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The Lord of the Rings is a licensed theme, that was released in May 2012, based on the movies by Peter Jackson,[1] which are based on the books of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The theme's first wave was released in May and consists of seven sets, based on the trilogy of films, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.

Between the first and the second wave of sets, LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game will be released in October 2012.

The second wave, to be released on December 1, 2012, will include sets from the upcoming movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Description

The Lord of the Rings

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9469 Gandalf Arrives, the theme's only vehicle-based set.

The Lord of the Rings currently consists of one main theme, simply branded The Lord of the Rings, although it has three unofficial subthemes, each based on the film after which it is named. In the future, a fourth major subtheme, based on the new film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, will be released.

Currently, four of the seven sets (9469 Gandalf Arrives, 9472 Attack on Weathertop, 9473 The Mines of Moria, and 9474 The Battle of Helm's Deep) focus on the heroes of the theme. The other three are 9476 The Orc Forge, which focuses exclusively on the orcs, 9471 Uruk-hai Army, in which heroes and villains are approximately evenly matched, and 9470 Shelob Attacks, in which the evil spider Shelob is the primary focus. Almost all of the sets are location-based, with Gandalf Arrives being the only exception.

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Helm's Deep, featuring light grey architecture with sand green highlights.

Most of the sets feature a base colour of light grey, with dark grey added as an accent in the more naturalistic areas (Weathertop, The Mines of Moria and Shelob Attacks), and sand green being added to the architecture Rohan. Gandalf Arrives is made up of tan and olive green parts for the cart, with a dark grey saddle, and brown wheels and a horse. The Orc Forge is mostly reddish-brown, with a base made of tan plates, and grey bricks of both shades.

A large amount of minifigures are introduced in the theme, almost all of which are coloured in naturalistic shades. Gollum is almost entirely tan, Legolas is sand blue, olive green, and reddish brown, all the hobbits wear simple colours, and the orcs are all printed in various shades of brown and green.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Only one set is known to be released in the theme thus far, a LEGO Game, titled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Nothing is currently known about its contents, except for the fact that, according to the preliminary box art, it will take from 15-25 minutes to play.

Background

The Hobbit

The Fellowship of the Ring

The theme is based on the film trilogy by Peter Jackson, which is in turn based on the books by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The Movies begin when a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits his uncle Bilbo's ring, which he took from Gollum on a previous adventure. After Bilbo leaves to live with the Elves in Rivendell, Gandalf the Grey explains that the ring is actually the One Ring, the most powerful ring of all the Rings of Power made, belonging to the Dark Lord Sauron, and used to dominate all the people of Middle-Earth. Now that Sauron is attempting to take Middle-Earth once again, it must be destroyed to prevent him from using its great power.

Frodo left his home of the Shire with Samwise Gamgee, his gardener, upon a quest to reach Rivendell, and seek the Elves' advice in the matter.

The two were shortly joined by Merry and Pippin, two young friends of theirs. The four were then pursued out of the Shire by Nine Black riders, and only escaped from them after crossing the Brandywine river.

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The Attack on Weathertop


The travelers sheltered at an inn called The Prancing Pony. Frodo asked the Barkeeper where Gandalf is, but, The barkeeeper says he has not seen him in 6 months. The 4 did not know what they must do,and Pippin told Saruman's spies where Frodo is, But Pippin did not know about the spies. Frodo fell, the ring landed on his finger, and the Nazgul attack Bree. Aragorn,Took Frodo upstairs and the other 3 mistook him as a villain. Aragorn explains them about the Nazgul,and the 5 left Bree.

With his help, they narrowly escape the riders again, and continue to Rivendell. They are attacked once more by the riders at Weathertop, and Aragorn battled them off with flaming torches, but not before the Witch King stabbed Frodo.

With Frodo mortally wounded by the rider's blade, the five fled to Rivendell, and, before they reached there, they encounter the elf Arwen, who speeds Frodo ahead to Rivendell, attempting to outrace the riders. Arwen and Frodo finally escaped from the riders when she summoned a flood of water, and swept their pursuers away.

After waking up in Rivendell, re-encountering Gandalf, and realizing that Bilbo is still living there, Frodo, along with his comrades, attended the council of Elrond. There they meet Boromir the man, Legolas the elf, and Gimli the dwarf. The council discussed the ring, and, Gandalf and Elrond reveal that the Ring can only be destroyed by the fires at the heart of the volcano Mount Doom, where it was forged.

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Fighting in the Mines of Moria

The council decides that a fellowship shall go out together in an attempt to reach Mount doom and destroy the Ring. The full Fellowship of the Ring, consisting of Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir, set off.

