Comments on: Major Spoilers Revealed in new LEGO® Hobbit Sets!

By: treeclmr

treeclmr — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:31:00 +0000

At helms deep you can see Arwen for a split second

By: treeclmr

treeclmr — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:30:00 +0000

I saw these pics at http://www.examiner.com/article/lego-reveals-upcoming-the-hobbit-sets-at-ny-comic-con hope you like them

By: Tal-Elmar

Tal-Elmar — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:16:00 +0000

Indeed. PJ loves his dear Elves so much, that he’d do everything to the story in order to show them as heroes…again…and to give Legolas some more shield-surfing screentime. We got Helm’s Deep. Now this. The ELves of Mirkwood HATED the Dwarves! Ridiculous

By: Mawazi

Mawazi — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:52:00 +0000

I see that it shows two elves shooting arrows at spiders. How exactly does it show them saving the dwarves from the spiders in place of Bilbo?

By: Almaras22

Almaras22 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:44:00 +0000

Both those sets have a caption that says “Special The Hobbit trilogy preview set” – the mix up most likely came when the series went from two to three movies and these crossed over.

By: schulz-florian

schulz-florian — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:01:00 +0000

I wouldn’t give to much credit for legolas and that female elf into the mirkwood box.
If you see at the other boxes, then there are always some of the dwarfes split between the sets. So as there is no elfen court set Legolas and girlielf are in the mirkwood set.
As a purist of the hobbit I’m not a fan of these increased roles of legolas and girlelf but Mr. Jackson has delivered three movies without an Arwen fighting scene. So I trust him on this.
Also on a lot of production videos the dwarfs run around the mirkwood with spiderwebs on their beards. If Legolas has rescued them he would be around.

By: P8TRIOT

P8TRIOT — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:29:00 +0000

of course he meant Bilbo! If this is true and PJ screws it up by having “Tauriel” and Legolas rescue the dwarves from the spiders I’m not sure what I will do. I can no longer bear major deviations from the storyline. Please let it not be so!

By: erugalathon

erugalathon — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:15:00 +0000

Now I’m scared. Its called THE HOBBIT for a reason!

By: Daniel Wyman

Daniel Wyman — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Um, considering Lego’s history with sets based on movies, I’d guess that the presence of Legolas and Tauriel in the Mirkwood set means that Legolas and Tauriel probably appear in Mirkwood… and nothing more. Take a look at the accuracy of the Avengers sets.

By: Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Sounds like the producers are being coy as to just where this film ends.

The Eagle rescue seems to soon, unless a whole lot of backstory and/or Necromancer scenes are added in.

Barrels out of bond seems a bit too late.

Ending with the spiders seems about right for a 2:44 movie.

As far as the involvement of the Elves in the defeat of the spiders–interesting. One problem that exists with this adaptation is that PJ seems to be going out of his way to avoid talking critters (both in the Hobbit and LotR). The Eagles were muted in LotR, and not having Bilbo taunt the spiders with schoolyard names and have them talking back will–by itself–change the nature of the scene. (Smaug, of course, is the exception–but I expect that Roac will not be part of There and Back Again–or if he is, he’ll be carrying messages like a pigeon, rather than speaking).

Bilbo would certainly be capable of heroism in the spider scene–and delivering a few stings–even if elves are involved in the rescue.

By: Fanamir

Fanamir — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:02:00 +0000

Okay, this is pissing me off. Bilbo rescuing the Dwarves from the spiders is one of the biggest moments in the book. Why change it, when a scene with Gloin and Legolas mimicking the entrance to Lothlorien would have been less painful? Also, unless these are outdated, they’ve changed the end of the film again.

By: Stobie Piel

Stobie Piel — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:22:00 +0000

If it features Frodo, it really IS a switch.