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As we get closer to the release of the LEGO Lord of the Rings Video Game, there are many deals popping up from different retailers. Wal-Mart is offering a Blu-Ray copy of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when you purchase the game on the PS3, Xbox 360
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When you preorder the game on Amazon.com
On the polybag of the exclusive Elrond minifigure, there will be a code for exclusive content on the LEGO The Lord of the Rings video game minisite. Lord of the Brick has provided a code that you can use to see a LEGO Designer Video for the Elrond minifigure as well as a wallpaper of the Balrog which could be the brick-build version from the rumored Bridge of Khazad Dum (790xx) set for next year. To see the designer video, enter the code A9FB4Q here and there will be a small popup of the video. To get the wallpaper, enter the same code here to get a popup of different sized wallpapers of the Balrog from the Lord of the Rings video game.
Last week, we did a post about of what we believe is the lineup for the LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 9. Today, a user my the name of noriart posted the image above from the Polish LEGO Club Magazine of what appears to be the Dr. Splitz minifigure, aka Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, holding a purple colored potion/serum. Below is the rumored list of minifigures that are expected to be released in January 2013.
**Via Hoth Bricks**
For this week, the designer video for the LEGO The Hobbit Barrel Escape (79004) has been released on their YouTube channel. Bjarke Lykke Madsen, senior designer for LEGO, describes the set and play features in more detail as well as the minifigures included in the set: Bilbo Baggins, Oin, Gloin, and two Mirkwood Elves (cellar chief and Elvan guard). All of the minifigures are exclusive to the set except for Bilbo. The Barrel Escape is one of the two Hobbit Trilogy Special Preview Sets with the other being Escape from Mirkwood Spiders (79001). More details of the set will be revealed on November 12 on The Hobbit minisite.
**Note** The minisite has been updated with the reveal of the Escape from Mirkwood Spiders set but the video of the Barrel Escape came out today, which is a little odd.
I’ve just received my copy of the LEGO Club Magazine for November-December 2012 and there are a few images that are worth noting. We’ve already seen an image of the new Galaxy Squad theme in the magazine but there are other teaser images for other themes coming out in 2013.
“The Yoda Chronicles – Secrets to tell, I have…” Yoda will be featured on the boxart for the LEGO Star Wars 2013 sets and apparently, he has many things to reveal, maybe in a new animated series?
“LEGO City Elite Police” – Chase McCain is featured on the teaser image. There are plenty of new LEGO City sets to add to your city including the Police Chase (60007) which has the exclusive Chase McCain minifigure.
The new LEGO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme is expected to roll out in January 2013 and is based on the animated series on Nickelodeon. You can see images of The Shellriser Street Chase and other sets in my older posts.
As Ninjago closes out in 2013, the highly anticipated Legends of Chima will be replacing it with a new animated series on the Cartoon Network and some impressive sets. The back pages of the LEGO Club Magazine features who appears to be Leonidas and the lion faction fighting against Cragger and the crocodile faction. There’s still no details of the sets yet but expect them to be showing up as we get closer to 2013.
For a limited time, ToysRUs.com is giving away a LEGO Star Wars Shirtless Darth Maul polybag for free with a $25 purchase of any Star Wars sets. The offer is only valid online although the listing does say it is sold in stores for $4.99. I went to a Toys R Us today and I did not see any of the minifigures anywhere. Remember that Toys R Us marks up their prices but for a very collectible minifigure like Darth Maul, spending a little more may be worth it.
As we get closer to the release of the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game, you might be wondering what the game is like. Over on the LEGO Lord of the Rings video game minisite, you can now download a free pre-release demo level of the game for the PC. The game will work on Windows 7, XP, and Vista but not for the Mac. Below is a walkthrough of the gameplay.
**Spoilers**
The demo takes place at the end of The Two Towers with a cutscene where the characters arrive at Helm’s Deep and prepare for battle. After the cutscene, you get to play as Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli to solve a puzzle to get to the top of the castle walls. Then another cutscene starts where a Rohan archer accidentally shoots and kills an Uruk-hai and the battle begins. Again, you control the characters and you have to destroy the ladders that are perched against the wall. There are three rounds of this. Shortly, another cutscene starts with a berserker runs towards the wall where explosives are set while Legolas and Gilmi fail to stop him. The wall explodes and you gain control of the characters again to retreat into the keep. A short cutscene again you have to hold off the Uruk-hai and repair the door. After that, you control Legolas to take down some more ladders. There’s also a small puzzle where you push a box down to Aragorn and Gimli to create a perch to climb up a rope … Continue
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