Lord of the Rings Ongoing Discussion

[RichardGoring]

5 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

Largest as in highest piece count? Volume? Or Price?

I know the post didn't mention, but I can easily see Minis Tirith having the most pieces but still being around the price of Rivendell.

I love your optimism. I can see it being the price of Rivendell but the size of the Shire.

5 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

Well that isn´t really surprising though. We still don´t know which style they will choose, and I could see Rivendell still be wider but the White City beeing bigger in the other two dimensions and, of course number of used bricks - after all RIvendell beeing Minifig-Scale has also a lot of space inside, which could be different with Minas Tirith - or not if it is built like Barad-Dûr - overall I wouldn´t be surprised if it beats Rivendell in all dimensions, though probably not by to much.

Agreed that it could well be deeper and taller than Rivendell, but wider would be a stretch (literally and metaphorically). Rivendell is really very wide, and if they try something in vaguely the right proportions, it would probably make Minas Tirith far too large. I suspect part of the model design process at LEGO has to include display options, and they won't want to make this too difficult to place in a house.

I recall hearing an interview for one of the large sets that they were approaching the limit of box weight with it and they need to consider people being able to carry it out of the shop, so that will also be a factor that constrains the size.