Criteas

Im pretty happy with all of the figs actually. dont forget, they have to make Brick Figures of the real actors, and giving a Ringwraith a typical black hood is that exactly. Just like moulding the elf / orc ears on their hairpieces, the head stays the shape it has been forever! Same goes for Shelob, Making it a exact replica is not what the designers are aiming at i guess. They want someone young to see the set, and think, That's Shelob. And someone like most of us who think, meh, it looks allright, lets buy one, get a bucket of bricks, and make it better, Selling their product to both the young boy, and his older version! Same goes for other features in those sets, Why just a Helm's Deep wall of 20 bricks long --> Becouse most of us will get a bunch of grey bricks, and make it longer, buy 4 "battle packs" of both good and evil forces, and be very happy with the result. And the young boy.. For him the set is enough.

3 chances on Elven soldiers / Battle packs - The Elves of the Last Alliance, visible in the Prologue, where they fight Sauron. - The Lothlorien Elves, Who capture the Fellowship once they enter the woodlands of Lothlorien - The Elves that fight in Helm's Deep are well visible in the movie. And although they are the same Elves as #2, They wear very different colors, and armaments.

Heya Those numbers are out for a while now, However, just now i notice the 9475 missing between Helm's Deep and the Orc Forge. Is this "normal" during other new releases in other themes..?

I dont really think its odd that only 2 Ringwraith's are released at start, its just the first wave. And looking at the total wave, its pretty well mixed. Both in Fellowship characters, Scenes, and something from each of the 3 movies. (3x Fellowship o/t Ring, 2x Two Towers, 1x Return o/t King, And Orc Forge, which isnt really related to one movie i guess) I think its pretty easy to come up with sets, which have a strong tie to the story, and include some characters, and besides that, they can make lots and lots of Battlepacks with Soldiers and Characters from each faction. And to share my thoughts, these are some of the thing i came up with / have a strong desire to see released, - Bridge of Khazad'Dum, Amazing part in the movie, Stairs that can break off / lean forwards to get the fellowship down, Moria Orcs chasing them, and in the end, a collapsable bridge with Gandalf and a brick-build Balrog (with maybe a light brick inside ) - Warg Attack, The people of Rohan getting ambushed by orcs on wargs (new mould ) and some Rohirrim defending them + Aragorn on Brego, who gets missing. - Battle on Pellenor, Witch-King of Angmar on his Fell Beast, Striking at Theoden, and Eowyn and Merry killing him. - Forbidden Pools. A part of water, with gollum and a fish, surrounding by rocks, and the outpost of Faramir and his Rangers, with captured Frodo and Sam. Ahh, a man can dream =D

Its cool to see they divided the Fellowship over all of the sets, and that will surely be the case in future waves, Im very curious about the Fellowship of The Hobbit.. 13 Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf (on some parts of the journey). 14 halfling / child minifigs with different beard and hairstyles! Oh, And to add my thought about the Isengard, multi part tower / playsets, which was posted a few pages back, Maybe a impulse set of Saruman and the Palantir, but no tower... how about this: UCS Orthanc. Measuring a full 1,5 meters of pure black bricks, and a little grey miniminifig (from those Heroica games) on top, and a white one on the balcony! Maybe even a few baseplates around the tower which you can turn over to switch between green and peaceful Isengard, and the orc forges and wargpits.