Oin minifigure revealed from the hobbit

kez

Here is a picture of the new Lego on minifigure from the hobbit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbtbnet/7976842412/

BrickDancer

^that is one wild moustache!

mressin

Looks more like a short Charlton Heston in "The Ten Commandments".

Maybe a new franchise theme?

kez

There is a new image of the hobbit unexpected gathering set showing the box, here is the link
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/79003_An_Unexpected_Gathering

kez

Here is another image of a couple of lego hobbits we haven't seen before
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/8010412630_fecee37207_z.jpg

kez

Not long now until NYCC so these sets should be revealed very soon

khmellymel

I gotta say, I'm way more excited for the Hobbit sets than I was for Lord of the Rings. Maybe it was Bag End that did it, but I'm really liking what I've been seeing so far!

brickmatic

^^ Where can you find details about the LEGO stuff at NYCC?

kez

@brickmatic the news about the hobbit sets being revealed at New York comic con was on the brickset homepage quite recently. I believe that brickset and many other lego websites will be hosting information about new lego revealed at this times comic con

brickmatic

^ I meant prior to the event, like to plan your trip.

kez

On comic cons website it should get updated just before the event and if you go onto Legos page, it should tell you the dates for what theme is going to be revealed e.g. Monday- the hobbit sets

Here is a better image of some of the new hobbit figures
http://www.lordofthebrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lego-the-hobbit.jpg

andhe

Nori and Thorin I believe.

bricksan

Got some pics of 4 of the Dwarfs and one female elf from the upcoming sets, although unsure of one of the Dwarfs names and the female elf. Here is one of the pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8053057088


The rest are here --> http://brickfanatics...obbit-minifigs/

kez

Cheers bricksan

andhe

Having researched a bit more into Hobbit film characters, what do you think of the likelihood of a Goblin King large figure? He looks like he'd be about Cave troll scale, but err more ugly and naked.

bricksan

Sorry but images are no more, as expected these should not be public yet.

DaddyDeuce

From left to right, I think they are:

1: Thranduil (from #79004)
2: Bombur
3: Gloin
4: Oin
5: Dwalin

DaddyDeuce

andhe said:

Having researched a bit more into Hobbit film characters, what do you think of the likelihood of a Goblin King large figure? He looks like he'd be about Cave troll scale, but err more ugly and naked.

Absolutely. Will be in set #79010

andhe

Who's Thranduil? Someone suggested its more likely Legolas with the wrong head. The face has freckles suggesting it could be Tauriel (played by actress Evangeline Lily).

On a side note, does anyone else find the hashtags just link them back to the same page?

DaddyDeuce

Thranduil is the king of the forest elves. He is the father of Legolas (from the LotR trilogy).

In part of the book (and movie) the dwarves are captured by Thranduil and the forest elves. They escape by sealing themselves in barrels and floating down an underground river.

sipmart242

Any confirmed dates of release?

kez

@sipmart242 hobbit sets are due to come out on the 1st December in time for the movie

CCC

I think the last time I thought about the Hobbit was in 1982, playing it on the ZX Spectrum. That barrel picture above reminded me of it, getting into barrels to escape. I don't think I ever got much further than that.

sipmart242

Thanks lex can't wait

sipmart242

Sorry"kez" stupid phone

kez

Here is a picture of all of the lego hobbit sets, it's a couple of comments down from this link and its not watermarked

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=42911515

kez

@sipmart242 this might interest you, the hobbit set pictures ^
@andhe
@bricksan
@BrickDancer
@flump

bricksan

I saw it earlier on the Daily Brick :-)

BrickDancer

Thanks for the notice @kez! Very interesting to see sets so similar to the first LotR wave, like Gollum's cave and the Shelob who now gets a cave too. The big tree reminds me of Forbidden Forest, just bigger. Kinda disappointing actually, for me at least.

sipmart242

Kick ass kez can't wait thanks

kez

Your welcome

DaddyDeuce

I was obviously wrong on my "Thranduil" guess. The minifig we saw was a Legolas minifig with a Tauriel head.