CorneliusMurdock

Greetings, fellow heroes! Before Cronk choose side, Cronk would like other party's assurance that Friend Felton is indeed Friend Felton. Felton told Cronk and those in party with Cronk that Constance is bad lady. Do other heroes agree?

Without darkness Cronk would not know what light is. Maybe anger can be dark. Cronk would like to think that Cronk is able control Cronk's anger and channel anger to something positive. Cronk prays to Ennoc for guidance. Cronk trust that Righteous Light give Cronk power over darkness. That all Cronk can do. Friend Felton?! Cronk is glad to see Felton and Felton's nifty hat. But Cronk has heard that Wren made false Felton before. Cronk would like to believe Felton is the real Felton. If other heroes can back up Felton's claims once friends reach Constance, Cronk think party should go. One thing confuse Cronk. Why did Rolando send heroes to kill Cultists if Rolando in league with Cult? Is battle for Dastan a three way deal?

No one is saying Flipz should leave the game. I think disappointed is the appropriate word. Yes, it's a game. But more people are playing than just Flipz. How would you feel if you were the QM whose quest was "helped"? It's one thing to discuss a quest but another to influence one that you're not on.

And how is it your responsibility to give hints? This sort of thing came up pretty early in Heroica's history. Even if you think you know something about a quest you are not on, don't spoil it for the questers. I personally don't care if it's in spoiler tags. There's no reason to do it. If the QM wants to give hints, they will. Boredom is not an excuse either. There's no law saying you have to post in this thread every few hours.

Please don't spam this topic.

Since Nerwen down on Ether, Cronk will take time to heal Nerwen, Dekra, Galen, Sarick, and Cronk. Cronk not use healing as much in battle so it not matter so much to Cronk.

I'm not going to be fussy about size. If you think you can do justice to one of these rooms by making it smaller, go for it. I'd say inside the 32x32. Sounds interesting. I look forward to seeing how you do it.

New Sign-Up list: 48x48 3. Chamber of Secrets - 32x32 4. Transfiguration Classroom - 6. Infirmary - 10. Library - commodore_legolas 12. Dumbledore’s Office - robuko 14. Gryffindor Common Room - StrykerCat - Gryffindor 15. Fat lady Portrait Hall - 19. Potions Classroom - purpleparadox - Ravenclaw 36. D.A.’s Room of Requirement - If you'd like to sign up, builders will have 2 months to complete their build from this post and then all rooms not done will be up for grabs once again. Also post what house you'd like to be a part of when signing up.

Okay, swordsman, knocking out friend Galen not nice. Now Cronk really angry. And Swordsman wouldn't like Cronk when Cronk is angry. Cronk will bash swordsman's stupid face in from front row.

Do not worry, friend Galen. Friends can only do what is right. As long as friends continue do that, Ennoc will make sure just reward come to just labor.

Tell you guys what. Tonight I'll go over the list of rooms still left and open them back up for any builders. I think I've given everyone more than enough time to finish up.

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It's hardly the fault of US AFOLs that they were released here first. So watch your tone, please. Lego has done this sort of thing for many themes. Some Collectible Minifg series show up over there first, others here. We got LOTR this time and you guys got Star Wars. While it would be great if everyone had access to the same sets at the same time, it just doesn't work out that way. And I don't think Lego is trying to screw over anyone with their distribution. I think it's a production and logistics thing that probably causes this sort of thing. So try not to take anything personally.

Cronk will bash Emeraldo Swordsman from front row.

Welcome to EB. Please refrain from using such short replies. For one thing, what is cool? And if you like something, you should explain it. Otherwise your posts are a lot like spam.

Happy Birthday! I'd post a cake but that would be feeding the Walrus. I've been told that's a bad thing.

Cronk will bash Mounted Emeraldo Elite once again. From front row this time, please.

No one's going to start bashing anything right now. This thread is about the Lego sets. Megablocks brand sets should be discussed in the Community forum. So stay on topic, please.

