chaber wrote: But why wait for another year, when there's TONS of LoTR and Hobbit Pops they could do now? The source material is bursting at the seams with cool Pops ... Cave Troll, Ringwraiths on Steed, the Company of Dwarves, Shelob, Thranduil... I could go on and on!
i dunno, they like to chase after the new shiny thing most of the time so unless it's right in their faces flashing in neon as new they forget they have certain licenses.