[US] Lego hobbit set products at lego.com

kez

http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/products/79003?icmp=COUS42HomeWN2TheHobbitNewProducts
Here is a link to the hobbit lego homepage, on a different day starting from the 22nd October to the 12th November there will be a different set revealed (we all know what they are though) but I presume that there will be a lego designer video for each set. I just thought I'd let you guys over here know.

Huw

Thanks -- there's some nice large images to be extracted from there :-)

kez

Your welcome ^

kez

I Know that this image is probably old, but does anyone reckon that there will be some new lord of the rings sets for 2013, such as the isengard tower because on the picture slightly to the left of the big lego toy story woody and buzz there is some lotr sets and some hobbit sets (you can just about make them out) does anyone reckon that a few of them might become made into sets or is it just another MOC
http://ow.ly/i/HJQX/original

HELLRAZR_28

Oh, would I love a tower of Orthanc set.

mathew

What's the release date for the Hobbit sets?

y2josh

December 1st, I believe. Though they'll probably start turning up earlier.

mathew

Any word about the shelf life for current LotR sets? My guess is that a few sets will be phased out.

dougts

like any other waves, stock will likely just naturally dwindle over the coming months. my guess is there is lots of LOTR sets piled up on the supply chain however, as sales were lackluster from the start according to most sources.

mathew

My guess is that they will keep Helm's Deep around as there isnt a set to replace it. The rest are probably fair game.

kez

Riddles of the ring set should be revealed today, and there might be a designer video

kez

Here is riddles of the ring set listed at lego.com
http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/products/79000
I don't know if this set has yet got a video, but it might soon

stegmanco

I wonder how they phase out current themes, when new sets come on. That isengard would be so fun!

dougts

I wouldn't get too excited about that tower in the picture - there are a lot of other items in the picture as well that are clearly either just MOCs or concept items that didn't get green-lit.

but of course it's possible. by far the biggest question in regards to LotR/Hobbit is whether or not there will be a summer wave.

kez

^ I totally agree with you

kez

I just heard on eurobricks that you can now buy these sets in Greece, hereis the link to the comment about the guy who had received his in Greece, here is the link to his comment, (it's the comment at the bottom of the page) http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69506&st=7150

mressin

kez said:

on the picture slightly to the left of the big lego toy story woody and buzz there is some lotr sets and some hobbit sets (you can just about make them out) does anyone reckon that a few of them might become made into sets or is it just another MOC
http://ow.ly/i/HJQX/original

Eagle-eyed @kez, very impressive!

It could be a prototype set that didn't go into production, though. This particular image contains a number of them, for Alien Conquest, Star Wars Yavin temple, etc. I would expect Lego to focus on Hobbit-related material.

kez

^ cheers for that, I hope that the isengard tower isn't just a prototype though, I agree with you that it would be based More on the hobbit sets, lets wait and see if there are some new lotr sets coming out in the next year or so :)

TheBigLegoski

Oooh really hope for many more LOTR sets to be released next year.

Indeed the Tower of Orthanc / Isengard would be fantastic!

kez

This has been known for a few days now but I just thought I would let you guys over here know incase you didn't so here goes, THE LEGO HOBBIT SETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN GREECE here is a link to a guy reviewing the riddles for the ring set over on eurobricks and he says he will also be getting a few more hobbit sets and he will be reviewing them too, here is the link http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=75373

richo

anybody know how much the little set with Gollum will be?

kez

#richo I suspect it will be £9.99-£11.99 like the other little sets are, in Greece though I have heard that people have spent something like €18 on that set, but that's probably because of the euro prices in their country, in the us it will just probably be converted from the pound sign to the dollar sign as always.

Si_UKNZ

Great spotting finding that tower.
I'll keep saying it .. watch out for UCS LotR.
I have no evidence, mind you, it just makes sense, and I really think they'll do it.

kez

^ cheers for that

Bumblepants

^^Shouldn't be too difficult to do either, I doubt there would be hardly any new molds or even colors of certain bricks needed to make a good Isengard or Dark Tower or whatever they might do

plasmodium

The main menu of the Lego LotR video game demo features a minifig-scale model of Orthanc (animated, of course) which looks like it would be entirely possible to make from real Lego bricks if you had enough.
Having said that, it's possible that the model in the background of the photo (way) above is a sort of reference model used for animating the video game. The video games (Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc) are notorious for showing models and minifigs which we never see in sets. :P

kez

^ I think you are probably right there because In that picture slightly to the left of the lotr display case there is a lotr video game poster on the wall, but you never can tell if it might be made or not, fingers crossed it will

plasmodium

Haha, Here's hoping!

