LEGO Middle-earth

Someone sent me an e-mail about this and I thought it was pretty cool. A bunch of people built LEGO replicas of a number of well-known landmarks from the story. They seem to draw mainly on the films for inspiration, though the films themselves were made by way of Alan Lee and John Howe, for better or worse. Either way I find it wild as someone who used to play with LEGO a lot but was never able to build anything that big or that good.

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/lego-masters-recreate-middle-earth-all-of-it.html

You can see a bit of it in this video (you don't need sound because there's a lot of background noise) but there's a lot more.

Oddly enough I was chatting my friend whose yougest is going though a lego starwars phase, and we were commenting on how as kids we had built lego starwars stuff anyway before the official stuff existed, and now lego Middle-Earth. Hi boy would love that (and so would I truth be told!). Although you know me, not one to criticize, but Minas Tirith seemed short a circle or two.

Not exactly the same, but the LEGO video game people (makers of such fine games as LEGO Harry Potter, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman, and LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean) have secured the right to make a LEGO Lord of the Rings video game, due out next year.

http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx

Well the cut scenes in the star wars ones at least were nicely observed-and there is quite a lot ot poke fun at in that gentle style with pj's films!

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/01/17/52794-the-amazing-lotr-lego-designs-of-blake-baer/

Well, it appears that a lot of people (myself included) may have jumped the gun a bit. The LEGO LOTR project is looking more and more like it will be a series of physical LEGO sets rather than video games (though that's not confirmed yet). I'm actually more intrigued by that since I used to play with LEGO sets a lot, though I would be unlikely to buy either.

I want the LEGO LOTR sooo badly!! D:

They'll be sets (think I posted something in the Art or Off Topic section about them). If they had only come 10 years ago I would have killed for them Who knows, though, maybe I'll buy them anyway

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jeez.. they turned out big O_O

Those are pretty clever.

I like them alot. And it seems that the purists will like Legolas because they have followed the book it looks. He has one knife here

io9 article for more lego. if you scroll down there are some of the LOTR sets and if you click on the images you can see them in close up

http://io9.com/5884429/lego-lord-of-the-rings-avengers-and-deadpool-debut-at-toy-fair

I want the Helm's Deep set. Also, perhaps the most interesting picture was one on the TORn page that io9 linked to. Click here since the image is huge.

9-14 my a**... I want them too

Edit: 1234 posts, nice number

Ringdrotten wrote:Edit: 1234 posts, nice number

Congrats, Ringdrotten! That's quite the post count.

Lego's are great

I started out with a big bucket with lid and handle full of large lego for Hasia. Then it was the rescue sets, the cottage set, the bank set with a teeny tiny atm and microscopic bank card, then she discovered lotr and then she saw Petty and is so longing to have him in her collection. We love lego.
I must say Eldo you look very striking and handsome. Wherever do you shop?

THIS COULD BE THE FUCKING GREATEST GAME EVER, GUYS

yupp, looking good

I like this one though, really funny xD

Don't get mad at me Nora, but someone posted that like 3 posts above

And that someone is our Queen Tiniveeral (may have splet that inccorectly)

woops... I'de like to say it was a mis quoute.. but hey

Yes Ally, you did spell it quite wrong, and it's fine Norc, it's worth posting twice!