SheepEater

I have read the manual, I can place the camera how I want, I can rotate bricks, but I can't seem to place bricks at ANY height except above the ground or over another brick. How I can adjust the x, y, AND Z axis of its position?

My 8 year old niece, I guess. She had already played with my large town sets when Lego Friends came out, but really started getting her own sets with that line. My 11 year old nephew is getting bored with Lego, unfortunately.

... and I only fully realized this relatively recently. That means essentially, toy commercials of any kind are illegal here. This must be a pretty old law because I remember NEVER seeing any toy commercial in the 80s on french speaking channels when I was a kid. This pissed me and my brother off. We would watch saturday morning cartoons on english-speaking networks sometimes just to get to watch the toy commercials! Are there any other countries/states/provinces where this is the case? (Reference:) http://www.opc.gouv....Application.pdf If you ask me, I think this law is stupid. Paranoid censorship at its best.

Pretty cool. I like how you kept him minifig scale. Added to index. ... so?

Very nice MOC. It's very interesting to see standard "castle" MOCs made out of mostly bricks and minifigs from LOTR sets.

And I'll happily oblige. Some existing Lego MOCs Not really Bree, but inspired by the 10193

VS Who would win in a fight?

... you're comparing Orthanc with a very minor, humoristic scene from the Hobbit... really? One is the massive, imposing stronghold of an important antagonist who features prominently in 2/3 of the LOTR trilogy, features tons of interesting neat building , while the other is just 3 trolls who get turned to stone simply because they were dumb?

So! When are we gonna start seeing large scale MOCs of Bree?

I like you line of thinking. I really, really hope you're right. I also agree that a Roast Mutton set wouldn't be very Lego-esque. Besides having a high price point, what's there to build besides a few trees, fireplace and a small pile a rocks? Boring and expensive.

After looking at older promo images I just realized something http://images1.wikia...f/ThorinBIG.jpg Is it me, of Thorin kinda looked... very different in the actual movie? In the promo pic he looked way more grim, older, and has a different outfit... Movie http://images1.wikia...16/Thorin_2.jpg

Nice MOC. Added to index. But where's the banana??? http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/mn-kSREcTuY/maxresdefault.jpg

Great potential romantic interest for Durin's Bane

Added to index :)

I like it. Very useful parts for MOCs, too. Very easy to install headlights on it. Too bad the alternate model is crap.

LOTR tower of orthanc. I'll start this big boy this weekend

That's a link to the plain old 9398!

Where???? I go to shop.lego.com and can't find it anywhere!

Yep. I had TONS of fun modding my Goblin King battle with hinges and technic bricks to connect all components! http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=80391&hl=79010

I have purchased a few fantasy era sand green orcs and crown knights (the latter being quite cheap on bricklink). I have found that they are excellent substitutes for mordor or moria orcs and gondorian soldiers, respectively. I don't have a problem with mixing yellow minifigs with flesh tone minifigs at all, nor do I have a problem with the generic neck protector helmet - although they don't look like this in the videogame, it's the closest thing we got. For orc swords, Lego have used this mold for quite a while now. I'm curious now, are there any movie stills that show orcs actually using similar looking swords?

I know the 8285 doesn't get much love around here (some reasons to hate it are valid;only early releases had silver parts), but I think it's a very good set and one of the rare examples of an outstanding alternate model that is just as good as the main, and uses most of its parts. Plus, the intructions to motorize it with 8287 are for the alternate model, not the main. I have to say though, I had lots of fun motorizing the main model with that same 8287 motor. Lots of space to place it in the upper middle of the truck!

1. We'll see. 2: Oops, I actually meant the silver one but I linked to the gold sword's image.

His blue outfit from that extended edition scene might not be the same as the blue outfit he wears on the gold pile, but Lego might not make the distinction. Look how Aragorn's sword is always the same. Speaking of Aragorn... I'm a purist so I won't get anything not produced by Lego. So what's the best Anduril we have at the moment? I'm opting for the first option for now. I own both, and the second one looks too futuristic in Aragorn's hands. Too bad none of them have a pointy tip, though. Also... I'm using the sand-green Orcs from the fantasy era Castle to supplement my Mordor (or Moria) orc armies. But they never came with shields of their own. What shield do you think fits them best? At the moment I have one of these and it looks barbarish enough, but doens't give off a very "Mordor-ish" vibe. EDIT: Nevermind that. They DO have shields.

I received my order last week. I now own the entirety of the LOTR and Hobbit lines so far. With the exception of the hobbit board game, and blue Bilbo Baggins. But I'm not forking over $40 for a fig that is highly likely to appear in next winter's wave. It's tempting to get a second black gate set - but I have no intention of spending another $75 CDN on it. What's the best option for my 2nd one: 1) Waiting for a sale and buy it, then sell off the minifigs I don't want 2) Buying the gate only on bricklink (no figs, no instructions, no box... though I would like to keep the orcs) sometimes later I might keep my 2nd Mouth of Sauron and get a black head & hood, maybe a tattered cape (though those aren't cheap) and pretend he's my 3rd Nazgul.

Well, I couldn't decide either, so I placed it in a new section.