They are stopped by the magic of the wizard Saruman, and are forced to journey through the dwarven Mines of Moria. Unbeknownst to the Fellowship, the Dwarven company led by Gimli's cousin Balin were no longer living in the mines and the dwarves were long since dead as accounted by the last page in the book of Mazarbul. Pippin the hobbit, being careless knocked a skeleton into a well which was attached to a shackle of chains that made a huge rattling throughout the mines, alerting the inhabitants to the Fellowship's presence. Enraged by the sad tale, Gimli, along with the rest of the Fellowship took a stand against the now approaching Goblins and did combat with them and a Cave Troll. After being chased by a gigantic creature known as the Balrog, the party attempted to escape the mines. Gandalf seemingly defeated the Balrog by forcing it into an extremely deep crevasse, but was pulled in with it.

After the remaining Fellowship escaped the mines, the eight were separated by another battle. Merry and Pippin were captured by a band of Uruk-hai, Boromir was killed by Lurtz, and Frodo and Sam decided to continue with the ring on their own, so as not to endanger their friends. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli pursued the Uruk-hai that had taken Merry and Pippin.

The Two Towers

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Frodo, Sam, and Gollum

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In the beginning of the second film, Frodo and Sam encountered Gollum, a corrupted hobbit-like creature who craved the Ring. After capturing him, he became their guide. He lead Frodo and Sam through the Dead Marshes, and a fair distance towards Mordor, but then the party was captured by Faramir. However, on hearing news of his brother Boromir's corruption at the hands of the Ring, Faramir lets them go, to accomplish their task.

Gimli, Legolas, and Aragorn continued their chase of the Uruk-Hai that had taken Merry and Pippin (The Lord of the Rings). Shortly thereafter, they met the Riders of Rohan and their leader, Eomer, who told them that Théoden King of Rohan was possessed by Saruman, and had exiled him. The riders had also, apparently, encountered a band of Uruk-hai, and killed them and supposedly the hobbits as well.

The pursuers then set off, and, after some searching, Aragorn found the hobbit's trail again, leading into Fangorn forest. They did not find the hobbits, but encountered Gandalf, who had defeated the Balrog, and became the new white wizard, replacing the corrupt Saruman.

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The Battle of Helm's Deep

After the party rode to Edoras, Gandalf freed Théoden from Saruman's control, and Grima, the king's former ally, and a spy of Saruman living in Edoras, is thrown out.

The Uruk-hai then proceeded to launch an attack on Rohan, and the company, along with Théoden, his army, and his whole people, fled to Helm's Deep, and were there attacked by Saruman's army of ten thousand Uruk-hai, which, with aid from Eomer and his army, they defeated.

Merry and Pippin turned out to have escaped from the Uruk-hai and met Treebeard, an Ent. After discovering the havoc Saruman had wreaked on their beloved forest, the Ents launched a successful attack on Isengard, fortress of Saruman, almost utterly destroying it.

The Return of the King

Aragorn, Gandalf, and company, then proceeded to Isengard, where they met Merry and Pippin. Pippin found the Palantir of Orthanc and after seeing a vision of Sauron's plan in it, Gandalf and Pippin rode to Gondor to warn the people of an impending attack.
The steward Denethor refuses, Because Aragorn rides with Rohan. Pippin lights a War Beacon, and far, far away more beacons get lighted, until one is close to Edoras. Aragorn sees this, and tells Theoden That Gondor calls for aid. Théoden Agrees and calls the Rohirrim. Meanwhile, Faramir Retreats from Osgilliath. Madril (Faramir's Second-in Command) was left behind and was killed by Gothmog. Faramir and an army of Gondorians are send on a suicide mission to reclaim Osgilliath. Everyone except an unconscious Faramir was killed in battle. Denethor thought Faramir was dead, and tried to burn him alive. Denethor then saw the titanic forces of Mordor destroying Minas Tirith. This drove him mad, and he commanded the Gondorian defenders to flee. Gandalf then subdued the mad steward and successfully rallied the defenders, using trebuchets to destroy the siege towers and trolls. Meanwhile, at the Rohirrim encampment,Elrond gives Aragorn the ancient sword of Andúril, forged from the blades of Narsil (Sauron's Doom) with which to win the allegiance of the Army of the Dead.
Pippin, with the aid of Gandalf, saved Faramir from a funeral pyre, and Denethor set himself on fire in rage and fell of the pinnacle of Minas Tirith. The Orcs attacked Minas Tirith, and a mighty battle took place, with the assistance of the Rohirrim, but even then, the city was only saved by the timely intervention of Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, The King of The Dead and the army of The Dead. Théoden was tragically killed by the Witch King, but Éowyn and Merry then killed the Witch King.
The victorious army then proceeded to the Black Gate , outside Mordor, in the hopes of distracting Sauron, so that Frodo and Sam can complete their mission.

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Shelob attacking Frodo.

Frodo, Sam, and Gollum reach the Black Gate of Mordor, but cannot enter, as they are too heavily guarded. Gollum leads them up through a secret path into Mordor, but, after Sam grows suspicious of his action, tricks Frodo into abandoning him. Gollum then leads Frodo into the lair of Shelob, a gigantic spider, in the hopes that, once she killed Frodo, he could take the Ring. Sam fended off Shelob, but she still managed to inject Frodo with venom and cocoon him, which put him into a comatose state. Orcs arrived and brought Frodo to their tower, forcing Gollum to flee. Sam arrived at Cirith Ungol, finding most of them dead at their own hands, after arguing over the ring. Sam then freed Frodo, and, together, they finally reached Mount Doom.

