

After Bilbo leaves to live with the Elves in Rivendell, the wizard Gandalf explains to Frodo that the ring is actually the One Ring, the most powerful ring among all the 20 Rings of Power. This ring, which Bilbo took from Gollum on a previous adventure seems to have strange qualities. The celebration gives Bilbo the opportunity to give his old ring to his favorite nephew, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins.

The Fellowship of the Ring begins with Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday. The theme is based on the film trilogy by Peter Jackson, which is in turn based on the books by J. Main article: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Gollum is almost entirely tan, Legolas Greenleaf is sand blue, olive green, and reddish brown, all the hobbits wear simple colors, and the orcs are all printed in various shades of brown and green.īackground The Fellowship of the Ring The Orc Forge is mostly reddish-brown, with a base made of tan plates, and grey bricks of both shades.Ī large amount of Minifigures are introduced in the theme, almost all of which are colored in naturalistic shades. The set 9469 Gandalf Arrives is made up of tan parts for the cart, with a dark grey saddle, reddish-brown wheels and a brown-and-white horse with a new design. Most of the sets feature a base color 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 of Rohan (9474, 9471). Helm's Deep, featuring light grey architecture with sand green highlights. The other six are 9476 The Orc Forge, which focuses exclusively on the orcs, 9471 Uruk-hai Army, in which heroes and villains are approximately evenly matched, 9470 Shelob Attacks, in which the evil spider Shelob is the primary focus, 79005 The Wizard Battle, where the focus is Saruman's Palantír and the battle between the two wizards, 79007 Battle at the Black Gate, which is mainly focused on The Mouth of Sauron that is sent to tell Aragorn and Gandalf that Frodo was captured, and 10237 The Tower of Orthanc, where the primary focus is the tower of Orthanc, owned by the evil traitor wizard Saruman. The Lord of the Rings theme 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.Ĭurrently, six of the twelve sets ( 9469 Gandalf Arrives, 9472 Attack on Weathertop, 9473 The Mines of Moria, 9474 The Battle of Helm's Deep, 79006 The Council of Elrond, and 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush) focus on the heroes of the theme.


9469 Gandalf Arrives, one of the theme's two vehicle-based sets.
