Virginia_Bricks Posted October 13 Posted October 13 16 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said: Only 9 minifigures isn’t all that surprising. That’s been the standard number for the last two LotR sets. Rivendell was the exception since it was the first and likely had a bigger minifigure budget. There also doesn’t seem to be any reuses of minifigures from a prior set (unless they don’t go with armored Pippin), unlike Barad-Dur and The Shire, which is nice. Rivendell was $33 per mini-figure, Barad-Dud was $46 per mini-figure, and the Shire at $30 per mini-figure. If Minas Tirith gets only 8 mini-figures, that would put the high cost estimate at $400, which means a set around 3500-4000 pieces likely. Quote
hikouki Posted October 13 Posted October 13 I think Lego is well aware that many are army-builders out there. They will use this expensive set to siphon off more money from fans. LOL Quote
Lordhelmet Posted October 13 Posted October 13 We do need a white horse without reigns (And without eyelashes) - I would be good with that. Lego should figure out how to do the add on packs for licensed themes like they do with Castle - imagine being able to order a bonus 5 Gondor soldiers or horses when you buy the set. That would be awesome. Quote
Black Falcon Posted October 13 Posted October 13 8 hours ago, MAB said: Is that a guess or the leak? It seems a strange selection putting both King Aragorn and Denethor in the same set given that Denethor was dead prior to Aragorn becoming king. Is it? Wouldn't be uncommon for Lego to put figures from different scenes in a set. Quote
zoth33 Posted October 13 Posted October 13 This seems to be just a section of the city with that minifig list. Maybe they are doing something like they did with Hogwarts and do several sets over time to create the entire city. Quote
Altair1 Posted October 13 Posted October 13 2 hours ago, Black Falcon said: Wouldn't be uncommon for Lego to put figures from different scenes in a set. Indeed. For example Sauron is in the Barad Dur set although he only appears in the prologue of the trilogy with a full body. 40 minutes ago, zoth33 said: Maybe they are doing something like they did with Hogwarts and do several sets over time to create the entire city. Very unlikely to happen. Sadly the LOTR theme is not as popular as the HP theme (at least according to Lego) and one or two sets per year is the most that we can expect (and not on the same location). Quote
zoth33 Posted October 13 Posted October 13 58 minutes ago, Altair1 said: Indeed. For example Sauron is in the Barad Dur set although he only appears in the prologue of the trilogy with a full body. Very unlikely to happen. Sadly the LOTR theme is not as popular as the HP theme (at least according to Lego) and one or two sets per year is the most that we can expect (and not on the same location). I can hope for now but we aren't getting a huge 10K piece city I don't think not with that minifig lineup Quote
Black Falcon Posted October 13 Posted October 13 1 hour ago, zoth33 said: This seems to be just a section of the city with that minifig list. Maybe they are doing something like they did with Hogwarts and do several sets over time to create the entire city. Well but Hogwarts is the place where most of the story in HP happens, while in LOTR it is just one location of many. Sure still an important one, but they will rather build the Mines of Moria, Helms Deep, Edoras, Weathertop and so on, instead of concentrating on one location now. Quote
zoth33 Posted October 13 Posted October 13 3 minutes ago, Black Falcon said: Well but Hogwarts is the place where most of the story in HP happens, while in LOTR it is just one location of many. Sure still an important one, but they will rather build the Mines of Moria, Helms Deep, Edoras, Weathertop and so on, instead of concentrating on one location now. I'm well aware of that I'm trying to be positive and hope for the best situation. We aren't getting a huge Minas Tirith unless it's like the Hogwarts deal in HP. This isn't a 10K piece set not with those amount of figs so I'm hoping for something like Hogwarts. Time will tell and we will hopefully get more info soon Quote
