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LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Set Details

October 9, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

As we all know by now, there will be a second wave of the LEGO The Hobbit sets based on the second part of the three-part film series, The Desolation of Smaug. There are four sets to this wave, one of which was revealed during Day 3 of the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. Over on Eurobricks, some of the details for the sets have emerged. The details aren’t much but at least we know a little bit more about the sets. He also notes that the sets will be in stores this December.

Dol Guldur Ambush (79011) – There are three minifigures in the set: two orcs and some sort of soldier. There is also a grey rock. – ~$26.99

Mirkwood Elf Army (79012) – 442 pieces, six minifigures: two orcs, 3 elves, and an elvish king (possibly Thranduil). Set includes a wall and a tree in tan, dark tan, and brown. – ~$39.99

Lake Town Chase (79013) – Seen before but there is are images of the set including the box as well as the minifigures included: Bard, Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Laketown Guard, Master of Lake-town (see below) – ~$56.99

Dol Guldur Battle (79014) – Six minifigures: Gandalf in grey outfit, probably Radagast, Nazgul-like character (Necromancer?), normal orc, “white” orc similar to Yazneg (Azog?), warrior with big red beard (Beorn?). The set looks similar to the Battle at the Black Gate (79007) but in grey bricks. – ~$79.99

**Lake Town Chase images via Brixit**

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LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Teaser Trailer

August 22, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

The new Hobbit movie, The Desolation of Smaug, doesn’t come out in theaters until December 13th but the official teaser trailer has been out for a few months now. There have been many great videos of trailers being made from LEGO bricks and we can now add another one to the list. The Brotherhood Workshop has released the trailer of the LEGO version of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and it looks amazing! It took two months and many many hours to create but the finished product is well worth it. You can check out the video below or if you want to watch the official version and the LEGO version side-by-side, you can go here to watch them together.

Update: The Brotherhood Workshop has also created a video comparing their version and the official version.

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LEGO The Hobbit 2013 Set Names Revealed

August 7, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 1 Comment

Brickset forum member, dashofdashing has provided a list of the LEGO The Hobbit 2013 sets that will be released later this year based on a “reliable source”. Of course, we already knew about the Lake Town Chase (79013) when it was announced at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con and was available for showing to the public during the third day. These sets are based on the second film in the three part Hobbit film adaptation, The Desolation of Smaug. There’s no additional details as of this time but we’re sure that more information will be revealed as we get closer to the release date.

Dol Guldur Ambush (79011) – £19.99

Mirkwood Elf Army (79012) – £29.99

Lake Town Chase (79013) – £49.99

Dol Guldur Battle (79014) – £69.99

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To Azog or Not To Azog

July 27, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

You may have heard by now but there was a mysterious Azog given away randomly at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Nobody knew when it was given away since it was just handed out by casual clothed employees. Only 100 of Azog was given out and the exclusiveness of it has driven the prices on the minifigure to unheard of amounts on eBay.

As of this writing, there are at least $13,000 worth of Azog minifigures that have already been sold on eBay, including one that sold for $299.95 which is a steal compared to the others. Although another fairly exclusive minifigure have been going for a lot, Mr. Gold, none have match the highest Azog minifigure at $1750. For the completists, this amount is most likely unattainable and their collection will now have a blemish. The difference is that there are 5000 Mr. Gold minifigures compared to only 100 of Azog.

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The question is, who is to blame for the absurd amounts that they’re going for? Is it LEGO’s fault for giving out the exclusively exclusive Azog and limiting them to 100 and only attendees had a chance to get it or is it the sellers greediness that has made the prices so inflated?

Some may say that the blame goes to LEGO because they gave it out to random attendees and the people who couldn’t go will never have a chance to get it. Others say that it’s the sellers’ fault because … Continue

LEGO The Hobbit SDCC 2013 Exclusive Micro Scale Bag End Review

July 25, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 4 Comments

At the 2013 San Diego Comic Con, LEGO announced one of the two exclusive sets they would be selling is The Hobbit Micro Scale Bag End. To get the set, you had to stand in line to get a ticket to purchase the set. I was lucky enough to get one of the last sets they had on the first day. The set consists of 130 pieces and retails for $40 which is a whopping $0.31/piece but that is expected since these are exclusive sets that you can only get at conventions. This set is number 785 of 1000. This year LEGO has decided to go with a small box instead of a tin can like last year’s exclusive. Inside the box, there is one unnumbered bag and one instruction booklet.

LEGO The Hobbit SDCC 2013 Exclusive Micro Scale Bag End

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LEGO San Diego Comic Con 2013 Day 2 Recap

July 19, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 0 Comments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes SDCC 2013 Exclusive Spider-Man Minifigure

On the second day of the 2013 San Diego Comic Con, it went mostly well at the LEGO booth. The main concern was how the LEGO staff was planning to control the overcrowding issue for the exclusive minifigure giveaway that was stopped abruptly yesterday. The management team figured out one way to deal with the issue was to hold the raffle outside in the West Terrace of the Convention Center. From what it looked like, it was a pretty successful raffle. The only thing that was bad about it was that it was outside and the sun was beaming down on our heads. The line moved pretty quickly and there were two staff members handing out the raffle tickets. After that, you just have to wait until 3:30pm for the LEGO booth to announce the winners. There was also a bonus drawing for the rest of yesterday’s Spider-Woman minifigure. When the winners were announced, I tweeted that I was one of the winners of exclusive The Amazing Spider-Man minifigure! After I calmly picked up my prize, I posted an image on my Instagram account to prove that I was actually a winner. Above is the picture I took after I got back home. In other giveaway news, there another minifigure that was given out to Comic Con attendees. FBTB reported that an Azog minifig was given out somewhere that was not the LEGO booth. We’re still not sure where or how to get Azog as of this time.

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LEGO San Diego Comic Con 2013 Day 1 Recap

July 18, 2013 / Allen "Tormentalous" Tran / 3 Comments

Day 1 at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con is finally over and I haven’t been this tired in a very long time. Let me do a recap on all things LEGO related today at the Con. The biggest news there was probably the failure of the exclusive Spider-Woman minifigure giveaway. As you may have seen in my earlier post, the LEGO floor staff had to shut down the whole thing 15-20 minutes into the giveaway due to overcrowding. If you’ve been to SDCC before, once there’s any sort of overcrowding, they would be forced to shut down things like this. As a result, there are still some left over raffle tickets left over for Spider-Woman and will be given out tomorrow morning at 11:30 but this time it’s at the West Terrace. At that time, LEGO will also be giving out tickets for the Amazing Spider-Man minifigure as well. At 3:30pm, check if you have a winning ticket on LEGOraffle.com and if you do, head back to the LEGO booth to pick up your precious.

Another thing that I noticed that was a little out of control was the line for the LEGO The Hobbit Micro Scale Bag End and the LEGO Star Wars JEK-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter exclusive sets. People were lining up for the minifigure giveaway when the line was for tickets to get the two sets. This confusion led to a line that snaked a couple of times around the whole booth. There were only a limited amount of each set … Continue