Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins is a LEGO minifigure from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit themes. He first appeared in July 2012 with the Comic-Con Exclusive Bilbo Baggins Giveaway, and has appeared in 5 sets thus far after that, as well as a Target exclusive for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray. He is the adoptive uncle of Frodo Baggins and also appears in LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game and LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game.
==Description==
In sets 79000, 79003, 79004, 79013, and 79018, Bilbo comes with Part 10053 representing his sword, Sting. It's inclusion in 79003 is technically inaccurate, as Bilbo didn't gain Sting until after the event depicted in that set.
== Background ==
Bilbo Baggins was one of the most predictable, respectable, and unadventurous hobbits in the Shire. One day, Gandalf the Grey came to Bilbo's home, Bag End, and asked him to come on an adventure. Bilbo refused, but the next day, Gandalf returned with the 13 dwarves, and they forced Bilbo to come on the adventure. When the company had reached the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo was separated, he met Gollum and found The One Ring. Over the course of the adventure, Bilbo proved his usefulness. When he got back, he generously gave most of his treasure away, but he kept some of it, including the Ring, seeing as its power made him want to keep it close. He was forced to give it up to his nephew Frodo during his 111th birthday party, (Gandalf had discovered its evil power). The Ring Quest then took place. Afterwards, Bilbo went to live with Elrond in Rivendell before leaving Middle-earth on the last boat to the Grey Havens with the rest of the elves.
== Notes ==
* He has a double sided face, with one side showing a worried side.
* Just like his relative Frodo Baggins, Bilbo has a Regular version and a Shire version.
* In LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game, the vest in his young variant is orange and his coat is brown. But in The Fellowship of the Ring, the coat and vest are black and red respectively.
* The Target exclusive of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray featured the outfit Bilbo wore in the trailer and extended edition of the film.
* His old variation in LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game is an older version of young Bilbo's Hobbit variant.
* The Lake-town variant in LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game uses Bard's torso in in blue and has tan legs unlike the movies and The Lonely Mountain set where Bilbo had dark brown legs and wore a blue robe.
* Bilbo has the most variations of all Middle-Earth minifigures.
* Although Bilbo held an acorn in the end credits to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the caricature is actually the real-life photo of Martin Freeman holding his very own LEGO Bilbo Baggins minifigure that was taken on the then-last day of filming prior to the last minute switch of making two Hobbit films into three.
* Bilbo was portrayed in all three live action The Hobbit films by Martin Freeman, who also played Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
==Appearances==
*79000 Riddles for the Ring
*79003 An Unexpected Gathering
*79004 Barrel Escape
*79013 Lake-town Chase
*5002130 Good Morning Bilbo Baggins
*Comic-Con Exclusive Bilbo Baggins Giveaway
*Micro Scale Bag End
*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Target-Exclusive Bilbo Baggins Minifigure
*79018 The Lonely Mountain
*10316 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RIVENDELL
===Video Game Appearances===
*LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
*LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game
==Gallery of Variants==
===Minifigure===
=== Video Game Variants ===
==== LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game ====
==== LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game ====
== Gallery==
Bilbo back.JPG|Back printing
Bilbo map.jpg|Bilbo with a map of the Shire
BB sad.jpg|Alternate facial expresssion of the Hobbiton variation
ts.20121030T135624.bilbo_new1.png|CGI
Ts.20120926T135243.bilbo map.png|Another CGI of the Hobbiton variant
Bilbo.PNG|In a mini movie
Bilbo1.jpg|Bilbo in the second developer diary video for LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
Lego lotr bilbo baggins.jpg|Bilbo leaving Bag End
Frodo_and_bilbo.png|Old Bilbo with Frodo in the secret ending
100%_Secret_Ending.png|At The Grey Havens with Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Merry and Pippin
Bilbogame.jpg|Bilbo in LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game
BilboBaggins.jpg|Regular Variant's alternate face
Bilbo-Martin-Freeman.jpg|Martin Freeman with his LEGO counterpart
OldmanBilbo.jpg
BilboBaggins(Old).jpg|Old
Lego_bilbo_(hobbiton).png
The_Hobbit_bluray_with_Bilbo_Baggins.jpg|The Hobbit Blu-ray with Market Bilbo Baggins.
Lego OldBilbo.png
Hobbit Bilbo Baggins Minifigure 0 large.jpg
== Sources ==
* Hollywood Reporter
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