And back to the rumor now:
On 20th of november 2011 I had some correspondence with TLC about this. Their reply was somewhat ambiguous. :D
Read for yourself. Their reply is on top (translaten from Dutch to English by google translate), scroll down to see the mail my gf sent.
> From: lego-reply@cybercrs.net
> To: xxxxxxx@hotmail.com
> Subject: LEGO Direct:02xxx74xxx [NL-NL]
> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:16:24 -0500
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> Dear,
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> We appreciate you contacting us.
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> Lord of Rings and The Hobbit would be great LEGO ® sets, but the law says we can not use it!
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> In Denmark we have a group of experts that ideas for new themes and LEGO products have come up. According to them it takes years before the planning is done. They need new ideas, testing, factory talk about how they can be executed, decide what kind of box they have and then get the new kits delivered to stores in 130 countries! And that means it could well be that they already have something similar in the development.
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> Veel bouwplezier!
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> Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxx
> LEGO Direct
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> Dear Lego Designers,
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> My boyfriend and I are both huge lego fans! As a child we played a lot with lego, and now we are adults we like to collect it. The designs of the models are in many cases better then then already were! Since Lego is making models based on movies, we are wondering if Lego is planning to make a series of models based on the new Hobbit movie and/or lord of the rings movies?? We are really looking forward for this kind of models.
Well Folks, Thats about it!
