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That's interesting. The new leaf/fern piece in that color will definitely open up some nice scenery. The new green roofs may go well with a forestman build I have planned or I may use them for a homestead or manor.

Great start so far. I like the texture and design of the building. It will be nice to see where this goes from here.

You said they look goofy. What is goofy about them? I have 18 of the old trolls. I was saying you can take the jaw piece off so they don't look like orcs from WOW. I actually don't mind the color difference it gives my clan more variety. I'm actually going to use them as a sort of special force or maybe as their own group altogether not sure yet as I don't have my home for them built yet. I was just saying it's technically a troll per lego's definition of the character. You obviously can make it whatever you want. The jaw piece just screams WOW and makes me wonder if Lego has something WOW related down the line as they still have a partnership with blizzard I believe. That's your personal opinion and that's fine. I was just pointing out that you can modify the fig, take off the jaw, add a helm, etc to make it whatever you want. They are easily customizable. I also have about 30 of the cmf goblin but I am keeping them as a separate group and I also have some of lavender ones from Ninjago that look good as a different type of goblin.

It's a troll from the old fantasy line. So it's not really an orc. The face print is really nice and you can take the jaw piece off(if that's the goofy part you are referring to) you don't have to leave that on as it does look like an orc from WOW. The fig is really nice though, has good printing.

Yeah i fugured that the more expensive BF torso's more than make up for the missing pieces and I'm already in the midst of another order so I will probably just order what was missing.

That is a nice score. they also messed up my last order i was missing a tan bat, 2 of the new crown coin pieces and 1 head. But they did give me 5 extra BF torso's so I don't mind. Just have to order some more things on the next order.

They most likely have only the rights to the movies both the Hobbit and LOTR. I doubt they have any rights to books but I may be wrong.

Lovely design. Nice use of the wrench pieces. Do you have any Thestral's from HP that would make this even better instead of the regular black horses in my opinion.

Thanks I couldn't remember where else I've seen it. I knew city had some others but and I'm not into the friends sets so had no idea about that.

So have you read the books? Have you seen the original trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy? Tolkien's universe is such a great and wonderful place. Hopefully they make more LOTR sets. I have most of the Hobbit and LOTR sets, missed out on orthanc, the ship, Dol Guldur and the battle of the five armies sets. Definitely getting Rivendell at some point maybe the when it comes out the 5th.

That's funny as growing up I had nothing but yellow minifigs and could care less as you had to use your imagination to make the characters you wanted. Also none of the figs looked like anyone as no one looks that way. The fun part was always building what you wanted and having fun. It's sad to see that children now don't use their imagination and are boxed into categories. I never watched He-man or GI-joe and thought no one looks like me I can't relate to this. I watched Transformers and they are all machines, what are you supposed to identify as a machine to enjoy the show or movie. This whole idea that there has to be someone that looks just like me or it's not inclusive is just getting weird. I enjoyed all kinds of different shows that had people that looked nothing like me. As for the wheelchair thing isn't there one in the city minifg pack that was out a year or two ago. Set number 60134 had one. I'm not sure what other sets had a wheelchair.

I think there are already projects in the works and they said they have been in touch with Peter Jackson. With all that I hope LOTR sets keep coming and we get some sets from upcoming movies.

Looking at the Lego lord of the rings game and seeing the Eowyn fig just makes me think that the Viking helm from the CMF is perfect for that and I just hope that they are making more LOTR sets because seeing some of the stuff from the game they could easily make several sets that people would just buy a ton of. I mean they had Haldir and all they really needed to do was add a helm piece to that fig for a Elven warrior. I just hope to see more LOTR sets on the way. We really need Gondor.

Yeah I was just using some of the video's i've seen as an example. Just watching some of these gets to be so exhausting as the people don't really know the lore or they haven't even watched the movies and if they did they didn't retain barely enough info to know what the designers did for the fans. It just seems like people now a days are in it for the views and they try to be entertaining but they really aren't. I like watching Men of the West, nerd of the rings, etc. because they know what they are talking about Tolkien wise. There are some good video's out there but If your not into Tolkien just say it in the video and critique the set as a lego set and leave the weird commentary and lack of knowledge out of the videos.

