mtrsteve

Returning to the speculative discussion, if we do in fact end up getting microscale, I could see them doing something like a golden version of the fellowship to go with it (or maybe drum lacquered silver to represent mithril?), along the lines of this MOC: 1,024 × 683 I actually wouldn't be terribly disappointed in this, even though microscale would not be my first choice.

And I still think you wildly overestimate the general public's interest in this theme. Everyone here is on board obviously. But go to a forum of soccer moms looking for Christmas presents and see if it resonates there. And LEGO is a huge company who obviously has much better data on this than you or I do. That said, if LEGO really does go the microscale route with this D2C set, then a line or two of CMFs would be an absolutely fantastic way to augment that. They could even try and work a deal to dip into the rings of power cast in that scenario.