LEGO Dimensions Legolas Gollum & Gimli Sets Preview!

LEGO Dimensions Lord of the Rings Gollum Fun Pack 71218

It was less than a month ago that I was in mourning for the LEGO Lord of the Rings theme, as I lamented the release of what was expected to be the final two Lord of the Rings minifigures: the Bard and Bain figures included with the Target exclusive Hobbit Battle of Five Armies Blu-Ray release. But things have unexpectedly changed since last month in a big way with the announcement of the dimension-hopping LEGO Dimensions video game. And as part of the first wave of expansion packs, Lord of the Rings returns: it’s the LEGO Dimensions Gollum, Gimli and Legolas sets!

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Hobbit 3 Blu-Ray with Exclusive Bain Minifigure Released!

Target Exclusive LEGO Hobbit Battle of Five Armies Combo Pack Released

I outright detested the third Hobbit movie. I’ll be a Peter Jackson fan for life for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and to some extent his first two Hobbit films), but The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies was a huge disappointment and a real dud in my opinion. So you would probably expect that I would be nowhere near a store at 9AM on the morning the Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies DVD/Blu-Ray set is released. But you would be wrong. Because as much as I hate that movie, I love exclusive minifigures more: the Target Exclusive Hobbit 3 Blu-Ray with Bard and exclusive Bain minifigures has now been released!

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Hobbit Battle of Five Armies DVD Exclusive LEGO Minifigures!

Target Exclusive Hobbit Battle of Five Armies Combo Pack with LEGO Minifigures Bain Bard

Earlier this month, images leaked out from Hong Kong of a previously-unannounced LEGO Bain minifigure. With no new LEGO The Hobbit sets scheduled for release in 2015, it seemed almost certain that this exclusive Bain figure would be the pack-in for this year’s Target Exclusive The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Pack. And as it so happens–it is! But why settle for one free LEGO Minifigure when you can have two?! A LEGO Bard the Bowman minifigure will also be included with the set!

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LEGO Hobbit Bain Minifigure Exclusive Revealed & Photos!

LEGO Bain Minifigure Exclusive Hobbit Battle of Five Armies DVD Blu Ray Figure

I make it a point to see every movie that comes out that has its own LEGO sets (even “The Lone Ranger” *shudder*), so it won’t shock anybody that I went out New Year’s Eve to see The Hobbit The Battle of Five Armies. The movie was, uh… not my favorite Peter Jackson film, but I did like at least a few of the characters.

And one of them just may be the final LEGO Lord of the Rings figure ever produced–the exclusive LEGO Bain minifigure has now been revealed!

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LEGO Hobbit The Battle of Five Armies 79017 Released & Photos!

LEGO The Battle of Five Armies 79017 Box Front

The last of the four LEGO The Hobbit The Battle of The Five Armies sets that’s just been released at Toys R Us stores in the past few days is none other than, well… the LEGO The Battle of Five Armies 79017 set! This is the second-biggest of the fall 2014 LEGO Hobbit sets, and comes with more minifigures than any other LEGO The Hobbit set this year!

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LEGO Hobbit Attack on Lake-Town 79016 Released & Photos!

LEGO The Hobbit Attack on Lake-Town 79016 Box Front

Now that LEGO has begun shipping to the LEGO The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies sets to stores (which, in turn, are now selling the sets), there’s nothing stopping us from finally discussing this late 2014 LEGO Hobbit sets!

Next up is the LEGO Attack on Lake-Town 79016 set, which is the second-smallest of the sets in this wave. While the minifigure selection that comes with LEGO 79016 is a little bit bland, I think long-time LEGO The Hobbit collectors are going to have a blast pairing this set off with last year’s portion of Lake-Town…

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LEGO The Hobbit Witch-King Battle 79015 Released & Photos!

LEGO 79015 The Witch-King Battle LEGO 2015 The Hobbit Set

Remember that stuff I said yesterday about how I was highly dubious that the three previously-unseen LEGO The Hobbit 2014 winter sets would be released before November 2014…? Yeah–scratch that. As it turns out–and to the shock of LEGO collectors everywhere–all four LEGO The Hobbit 2014 sets have now suddenly been released at various Toys R Us stores in the United States! Now that they’re actually in stores and being sold, we can finally take a look at the new LEGO Hobbit sets–starting with the LEGO Witch-King Battle 79015!