GeoBrick Posted October 13 Posted October 13 7 hours ago, Roebuck said: With that way of reasoning, we just need a battlepack of figs, most uf us have enough white brick anyway The set could have a horse in another color and some sets must include horses or they will go out of production. So it's not a waste of budget to me at least, but I am more interested in animals then most 😅 Oh no, I don't have enough white bricks yet. Its coming, but I'm not there yet. An animal in another color is another matter. I'm game for that too, especially if perhaps the LEGO Group would start offering speckled horses again (as with the Old West sets back in the day). Quote
Cyprinus Posted October 13 Posted October 13 3 hours ago, Altair1 said: Indeed. For example Sauron is in the Barad Dur set although he only appears in the prologue of the trilogy with a full body. But it is the place you'd expect to find him. And going by the books, he had an almost full body at the time - just missing a finger... Quote Very unlikely to happen. Sadly the LOTR theme is not as popular as the HP theme (at least according to Lego) I imagine they did enough market research to know that. And it would fit the anecdotal evidence I have ;P 1 hour ago, zoth33 said: We aren't getting a huge Minas Tirith unless it's like the Hogwarts deal in HP. That approach works for few things. MT isn't among them. Quote
hikouki Posted October 14 Posted October 14 I was thinking... Lego will be giving us a new location each year (?). But maybe they can make side builds as smaller sets? I would love for them to make an expansion set to Rivendell. LOL Quote
Roebuck Posted October 14 Posted October 14 13 hours ago, Lordhelmet said: Lego should figure out how to do the add on packs for licensed themes like they do with Castle - imagine being able to order a bonus 5 Gondor soldiers or horses when you buy the set. That would be awesome. The problem is that they are licensed so they most likely will not turn up on PAB. In addition Lego seems to prefer that we buy sets instead of buying loose parts on PAB and keep desirable parts away from PAB if they suspect it will damage set sales Quote
MAB Posted October 14 Posted October 14 (edited) 13 hours ago, Altair1 said: Indeed. For example Sauron is in the Barad Dur set although he only appears in the prologue of the trilogy with a full body. Sauron is probably the key figure in that set and not including him would probably have affected sales. None of the inside of the tower was in the movies so the whole minifigure scale side is made up. Whereas Gondor features in a number of scenes so I would expect them to focus on one aspect, rather than having characters in outfits from different stages of the movies. Having Denethor at the same time as Aragorn as king would look odd, whereas Aragorn in his regular outfit it would make more sense. I think Minas Tirith is more like Rivendell and The Shire when it comes to translating scenes into a set. And I think I'd prefer to see Aragorn as king, as Denethor is very easy to put together yourself whereas prints and a hairpiece for Aragorn in his king outfit is harder. Edited October 14 by MAB Quote
Altair1 Posted October 14 Posted October 14 2 hours ago, MAB said: And I think I'd prefer to see Aragorn as king, as Denethor is very easy to put together yourself whereas prints and a hairpiece for Aragorn in his king outfit is harder. Yes me too of course, I hope this leak is correct as I am really looking forward to getting this new version of Aragorn :-) Quote
Lordhelmet Posted October 14 Posted October 14 3 hours ago, MAB said: Sauron is probably the key figure in that set and not including him would probably have affected sales. None of the inside of the tower was in the movies so the whole minifigure scale side is made up. Whereas Gondor features in a number of scenes so I would expect them to focus on one aspect, rather than having characters in outfits from different stages of the movies. Having Denethor at the same time as Aragorn as king would look odd, whereas Aragorn in his regular outfit it would make more sense. I think Minas Tirith is more like Rivendell and The Shire when it comes to translating scenes into a set. And I think I'd prefer to see Aragorn as king, as Denethor is very easy to put together yourself whereas prints and a hairpiece for Aragorn in his king outfit is harder. Can you share some of the denathorbuilds? Interested in seeing some Quote
