Deathleech

I know, I know, both pale in comparison to our beloved Lego! Let's just say Lego didn't exist (*gasp*) and you had to pick one of these two brands. Which would you go with and why?

Very nice! Perhaps some Lord of the Rings ones now?

The thread title says it all. Which do you find worse, and why? EDIT: Can a mod fix the title?

That Goblin King is so lucky to have someone like that Cave Troll...

Actually it ended up making over 87 million

Those do have the big Megabloks logo on them, not the red Lego one that is on ALL Lego products. If people are seriously confused, they deserve to buy the wrong product. However, sticking the Megabloks in a spot designated specifically for the Lego Movie probably isn't the greatest idea. Wal-Mart probably just figured it was better putting them there then having a bare shelf. Of course putting some OTHER Lego product there, as someone mentioned, would of been the best choice.

Exactly, which is why I dunno if I like them included in sets or not. On the one hand they are definitely useful, but on the other hand they are taking up space that could be used for a few more bricks or they are hiking up the price of sets a bit. Obviously it's not a ton, but it's still something and after you get a few dozen their value really drops off Personally I just came out of my dark ages in 2012 with the LotR line and I already have 16 of the newer orange seperators. I have another 10-15 or so still in sealed sets so total I have almost 30.

I got 10 more Uruk-hai in a trade, bought another Shelob Attacks for MSRP (always wanted to get a third but never got around to it..), and 2x Council of Elrond for almost 40% off thanks to Amazon.

I would imagine he bent the legs to far forward and the pressure snapped them? I don't see how else they could break really...

I keep mine all stacked in these containers. I just have the biggest ones on the bottom and stack them up until the smaller instructions fit side by side, or four in one layer. It's not perfect, but it works.

I know Minas Morgul is an important location, but I am just looking at it from the casual fan perspective. Much like the Corsair pirate ships, it gets very little film time so might not be a huge hit with the more casual fans. Especially if it has a $100+ price tag. A Mordor Battle Pack on the other hand would be a cheap way to build your orc army and hopefully it would have some new prints and armor to add variety to what you already have. MM would definitely have more unique characters though, or at the least the possibility. Gothmog, the Witch King, some lesser named orcs, etc. A "real" Mordor BP ($12.99) would maybe have a named orc and 3 generic grunts. If it was $30 though, it could theoretically have the Witch King and some orcs. He actually would make a decent option because with a simple hood swap he could serve as more Nazgul too. At any rate I was just pointing out how they would both have great appeal and MM wouldn't simply be a bigger Mordor BP. They both have pros and cons.

Ya, but now it's a 2016 release so I doubt they would release the sets a whole year early.

I agree, without leg printing it doesn't really look like a robe. It looks more like a longed sleeve sweater vest or something. I don't think Lego has done printing on the short legs before, but I know with the Simpsons figures like Bart they have started doing two mold colors on the smaller legs. I don't think that would really work here because then you would have some orange on the legs but still be missing the different colored patches. Personally I have mixed feelings on this figure. He looks nice, but he's really not an important version. If I wasn't a completionist I would probably pass on getting him. I would of liked to have seen a new character like everyone else. At the same time though, I think this will make him much cheaper to obtain on the secondary market which is always nice.

What an odd choice. I guess the printing looks nice, especially the arm printing, but it's definitely not a must have. I agree, an old Bilbo would of been much more appealing. Just give him hobbit hair in gray and a new print and you have him!

Almost positive those were the 2013 LotR sets, or Orthanc.

Oh dear...

We might get an advertisement in the back of the third Hobbit wave instructions. Those should be hitting store shelves sometime in mid-September.

Well they are promotional items, but I get the feeling Lego doesn't really go overboard with them or care too much except in some cases like with the Lego Movie where they made several. But in that case they made tons of sets in the first wave, a few D2C, and a CMF series so everything was over done besides just the polybags and none of it's the norm with other lines. I mean most of the time the polybags aren't even available all over the world, and even the places they are available the distribution is limited or spotty at best. As for why release the LotR polys with the third wave... maybe to space them out? If we got the polybags in both second waves that would mean we wouldn't get anymore for the final two waves which is at least a year and a half worth of sets. They also could relate better to the third LotR wave or be too similar to something we get in the second? For instance releasing a Mirkwood Elf Guard polybag when you have the MEA set in the same wave would cannibalize each other's sales. At the same time though, releasing a Uruk-hai poly in the second LotR wouldn't make sense cause he wouldn't really go with any of the sets in that wave. They might of also put the polybags in the cheaper of the two waves to help keep the overall prices similar. If you have a wave like the second Hobbit where the sets only total $170 vs the second LotR wave where they total $203 people are probably going to be less likely to pick up the polys in the more expensive wave because they want to save their money for the normal sets. I have no idea the actual reason, these are just some possibilities I can think of.

Ya, except it would be at least $100 more than the battle pack, minimum I gotta go with Mordor Battle Pack again. I feel like getting a cheap way to army build orcs is much more important than a city only featured in the film a few minutes, no matter how cool it may look.

I doubt the polybags take the same amount of time to produce as a normal set, but I don't think Lego cares enough to make any extra. The polybags generally have super spotty distribution and are viewed more as promotional items rather than big money making stand alone sets it seems.

Question for those that have seen the movie...

It was an interesting interview, but I didn't feel like he really revealed anything all that surprising or new. We all know it takes Lego roughly a year to create a set, that Lego won't make sets based on bars (like Moe's Tavern) since their sets are still aimed mainly at children, and that Lego is hesitant about doing classic remakes because of them being dated compared to today's sets for children. It was still an interesting read nonetheless. I did find this answer particularly funny: "There is a limit to the amount of products that we can get out of the movie but I think we've done the best we can do." Ya, I would say 13 sets, 3 huge D2C sets in the summer, and an entire CMF are pretty much covering the movie. Maybe even going a little over board...

I'm not even sure which minifigure was my first. I know I have some old Blacktron 2 minifigures, as well as some Crusader ones. Those seem to be the oldest, and most beat up So, it was one of these two, most likely:

It's hard to find a list of sets made in China because almost all sets nowadays have SOMETHING produced there. China seems to be where Lego has more of the complex printing and molds done. Even if it's just one piece in an entire set they still list China as one of the countries of origin. I understand not wanting Lego to lower their quality or standards, but do you honestly think boycotting sets with Chinese parts is going to do anything? I doubt Lego has data showing them "clean" set sales vs those with Chinese parts. If you are still buying Lego they probably have no idea you are boycotting anything.

This would be my only complaint. Things were flying all over and characters were flipping and getting shot at so much it was hard to even follow what was going on. Other than that I thought the movie was great! There were several funny scenes, the animation was good, and the overall story wasn't bad.