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A Nazgul for under 10 bucks can't be a bad thing. I skipped Weathertop, but the forecast is looking really grim for Nazgul in upcoming sets. I don't really care if they come with horses, but if that's the only set that ever includes any of them....sigh. Radagast versus the Twilight Witchking would be a perfect set, I agree with whoever mentioned that. A catch-up wave in Winter 2014 is what we're all hoping for - because the line could very well end in Summer 2014.

I didn't say more Gollum scenes are out - they'll definitely throw cameos in for him in TABA at least, possibly TDOS. Gandalf mentions seeing Gollum skulking through Mirkwood a couple years after the events of the Hobbit. While Aragorn is still too young to appear in the Hobbit trilogy, capturing Gollum, we could definitely see his departure from the Misty Mountains accelerated, and him shadowing the cold trail of the Company.

Sorry fella, Aragorn stuff is 100% not going to happen. The quote you featured is years out of date: The Hobbit film project has been stated time and again to tell the story of The Hobbit and only the events which occur during that timeline - like the Battle of Dol Guldur. Aragorn would be a young man during these events. The "bridge film" idea is half a decade out of date, a pipe dream brainstorm that never got out of the speculation stage. The Hobbit was two full films for the last few years, until the past 6 months where Jackson realized they could film additional footage to stretch it to 3 films. Look at how early AUJ was broken compared to where it used to end - the barrel escape was originally the final scene, and now that will definitely not occur until at least an hour into the second film - the company has to get through beorn's house, all of mirkwood and the elven kingdom before that. The release schedule makes things pretty clear: summer 2013 will be some LOTR sets and possibly a few more from "the missing page," december will be sets for TDOS, and summer 2014 will be TABA.

I'd prefer the final battle. Easterlings should be put in a battlepack if they are made at all, I'd buy half a dozen at least...

Cavalry army builder is easily the best American history lego ever released. Instant union army, right there.

A Beorn set is still on the table. Chronological order is irrelevant and simply imposing fanboyism on lego's release sceme. Winter 2013 will have probably 5-7 sets all from The Desolation of Smaug. The spiders have already been accounted for, as have the barrels. Laketown is a big contender, and a set of Smaug himself is a given. Dol Guldur will probably also be on the table as a large set. That wipes out the high-price slots, so we could easily get stuff like the back-door, Beorn encounter or Thranduil's throne as medium or small range sets.

This makes some sense, as it would allow double duty for a new Saruman hairpiece (Isengard set as well). I hope for 2 Elven Riders, Armored Elrond, Galadriel, Saruman, Gandalf, Elven flute-player and/or Figwit. No dwarves or Bilbo are really needed.

Lord of the Rings lego is a 10/10. I love it, it's been my lifelong dream, and I'm buying pretty much every set. Official Game of Thrones lego would be beyond comprehension. The ultimate licensed Castle theme.

Those are all automatic buys. Think about it - Wizard Battle - Isengard + Saruman, awesome Council of Elrond - Elrond, possibly an Ian Holm Bilbo, possibly Arwen. No way it would just be repacks of the Fellowship, although I would expect a Frodo, and maybe Gimli for his action role in the scene. Black Gate - Mouth of Sauron and Gandalf the White, too good to be true. Pirate Ship - Undead + Corsairs. Sure, unnecessary additional Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn, but it'll still be a great armybuilder. Hopefully the total adds up to under $250, it would be nice to have a lighter, but more high-impact wave (as oppose to something like Hobbit Wave 1, which has a lot of substantially priced, non-iconic sets like Warg attack and Barrel escape) In fact, I'm prepared to wager that 2013 will be the peak year for Hobbit lego, as we'll get a great LOTR wave and then the TDOS sets in December, which have way cooler settings and characters to include - no longer bound to get all 13 Dwarves, Lego can give us Bard, the Master of Laketown, Beorn, Thranduil, and settings like Laketown, the Elven realm, and the Lonely Mountain.

