# Lego Lord of the Rings figures coming this summer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027 "2012-04-06T19:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/1 "2012-04-06T19:50:55Z")
They look pretty good, I’d say: [http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx?icmp=COUSFR36LOTR](http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx?icmp=COUSFR36LOTR) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/2 "2012-04-06T19:52:34Z")
I’m genuinely surprised these didn’t already exist. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/3 "2012-04-06T19:59:25Z")
What does it say about me that I’m interested in this. and sad that it’s the only LOTR thread on the board. I just reread LOTR for the first time in a long time & have no one to discuss it with. The character descriptions on the LEGO site match the movies more than the books. but they look good. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/4 "2012-04-06T20:25:56Z")
I’ve been away from Legos for many years. Do Lego people now have feet or legs that you can angle away from each other? (As would seem to be the case from those photos.) In my day, the legs could only pivot at the hips, around one axis. Another question: are the beards (e.g. on Gimli and Gandalf) separate pieces, or are they attached to the head? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/5 "2012-04-06T21:14:08Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > I’ve been away from Legos for many years. Do Lego people now have feet or legs that you can angle away from each other? (As would seem to be the case from those photos.) Those are CG, not photos. Minifigs are essentially unchanged in that respect > [@](#): > > Another question: are the beards (e.g. on Gimli and Gandalf) separate pieces, or are they attached to the head? They’ll be separate pieces (and Legolas’ ears will be a part of his hairpiece, I’m sure) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/6 "2012-04-06T21:16:26Z")
[Actual examples](http://thebrickblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/9469-LEGO-Lord-of-the-Rings-Minifigs.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/7 "2012-04-06T21:40:20Z")
I looked at the site again. NO EOWYN?! and boy does Gimli have a big axe… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/8 "2012-04-07T00:18:04Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > …I just reread LOTR for the first time in a long time & have no one to discuss it with… Here I am! **Qadgop, choie, What Exit?** and others are available at a moment’s notice. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/9 "2012-04-07T01:49:53Z")
Well great. Give me a bit to come up with some decent topic starters. . . ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/10 "2012-04-09T02:30:50Z")
Fine. Please put a link here when you do. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/11 "2012-04-09T05:36:15Z")
Here’s a minute and six seconds long video with some detailed shots of the six available sets: > **[Exclusive Videos of the New Lego Lord of the Rings Sets](https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-videos-of-the-new-lego-lord-of-the-rings-sets-5884547)** > > Lego has some really cool new stuff at their NYC Toy Fair booth, but I pounced on the new Lord of the Rings sets right away. I was able to record them quickly for your nerdgasmic pleasure. Click on the big rectangle with the arrow pointing to the right in it. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/12 "2012-04-09T05:57:39Z")
They have a cave troll!?! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/13 "2012-04-09T13:14:36Z")
OMG those are awesomely cool! ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/14 "2012-04-10T02:37:27Z")
Elendil’s Heir - new thread here [OK - Some New LOTR questions - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=647893) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/15 "2012-04-10T17:27:07Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Elendil’s Heir - new thread here [OK - Some New LOTR questions - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=647893) OK, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/16 "2012-04-10T21:39:25Z")
So there should be an Xbox Lego LOTR game out this year…? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/17 "2012-04-10T23:19:27Z")
I’ve never bought a Lego set for myself (dozens for kid relatives)…but if they put out a 10,000 piece Barad-Dur or Minas Tirith, I would be all over that. Screw the mini-figs – I want serious architecture. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/18 "2012-04-11T02:48:43Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’ve never bought a Lego set for myself (dozens for kid relatives)…but if they put out a 10,000 piece Barad-Dur or Minas Tirith, I would be all over that. Screw the mini-figs – I want serious architecture. I’ll have a word with TPTB at Lego. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/19 "2012-04-11T13:23:24Z")
> [@Wakinyan](#): > > So there should be an Xbox Lego LOTR game out this year…? I would buy that, ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lord-of-the-rings-figures-coming-this-summer/618027/20 "2012-04-12T06:44:15Z")
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