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LEGO Lord of the Rings set now available!

by Thita (admin) on May 16, 2012

Here is the day all LEGO Lord of the Rings fans have been waiting for! The first wave of the LEGO Lord of the Rings sets are now available at both the Online LEGO Shop and Amazon.com. 😀

Here are the LEGO Lord of the Rings listings on LEGO’s website. I highly encourage you to check out all the pictures too. They are gorgeous! 😛

LEGO Lord of the Rings – Gandalf Arrives: Visit the Shire with Gandalf the Grey and Frodo! Join Gandalf the Grey as he travels to the Shire to celebrate the 111th birthday of his old friend Bilbo Baggins and relive the opening scene of The Fellowship of the Ring! As Gandalf makes his way through the Shire on his horse and cart, he meets an excited young hobbit, Frodo Baggins. This is where the legendary adventure of The Lord of the Rings begins!

LEGO Lord of the Rings – Shelob Attacks: Escape from the clutches of Shelob’s attack! Plotting to reclaim The One Ring, Gollum lures Frodo into the lair of the ancient giant spider, Shelob. Will Shelob cast her web and capture poor Frodo or can Frodo’s brave hobbit friend Samwise Gamgee use the Elven sword Sting and rescue him in time? You decide! Includes 3 minifigures: Frodo, Samwise Gamgee and Gollum.

LEGO Lord of the Rings – Uruk-hai Army: Repel the Uruk-hai Army at Helm’s Deep! Under attack by the evil Uruk-hai Army, the ancient fortress at Helm’s Deep is the last refuge for the people of Rohan! As the Uruk-hai draw near, they fire hooks from the armored hook shooter and try to scale the fortress walls. Can Éomer and the Rohan soldier hold back the Uruk-hai and save the day? Includes 6 minifigures: Éomer, Rohan soldier and 4 Uruk-hai.

LEGO Lord of the Rings – Attack on Weathertop: Stop the evil Ringwraiths on Weathertop from stealing The One Ring! Resting in the ancient fortress ruins of Weathertop, Aragorn, Frodo and Merry are suddenly attacked by the Ringwraiths, the evil servants of Sauron! Will the Ringwraiths take The One Ring from Frodo or can Aragorn stop the evil Ringwraiths in time? Includes 5 minifigures: Aragorn, Frodo, Merry and 2 Ringwraiths.

LEGO Lord of the Rings – The Mines of Moria: Battle the Cave Troll in The Mines of Moria! On their epic journey across the lands of Middle-earth, the heroic Fellowship of the Ring travels through the abandoned Mines of Moria. Pursued by the evil Moria orcs and a giant Cave Troll, Pippin, Boromir, Gimli and Legolas make a stand in Balin’s Tomb. Can the heroes hold back the evil horde and make it out of the mine unhurt?

LEGO Lord of the Rings – The Battle of Helm’s Deep: Repel the Uruk-hai army at Helm’s Deep! The walled fortress at Helm’s Deep is under attack by the mighty Uruk-hai army. The forces of men, elves, and a dwarf must do everything they can to stop them from breaching the fortress walls. Can they prevent the Berserker Uruk-hai planting the bomb and blowing up the wall? Will they stop the enemy climbing up the siege ladders?

LEGO Lord of the Rings – The Orc Forge: Build the dark army of Saruman at the Orc Forge! The Uruk-hai army is growing! Grown in the smoldering depths of Isengard, the Uruk-hai and their general, Lurtz, pull one new Uruk-hai after the other from the ground. Use the winch and slide the metal into the smelting pot to make weapons for the growing army. Dig out the Uruk-hai from the ground. There’s no rest when there’s a dark army to build!

The LEGO Lord of the Rings sets are also available on Amazon, however listings have been getting out of stock very quickly. Make sure you look at listings that are directly from Amazon.com to receive the best prices and free shipping. Below are some of the listings:

These are exciting times for LEGO Lord of the Rings fans! What do you think? If you are getting any of the sets and would like to share your thoughts, opinions and feedback, feel free to post in the comments. 😉

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Misprinted LEGO elements – annoying or unique?

by Thita (admin) on May 15, 2012

in Community Articles

(Written by Tobymacboy)

Did you ever have to call LEGO Customer Service due to missing, broken, or misprinted LEGO elements? What did you think? I ran into some issues lately, so I thought to share my experience, then I invite you to share yours in the comment section below. 😉

Here is my story: Ever since I saw a picture of the #9494 LEGO Star Wars Anakin’s Jedi Interceptor in 2011 I wanted to get it. A few weeks ago I was finally able to buy it. Yay! I was so happy when I was opening the bags, viewing the cool minifigs, and building the set. However when I put R2-D2 together, I found some major misprint on its head! 😕

As you can see on the picture, the printing was completely misaligned and messy. (You can click on the image for a larger view.) Of course I called LEGO Customer Service to request a replacement piece. I also looked online and found some other misprints in 2012 LEGO sets reported by others. Don’t get me wrong; I love LEGO and everything about it, but a major amount of misprints isn’t something to ignore for an expensive toy. 😐

On FBTB.net a member posted about the new LEGO Star Wars clone/trooper head being misprinted with a “sunburned” face. Here is the link to the original discussion and the picture of the misprinted head is below:

On Flickr there is a whole group dedicated to problems with LEGO elements and minifigures, where LEGO fans share some really interesting misprints, molding issues and uniquely misshaped LEGO parts:

Here is what the LEGO Complaining group says: “We all know that LEGO is possibly one of the best building toys ever made, but let’s face it – sometimes things go wrong. Some themes and sets are a disaster (oh, say Galidor or Jack Stone for instance). Sudden color changes and poor quality control can be a pain. Set inventories can be incorrect just when you need to count on them. Well, here’s where AFOLs can come together and have their voices heard. You can relate your experiences here and post pictures of any problems you have had with LEGO elements or the LEGO Company.”

Going back to my story; I later discovered that my R2-D2’s torso was misprinted too! It was harder to spot, but I did notice it after comparing it to the official picture. See pictures below:

This is the first time I ran into a LEGO misprint, and this is the fourth time I have had to request a new part from LEGO Customer Service; the #5891 LEGO Apple Tree House was missing a piece, my brother’s #7931 LEGO Star Wars T-6 Jedi Shuttle was missing a piece, then R2-D2’s had a misprinted head, and torso. I hope these kinds of mistakes don’t happen too often. But if you do run into any issues you can call LEGO Customer Service and they will send you replacement parts.

How about you? Did you ever run into issues like misprints and missing parts in your LEGO sets? Did you find the misprint annoying? Or perhaps considered it unique? I know that some misprinted, mis-molded and mis-colored parts are highly collectible and can sell for a pretty penny (if the owner decides to part with them). Let me know what you think! 🙂

I’m a TFOL (Teen-Fan-of-LEGO) and this is my second article here. Thanks for reading! You may also like to check out my previous post: How to Make LEGO Chocolate… Yum!!! 🙄

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