Grolim Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone bought the sets yet and built them for their own collection? I have been itching to, but am forcing myself to wait for a discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick2k1 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 GOTTA BUY'EM ALL!! This isn't Pokemon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcbarcelona101 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone bought the sets yet and built them for their own collection? I have been itching to, but am forcing myself to wait for a discount. I feel the NEED to buy them haha, but as you say I will be waiting for a discount too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcrash Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone else wish we didn't get endless re-hashes of the main characters in these sets? Put the main characters in the small sets, and fill the big ones with army builders. If you want Saruman and Gandalf then Wizard Duel is cheap and plentiful. Orthanc should be chock full of Ents and Orcs. That pirate ship needs a dang pirate crew too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkness Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone bought the sets yet and built them for their own collection? I have been itching to, but am forcing myself to wait for a discount. It can be very difficult waiting when purchasing for my own collection. When it is for investing though, no problems at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcbarcelona101 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone else wish we didn't get endless re-hashes of the main characters in these sets? Put the main characters in the small sets, and fill the big ones with army builders. If you want Saruman and Gandalf then Wizard Duel is cheap and plentiful. Orthanc should be chock full of Ents and Orcs. That pirate ship needs a dang pirate crew too... I actually agree with this. My guess is that LEGO will be releasing some sort of battle pack or smaller set that includes more Ents..at least I hope they do, as one is simply not enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 This isn't Pokemon! For most of us, yeah it is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akohns Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Complaints or not, nothing will stop me buying every LOTR set I agree. I'll be trying to collect them all. So far I've avoided paying full price for all the first wave except for the Orc Forge. I shoulda picked some up when Target was a having that last sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestFormOfWit Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Anyone else wish we didn't get endless re-hashes of the main characters in these sets? Put the main characters in the small sets, and fill the big ones with army builders. If you want Saruman and Gandalf then Wizard Duel is cheap and plentiful. Orthanc should be chock full of Ents and Orcs. That pirate ship needs a dang pirate crew too...While I agree they could have been better with the minifig distribution, I am absolutely content with the minifigs on the pirate ship. I would much rather have the 3 awesome ghost army figs than any generic piratebarf minifigs they could have stuffed in there.Also, the fact Blackgate comes with the mouth of Sauron is completely badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcarin Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 While I agree they could have been better with the minifig distribution, I am absolutely content with the minifigs on the pirate ship. I would much rather have the 3 awesome ghost army figs than any generic piratebarf minifigs they could have stuffed in there. Also, the fact Blackgate comes with the mouth of Sauron is completely badass. Except many of us would rather have 2 corsair pirates (extra) than 2 Generic same old orcs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshTX Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Yeah, I would have taken Pirates over more Orcs, but I'm satisfied that we got the dead army figs. Also I know that the big three (Aragorn, Legolas,Gimli) were pivotal to this scene, but we get them in so many sets that I wish we would've gotten more pirates/dead army instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestFormOfWit Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Considering the scene I think it's the perfect balance. Honestly, because the scene is when they charge into the orc army with the undead, there really shouldn't even be a pirate left on the boat, as they've been killed in the takeover already by this point. Moreover, they stuffed a whopping 9 minifigs in here. I think we got a pretty damn sweet deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studebricker Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Considering the scene I think it's the perfect balance. Honestly, because the scene is when they charge into the orc army with the undead, there really shouldn't even be a pirate left on the boat, as they've been killed in the takeover already by this point. Moreover, they stuffed a whopping 9 minifigs in here. I think we got a pretty damn sweet deal. I guess that's so you can set it up, before and after, undead attack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcarin Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I guess that's so you can set it up, before and after, undead attack... Except we need 3 men and 3 undead invincible ghost soldiers to board a ship with 1 pirate... a depicting scene in all of its glory lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestFormOfWit Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 The actual takeover of the boat is done off camera. Maybe they only included the one pirate so we can act out the only pirate death on camera to Legolas' warning arrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartikis Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 the wizard battle is kind of lame as is the set with the gate, the rest look pretty cool, all sail ships do well, the councel is quite unique in design, colors and minifigs and of course the tower is insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakinisvader Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The only complaint I have about LOTR is they are more for older teens and adults (who have seen the movies and read the books). My kids ages 9 - 7 - 5 - 2 have no idea what LOTR theme is so they have no interest in purchasing any. Basically, they like all the LEGO themes except for LOTR and Hobbit. Other than that, I think they are pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The only complaint I have about LOTR is they are more for older teens and adults (who have seen the movies and read the books). My kids ages 9 - 7 - 5 - 2 have no idea what LOTR theme is so they have no interest in purchasing any. Basically, they like all the LEGO themes except for LOTR and Hobbit. Other than that, I think they are pretty cool. That is a little strange, because I know kids who have never seen LOTR and love the sets. If nothing else, they are just castle sets on beefiness steroids! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateral-G Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 So, when can we expect to see Minas Tirath and an oliphant? And we need a proper Tower of Barad-dur as a companion piece to the Tower of Orthanc....although it would need to be 3 or 4 times larger to be even close in scale. The one in the Black Gate set is lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcarin Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 So, when can we expect to see Minas Tirath and an oliphant? And we need a proper Tower of Barad-dur as a companion piece to the Tower of Orthanc....although it would need to be 3 or 4 times larger to be even close in scale. The one in the Black Gate set is lame. when we die and get revived sometimes next millenia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadowsk1 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 That is a little strange, because I know kids who have never seen LOTR and love the sets. If nothing else, they are just castle sets on beefiness steroids! This is another reason I favor the LOTR than the standard Lego Kingdoms/Castle line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starr Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I think they will be great investment choices. Even though many are upset with the scale of the sets, I think TLG did its best to build a model that would fit the regular price range of Lego sets, and look as close to the real thing as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestFormOfWit Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 the wizard battle is kind of lame as is the set with the gate, the rest look pretty cool, all sail ships do well, the councel is quite unique in design, colors and minifigs and of course the tower is insane! I have to call you out here. The gate is awesome, and has one of the coolest minifigs to date: the Mouth of Sauron, and also a Return of the King version of Aragorn. Absolutely lovely. Plus you can buy two and have a huge badass gate. Why would you think it's lame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolos80 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The Mouth of Sauron is a cool figure, right up there with Darth Malgus. All I want now is a Nazgul (is that what the dragons are called, or the riders? I want the dragon). And a Sauron. I don't know how they'd release a Sauron, considering he's only seen in a flashback in the film, but I think he deserves a minifig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcarin Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The Mouth of Sauron is a cool figure, right up there with Darth Malgus. All I want now is a Nazgul (is that what the dragons are called, or the riders? I want the dragon). And a Sauron. I don't know how they'd release a Sauron, considering he's only seen in a flashback in the film, but I think he deserves a minifig. I think Malgus looks way better than Mouth, but Im pretty biased since Malgus was cool (played Old Republc) but Mouth (design) to me was so weird even if correct. Nazgul = Ringwraiths ... I think the beast Nazgul rides is called ''Fell Beast'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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