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LEGO The Hobbit sets – first pictures!

by Thita (admin) on October 9, 2012

Thanks to a poster given away at Toys’R’Us we have a chance to take a first look at the LEGO The Hobbit sets scheduled to be released by the end of this year! Low quality images of the poster have been circulating in the past few days, but as you probably know, taking photos of posters is not easy due to the shiny finish. However Toys-N-Bricks forum member just2good was finally able to take some shots that are much better quality. (You can click on any of the pictures for a larger view.)

➡ #79000 LEGO The Hobbit – Riddles for the Ring: this is a smallish set with a cave, a small boat, Bilbo and Gollum, referring to the scene where Bilbo and Gollum plays a game of riddles with Bilbo’s last question being: “What have I got in my pocket?”

➡ #79001 LEGO The Hobbit – Escape from Mirkwood Spiders: another nice set with a couple of trees covered with spider-web, 2 spiders and 4 minifigures; Legolas, Tauriel, Fili and Kili.

➡ #79002 LEGO The Hobbit – Attack of the Wargs: a wonderful set with a great big tree, a couple of wargs (evil wolves) and five minifigures; two orcs, a warg-rider, Thorin and Bifur.

➡ #79003 LEGO The Hobbit – An Unexpected Gathering: this is the set we have seen before, with the dwarves gathering at the Shire. Six minifigs are included: Gandalf, Bilbo, Balin, Bofur, Bombur and Dwalin.

➡ #79004 LEGO The Hobbit – Barrel Escape: Bilbo and the dwarves get captured by the wood-elves who try to ascertain their mission. The party plans their escape in some wine-barrels. The wine-cellar looks great with lots of barrels and goblets full of ~~wine~~ grape-juice (remember? LEGO doesn’t promote the drinking of alcohol!). There is also a prison, and weapon-racks with plenty of weapons; including a couple of those sweet elven blades. Five minifigures are included; Bilbo, Oin, Gloin and two elves.

➡ #79010 LEGO The Hobbit – The Goblin King Battle: this is the largest of the sets and is full of awesome details! The set also includes the Goblin King, plus 7 minifigures; Gandalf, Dori, Nori, Ori and three goblins.

➡ #3920 LEGO The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey: the poster also includes this fun twist of the traditional memory-game, which is actually already available at the Online LEGO Shop. See here:

So what do you think? How do you like the first wave of LEGO The Hobbits sets? Which one is your favorite set, and how about the minifigures? Share your thoughts in the comment section below! 🙂

Also, you may like to check out the LEGO Lord of the Rings section for more news, videos and discussions. Or select from the following recent posts:

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LEGO Halloween Minifigs – Behind the Scenes

by Thita (admin) on October 8, 2012

in Featured LEGO Creations

One of my favorite LEGO customizers Morgan190 made it into a tradition to create custom LEGO Halloween minifigures during the month of October. Last year we got some awesomely spooky LEGO Halloween minifigs for every day of the month, creating a LEGO Halloween Advent Calendar. You can see them here: Spooky LEGO Halloween Minifigs!

This year, we don’t get a new LEGO Halloween minifigure for every day, due to time-constrains, however there is still a nice line-up of three LEGO Halloween scenes so far, with more to come as the end of the month gets near. As usual each of the scenes comes with an artfully edited background and a little quote or poem to set the mood.

Ardicanus, The Plague Knight – all parts are LEGO except the armor and hands. For the hands some custom horns are used by LEGO customizer BrickWarriors.com. Check out the backdrop and the glowing eyes!

The uttermost catastrophe, surpassing your worst dreams.
Chewing at the insides of vomit-coated cheeks, to prevent your final screams. A hoard of decayed twisted filth, a horrid mass of wormy flesh.
The air fills with the stench of rot, diseased and fetid putrid death.
A thirst for blood the taste of flesh, their only thought the need to eat. – Abramelin

Vocari Cresni, Elder Ashfiend – all parts are LEGO, except for the legs and the cape. Also the LEGO beard is trimmed a bit to fit the hair-piece.

Dark clouds foul the sky as the end is well at hand, the acid rain will fall sweeping death across the land. The poison rivers flow to a helpless dying sea, of the wicked race of man this world will soon be free. – Cirith Ungol

Tonight’s Nightmare – all parts are LEGO. Notice the excellent posing of the sleeping minifigure, and the seamlessly integrated background.

From the darkness, by the closet
Comes a noise, much like a faucet
Makes: a madd’ning drip-drip-dripping sound.
It seems some ill-proportioned beast,
Anticipating me deceased,
Is drooling poison puddles on the ground.

Suddenly a floorboard creak
Announces the bloodsucking freak
Is here to steal my future years away!
A sulf’rous smell now fills the room
Heralding my imm’nent doom!
A fang gleams in the dark and murky gray! – Bill Watterson

Wonderfully artful LEGO Halloween images, aren’t they? And perhaps the best part is this behind-the-scenes video where Morgan190 reveals his editing and layering method using Photoshop. He says the following about the process:

“The video isn’t really a precise representation of the creative process per se, since in actuality I’m going through a lot of trial-and-error with different images and effects, as well as jumping back and forth between multiple layers during the Photoshopping, rather than it being as straightforward and methodical as is shown here… But the general concept is close enough.”

So what do you think? How do you like these LEGO Halloween creations? Have you ever used a combination of LEGO dioramas and Photoshop? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

Also, if you would like to check out Morgan190’s other work you can visit his Flickr Gallery, or see his previous Halloween LEGO minifigures here: Spooky LEGO Halloween Minifigs!

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