Lego - The Lord of the Rings

[DioramaMaker]

With the official reveal of Rivendell, the availability of the new Brickheadz line, and rumors of Barad-Dur coming, I figured we should get a thread going. Hopefully this leads to a generous revitalization of the brand with Lego!

 

[Mondragon]

By Aulë's beard!!! - LEGO Icons Lord of the Rings Rivendell (10316) Officially Announced - The Brick Fan

The fact that Legolas exists, is so meta.

While I can't deny the temptation, they didn't get me with Star Wars, they won't with LOTR.
These are just endless world-building (literally) rabbit holes, I can't afford to start going down.

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

I would love that Rivendell set, it looks great. But sooo expensive, so not sure if I’ll be getting it or not yet…

 

[Nagoya]

The dual molded Hobbit leg pieces are marvelous. Love how they’re coming back with a focus on adult collectors (I was a young teen “too cool” for LEGO when the original LOTR sets came out), but the cost and the space that these huge sets demand are unfortunately going to hold a lot of people back.

 

[superdoug]

I would love it but the price and size definitely makes it hard to justify. . .

 

[Sktchwlkr]

I really hope they release smaller sets because that price is steep and I don't have the space. I’d love a Amon Hen set.

 

[Gipetto0812]

I've never been one to buy legos, but this set looks pretty cool!

 

[Chopper Face]

This is the kind of thing where I would happily pay an entry fee to wander around a giant warehouse filled with Lego recreations of Middle Earth and stare at them for hours- but I have absolutely nowhere to put anything like this.

 

[Tolkien Nerd]

Never bought any of the previous Lego sets, but I'm seriously considering this one.

 

[Brett Banner]

Anyone going for this tonight when it drops?

 

[Nagoya]

Honestly wish I could. It’s nice the set can split into 3 pieces but it’s still just way too big for my already packed lego shelves

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

I’d like to get it too, but I just don’t have anywhere I could display or store it.

 

[JMT1979]

I'm still deciding, as I really like it.
I might get it if I can get it on sale, because at $800 Australian, it's hardly value for money.

 

[superdoug]

I am going to get it. Having 3 kids that love Legos paid off with this one. Finally going to use all the rewards points. It is probably over 10 years of reward points or for however long their reward program has run. Not a bad deal if you get it for less than $200.

 

[Brett Banner]

I had to get it. The most expensive LEGO set I’ve ever bought. Looks like they’re also releasing new Indiana Jones sets, and between that and LOTR I am getting very excited for some cool looking playsets/dioramas.

 

[SwedishHeat]

I was thinking about getting the Castle, but then LEGO dropped this and I thought "Weeeeeeeeell ...". This set flanked by the InArt Gandalf and Aragorn .... and Frodo, on a shelf would be pretty sweet.

 

[warlock664]

I must confess, I don’t get the attraction of the Lego aesthetic, especially as compared to the hyper-realism of the inArt figures. Happy for those who do, though.
It is an impressive set.

 

[superdoug]

I had to get it. The most expensive LEGO set I’ve ever bought. Looks like they’re also releasing new Indiana Jones sets, and between that and LOTR I am getting very excited for some cool looking playsets/dioramas.

They are making Indy sets?

 

[R_R_X]

As awesome as it looks I feel Lego has gotten too overpriced recently and too "big" if that makes sense, I miss the days where I could buy a full wave of nicely sized Lord of The Rings or Pirates of The Caribbean sets for the price of this one or less.

The only recent Lego set I bought was the Tallneck from Horizon Zero Dawn and I though that was the perfect adult set, a more tidy and downsized model that keeps that charming Lego aesthetic with a very good piece count and an incredible price at $80-90, I wish they could do more sets like that for adult collectors, sets that are affordable and space friendly instead of these behemoths that people have to find space for and fork over large sums of money, not to mention all that dust you'll have to deal with.

 

[choombaz]