![]() Using LEGO pieces from various colors, this vignette would sit well between existing LEGO Hobbit sets ! Dive into the Woodland Realm and relive the excitement !Įach microscene would come with two LEGO minifigures and accessories. This microscene set tries to emulate the location from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug, showcasing the multiple staircases, tiny cells, and waterfalls. It is said that escape is impossible, unless… a burglar armed with a mysterious ring can sneak in undetected ! But Tauriel’s watching eye is standing guard ! On their way to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, Thorin’s company is captured by Thranduil and locked away in the Mirkwood Dungeons. These are the Halls of the Woodland Realm.” -Balin These scaled down sets would make for fun display pieces in any collection ! If we can’t get an answer out of a publisher about a de-listing after the fact, good luck getting one before.The Hobbit Microscenes – The Mirkwood Dungeons : Inspired by the very successful lines of LEGO LOTR and The Hobbit sets, why not expand that world by introducing small vignettes, recreating iconic locations from Tolkien’s imagination. But in our defense, these aren’t plans publishers like to announce, because it disappoints fans (all 54.7 of them) and it doesn’t help them sell any soap. Actual news would be “Hey, thing is coming off marketplaces in TK months, might want to go get it.” And we routinely write run those kinds of closure notices when we get them, although usually that’s for online services to an existing game. ![]() There’s still a consumer expectation of permanency that physical storefronts don’t face, mainly because a digital copy takes up no space that needs to be used by something more current or better-selling. ![]() When they were gone from shelves then, no one raised a fuss, right? People do now, and my hunch is it’s because online marketplaces have come in and become more popular as movie-games have grown less so, if not gone away (as we once knew them). Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012) and Lego The Hobbit (2014) were removed from online storefronts for PC, PS4 and Xbox One at the beginning of the year. This is what helped kill THQ, remember?)įrom 2000 to 2009, publishers likely also had a limited time in which to sell these games at retail. Since then, it’s less than half that (and 2010-2012 accounts for the bulk of what has been published. Publishers put out an average of 23 per year from 2000-2009. I suppose we’re taking notice of this now more and more because, as I mentioned, licensed movie adaptations are fewer and fewer. And I bet that thing had more than 57.0 average daily players when it went bye-bye. LEGO 2015 SDCC Exclusive Minifigure Sam Wilson Captain America NIP VERY RARE HTF. ![]() I didn’t hear this level of concern when Rory McIlroy PGA Tour was removed from sale and re-download from its console marketplaces (as well as EA Access) back in the spring. ‘Game you didn’t want is no longer for sale.’Īll of that adds up to, as one colleague in here dryly noted on Thursday, “game you didn’t want is no longer for sale.” And furthermore, if you already had it, but in digital form only, you can still redownload it through the marketplace where you bought it. I used November because playership spiked in December, a month in which, lo and behold, both games were offered free by Humble Bundle in the middle of the month. Steamcharts lists an average of 54.7 players of Hobbit for November (this is PC only, I know) and 57.0 for Rings in the same month, with peaks for both around 150. I said “for some reason,” above because not only is the explanation very simple, we’re not talking about LEGO Silent Hills or LEGO NCAA Football here. Interactive Entertainment were answered with a boilerplate non-answer and no reason why they were taken down, it’s no mystery nor scandal: The licensing terms for selling these games expired at the end of the year. Even though questions sent to Warner Bros. These games were, obviously, licensed adaptations of movies - which used to be a very common thing in video games but is less so now. Destroy Morgul LEGO with the Shadow Sword, equip yourself with Jeweled Mithril Armor of the finest Dwarven craftsmanship, or activate the Light Orb Shield for the ultimate protection. In a story that has, for some reason, managed to captivate the discussion of video games the past two days, yes, Lego : Lord of the Rings and Lego: the Hobbit are no longer listed for sale on digital marketplaces. The land of Middle-earth is full of danger, but the items in our latest pack guarantee you’re prepared for battle.
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