MAB Posted October 14 Posted October 14 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lordhelmet said: Can you share some of the denathorbuilds? Interested in seeing some I don't know if this will work as imgur is now blocked in the UK, but this is mine from about 10 years ago. The cape is custom but works just as well with plain black. Edited October 14 by MAB Quote
Something_Awesome Posted October 14 Posted October 14 My guess is the Minas Tirith will be $500. Judging by the minifig count, if it is at all correlated with Barad-Dur, it will be a Minas Tirith that is downsized like Barad-Dur, which is one of the reasons for a small minifig count. My guess is the set will be a partial rip off of the following IDEAS submission: Minas Tirith | LEGO® Ideas About 4,400 parts that submission was. So $500 for 2026 is definitely on the table even though a Minas Tirith. It is possible that the Minas Tirith will be a section like Rivendell, but I think it will get the shrunken down Barad-Dur treatment. Quote
MAB Posted October 14 Posted October 14 1 hour ago, Something_Awesome said: My guess is the Minas Tirith will be $500. Judging by the minifig count, if it is at all correlated with Barad-Dur, it will be a Minas Tirith that is downsized like Barad-Dur, which is one of the reasons for a small minifig count. My guess is the set will be a partial rip off of the following IDEAS submission: Minas Tirith | LEGO® Ideas About 4,400 parts that submission was. So $500 for 2026 is definitely on the table even though a Minas Tirith. It is possible that the Minas Tirith will be a section like Rivendell, but I think it will get the shrunken down Barad-Dur treatment. I'm skipping it if they do something like that. It's bad at minifigure scale, and not very good at microscale. Quote
Cyprinus Posted October 14 Posted October 14 8 minutes ago, MAB said: I'm skipping it if they do something like that. It's bad at minifigure scale, and not very good at microscale. I have been saying it every time someone posts that moc - it is the worst of both worlds. Quote
Something_Awesome Posted October 14 Posted October 14 1 hour ago, MAB said: I'm skipping it if they do something like that. It's bad at minifigure scale, and not very good at microscale. Minifig scale won't happen. That would be like $2,000. 1 hour ago, Cyprinus said: I have been saying it every time someone posts that moc - it is the worst of both worlds. Well, its precisely what they did for Barad-dur. Quote
psqidexslizer Posted October 14 Posted October 14 3 hours ago, Something_Awesome said: My guess is the Minas Tirith will be $500. Judging by the minifig count, if it is at all correlated with Barad-Dur, it will be a Minas Tirith that is downsized like Barad-Dur, which is one of the reasons for a small minifig count. My guess is the set will be a partial rip off of the following IDEAS submission: Minas Tirith | LEGO® Ideas About 4,400 parts that submission was. So $500 for 2026 is definitely on the table even though a Minas Tirith. It is possible that the Minas Tirith will be a section like Rivendell, but I think it will get the shrunken down Barad-Dur treatment. Yeah, I’d assume something like this with more detailing and maybe larger, similar to what we got for Barad-Dur. The shape of the whole city is too iconic for Lego to pass up on and I imagine more people will be disappointed if Lego fails to capture that than they will be if it’s not 100% minifgure scaled. Quote
BitByBrick Posted October 14 Posted October 14 (edited) What Lego should do is scrap any build and just give us a $400 Gondor battle pack and call it a day. That would be a massive army building set of minifigures. We can all build our own MOC scene(s). Everyone wins. Any takers? Edited October 15 by BitByBrick Quote
hikouki Posted October 15 Posted October 15 When Rivendell was released, Minas Tirith (MT) was one of the ideas that many were presenting as the possible set. But Barad-dur came, then the Shire, but MT kept getting mentioned here and there. Now that it is finally coming out, what could be next??? Quote
zoth33 Posted October 15 Posted October 15 2 hours ago, BitByBrick said: What Lego should do is scrap any build and just give us a $400 Gondor battle pack and call it a day. That would be a massive army building set of minifigures. We can all build our own MOC scene(s). Everyone wins. Any takers? Me I'll take that I can build things but I need the minifigs. Quote
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