Dwarf sets?

Dwarf King · Post by **Dwarf King** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:17 pm

I'm new to LEGOs and of course since Dwarves seem to be the coolest thing ever in the LEGO world - I wanna collect them. But right now you can only get them in the Dwarves Mine and Mine Defender. So I'm sure as you guys know to build an army of Dwarves it can be quite pricey.

I wanna collect Dwarves but not if these are the only two sets you can get them in (the Warship is too expensive for one dwarf). To sum up this long post - are any other Dwarf sets being released soon?

Thanks,
Tyler

Post by **Athos** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:43 pm

What you've seen here is all we know.

Though a [easy to find] listing of all the currently known upcoming and/or available sets would be nice.

Steve

Lamanda2 · Post by **Lamanda2** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:09 pm

There are no other new Dwarf sets coming out soon, to my knowledge.. Which I am not exactly sure if that's saying alot or what, but I haven't heard anything of them if so (Only the Giant Chess set, which will include some Dwarves.. But that's a bit of a wooden steak to the heart of your wallet.).

One option is to my a bunch of the Defenders, and sell off the Goblin on either eBay or Bricklink. You could get Dwarves at rock-bottom prices that way. Just would take a little extra work selling them is all.

~Amanda

Heir of Black Falcon · Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:02 am

AS far as I know these are the sets with dwarves:

Castle Chess 2008- 8 dwarves
Dwarf Mine- 4 dwarves
Dwarf Mine Defender- 1 dwarf
Troll Warship- 1 dwarf
Advent Calendar- 1 dwarf

The Dwarf defender and warship dwarves are about the same except the helmet. The mine and chess set have the most variation of dwarf, torsos, beards, helmets etc. What I have been doing to make my dwarf army is get a number of the defenders as Amanda said. It is cheaper and a decent way to get an orc and dwarf army. I then mix them up some. I think the beards are nice enough but like variation so I remove them and place bearded faces on them with other helmets.

Good luck. I hope 2009 is different for dwarves but so far looks doubtful. I have not seen any info on the 2009 line except the possible intro of elves by a map from the Lego magazine....

R

burkey42 · Post by **burkey42** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:59 am

I'm not a big fan of Dwarves - suppose it's how you set up your Legoverse. In mine, a small faction of Dwarves 'build things' for the humans in return for protection from the skellies/trolls/orcs. I'm on Amanda's page too; orc prices could get your Dwarf army really started.
-Sean

LordZode · Post by **LordZode** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:00 pm

I really reccomend that you get a dwarves mine, and if you really like dwarves get multiple mines and sell the trolls. You could have a massive dwarven kingdom.

DaleDVM · Post by **DaleDVM** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:08 am

I agree with Lord Zode. It is also the only cheaper set where you will get shields for your dwarves. The chess set has extra shields but will certainly be cost inhibitive for most people. The mine defender is the cheapest dwarf you can get but a lot of them would look too cloned to me...

Dwarf King · Post by **Dwarf King** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:58 pm

I really really really like the Dwarves. I think they're unique and amassing an army of them would be fun but I'm not sure if its affordable for me right now.

The Crownie sets are much easier to find and in abundance whereas the Mine and Defender you can pretty much only get at TRU and are pricey. The Defender would be much nicer if it came with two Dwarves and a bit more gear for them.

I'm going to run the prices by the misses first because I always like to include her in when my hobbies become expensive.

Thanks for the help.
Tyler

AmperZand · Post by **AmperZand** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:49 pm

Hail, Tyler the Dwarf King!

Has your majesty tried BrickLink? You can pick up the dwarves for about $5 to $6 each plus shipping. :idea: Still expensive but not nearly as bad as having to buy entire sets to get them.

Hope that helps.

Your humble servant,

AmperZand the Dwarf Sage

Kairyai · Post by **Kairyai** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:43 pm

At first my father and I used some 1x1 round pieces for legs.they were small and in o amny sets. Now they make darves we are so happy!!! Of course we made the Fellowship before the Dwarf sets came out so Gimili had 1x1 round pieces for legs. Hey he still looked cool! so you can make you r own dwarves if you like or you can get them in a set.

Luke the Warrior · Post by **Luke the Warrior** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:17 pm

Why sell the Trolls?:? I mean they're almost or as good as the Dwarves.

Bandit · Post by **Bandit** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:05 pm

Luke the Warrior wrote:Why sell the Trolls?:? I mean they're almost or as good as the Dwarves.

Heck, their helmets and weapons are tons better.