Frodo was about to destroy the ring, but, realised that he couldn't. The ring's power over him was too strong. It was at that point when Gollum ambushed them. Gollum took back the ring by biting off Frodo's finger, but overbalanced on the edge of the cliff leading into the volcano's fiery interior, and perished, along with the ring.

The destruction of the ring also caused Sauron's destruction, creating a massive earthquake, that eradicated the enemy forces on the plains of Gorgoroth, saving Aragorn and the other members of the Fellowship. The remainder of the Fellowship was thus reunited, and the hobbits returned to the Shire. Frodo wrote about his adventure in the remaining pages of the book about Bilbo's story, but, eventually, set off with Elrond,Galadriel,Celeborn, Gandalf, and Bilbo to the Undying Lands, and left Sam to finish the story.

Notes

  • The theme introduced a new piece to represent The One Ring. Also, new sword, shield, and helmet pieces for the Uruk-hai, Frodo Baggins' short sword Sting, Ringwraith capes, and a new horse mold in which the legs can move (like the Bear from City) were released. To represent the characters' proper hair and headgear, new pieces include Rohirrim helmets, Gimli's helmet, Bofur's hat, Balin's hair/beard, Bombur 's hair/beard, Elf/Orc hair/ears, Hobbit hair, Gandalf's beard, the Cave Troll and a Gollum figure.
  • A video game based on the film trilogy will be released.

Products

The ThemeTable system is being renovated. See a list of pages tagged The Lord of the Rings here.

There is a forum about the work here

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|10237 The Tower of Orthanc
|10316 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RIVENDELL
|30210 Frodo with Cooking Corner
|30211 Uruk-hai with Ballista
|40630 Frodo & Gollum
|40631 Gandalf the Grey & Balrog
|40632 Aragorn & Arwen
|5000202 Elrond
|50011 The Battle of Helm's Deep
|5001130 The Battle of Helm's Deep Collection
|5001132 The Lord of the Rings Collection
|5001163 LEGO The Lord of the Rings Frodo Poster
|71170 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack: PS3
|71171 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack: PS4
|71172 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack: Xbox One
|71173 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack: Xbox 360
|71174 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack: Wii U
|71218 Lord of the Rings Gollum Fun Pack
|71219 Lord of the Rings Legolas Fun Pack
|71220 Lord of the Rings Gimli Fun Pack
|79005 The Wizard Battle
|79006 The Council of Elrond
|79007 Battle at the Black Gate
|79008 Pirate Ship Ambush
|850674 Frodo Baggins Key Chain
|9469 Gandalf Arrives
|9470 Shelob Attacks
|9471 Uruk-hai Army
|9472 Attack on Weathertop
|9473 The Mines of Moria
|9474 The Battle of Helm's Deep
|9476 The Orc Forge
|LEGO Lord of the Rings Project Case

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Video Game

Minifigures

Description from LEGO.com

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Building Sets Based on Epic Film Trilogy and Forthcoming Theatrical Release Slated for 2012

Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group announced today a partnership that awards the world’s leading construction toy brand exclusive rights to develop build-and-play construction sets based on THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ trilogy and the two films based on THE HOBBIT™. The multi-year licensing agreement grants access to the library of characters, settings, and stories for THE LORD OF THE RINGS property, as well as films The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

LEGO® THE LORD OF THE RINGS construction sets are slated for a rolling global launch beginning in June 2012 in the United States, with LEGO THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY scheduled for later in the year.

“Only LEGO, with their expertise in the construction category, is capable of doing justice to the incredibly imaginative environments depicted in the world of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and the two films based on THE HOBBIT,” said Karen McTier, executive vice president, domestic licensing and worldwide marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “These films give life to amazing worlds and characters and we are thrilled to bring fans these products that deliver an imaginative play experience befitting of these beloved properties.”

The LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS collection will translate into LEGO form the epic locations, scenes and characters of Middle-earth as depicted in all three films, including The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

In late 2012, LEGO THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY will give fans of all ages a chance to build and play out the fantastical story and new characters of the legendary Middle-earth adventures depicted in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, slated to premiere December 14, 2012.

"Our collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products has delivered numerous worldwide successes in the construction toy aisle with lines like LEGO HARRY POTTER and LEGO BATMAN, introducing us to loyal audiences who love great stories, strong characters and the toys that they inspire,” said Jill Wilfert, vice president, licensing and entertainment for The LEGO Group. “It’s particularly exciting to now be able to create sets based on the fantasy worlds and characters from THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and the two films based on THE HOBBIT, not only because we know they will foster collectability and creative play, but also because these are two properties that our fans have been asking us to create for years."

Information about the sets and collectible minifigures from both collections will be unveiled at a later date at TheLordoftheRings.LEGO.com.


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