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Yeah, I saw the pre-order for the Target blu-ray was up (I'd linked to it in my previous post); like I said though I'm just debating whether I want to spend the $ on the movie when I know I'll end up wanting the extended version (really hate that they do that, but that's another discussion) I had also seen the cover for the game posted earlier, but it seemed there was still speculation going around regarding size and details of the Smaug sculpt, but it's possible that was all before that image surfaced I suppose? I think he looks alright, but agree that it'll be unfortunate if he ends up being overly small. Does seem odd to have a brick-build Shelob but not Smaug, but I know other things go into these decisions. Honestly the most exciting thing to me is learning about the Witch King/Galadriel figures in a low price set. I got together 8 of the Nazgul from the Weathertop sets and have been waiting for him to take his place. I understand it'll most likely be his 'spectral' form as seen in AUJ, which is fine with me as it'd distinguish him from the other 8 in my display, though I was really hoping for the full helmet as depicted in LotR, but I'm guessing that might not happen if he's being made with the same likeness of the video game character. This reminds me; I'd seen a few posts stating we still needed a Sauron figure, when this technically is not the case. I took this photo to illustrate. ;)

This was just the info I was looking for when I joined the forums. I'd seen the production #'s but no names. Thanks! In regards to other discussions, I'm also quite confused with the polybag/army builder set choices (or overall lack thereof). They have to know there is a demand for those figures from children and adult collectors alike. Army-builder sets with goblins or orcs would have been fantastic. Or even a polybag with a single generic human/orc/elf/dwarf/ instead of again using Gandalf, Legolas, or Frodo as they have. The Mirkwood Elf/Uruk Hai/Laketown Guard polybags were a much better use of this distribution method imo.

Awesome, thanks for the welcome I'm glad to be here! And of course, thanks for clearing that up. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't already expected to show up on shelves before deciding if I want to just buy it somewhere individually as I'd want to hold out for the extended version of the blu-ray. I saw 30215 on BL for around $15+shipping from Europe. Does that sound about right? Ultimately seems silly to pay that since it's technically a figure I already have, but it's also the only LotR/Hobbit sealed polybag I don't have. Completionist tendencies prevail. I also wanted to say thanks to all the major contributors here; before joining and reading through a few of the threads here I've been mostly in the dark about these releases since they began. I'm a very active collector of Beastformers, M.U.S.C.L.E., and other small vintage figures and contribute heavily on another forum, but there is little to no speak of LEGO there so I appreciate the time and dedication it takes. More importantly, a few of the other LEGO forums I'd visited seemed to have heavily...youthful, population... so it's it's good to see a more developed community. It's very nice to know the tentative (mostly certain?) lineup for wave 3 of Hobbit stuff as well as there still being hope for another wave of LotR in 2015. I'm also looking forward to the resolution of the Smaug/dragon mold debate.

Hey all, I'm entirely new here but an avid LEGO LotR and Hobbit minifig collector, and a huge Tolkien nerd for pretty much my entire life. First, I apologize if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I did some searching and so far hadn't found anything concrete. Anyway, I've noticed that polybag distribution has always been hit-or-miss in my area and at the moment I'm mostly curious about the Hobbit 30215 Legolas polybag. If I understand correctly, this has not been released in the US yet and has only been seen in a few countries in northern Europe, correct? I own a hoard of 30216 Laketown polybags so I know TRU is still ordering them when available. The one new bit of info I was able to find after reading through the forums a bit was a reference to this DoS blue-ray from Target that appears to come with the 30215 polybag contents. I have the blue-vested Bilbo that came with the Target blue-ray version of AUJ, but since it came in a small clamshell with no other pieces and this advert shows that Legolas comes with the flick-missile and target as well, is it safe to assume that this bluray will come with the full, sealed polybag and not just some blister-packed pieces? I'm unsure on this mostly because I've only ever seen the polybags for Hobbit/LotR available at TRU in my area, but this seems to be the most logical conclusion to make. External to this, is it known whether the 30215 polybag is actually planned to be released outside of Europe? Is it intended to only be used as a promo/giveaway item? It took a while for the 30212 Mirkwood Elf polybag to show up after 30213 Gandalf arrived, so it seems reasonable that it might still be on the way.

Amazing work! I love the birch trees :) the cut-aways to show interior detail are also a nice touch.