<p>What's all this about his parents being SHIELD agents? He's an ex-con who made a name for himself. Is this from a cartoon? The minifigure doesn't even look like Luke Cage; I hope we get a proper one at some point.
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<p>There's absolutely no reason that licensing with New Line would prevent them from making LEGO elves. Dark Elves are a staple of Norse mythology, not just Tolkien's world. They aren't something you can put an all-encompassing trademark on.
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