This year is turning out to be a big one for Lego, especially at the San Diego Comic-Con 2012 that started today. Lego will be providing sneak peeks at their upcoming lines of products. Things kick off with a look Lego The Lord of the Rings and Lego The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey play sets. As part of that they will show off their short videos that will soon air on Cartoon Network, have a scavenger hunt to build Bilbo Baggins, and a contest to build a scene from the Lord of the Rings trilogy for a trip to Legoland California. The company will also show off their upcoming Lego Lord of the Rings video game, Lego Superheroes line, and more. They will have multiple displays, one of which will include life size Lego versions of Gandalf and Bilbo (images with below press release). The Gandalf (Ian McKellen) model is over 6 feet tall, weighs 170 pounds, took 405 hours to complete and has 34,307 Lego bricks. The Bilbo (Martin Freeman) model is also over 6 feet tall, over 100 pounds, took 320 hours to build and has 21,112 bricks.
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