Lord of the Rings Ongoing Discussion

[Virginia_Bricks]

Piece count dropped. 8278

[Spinozartre]

8k pieces for 600$.

Definitively microscale nightmare.

[zoth33]

52 minutes ago, Spinozartre said:

8k pieces for 600$.

Definitively microscale nightmare.

it says the front is only micro so there is more to the build.  

Still hope there are more figs but at the moment we are getting 9 figs and a horse.  

[Shroffy123]

Wish there would be more gondor soliders. Those mini figs are going to cost a fortune.

[Lordhelmet]

1 hour ago, Shroffy123 said:

Wish there would be more gondor soliders. Those mini figs are going to cost a fortune.

I am still hoping for a bottle pack some day - I suppose after 14 years I should lower expectations.

i m very excited to get these minifigures.  Holy to know the date.

 

i m also good with a micro scale exterior (probably like barad dur.

price at $650 is more than i want to spend but June is more than enough time to be ready.  If done right I will be very happy.

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 hours ago, Spinozartre said:

Definitively microscale nightmare.

Microscale is the only way to do it justice. Minas Tirith is a city after all  And as @zoth33 points out, the way it’s phrased it sounds like there might be an interior at the back, the best of both worlds in my opinion ^^

The only thing I dislike about the rumours so far is the distinct lack of a certain flail-wielding badass. I get it, they likely wanna save him for a Battle of the Pelennor Fields set, but they could easily include him in two sets, no?

[hikouki]

I would not put it past Lego to just include the few minifigs already rumored. I want more minifigs but I really think Lego will not go back to offering us another Rivendell-like lineup.

Perhaps we could only hope that some Gondorian soldiers' parts become available in PAB.

[Altair1]

Wonderful! 8278 pieces for 650 bucks means roughly the same $/piece ratio as for Rivendell (which was 6167 for 500), so it makes sense. I do not mind a microscale exterior and miniscale interior, that's indeed the only way they could pull this off at this price. As for the minifigs I also hope we get more than the ones already leaked, but I will be happy in any case. Can't wait for June :-)

Edited December 22, 2025 by Altair1

[HarryPotter27]

I wouldn’t mind a bit of microscale building as long as it is something like what they did with the Barad-Dûr front part. At over 8000 pieces it would be a crime if we don’t have a good portion of the set being minifig scale, maybe it would make to have the first layer of walls big enough to fit minifigures and moving towards microscale for the back of the build. I just hope they don’t make an architecture type of set that just looks weird with 1x1 pieces and doesn’t have the same fun to it as Barad-Dûr and the best LEGO set of all time Rivendell. The minifig lineup sounds a bit underwhelming for a set of this size. And I really hope we get a Gondor banner textile 🤞🏻

[MAB]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Microscale is the only way to do it justice. Minas Tirith is a city after all  And as @zoth33 points out, the way it’s phrased it sounds like there might be an interior at the back, the best of both worlds in my opinion ^^

The only thing I dislike about the rumours so far is the distinct lack of a certain flail-wielding badass. I get it, they likely wanna save him for a Battle of the Pelennor Fields set, but they could easily include him in two sets, no?

I'm hoping the Witch King is left out to appear in another set, as a microscale Minas Tirith is not interesting for me especially if it is hollow and turns into an interior  play set by rotating it. If they are doing that, it also makes sense to include minimal Gondor soldiers in Minas Tirith if the minifigure scale side is interior and keep them instead for a Battle of Pelennor Fields set. Although chances are, they will leave the Witch King out, minimise the number of soldiers and not do a Battle set. I'm glad there are already decent third party options for both.

3 hours ago, hikouki said:

I would not put it past Lego to just include the few minifigs already rumored. I want more minifigs but I really think Lego will not go back to offering us another Rivendell-like lineup.

Perhaps we could only hope that some Gondorian soldiers' parts become available in PAB.

I doubt the helmets or armour would be available on PAB unless they use generic parts, and if they use generic parts then we already have them.

[RichardGoring]

To me, Rivendell is so good because that vast majority of it is visible and usable from the front. Barad-Dûr and the Shire both include a lot of interior that's not visible from the front so you can only appreciate a proportion of the build at any one time. I worry that Minas Tirith may suffer from the same thing. At this piece count it may be fine and each side is terrific. It will be a long wait until June to see if they've pulled it off!

[Cyprinus]

48 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

To me, Rivendell is so good because that vast majority of it is visible and usable from the front. Barad-Dûr and the Shire both include a lot of interior that's not visible from the front so you can only appreciate a proportion of the build at any one time. I worry that Minas Tirith may suffer from the same thing. At this piece count it may be fine and each side is terrific. It will be a long wait until June to see if they've pulled it off!

