And the next level of commercialization is...
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I see the revival of the trend of "I'm Legolas! I've lost my Legos!" jokes...
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"...and the brick maker has done an outstanding job re-creating the characters' iconic appearances..."
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I just have a problem with the sudden over usage of the term "Iconic". Everything is iconic anymore. I'll bet that if you asked most people who just used the word in a sentence to define it, they be hard pressed to come up with the correct definition. "Well... it's like an icon."
BZZZZ!!! I'm sorry! Wrong answer, but thanks for playing! Sorry. It just makes me a wee bit nuts. |
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Bah! Next you will be telling me that a little female "icon" made out of plastic blocks is called a Lego-Lass, and I'll not be having that kind of nonsense around here, young lady!
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I won't be telling any such thing, though. I prefer Gandalf uncloaking jokes. :p And you have to admit, lego people always look a bit like icons with their simplified forms. :) |
The Ringwraith has an uncanny similarity to Vader, or maybe I need to visit the eye clinic again. :cool:
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Some of you have seen my vast collection of action figures/plastic tat* so I will be buying these. Not least because I love LEGO and so does the little fella, but because I have to say the Gollum one is so utterly hideous and sinister it goes beyond the pale and I'm therefore compelled to have it. I have a set of the 11 Doctors (from Doctor Who, if this wasn't obvious) done as 'LEGO' men (from the Character Building range, which is LEGO compatible) and they are quite ugly little things too, but I love them.
I will of course legitimise this and claim they have some educational value for the young sir as he will enjoy playing with them too and I can impart some more subliminal knowledge of Tolkien until such time as he's old enough to read the books. The best thing for a toy collector is having a child and therefore an excuse. I will be very cross, though, if no proper action figures come out to accompany the films. ;) *delete according to taste. |
What I'm (mildly) curious about is that little TM after each name. Who owns the trademark on the characters' names? Lego? New Line etc? The Estate?
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I remember looking at my brother's D&D books and I used to get confused why they called all the Hobbits 'halflings'! |
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