You wouldn't believe the amount of people calling it Rivendale instead of saying it correctly. Plus the amount of reviewers that know little about Tolkien was definitely annoying to me. I get it they sent it to you for this purpose maybe just brush up on some lore before you ramble on about things you don't know. Sometimes I had to go back and listen to see what exactly they said as it was completely off. Your better off not watching the reviews. Also the amount of people that can't say Gloin correctly either is so bad how hard is it to look up the names of the characters and some history, take some notes and make a great video instead they just push it out to be the first one to get it online.

Did you not read what I wrote that the tournament knights were between me and my son. And yes I got them by feel. Also yes I'm saying where i am people buy up the figs they want and it's mainly the fantasy/castle/sci-fi ones by where I live and have been doing so since the CMF started.

Right Mulan seems to have a new molded dagger, Mulans, robin hood, prince john, the evil queen, the 2 princess's, legs and torsos all look useful. the new owl color.

I'm sorry but that's a terrible comparison. Peoples palettes are different and maybe beef isn't there idea of good food no matter if it's wagyu or not. I for one am not a big fan of lobster does that make me lacking knowledge no it doesn't it means I don't care for lobster. There is a discussion section I set up in multimedia for Rings of Power show. I'd rather discuss the topic there as this is for set discussions.

Where I am the Spartan was cleared out everytime everywhere I went. The High demand figs were always gone first. I only have one viking and my youngest has one and we have 8 of the tournament knights between the two of us . The Elf fig was really hard to get also in the early series. You had to be lucky and get a fresh box or when they restocked the blind bag section at Walmart or ToysRus when it was still open. I understand your point but I really think this is going to backfire and sales will be down for CMF's once the boxes start. I mean I've helped many kids and parents get the figs they were looking for now that will be impossible and these parents aren't going to spend 5 or maybe 6 dollars on something their kid may or may not like. Things are getting more and more expensive and eventually things like lego are going to feel the pinch as people will not buy things like this anymore. Don't get me wrong I know lego is expensive and I do side jobs and save my money to get the sets I want but your main customer base is not going to keep shelling out money like this as eggs, meat, milk, toilet paper, paper towels, etc are getting out of hand and it's only going to get worse so my point is this will not be as profitable as it was in the past. But I may be wrong and CMF still makes the same as it has been making but I just don't see this working.

You obviously didn't see the prices on the viking and the tournament knight. Then your going to buy them on bricklink and pay out the butt on shipping no thanks. This is going to be a mess. I'd rather go get them myself it's just a preference. I just don't see this working out how some people are saying it's going to. The cheapest troll form series 24 in a decent quantity is 8 dollars. The cheapest BF falconer is 9 with someone that has enought to buy from.

Great looking series a lot of useful characters in this series. Robin hood and Prince John look great. So many great designs here and some nice new molds.

How on earth are you going to get a whole set if they are in boxes it's just a crap shoot at that point. And as far as the figs I'm looking for those are the ones I want why would I buy something I'm not going to use just to sit on it forever or wait till I find someone to trade with.

I'm sorry but not all of us can trade figs and I would rather just go pick up the ones I want. I'm not sure about trading figs and whats the point if you can just get the ones you want without having to spend on shipping to someone you don't know and rely on the mail to get it right. The boxes are going to hurt their sales in my opinion. I'm not spending $5 on a fig I don't want. The only trading option I have here is a bricks and minifg store and they rarely have the figs I'm looking for. I'm just not buying this on hope alone.

I think since the Rivendell thread has been inundated with talk of ROP why not discuss it where it should be. Opinions on the good and bad of the show. What you would like to see in season 2. Any thoughts regarding the show.

Great designs. The last one the valkyrie torso works really well with the demon bone lady's skirt. Wonderful idea to do with all the minifigs.