LEGO® BrickHeadz 40631 Gandalf the Grey and Balrog™

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What really stands out for me, is the design and technique used for Aragorn’s beard. As you can see here, I especially love the use of a thinner brown line beneath his eyes! Arwen Evenstar \ Elrond \ Galadriel \ Haldir \ Legolas Greenleaf \ Mirkwood Elf \ Mirkwood Elf Chief \ Mirkwood Elf Guard \ Rivendell Elf \ Rivendell Statues \ Tauriel \ Thranduil Even as all hope seemed lost when Gandalf the Grey was flung into the deepest of fires by the Balrog, he battled and finally defeated the demon. He strayed out of thought and time and returned as Gandalf the White to destroy evil and restore peace in Middle-earth. And last but not least, we have Aragorn, who is dressed up in his regal coronation armour. The King of Gondor, ascends the throne and truly looks the part. One thing I didn’t really like about Frodo is the massive sword that they’ve given him. The hilt is slightly more accurate to Sting, his Elven sword, but the shape of the blade is completely off.

Gandalf was the only character in The LEGO Movie Videogame to have his voice actor reprised from the movie since the cutscenes from the movie have the original voice actors to the characters. |Mummy | Blue Explorer | Orange Explorer | Red Explorer | Yellow Explorer | Ramses | Orient Bazaar Vendor | Explorer | Jake Raines | Mac McCloud | Professor Archibald HaleAlfred Pennyworth • Aquaman • Bane • Batman • Brainiac • Commissioner Gordon • Cyborg • General Zod • Green Arrow • Green Lantern • Harley Quinn • LexBot • Lex Luthor • Maggie Sawyer • Jimmy Olsen • Lois Lane • Perry White • Robin • Superman • Supergirl • The Flash • The Joker • Joker Henchman • The Riddler • The Scarecrow • Two-Face • Two-Face Henchman • Wonder Woman Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant • Banana Guard • BMO • Bouncy Bee • Box Kingdom Citizen • Choose Goose • Cinnamon Bun • Earl of Lemongrab • Evil Guy • Fern • Finn • Flame Princess • Giant Ogre • Gnome • Goliad • Gumball Guardian • Gunter • Heart Beast • Hunny Bunny • Ice King • Jake • Key-per • Lady Rainicorn • Lemonjon • Lop Top • Lumpy Space Princess • Magic Man • Manfried • Mannish Man • Marauder • Marceline • Monster • Mountain Man • N.E.P.T.R. • Old Lady • Peppermint Butler • Pillow Dragon • Princess Bubblegum • Roselinen • Sleepy Sam • Snail • Snow Golem • Stormo • The Lich • Tree Trunks ACU Trooper • Ankylosaurus • Apatosaurus • Blue • Claire Dearing • Gray Mitchell • Indominus Rex • Lowery • Mosasaurus • Owen Grady • Pteranodon • Simon Masrani • Velociraptor • Zach Mitchell The only decorative printed elements are these 1×4 tiles with Gollum’s wispy hairs across his head.

Celeborn \ Elf (Sentry) \ Elf (Worker) \ Elf Soldier \ Elros \ Gil-galad \ Glorfindel \ Lindir \ Lothlórien Elf \ Quest ElfAlong with Radagast, Gandalf discovered that the Witch-King of Angmar's tomb was empty. The Witch-King would be known only as "A servant of Evil. One of a Number. One of Nine." Azog \ Berserker Uruk-hai \ Goblin King \ Goblin Scribe \ Goblin Soldier \ Gundabad Orc \ Hunter Orc \ Lurtz \ Mordor Orc \ Moria Orc \ Narzug \ Uruk-hai \ Yazneg Frodo & Gollum, 40631 Gandalf the Grey & Balrogand 40632 Aragorn & Arwenwill be released on 1 January 2023and will be exclusive to LEGO.com and your LEGO store Aragorn • Boromir • Cave Troll • Citadel Guard • Durin's Bane • Fell Beast • Frodo • Gandalf • Gimli • Gollum • Gothmog • Legolas • Merry • Mordor Orc • Oliphaunt • Olog-hai • Pippin • Sam • Saruman • Sauron • Shelob

Here’s a look at the Balrog from the side. The Balrog’s horns give it a sense of heft and size, and the wingspan gives it a fearsome larger-than-life shape.In 79005 The Wizard Battle, Gandalf has the same hairpiece as Sensei Keiken, Professor Dumbledore and Argus Filch in light Medium Stone Grey. Also, here’s a comparison with the Frodo minifigure! I don’t recall us getting a Frodo minifigure with an Elven brooch, and if the rumours of a minifigure-scale set are true, I’d love to see Frodo with the Lothlorien brooch on his torso.

A nice little addition to really bring the character to life is the printed tile for the front of his torso, which has Frodo’s brown vest, and the Elven leaf brooch which really ties the entire ensemble together. Both these characters are ring-bearers, and the One Ring was originally found by Smeagol’s friend, Deagol, who Smeagol murdered in cold blood to obtain the ring.

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The combination of slopes, curved slopes and wedge plates looks excellent, creating attractive texture, although not conflicting with the smoother beard too much. I like the shape of Gandalf's pointed hat as well, while the character is equipped with his wooden staff and a sword, famously known as Glamdring. This accessory looks surprisingly accurate to the onscreen weapon.