Comic-Con 2014 Exclusives: Lego To Raffle The Hobbit's Bard The Bowman Limited Edition Minifigure; Plus 6-Foot Lego Smaug Up For Grabs?

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The famous character from the The Hobbit, Bard the Bowman is just one out of four limited-edition minifigures that attendees of Comic-Con 2014 can have a chance of availing.

These Lego minifigures is the latest in the fantastic offerings that the toy company has been showcasing at Comic-Con.

Lego's booth is one of the main attractions at Comic-con. The large area the toy company occupies in the convention attracts a mix crowd -- adults and kids alike spend hours building Lego creations from the available bricks. There are also photo opportunities at the Lego boohth with the likes of a lifesized Lego Hulk or Darth Vader. But the real draw are the limited edition, minifigures that are a Comic-Con 2014 exclusive.

And just in time for the much-awaited last installment of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit franchise, which will hit theaters this December, Warner Bros. has a great toy tie-up with Lego for fans.

For a Comic-Con 2014 exclusive, Warner Bros. and Lego will be giving away the limited edition minifigures of Bard the Bowman (first seen in The Desolation of Smaug, played by Luke Evans).

Other Comic-Con 2014 exclusives from are limited release, minifigures of the Collector, one of the characters that will be appearing in the upcoming movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, a still-undisclosed DC figurine, and another one from the most recent The Lego Movie.

There are different mechanics involved this year in how to avail of these limited edition Comic-con 2014 exclusive minifigures. Lego will this year have a system where a Comic-con attendee's badge will be scanned to determine a winner in the lottery-style giveaway.

But the highlight of the entire Lego book will probably be human-sized Smaug figure on display at the Warner Bros. booth. The gold-hoarding dragon is six-feet tall and weighs 411 pounds. Its design and construction took 625 hours to complete. Builder Erik Varszegi used 83,433 piece of Lego bricks.

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