While most of the sets in the first wave of the LOTR line are based on the epic battles of the books and movies, the true heroes of the story aren't involved in those. In fact without two brave little Hobbits, all the epic battles against Sauron would have meant nothing. This is their story. The Ring of Power has come to Frodo and the forces of evil seek to capture it, returning Sauron to his former glory. Frodo and his loyal friend/gardener Sam have no choice but to destroy the Ring in the only possible way: to waltz into Sauron's back yard and chuck it into the volcano in which it was formed. Along the way they are confronted by Gollum, who once possessed the Ring. While Frodo tries to redeem the grungy little guy, Gollum and his split personalities set a trap for him. Pretending to lead them into Mordor, Gollum instead decides to feed them to a very large, very evil spider. Can Sam save Frodo from becoming Shelob's next meal? 9470 Shelob Attacks Released: May 2012 Price: 19.99 USD Pieces: 227 Minfigures: Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Gollum S@H - Bricklink - Brickset Product description from S@H: A decent-sized box. Not a lot of room inside. Just enough to mash up the manual. Play features include a little Gollum shooter, Hobbit wrapping, and spider climbing. And Gollum can hold a fish. Like a boss. Let's rip this thing open! The manual looks pretty much like the front of the box only with less information. Mine was pretty smashed up in there, which made it hard to take any good pictures of it. The Parts Four bags of parts. They aren't numbered, so at this point we could just rip them all open and start building. I'll still go through them one at a time to show the contents of each. I've labeled them with a number just to tell them apart. Notice how the minifig parts are scattered across all the bags. Bag "1". Lots of brown click hinge pieces. Also Gollum's arms and almost all of the minifig accessories. Bag "2". The black parts of the hinges. Also Frodo's and Sam's heads. And Gollum's fish. Because he really liked fish. As far as I know, he never smacked any hobbits with one. But that would've been funny. Bag "3". Here we have a seemingly random assortment of smallish pieces. Plus The hobbits' hair and legs. Also the string. Bag "4". All the big pieces. The hobbits get their torsos and capes. This bag also contains the main part of Gollum in a little baggy of its own. The Build First let's put together the minifigs, shall we? Frodo. So good. The likeness to Elijah Wood is uncanny. Both expressions are well done. The new hobbit hair is great and I wish they would have used it for the promo Hulk. Sam. Same as Frodo. We get back printing, a double-sided head and matching capes. (More Pics on Flickr) Gollum. The printing and overall shape are well done. I only wish he had more points of articulation. If he could at least turn his head, he'd be just about perfect. Now the rest... First we get the Cave exit. It's not much. But there's some good pieces there if you want to make rocky things on your own. One side has a little Gollum flinger, presumably so he can pounce on poor Frodo when he comes out of the cave. Here's a couple of videos! Ouch, that had to hurt! It can fling Gollum pretty far but I'm not quite sure how you'd be able to aim him to pounce on Frodo. Shelob herself. I don't like spiders. Being a husband and father, I have to kill more than my fair share but they still creep me out. Lego did a great job making Shelob look like a real spider. So much so, I can't leave it put together anywhere or it'll startle me next time I notice it. It's an enjoyable build, too. It's just not going to stay put together long at my house. But that's only because it's so accurate. So way to go, Lego. I guess... Here's something: See that upper gear? That provides the resistance to hold the string in place so Shelob can do this: She stays there pretty well. Kids, go scare the bejeezus out of your friends and relatives. (This reviewer holds no responsibility for the consequences of you doing so. Do it at your own risk.) Spare parts. We get two extra rings and an extra Sting! Shiny. Maybe our heroes can pull a fast one on Gollum... "Here you go, Gollum. The One Ring. Now stop following us." The Complete Set Conclusion When I first saw this set, I wasn't thrilled. I knew I would probably get it for Sam and Gollum since they're not available otherwise in this wave. Having assembled it, however, I've grown to really like it. Besides the awesomely fabulous figs, Shelob is an interesting build with good parts. She is without a doubt the best Lego Spider ever built. If you like that kind of thing. Price - 10/10 - I think this is very reasonable. Even paying full price, I didn't feel cheated in the slightest. Shelob is a substantial size and the figs themselves are totally worth it. Minifigures - 9.5/10 - Frodo and Sam are spot on to their movie counterparts and the prints are amazingly good. Gollum is really cool looking as well. The only thing about him is I wish he was more pose-able. You can move his arms up and down but that's about it. Parts - 9/10 - No stickers. Hinges and slopes. Some gears and string. The only small thing is I wish the leg hinges were entirely brown instead of one part of it being brown and the other black. Build - 8/10 - Each leg being the same was a little repetitive but I don't see any way around that. The body of the spider was interesting to build to see how it would all come together. The cave is all right. Playability - 8/10 - While the Gollum flipper is fun, Shelob is the real draw of the set. She can hang from the hook or wrap Frodo up in the string. She's also very pose-able. Overall - 44.5/50 - I'd recommend this set to any LOTR fan or anyone who wants to try to build a large spider. "Um, Mr. Frodo, do you hear something?"

While I sympathize with people who have to deal with OCD, Eurobricks is not a forum for discussing various disorders or diseases. And while the community forum can go pretty far afield at times of relevance to the hobby, even here it is not encouraged. If everyone posted a topic to give awareness to something like this, we'd be WebMD. Thank you for your understanding.

Someone really should. Oh wait. I'm that someone, aren't I? I'll get to work in adding the polybags now.

Our (AFOL's) time and money, I accept as open to debate. I'll change the title to reflect that. (I've added Polls for you as well.) Debating whether an existing theme was worthy to become LEGO seems somewhat pointless to me. It's done. Unless you have access to a time machine, nothing is going to change it.

Or maybe you could express your admiration of outstanding MOCs with, you know, words.

Question answered.

Worthy of what? You're not very clear with your question. I'd like you to come up with a topic title that's clearer than the current one. I'll then change it to that. I think that Cars is perhaps the licensed theme that is undervalued by AFOLs the most. Yes, the movies were successful and I'm sure the sets sold decently well to their target audience (kids). But you don't really see a lot of MOCs from the theme and the parts themselves don't seem to lend themselves to more general use like other themes. Take Prince of Persia for instance. The movie didn't really do all that well and judging by the way the sets were clearanced everywhere, they don't seem to have struck a chord with a lot of kids. But AFOLs saw those clearanced sets and snatched them up like candy. I've seen plenty of MOCs using the new animals, hairpieces, faces, etc.