Balrogofmorgoth

So you’re telling me the Venom Falcon is bigger than the Death Star playset? Why

Venomized Millennium Falcon? Jedi Bob Starfighter? Gimmicky wing swapping x-wing and tie? Nah, pass. I am looking forward to the Death Star, Peridea, Sith Infiltrator (if it’s not ridiculously undersized), and Sarlacc sets though

Go home lego Star Wars, you’re drunk

Yeah I also think the Hobbit sets were mostly pretty good fun sets. I don’t think they were bad, but I personally prioritized LOTR because I just like those films so much more. But I definitely would not agree that The Hobbit sets were bad

Yeah the LOTR sets were definitely ahead of their time. But it’s time for upgrades! Yup, the lego community has a gift for finding dumb things to complain about

Honestly those complaints all sound about as dumb as crying over helmet holes on clones

I tend to agree with you here, and I also really believe that it would do better with kids than most people think. Part of that has to do with those fans that were younger at the time who now have kids that are growing up around LOTR. And that’s not a small number. My son is turning 4 in February and is asking for a LOTR themed party. It certainly wouldn’t do as well as Harry Potter or Star Wars. But I have no doubt it would perform extraordinarily well

No one is counting on it. But it’s definitely what I’m hoping will happen. It deserves a full blown theme

Honestly I think that’s what they should do. Several playsets that can be combined, but each including enough iconic locations and figures and creatures to have individual value

I’m just repeating what the people who posted the survey leak said, which was that it was around $400

I mean there are nine of them. Maybe one here with a normal hooded Ringwraith, and one later on down the line in a Minas Tirith set with a helmed Witch-King? I’d be fine with a repeat of a Fell Beast. It’s unfortunate that we missed the era of molded creatures though. The molded one from the video game was amazing. Now it’ll be brick built and probably look like crap with cloth wings that only look good from the top

What would people think about a Fell Beast being included? The survey price was $400, and that jumped up to $460 for release, which could mean just about anything, but what if something has been added? A Fell Beast would highly increase the desirability of the set

I mean, those specific Easter eggs from Orthanc were from that extended scene in the movie…the “rods of the five wizards” are NOT in Orthanc in the book (or the movie, Saruman is being hyperbolic in the scene). It’s definitely a movie Easter egg, sorry. HOWEVER! The Harry Potter theme has proven that book Easter eggs are not only possible but pretty popular so I could see newer LOTR sets including Easter eggs specifically from the books

But a lot of people seem to hate the Jurassic Park gate. Idk that I would call that set a success. Having Barad-Dûr with random scenes from other places just makes no sense and completely takes away from Barad-Dûr as its own fortress. Easter eggs are fine but completely designing the interior based off of entirely different locations is just crazy

I disagree. For one thing, Sam and Frodo were never in a dungeon at all. They’re very clearly in the top of the tower in Cirith Ungol, accessing it through a trap door in the floor. Also, I don’t mind if they make a simple Easter egg of being able to capture Sam and Frodo and put them in a dungeon. But design a Barad-Dûr dungeon and don’t make it the interior of Cirith Ungol inside Barad-Dûr

I don’t think that’s the same thing. Including minifigures that don’t necessarily fit the scene but still kinda make sense is something lego has always done and usually works pretty well, especially if it’s the only logical way to get certain figures. I’m all for Last Alliance figures, and I’m all for Frodo and Sam figures even though they are never anywhere near Barad-Dûr. I don’t even mind if they have their Orc disguises they get from Cirith Ungol. But I think including the interior of Cirith Ungol inside Barad-Dûr would just be wrong. There is plenty they could do for a Barad-Dûr interior. A dungeon is a no brainer. A throne room is a no brainer. An armory is a no brainer. I think a Palantír room is also essential but we’ll see if lego agrees. Aside from those, it could have a room that hold the nine Rings of Men, that the books tell us Sauron keeps. Maybe it could have a forge. Maybe a sort of barracks for the Orcs. Plenty of things that fit Barad-Dûr itself, I don’t see any reason to merge it with an entirely different interior location

It would not be a good thing to include whole scenes inside Barad-Dûr that take place in a completely different location. Easter eggs are one thing. For example, having Frodo be captured in Barad-Dûr and pretending it’s Cirith Ungol would be stupid. But including the armory we briefly see in Minas Morgul would be fine

I thought the same thing at first but it is those weird eyelashes… Yes! Armories for sure and that was specifically mentioned in the leak, you’re right

Sam rescues Frodo from the tower of Cirith Ungol, not Barad-Dûr. We don’t know much about the interior of Barad-Dûr. But we know there’s a torture chamber (where Gollum was tortured), and we know there’s a room with a Palantir. I think it’s also safe to assume there’s a throne room and a dungeon. And they can always just throw in Easter eggs for the rest (and they probably won’t make a torture chamber)

I’d be down for Last Alliance figures

As of now, the only rumored figures for Barad-Dûr are Sauron, Sam, Frodo, and an unknown number of Orcs. Also, Rivendell had 15 figures, not counting statues. I don’t think statues really count since they aren’t characters

I wouldn’t count on so many figures this time. I certainly wouldn’t expect more figures than Rivendell, which is more of a character driven set than this one. Personally I hope it just means the build was improved since the survey leak, since there was something to be desired in my opinion. I do hope there are more figures than the leak suggested, I just wouldn’t get my hopes up for too many based on price

Didn’t happen to me with Rivendell but it’s happened to me a lot lately with other sets. I got customer service to not only replace the parts but give me a bunch of vip points for the trouble. Just email and ask

If we get films about the Angmar War and don’t get lego sets I will quit this planet

New films are in the works, but there’s nothing that hints at a trilogy of any kind right now