Heh, 30k a year, that's a nice dream. 55 grand per year, but I'm still buying Lego...but little else.

Thanks fella, appreciate it (needed the pic for my professor, who is teaching a class on Tolkien this january. Liberal arts...does it get any better?)

Can someone repost the image of the Dwarf lineup with all their minifigure incarnations? I can't find it.

I'm inclined to agree with you at this point. Between the Roman soldier, the Murmillo, the Caesar and the Officer, we will have a solid corps of Roman troops. I think a Terracotta warrior ought to be next on the list, it's the most iconic ancient Eastern military image (even though it's just a statue, lol). A Mongol Raider would be a welcome addition as well. India should be Lego's next recurring focus in the CMFs, I think a Maharajah and Sikh warrior would be easy enough, given the already existing turban piece. We got a dose of Arabia with Prince of Persia, those molds could see welcome reuse in CMF 12 and beyond.

The 5 sets of note arrived from lego.com today. Going to wait til the holiday to crack em open though. Boxes look great, however.

How are people seeing these parts? When I click the links there are no pictures.

Grabbed 14 more elves at the local TRU, left a little under a dozen behind. So glad this polybag lined up with the bogo50.

Longtime member, trader, LEGO fan. Revisiting the forums once again after a while away. HAVE - all new and sealed • 21109 Exosuit • 30361 Fire ATV • 30524 The Mini Batwing • 30525 The Guardians Ship • 30603 Batman Classic TV Series - Mr. Freeze • 30607 Disco Batman Tears of Batman • 30609 Green Ninja Lloyd • 40138 Christmas Train • 40176 Scarif Stormtrooper • 40178 VIP LEGO Store • 40186 Year of the Pig • 40220 London Bus • 40221 Fountain • 40222 Christmas Build Up • 40223 Santa Snowglobe • 40252 Volkswagen Beetle • 40289 Diagon Alley • 40292 Christmas Gift • 40298 DJ Polybag • 40300 Han Solo Mudtrooper • 40320 Plants from Plants • 40333 Battle of Hoth • 40334 Avengers Tower w/Mark VIII • 71007 Swashbuckler • 71010 Gargoyle • 71022 Luna Lovegood • 71022 Percival Graves • 71023 Wizard of Oz All 4 Combo • 853570 City Prison Island Accessory Set • 853958 Chicken Skater Pod • 5000063 TC-14 • 5001622 Lego Employee • 5002123 Darth Revan • 5002946 Silver Centurion • 5002947 Admiral Yularen • 5002948 C-3PO (Red Arm) • 5004406 First Order General • 5004419 Classic Knights Set • 5004915 Sensei Wu Keychain • 5004932 Travel Pack • 5004936 Cavemen Pack • 5005156 Gingerbread Man • 5005205 VIP Keychain • 5005244 Teen Groot Keychain • 5005249 Easter Bunny Man • 5005250 Banana Suit Guy • 5005255 Bricktober Jurassic 2018 • 5005256 Bricktober Avengers 2018 • 5005257 Bricktober Ninjago 2018 • 5005358 Minifigure Factory • 5005359 Minifigure Collector Frame • 5005376 Darth Vader Pod WANT SETS These are the first priority, especially 80101. 80101 - Chinese New Year 80102 - Dragon Dance 80103 - Boat Race MINIFIGS (priority highest to lowest within theme) STAR WARS sw0387 Queen Amidala sw0315 Shadow ARF Trooper sw0384 Shirtless Maul sw0419 Anakin Coruscant Sith Face sw0361 Anakin Mustafar Sith Face sw0246 Hondo Ohnaka sw0494/5 Mandalorian Maultroopers sw0493 Mechanical Maul sw0483 Ree-Yees sw0579 General Veers PENDING sw0570 Ithorian sw0499 Sith Warrior sw0486 Max Rebo sw0485 Leia Slave sw1005 Finch Dallow sw0586 Darth Vader Tan Head sw0418 Palpatine Dark Red sw0910 Clone Trooper Phase I sw0770 Grand Moff Tarkin sw0481 Clone Trooper Commander sw0480 Coleman Trebor sw0472 Count Dooku sw0474 Poggle the Lesser SUPERHEROES sh052 Dr Doom sh128 Nova Corps Officer sh062 Bane (Tom Hardy) sh030 Chitauri Foot Soldier sh029 Chitauri General sh230 Comic Thanos sh047 Arctic Batman sh094 Joker Purple Fedora sh116 Storm sh168 Iron Legion sh535 Batman Armored sh080 Faora sh066 War Machine sh436 Cyborg sh435 Batman Tactics sh032 Deadpool sh373 She-Hulk sh024 Harley Quinn MIDDLE-EARTH lor070 Soldier of the Dead (green hands) lor069 Soldier of the Dead (brown hands) lor027 Cave Troll lor057 Bilbo Bluecoat lor022 Uruk Handprint lor018 Ringwraith lor009 Rohirrim lor091 Bilbo Patchcoat lor011 Moria Goblin lor008 Uruk lor064 Mouth of Sauron lor107 Dain Ironfoot lor012 Pippin lor004 Samwise Gamgee MISCELLANEOUS iaj031 Mola Ram iaj035 Temple Guard 2 bat016 Scareglow GITD poc011 Jack Sparrow w/hat tlr019-021 Cavalry Soldier (any) ava001 Aang ava006 Zuko ava007 Katara ava002 Sokka iaj045 Elsa Schneider iaj041 Kazim iaj042 Grail Guardian tlr003 Red Knee tlr016 Captain Fuller tlr015 Latham Cole poc021 Philip Swift dim025 Ethan Hunt tlr008 Butch Cavendish PENDING tlr007 Chief Big Bear pop011 Seso pop009 Sheik Amar pop001 Alamut Merchant dim031 Sonic dim030 E.T. cas421 Troll Queen cas490 Kingdoms Maiden Peasant cas491 Kingdoms Mill Peasant