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LEGO Hobbit The Lonely Mountain 79018 Photos! Smaug Dragon!

LEGO The Hobbit The Lonely Mountain 79018 Box

The past two years, LEGO released the Hobbit sets just in time for holiday shoppers to rush out and buy them! But this year, LEGO is doing things a little bit differently. While I don’t expect that we’ll see all four of the LEGO Hobbit 2014 sets released at once, at least one of the sets coming our way is going to be out in just over one month’s time! Scheduled for release on October 15th, 2014–it’s the LEGO The Lonely Mountain 79018 set… with LEGO Smaug Dragon!

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SDCC 2014 LEGO Unikitty & Bard Minifigure Exclusives!

LEGO SDCC 2014 Exclusives Unikitty Minifigure Bard Minifigure

As we count down the few remaining days until San Diego Comic-Con 2014, the news is coming in fast and furious at exactly what the hotly-demanded LEGO SDCC 2014 exclusives are going to be! Earlier I discussed the LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy Rocket’s Warbird set and the LEGO Marvel The Collector minifigure that will be given out at the show, and now it’s time to discuss two more of the LEGO promo giveaway figures for the 2014 SDCC. They’re variants of characters you might have already, but you may want them anyway–it’s the SDCC 2014 Exclusive LEGO Unikitty and Bard Minifigures!

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LEGO Hobbit Legolas 30215 Minifigure Polybag Exclusive Announced!

LEGO The Hobbit Blu Ray DVD Combo Pack

Get ready to groan, LEGO collectors! If you’re getting tired of having to buy LEGO video games, DVDs, and movie tickets just to get exclusive LEGO minifigures, there’s unfortunately not going to be any rest in sight. We’ve been wondering how the LEGO The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug LEGO Legolas Greenleaf 30215 minifigure polybag was going to be released in the United States, and now we know (unfortunately). The LEGO 30215 Legolas Greenleaf polybag will be free… with purchase of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug DVD/Blu Ray Combo Pack.

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LEGO The Hobbit Good Morning Bilbo Minifigure Exclusive Revealed!

LEGO The Hobbit Good Morning Bilbo Baggins LEGO Minifigure GameStop Exclusive

If there’s one thing that LEGO collectors well and truly love, it’s exclusive LEGO minifigures that you have to buy an expensive product like a video game to acquire, right? (Right…?). LEGO sure seems to think so, because hot on the heels of the LEGO Movie video game being released with a variety of different exclusive LEGO Movie minifigures, LEGO has announced the next video game tie-in figure.

Coming exclusively with Gamestop purchases of the LEGO The Hobbit video game–the LEGO Good Morning Bilbo minifigure!

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LEGO Mirkwood Elf Army Review 79012 (LEGO The Hobbit 2014 Sets)

LEGO The Hobbit Mirkwood Elf Army Review

Of the LEGO The Hobbit sets released this winter, the best-selling set out the quartet is surprisingly the second-smallest of LEGO’s Desolation of Smaug offerings. You won’t find any Dwarfs, Hobbits, or Wizards here–but you will find the best LEGO Hobbit army-builder set ever! Purchased online for below cost with free shipping, I’m excited to review the very popular (and tough to find in stores) LEGO Mirkwood Elf Army 79012!

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LEGO The Hobbit Video Game Announcement Trailer! (2014)

LEGO The Hobbit Video Game Mock Cover

As we enter 2014, we have a nearly uncountable number of new LEGO sets to look forward, as well as new themes like LEGO Simpsons and The LEGO Movie! But that’s not all we have to look forward to, as 2014 will be a rare year where there will be two major LEGO video games released! The first is “The LEGO Movie” video game, and the second is the long-awaited “LEGO The Hobbit” video game, the trailer for which was recently released…

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LEGO The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug Sets Released & Photos!

LEGO Lake Town Chase 2014 Sets Released LEGO The Hobbit 79013 Desolation of Smaug

I went out this morning searching for the 2014 LEGO Ninjago Nindroid MechDragon set, but I came up empty-handed at every store in my area. The voyage wasn’t a total loss, however. In fact–far from it! Though I didn’t even know they’d been released, I came across the quartet of 2013-2014 LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug sets, and took the opportunity to photograph all four…

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