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I'm assuming you didn't see the responses just above your post, but as mentioned, this is basically a customer-friendly Glomar response. Means nothing.

Must have missed that post; yeah I don't recall this either.

Ahh that explains it; but I thought it was always 'The Doctor', never 'Dr.'? Well considering in LotR that Radagast's only role is to speak to and sway the actions of birds, including the Eagles, it's not as much of a stretch to consider the moth might be PJ's nod to this direction. It would make perfect sense that the moth that summoned the Eagles when they were in the pine trees could have been one of Radagast's servants, and that this theme would continue into PJ's LotR even though it's not explicitly stated. I don't see the transmutation via spell thing happening; it's not really the kind of magic described in Tolkien's lore (Beornings are born with the ability, and are believed nearly extinct). Maybe Radagast won't die, but will withdraw somewhere after everything and give his staff to Gandalf (if that is indeed what's supposed to be happening and the actor's aren't just talking off-hand). But then again, I'm speaking from the perspective that things will generally follow known canon. If the rumors that Thorin is going to survive are true, then it's all broken so I guess anything is possible.

fixed that for you

I've never heard of dwarves riding boars; it's very unlikely you would see this anywhere outside that game. Here's a quote from one of the game's producers, Ruth Tomandi: “This isn’t a game necessarily for purists, and the purists will realise that. Hence your opportunity to beat Sauron up with Gollum, or team Galadriel with a villain. We can hear you choking on your neckbeard from here."

I'm speaking as someone who only dabbles in LEGO collecting (truly, the Tolkien licenses are the only reason I'm here) so please pardon if this is known information of some sort. I've noticed that lots of the discussions regarding what sets might include what, e.g. if we'll see a particular non-standard figure like a beast, that the accepted pragmatic position is that the cost of a new mold would make it unlikely. My question then is, do we have any kind of idea what the production restraints LEGO uses that could support this notion? I mean, considering they are surely one of the top global toy manufacturers and hold some pretty impressive licenses, and the fact they their products are very simplistic from a design perspective (lots of smooth surfaces, hevily relying on paint applications for texture/detail), and reuse existing molds all the time, their production budget would have to be pretty shallow for this to be the case. I'm assuming this is based on historical data from other sets, but wasn't sure if this has been disclosed somewhere specifically. Just seems weird to me that "it would cost too much to make the mold!" would be a limiting factor for a global toy production titan like LEGO.

It's been so long since I've seen the non-extended edition that I forget which scenes made it into the theatrical release. Right, but I wasn't pointing out how/why the staves were broken as much as the fact that they were replaced more than once without any explanation in the films. To me this proves that PJ hasn't paid much attention to this and doesn't expect us to, either.

Who do you mean by "Hobo Dr."? Anyway I've been reading up about the "Radagast dies" speculation, and it does seem plausible since PJ wrote him our of the LotR films by giving his interactions directly to Saruman and thus doesn't really need him to exist, regardless of the fact that it doesn't make sense that he wouldn't appear in LotR to help fight the war if he played such a prominent role in the assault on Dol Guldur. Ultimately though he could do whatever he wants with the staves; there really is no logical continuity to speak of where they are concerned. Gandalf goes through multiple staves in the LotR films. The one he has at the start of the film that holds his pipe (presumably Radagast's?) is lost when Saruman takes it from him in Orthanc (which doesn't happen in the books), The second one that holds the crystal that magically appeared in his possession in Rivendell but is lost in the battle with the Balrog (consistent with the book) The third staff was given to him by Galadriel after he returns to become Gandalf the White (consistent with the book), but is broken later by the Witch King during the Battle of Pelennor Fields (also did not happen in the books). I haven't watched the film in a while, but I'm pretty sure Gandalf his a replacement staff soon after the Witch King breaks his but this could have simply been an editing/continuity error.

Another PJ departure then; I mean I guess it fits within his canon since Radagast isn't mentioned in his LotR films, but he did play some part in the events of those books as well, though what happens to him in the end is not disclosed.

That's how I read it too. I think it's just over-analyzation because we have nothing else to talk about :) And yeah I'd back off the guy, trying to get someone to break an NDA isn't cool. They can face serious litigation for that.

where are you getting that from?

Regardless of the implications that's a nice (albeit small) execution of Henneth Annun. Not that they'd ever make a Madril figure; might as well ask for Mim the Petty-Dwarf :D

There's a difference between depreciation and lack of value. Yes, they have some, but much less than they did 20 years ago. But yes, please let's get back to the empty speculation and wishlists ;)

If only this were true. I believe my MTG, comic book, and baseball card collections have done nothing but depreciate in value since 1994.

The amount of ruffled feathers over such a null subject of argument is pretty disappointing here. Relaaaaaaax... we're talking about toys, remember?

Nice! Yeah if it was unopened there's no reason they shouldn't take it back, and that's awesome you got to keep the minifig! Not that I'd you know, do that intentionally or anything, but the game will be a lot cheaper after a few months, and honestly I don't have a lot of time to play it right now so I essentially paid full price to be sure I got the figure. Makes sense that they wouldn't ask you to return a promo item.

I think I'd have to give my favorite to Bombur because I love that they figured out how to make him fat; Bofur is up there for sure though. Dori's hair piece is pretty great too

Not sure why I said 'helmet'; I meant 'crown'. They made a little crown for Thranduil, so possibly something like this would be made for the Hobbit version? That is intriguing logic

Good luck; but every PC game includes a list of minimum system requirements printed on the packaging. If your machine does in fact meet these requirements and still won't play the game, that indicates some software-related issue on your machine (not really the fault of the game devs or the store you bought it from) Most businesses are probably going to say this when you return it for the reasons you mentioned, and most I know won't accept returns on opened media (music, games, movies, etc.) so hopefully it's not opened (or activated?)

I understood his post to be suggesting that they could re-use the mold to make a normal (non-twilight) version of the Witch-King for a LotR set. Same mold, different plastic. (assuming we're talking about the helmet)

and you should People just want 'Armored Sauron', and rightfully so. Just no reason for that to happen in a Hobbit series.

Arrive home from work today and finally have some time to play a bit of LEGO Hobbit. Log on. 210MB update patch; 3 days after launch.

Glad you mentioned that, I had no idea anyone had made any accessories to accompany the LotR themed LEGO stuff. Found it on Brickforge, and also the 'Wizard's Staff' which appears to be modeled after Gandalf's staff in the films.

So what's the deal with the DLC packs? All I've seen about them are those images that were posted here. Were some retailers giving them out with pre-order or purchase? I bought the PS3 version of the game from Gamestop to get the Bilbo minifig but didn't see any mention of the DLC. They're available for purchase in the store I assume?

I understand that, but I'm saying as a primary Tolkien loyalist, there were enough things about the movie that differed from Tolkien enough to irk me, but I moved past it. LEGO not reproducing minor details while dumbing down a complex model from the movie interpretation isn't going to bother me. Which is basically what I meant by this: I just don't see the need for outrage over minor departures from the movie design like this. If they did something extreme like make Smaug blue, I'd have plenty to say about it I'm sure, but this is just minutia. Also, I went to pick up a copy of the Blu-Ray last night; Target has 4 different versions available including the one with the minifig. Every copy of that version was already sold out. I checked Target Online and the store locator showed that every other store within 100 miles of me (most are about 90 miles away) has copies. I might just buy the polybag outright.