I rofl'd at this topic, was seriously expected just a pic of WW sitting on nothing. You have soared to new heights sir.

When the previous Wild West line was out, I was about 5 or 6 and my mom didn't let us get any toys based around gunplay, so it was all medieval dismemberment for youthful me :) But now I'm 20 and dig the Wild West aesthetic, so any good army builders or cool sets here will be definite buys.

Wait, we know what series 10 will be? When did that break? Really excited for the US Policeman. I have a craving for some Lego The Wire.

Excellent review. IMO this is a poor set through and through, unfortunately. Yazneg is the only normal-scale identifiable villain in Wave 2 and he looks *terrible* - Lego really dropped the ball. The Mordor Orcs should have had new printing, or had at least one more included. Thorin's braids are awkward, although axe-head is one of the cooler Dwarves. The Wargs are a great new mold, although a white one makes the pack ineffective for army building. The bricks of the set would be fine as filler if this was 29.99, but instead we get a 50 dollar set (for 400 pieces) with a tree that rather resembles a spinning, moldy dog turd - and weird looking rock formations. Total waste of parts when we could have had more minifigures or wargs. Still getting this one, but I was really, really on the fence.

Above Average - would be Outstanding if available en masse and with a proper cape. Still an excellent figure, and I hope we see his armor reused in a Last Alliance or Rivendell set.

Above Average. The trees still look a bit awkward, but this one is for the minifigures, plain and simple - the rest is a glorious parts pack, begging to be scrapped for MOCs. Red leaves are perhaps the most significant new piece in Wave 2.

A Lothlorien set in that style would be acceptable, as long as it came packed with good Elf armybuilders - Galadriel would be in there obviously, but hopefully some Lothlorien Elves and some in Galadhrim armor.

Similar experience to Deathleech. I had given up on most of Lego until LOTR came on the radar - I'm committed to purchasing each wave in full (excepting overpriced or redundant sets). Star Wars used to be my focus but the ridiculous pricing a mediocre lineup has left me cold for the past few years.