kez

THE ATTACK OF THE WARGS SET IS NOW ON LEGO.COM
http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/products/79002
@Huw
I ALSO PRESUME THAT THE DESIGNER VIDEO IS ONLINE ASWELL

kez

Here's the link to the attack of the WARGS designer video
http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-the-hobbit-attack-of-the-wargs-79002-designer-video/

richo

thanks for posting!
Another very dry delivery on the video though. lol

kez

Yeah, most of the designers are very dry, maybe because they speak a different language and come from a different country probably means that there jokes are different to ours ^

kez

Here is a link to plenty of pics from the new upcoming elrond exclusive figures
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69506&st=7250
It's the fourth comment down from the top ( the user is Snowspeeder pilot)

kez

There is some new character bios on lego.com of the new hobbit figures see link here:
http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/characters/yazneg
There is also a guy over on eurobricks who is going to do an escape from mirk wood spiders review, he has also done the riddles of the ring review aswell, when he does his review I will post the link here

kez

@Huw the mirkwood spiders is now at lego.com with some great pictures, here is the link, there could also be a designer video but no sign of it yet
http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/products/79001

kez

I find this very odd but there is the ESCAPE IN THE BARRELS DESIGNER VIDEO BEFORE THE MIRKWOOD SPIDERS DESIGNER VIDEO, here is the link to the ESCAPE IN THE BARRELS DESIGNER VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFr27E7b04&feature=plcp

stevenzhang

Anyone know when these sets will be released? Are they going to be available before Christmas?

Venunder

There are some great new features in these sets.
Five of the best are.
Wargs.
Female Elf.
Red Leaves for autumnal trees.
New Beard shapes.
More Glow in the dark elements.

kez

The mirkwood spiders designer video is now up, I can't seem to post a link to it though

dougts

LEGO stores (US) will have them for sales starting December 1st

Legoboy

dougts said:

LEGO stores (US) will have them for sales starting December 1st

As will UK stores. :o)

kez

These are listed at toysrus uk and also according to here http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69506&st=7425
Fred Meyers stores in some parts of the US have been selling the hobbit sets early

kylejohnson11

Just got my "Late Holiday" Shop at Home catalog in the mail from LEGO today. Available date is November 27th. US prices are as follows:

Unexpected gathering-$69.99
Riddles of ring-$9.99
Attack of the Wargs-$49.99
Escape in the barrels-$39.99
Goblin King-$99.99
Escape From Mirkwood-$29.99

bluemodern

They have the Hobbit sets for sale right now at Smith's (in Utah) which is also known as Fred Meyer elsewhere. I picked up the Riddles of the Ring and Escape from Mirkwood sets. I will post photo tonight, will review once that becomes available on the brickset page, reviewing is not given as an option now.

kyleJohnson11 - you are correct on the prices. Better than I expected for most of them. I thought the Riddles set would be the same price as the Gandalf Arrives, nice that it was lower.

bluemodern

Here is a link to the gallery of the Riddles of the Ring set: http://imgur.com/a/FzDkM

I will add the Mirkwood Spiders set later after dinner

BoiseState

Yep, they're out in my city.

jadedanc

I picked up 2 of the Hobbit sets last night at Fred Meyer's in Lacey, WA. They had all of the sets except for one. I got the Mirkwood spiders and An Unexpected Gathering. PLUS, the LOTR & Hobbit sets are all 20% off right now :)

bluemodern

jadedanc said:

I picked up 2 of the Hobbit sets last night at Fred Meyer's in Lacey, WA. They had all of the sets except for one. I got the Mirkwood spiders and An Unexpected Gathering. PLUS, the LOTR & Hobbit sets are all 20% off right now :)

Yeah, I got them 20% off too. Have you put the Mirkwood spiders set together yet? I was surprised how much I liked it.

kez

kylejohnson11 said:

Just got my "Late Holiday" Shop at Home catalog in the mail from LEGO today. Available date is November 27th. US prices are as follows:

Unexpected gathering-$69.99
Riddles of ring-$9.99
Attack of the Wargs-$49.99
Escape in the barrels-$39.99
Goblin King-$99.99
Escape From Mirkwood-$29.99

bluemodern said:

They have the Hobbit sets for sale right now at Smith's (in Utah) which is also known as Fred Meyer elsewhere. I picked up the Riddles of the Ring and Escape from Mirkwood sets. I will post photo tonight, will review once that becomes available on the brickset page, reviewing is not given as an option now.

kyleJohnson11 - you are correct on the prices. Better than I expected for most of them. I thought the Riddles set would be the same price as the Gandalf Arrives, nice that it was lower.

bluemodern said:

Here is a link to the gallery of the Riddles of the Ring set: http://imgur.com/a/FzDkM

I will add the Mirkwood Spiders set later after dinner

BoiseState said:

Yep, they're out in my city.

jadedanc said:

I picked up 2 of the Hobbit sets last night at Fred Meyer's in Lacey, WA. They had all of the sets except for one. I got the Mirkwood spiders and An Unexpected Gathering. PLUS, the LOTR & Hobbit sets are all 20% off right now :)

bluemodern said:

jadedanc said:

I picked up 2 of the Hobbit sets last night at Fred Meyer's in Lacey, WA. They had all of the sets except for one. I got the Mirkwood spiders and An Unexpected Gathering. PLUS, the LOTR & Hobbit sets are all 20% off right now :)

Yeah, I got them 20% off too. Have you put the Mirkwood spiders set together yet? I was surprised how much I liked it.

You are all very lucky people, here in the uk they come out on the 1st December :(

The prices are as follows
Unexpected gathering-£59.99
Riddles of ring-£12.99
Attack of the WARGS-£49.99
Escape in the barrels-£39.99 (this is also an exclusive to toysrus uk)

kez

We've seen the designer video early but now it is listed at lego.com
http://thehobbit.lego.com/en-us/products/79004

kez

Mirkwood spiders designer video
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQjORActLI