the movies) that have skipped Rivendell because of he price and size but would buy the smaller Bag End and so recognizable characters like Merry and Pippin ought to be in it ahead of minor characters that many wouldn't recognize if the character name wasn't on the box.

[Balrogofmorgoth]

48 minutes ago, MAB said:

None. I just don't think we need a new hairpiece for such a minor character when existing ones work fine.

How many people are out there thinking: We are getting a new LOTR version of Bag End but I'll skip it if they don't do a Lobelia minifigure, and she must have a new hairpiece. 

 

I imagine there are people (both AFOLs and fans of the movies) that have skipped Rivendell because of he price and size but would buy the smaller Bag End and so recognizable characters like Merry and Pippin ought to be in it ahead of minor characters that many wouldn't recognize if the character name wasn't on the box.

I guess I’ll just never understand the mindset of “a piece exists that doesn’t exactly look accurate but could maybe work so I don’t want them to make a new piece even though the set doesn’t really need any other new pieces”

Just doesn’t make sense to me. If the set doesn’t require a bunch of new molds, and a character could use a new mold, just give it to them. It doesn’t take away from anything else

No one is saying they’ll boycott the set if it doesn’t include Lobelia with a new hair piece. But she and other named hobbits like her would be wonderful additions to what is probably the only Shire based set we’re going to get. It’ll definitely be disappointing if some of those other hobbits aren’t included 

[MAB]

41 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I guess I’ll just never understand the mindset of “a piece exists that doesn’t exactly look accurate but could maybe work so I don’t want them to make a new piece even though the set doesn’t really need any other new pieces”

Just doesn’t make sense to me. If the set doesn’t require a bunch of new molds, and a character could use a new mold, just give it to them. It doesn’t take away from anything else

It adds to the cost though if every new character gets its own screen accurate pieces. Accurate hair for Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin would all be slightly different as their onscreen hair is different, and they would all be different to those for Michael Knight, Lee Jordan, Charlie Weasley, and Gray Mitchell. However, they all look fine sharing the same hair piece when you consider minifigures are not accurate scale models or action figures.

If there was something so spectacular and unique about the character, then I expect them to do it. So if they did a The Hobbit version of Lobelia, I would expect them to do it in a similar way to Red Harrington from The Lone Ranger, as the hat and hairstyle makes that character unique. Whereas if you have to pause a movie to check if the length of the hair on a minifigure is actually screen accurate as there is nothing else really special about it, then I don't think it needs a new mold created for that single use.

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, Balrogofmorgoth said:

I guess I’ll just never understand the mindset of “a piece exists that doesn’t exactly look accurate but could maybe work so I don’t want them to make a new piece even though the set doesn’t really need any other new pieces”

Just doesn’t make sense to me. If the set doesn’t require a bunch of new molds, and a character could use a new mold, just give it to them. It doesn’t take away from anything else

No one is saying they’ll boycott the set if it doesn’t include Lobelia with a new hair piece. But she and other named hobbits like her would be wonderful additions to what is probably the only Shire based set we’re going to get. It’ll definitely be disappointing if some of those other hobbits aren’t included 

In the end a new mould for the hair would not only affect new possible other moulds though, but also the number of prints they include in the set. So in some cases it would be better to use the budget they have for those instead of a new mould - in the end it varies from person to person what they prefer ofc - and in the end depends on what they would include instead.

[JohnTPT17]

To heck with the hair - everyone gets a party hat to celebrate Bilbo's birthday. No need to worry about hair then!

Apparently TandNBricks (who's been reliable in the past) now has a hint out for Minas Tirith - a Middle Earth map with several previous locations checked off, but Minas Tirith's icon unchecked. Looks like it may be coming 2026?

[RichardGoring]

And they're going to do a $1000 Death Star, so maybe the next $1000 set will be LOTR. Both exciting and exasperating in equal measure.

What's the minimum cost you think a full Minas Tirith set would cost, that's not just a book nook or diorama?