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LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle review

by Thita (admin) on November 13, 2012

Amongst the upcoming LEGO The Hobbit sets coming out this December, the largest one is the #79010 LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle. Huw at Brickset received one early and shared a wonderful and detailed review. Here I will show you some of the pictures from his review, then you can head over to Brickset to check out the rest. 😉

This is the front of the box of the LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle set. Huw mentions that the box is one of the more streamlined ones, following LEGO’s recent trend to cut back on box-sizes filled with lots of empty space and save some of those poor trees. (Click for larger view.)

This is the back of the box, illustrating some of the scenes and play-features of the set in more detail. (Click image for larger view.)

And here is the finished LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle set in its full glory. The Goblin King looks absolutely dreadful – as he should be – and I really like his throne! Huw shares many other pictures showing the different sections of the sets, and of course close-ups of all the minifigures from every side. You can go to the review to check those out. However there are two other pictures I wanted to show you here:

These two posters are from the back of the instructions that comes with the LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle set, and shows all the minifigures in the LEGO The Hobbit sets. (Click images for larger view.)

So far I really like the look of this set; I’m a big fan of gray and brown pieces and there are plenty of them here! I will have to see the movie to fully understand and appreciate the details and actions here, but so far it looks good. What do you think? How do you like the LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle set after seeing the pictures and reading Huw’s review? And how about the minifigures? Share your thoughts and discuss below! 🙂

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LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets!

by Thita (admin) on November 12, 2012

in Other LEGO Sets & Themes

Here is some update on the LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme I thought you would find interesting. Eurobricks member whung found clear images of all the upcoming LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets, so now we can see them in great detail. Check them out below! 😛

➡ #79100 LEGO TMNT Kraang Lab Escape – Includes 90 pieces and minifigs: Michelangelo, Kraang and Footsoldier.

➡ #79101 LEGO TMNT Shredder’s Dragon Bike – Includes 198 pieces and minifigs: Donatello, Shredder and Footsoldier.

➡ #79102 LEGO TMNT Stealth Shell in Pursuit – Includes 162 pieces and minifigs: Raphael, Fishface and Footsoldier.

➡ #79103 LEGO TMNT Turtle Lair Attack – Includes 488 pieces and minifigs: Splinter, Raphael, Leonardo, Chris Bradford and Footsoldier.

➡ #79104 LEGO TMNT The Shellraiser Street Chase – Includes 620 pieces and minifigs: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dogpound, Elite Footsoldier and Kraang.

➡ #79105 LEGO TMNT Baxter Robot Rampage – Includes 397 pieces and minifigs: Raphael, April O’Neil, Donatello, Baxter Stockman and Mouser. This is gong to be an exclusive set with limited avalability.

And that’s the line up of the LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets scheduled for January. Personally I have no interest in the sets, although I’m planning to pick up some of the minifigs. I find this to be a consistent issue with licensed LEGO sets; some of these licenses are just not ideal for LEGO. Just look at that Mech in the last set; it looks atrocious, but LEGO designer’s hands are tied by the original TMNT design. Compare the TMNT Mech to something like the Ninjago Samurai Mech, which is gorgeous. But there LEGO designers could do whatever they want as it is their own design.

Unfortunately the money is in the licensed sets. This is just my own preference, but I rather go for non-licensed sets, and pick up minifigs from licensed ones. As long as there is a good balance between licensed and non-licensed themes, I’m happy. The only exception is Star Wars. There LEGO is doing an excellent job. But Star Wars just leads itself to be LEGO-ised.

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets? Do you have a favorite that you will definitely get? And how do you like the minifigures? Feel free to share your thoughts below. 🙂

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