mpaisana

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  6. Posted

    Is the goblin king set worth to get at 58 euro? Or is there a online sale on amazon/ lego.com in a couple of weeks that I dont know of.

    It is on sale, I'm currently building it and I'm not liking it that much. Doesn't feel like a €99 set (standard price), goes better for €58. I keep getting the feeling that I'm building many small sets instead of one big nicely designed set. And it has lot's of stickers. Anyway, it has many nice pieces for castle builders, if you're into that.

  9. Posted

    Especially if they gave it up for a stupid re-release from the one theme that everyone's sick and tired of getting re-releases from.

    There is no way Star Wars is a theme everyone's sick and tired, due to (re-)(re-)re-releases. This theme has already a historical weight for TLG (basically saved the ship back in 1999), and the current profits of the line don't show boredom in the fan base. The reason why this will go on is because it's a very versatile license. They can re-release boring sets AFOLS will buy (they do, in fact) and they can release products based on new products like Clone Wars and stuff.

    Please note that even though I'm a Lego SW fan, I'm a bit tired of seeing other themes be sacrificed on behalf of that license. In almost 15 years it's hard to imagine what we've lost in terms of possible Lego space lines.

    I do hope LOTR doesn't suffer from worse sales, it's totally worth it. As for exclusives, Orthanc doesn't seem that cool to me, would prefer an exclusive Lothlórien.

  10. Posted

    Wait wait wait, is there one more exclusive set in the new Lotr wave? Awesome!

    What would be the chances of Lotr and hobbit having one more wave after this one? It is clearly a good seller. I know some people are comparing it to SW, but I don't really think it is fair. SW had quite a lot of time to become such a franchise. Lotr only starting out now and gaining a lot of momentum!

    If you read the previous posts on this thread you can catch up with all the info. There are evidence that points towards a Tower of Orthanc set (pics of the lego design offices show a preliminary design model).

    On other past posts of this thread it has been discussed that the LOTR line hasn't been that successful sales-wise. The SW and LOTR fan-based community is totally different, I agree with you, SW's much bigger and intergenerational. But I guess for TLG it all comes down to numbers, and if a licensed (and more expensive to maintain theme) isn't successful, they'll ditch it and get another one. I'm not that confident that this line will go on for a long time.

  13. Posted

    what I'm interested in is if the mordor orcs have a new print or not, If Anduril has a new mold and wich minifigures comes with Orthanc.

    Barry asked in the this post what do readers want him to try and find out. Post a comment with your questions, these guys are really nice and they'll give you a clue if they can. I don't know if we'll see anything Lord of the Rings at this fair :/ They'll probably leave Orthanc for Germany or New York. Those fairs don't have a no photo policy, so they're likely to unveil the more massive sets there, to get bigger impact. Hope I'm wrong.

  14. Posted

    According to Brickfanatics.co.uk, Lone Ranger sets are on display at the London Toy Fair. Unfortunately, there's a no photo policy at this fair, but Barry, who is covering the fair, will be shown round the toy both at 11:30 am and will be making updates from then.

  16. Posted

    Thanks for the great review, seems like a really nice set! If I'm allowed to make a suggestion, the photos are really overexposed, in some of them it's hard to recon the limits of the ship against the white background, and it makes hard to discern the true dimensions and design of the set. Other than that, great review!

  18. Posted

    I really understand this is not a nice discovery, but I am not sure if it is the best thing to contact TLG for this. Like some people suggested, you can help it by using some paper or so in the arches to keep the window in place.

    Even with this issue, I still consider this one of the best sets in quite a while. Well designed, solid, with a wonderful structure. I haven't had time to look at the minifigures in detail but from what I've seen until now, they're also quite good. One of TLG most valuable assets it's the active community around their products, I do think users must evaluate and discuss the quality of the products. I totally agree with you DaMaximus!

  20. Posted

    I don't know, I still don't see what all the fuss is. I did notice that the arch pieces that came in the set are thinner under the 6 studs than the replacement ones. I still don't think shaking is a viable reason to call TLG for a free replacement. It just doesn't seem like a valid enough reason, it's not people are picking up the set when they look at it and shake it. Sure, there is movement when you pock it up to put it on a different shelf or something, but that still can't be that big of a nuisance.

    The "fuss" is paying premium top prices for sets whose material output doesn't even match the instruction manual. I remind you that this is a flagship set, highly anticipated, presented at a world toy fair. I've encountered a flaw, and it is my right to report it to the lego group, and, if possible, realize if other users are experiencing the same thing. I can't see what's wrong about it.

    I'm wondering why you guys are all shaking your set? Do you really have to shake it? This topic just goes to show your all a bunch of losers just trying to shake free parts out from TLG and don't know anything about building. This is really pathetic. Shame on all of you.

    This discussion is being made on the proper place, within the terms of this forum. Please don't troll, or at least use logic arguments.

  23. Posted

    Hey everyone,

    I started a thread on the Historic Themes forum about an issue I had with the brick built window on set 79003 An Unexpected Gathering. I contacted Lord of the Bricks owner and he made a post where user FredleDingle said he had the exact same problem with 10937 Arkham Asylum set.

    Apparently, due to some mould difference on the 6 stud aches (in build bag number 2, on the 79003 set) leads to a wiggling / sliding window, due to the absence of a small salience / bar that fixes the window in place. I'm waiting for a reply from Lego. They told FredleDingle that they would only replace the parts at his expense...

    Does anyone have some info on this?

    The arch I (and many other users) should have got is the one in Lego Digital Designer. Both my arches have flat interior surfaces, no salience to fix the window structure.

  24. Posted

    In any event, it will be interesting to see what kind of response is received, if any. I haven't built my set yet, but I'd kind of like to know how this turns out before I'm wrist-deep in Bag End parts.

    Look at the inside / interior part of the 6 stud arches in bag number 2. If they are flat, the window will slide between the arches, leading to the defective build. If you have the correct arches, with the salience, you're good to go. If you want, check Lego Digital Designer for the arch in question, it has the small salience / bar I'm talking about.