Minas Tirith is all but guaranteed to be like Barad-Dur - microscale exterior with some rooms acceessible from the back (the throneroom, maybe a room with the Palantir near the top).

[Blazej_Holen]

9 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Microscale is the only way to do it justice. Minas Tirith is a city after all  And as @zoth33 points out, the way it’s phrased it sounds like there might be an interior at the back, the best of both worlds in my opinion ^^

The only thing I dislike about the rumours so far is the distinct lack of a certain flail-wielding badass. I get it, they likely wanna save him for a Battle of the Pelennor Fields set, but they could easily include him in two sets, no?

What “Battle of the Pellenor Fields set” do you have in mimd? 🤭

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, Blazej_Holen said:

What “Battle of the Pellenor Fields set” do you have in mimd? 🤭

A mûmakil, mostly  They’re iconic enough to warrant a set on their own! 

[CloneCommando99]

Grond GWP?

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Grond GWP?

I like the way you think  They could easily reuse Gothmog and add a generic orc!

[Lordhelmet]

8 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Grond GWP?

This is a good one

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I like the way you think  They could easily reuse Gothmog and add a generic orc!

I’d prefer no gothmog but two orcs.

 

also, a robin or two, or some extra guards would also be nice

small siege tower with a few orcs

[MAB]

23 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

To me, Rivendell is so good because that vast majority of it is visible and usable from the front. Barad-Dûr and the Shire both include a lot of interior that's not visible from the front so you can only appreciate a proportion of the build at any one time. I worry that Minas Tirith may suffer from the same thing. At this piece count it may be fine and each side is terrific. It will be a long wait until June to see if they've pulled it off!

This is my worry too. But also that a mnifigure scale interior won't work in this case as there are not rooms inside the city. If they have to go microscale for the city, I'd prefer minifigures on a display stand like the Star Trek set rather than using a lot more pieces to create a poor minifigure scale interior in the mountain.

[Black Falcon]

6 hours ago, MAB said:

This is my worry too. But also that a mnifigure scale interior won't work in this case as there are not rooms inside the city. If they have to go microscale for the city, I'd prefer minifigures on a display stand like the Star Trek set rather than using a lot more pieces to create a poor minifigure scale interior in the mountain.

Who says it is going to be poor? In the end we don´t know what will be inside or how it will look, and actually I would say, if they were just going to do a stand we would get two Gondorian Soldiers max.

[hikouki]

IIRC, Lego was studying the idea of releasing Rivendell as a micro scale build. I thought I saw a study design somewhere. And I think the rumors were quite consistent about it being a micro build. Then very close to when it was announced, it became a mini fig-scale build with some minifigs galore.

Perhaps there is some hope this may end up being a large section of Minas Tirith, and is all in minifig scale???

Edited December 23, 2025 by hikouki

[RichardGoring]

3 minutes ago, hikouki said:

IIRC, Lego was studying the idea of releasing Rivendell as a micro scale build. I thought I saw a study design somewhere. And I think the rumors were quite consistent about it being a micro build. Then very close to when it was announced, it became a mini fig-scale build with some minifigs galore.

Yes. They talked about that in the group designer video, if I remember right. I also think I saw an example of it, possibly from the same video.

Edited December 23, 2025 by RichardGoring

[Black Falcon]

43 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Yes. They talked about that in the group designer video, if I remember right. I also think I saw an example of it, possibly from the same video.

Yeah, they showed it in skaerbag I belive. But the model they created was never meant to become a set, as it would have been way to big.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, hikouki said:

Perhaps there is some hope this may end up being a large section of Minas Tirith, and is all in minifig scale???

I don’t recall Rivendell ever being rumoured to be a microscale build, but I could well be wrong about that  

I just don‘t see how they could do Minas Tirith justice in anything other than microscale. Maybe the top-most section where the coronation takes place could be realised in minifig scale, but I think most people want the city itself to be represented and especially the super-iconic massive rock face protruding from the city  (Does it have a name btw? Pretty much anything does in Tolkien‘s world, after all)

If I can‘t recreate Denethor‘s awesome death scene, what‘s even the point?!

[mirkwoodspiders]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I just don‘t see how they could do Minas Tirith justice in anything other than microscale.

Yep. Anything other than microscale or a portion of the city is untenable. We're talking tens of thousands of pieces, probably around 4-5 feet in height for a complete city to be even close to minifig scale. Microscale is the only realistic way to go for a full city if anyone wants to afford/display it.

[MAB]

15 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

Who says it is going to be poor? In the end we don´t know what will be inside or how it will look, and actually I would say, if they were just going to do a stand we would get two Gondorian Soldiers max.

If the exterior is shaped as the city but the interior is a room, then it will be poor compared to a minifigure based set without the constraint that it has to fit into an upturned cone.