Lord of the Rings Ongoing Discussion

[MAB]

1 hour ago, sebastian666 said:

I’m not up-to-date on my LEGO leakers / content makers and who is considered trustworthy - but Jedi Bricks just posted a video saying that Minas Tirith has been leaked as the big 2025 LEGO LOTR set. Have any other trusted leakers mentioned this yet?

I don't know. But that video is full of speculation.

[TheDoctor]

There's a lot of very bold statements in that video with zero sources (or even a hint towards a source).

I don't doubt that we'll get more LotR LEGO, but I think that video is just wild speculation and fantasy...

Edited June 21 by TheDoctor

[Khargeust]

He often uses the term leaks in his videos but there are only clickbaits to gain an audience. It's simply baseless speculation.

[Captain Pirate Man]

1 hour ago, Khargeust said:

He often uses the term leaks in his videos but there are only clickbaits to gain an audience. It's simply baseless speculation.

This!!! I wouldn't take anything he says as Gospel. Brick Clicker is the ONLY YouTuber that I trust as far as leaks go. If Brick Clicker hasn't said it... It's just speculation IMO. Promo Bricks is also reputable, but they are not REALLY content creators, but they DO have insider info as well. I'm a YouTuber, and I keep my finger on the pulse of LEGO LOTR, Castle and Pirates (as well as HP because of my wife). I have heard more sets will come, but that's ALL we know. This is ALL the news I trust at this point. 

Here is our MASSIVE LEGO LOTR Display!!

 

 

[ForgedInLego]

I think it is safe to say that there will be another set in the Rivendell / Barad Dur price range, seeing how much demand there was, but nothing more than speculation on exactly what it will be. Remember, sets usually take 2 years from concept to on shelves, so 2025 we'll see the first set fully designed after the success of Rivendell (and Barad Dur)

 

Also I fixed the ugly black bars from the Eye of Sauron with 2x Antenna 4H - Flat Top and 4x Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud in trans clear, with little to no impact on friction / stability. Let me know what you think!

 

[Artanis I]

I think that we also need the reverse angle to judge properly!

[ForgedInLego]

2 hours ago, Artanis I said:

I think that we also need the reverse angle to judge properly!

As you wish! I tried a couple different techniques including using trans red, but this turned out the best. I think the designer used the candlestick pieces just to keep the eye centered

Edited June 22 by ForgedInLego

[Agent Kallus]

On 6/22/2024 at 1:07 AM, ForgedInLego said:

Also I fixed the ugly black bars from the Eye of Sauron with 2x Antenna 4H - Flat Top and 4x Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud in trans clear.

This looks great, I'll have try it when I build mine ( I already know where I'm gonna put it, I'll have the eye looking out through my window).

On 6/22/2024 at 1:07 AM, ForgedInLego said:

I think it is safe to say that there will be another set in the Rivendell / Barad Dur price range, seeing how much demand there was, but nothing more than speculation on exactly what it will be. 

My speculation would be a guess at either bag end or a larger Hobbiton with Bag end as the focal point. It's got the be most iconic location from the Trilogy (in book terms at least, in movie terms it's still up there but perhaps tied with Barad-Dûr itself). The real question is if they'd give us any Dwarves from the Hobbit.

I'd guess either 

1 - No characters from the Hobbit at all.

2 - Young Bilbo but no dwarves

3 - Young Bilbo and Thorin.

4 - young Bilbo and some or all of the big 5 ( Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Fili and Kili) with perhaps Glion too just for his legacy.

5 - (unlikely) all the company ( I mean Gandalf is bound to come with it anyway)

- if they do make a bag end without dwarves I hope we get a decent number of named Hobbits to make up for it! For example we could have: Old Gaffer Gamgee, farmer Maggot, Lobelia, Otho and Lotho Sackville Baggins, Rosie Cotton, Fatty Bolger, Estella Bolger, Folco Boffin, Ted Sandyman, Odo Proudfoot, Will Whitfoot, Paladin Took, Pearl Took, etc) 

[Cyprinus]

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

My speculation would be a guess at either bag end or a larger Hobbiton with Bag end as the focal point. It's got the be most iconic location from the Trilogy (in book terms at least, in movie terms it's still up there but perhaps tied with Barad-Dûr itself). The real question is if they'd give us any Dwarves from the Hobbit.

I'd guess either 

1 - No characters from the Hobbit at all.

2 - Young Bilbo but no dwarves

3 - Young Bilbo and Thorin. 

4 - young Bilbo and some or all of the big 5 ( Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Fili and Kili) with perhaps Glion too just for his legacy.

5 - (unlikely) all the company ( I mean Gandalf is bound to come with it anyway)

If we get a Bag End set, I expect we get a Bilbo (or even two - young/older one), Sam, Frodo, Gandalf, Pippin and Merry to pad out the count. Maybe a Thorin, but more dwarves are unlikely, too many moulds to make.

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if they do make a bag end without dwarves I hope we get a decent number of named Hobbits to make up for it! For example we could have: Old Gaffer Gamgee, farmer Maggot, Lobelia, Otho and Lotho Sackville Baggins, Rosie Cotton, Fatty Bolger, Estella Bolger, Folco Boffin, Ted Sandyman, Odo Proudfoot, Will Whitfoot, Paladin Took, Pearl Took, etc) 

I mean, at best we'd get figures that supposedly are generic hobbits. Case in point being Gloin in Rivendell, where designers said something to the effect of "this isn't Gloin, we can't call him that".

[Black Falcon]

4 hours ago, Cyprinus said:

I mean, at best we'd get figures that supposedly are generic hobbits. Case in point being Gloin in Rivendell, where designers said something to the effect of "this isn't Gloin, we can't call him that".

Because he wasn´t named in the film though. So they couldn´t name him there. There are some Hobbits that are named in the Films though, which they could use. Rosie doesn´t seem that unlikely to me, actually I would even expect her along with the Merry, Pippin, Frodo, Sam, Bilbo and Gandalf. Maybe one or two hobbits more, but I wouldn´t expect to much given we expect a set from 200-250€ maybe.

[wesker]

7 hours ago, Cyprinus said:

If we get a Bag End set, I expect we get a Bilbo (or even two - young/older one), Sam, Frodo, Gandalf, Pippin and Merry to pad out the count. Maybe a Thorin, but more dwarves are unlikely, too many moulds to make.

I think a lot of the dwarves could get away with using existing parts.

Thorin, Kili and Fili have the Aquaman hairpiece.
Balin could use the new Snow White beard.
Dwalin's beard was in production as recently as 2021 on a Harry Potter figure and could still be brought back.
Gloin and Bifur could reuse Gandalf's beard with whatever hairpiece fits.
Dori can use Morgan Elsbeth's hairpiece.
Ori never had any exclusive parts the first time around and can just reuse the Harry Potter hair again.

That just leaves Bombur, Oin and Nori as the only ones who really need a new mold created. Ideally Bofur should as well but I could also see them reusing the City Arctic hat to save costs.

[hikouki]

Rivendell gave us an amazing lineup of ALL NEW minifigs. I feel like future LOTR sets will now follow the usual formula of a certain percent of the lineup as being repeats from previous sets.

[LegoThomas85]

Hey folks.

I modded my tower by adding a new floor.

What do you think?

 

[MAB]

On 6/24/2024 at 4:54 AM, hikouki said:

Rivendell gave us an amazing lineup of ALL NEW minifigs. I feel like future LOTR sets will now follow the usual formula of a certain percent of the lineup as being repeats from previous sets.

For me, Rivendell gave us small updates for 11 existing figures, one new version of an existing character (old Bilbo), one character in a different outfit (Arwen), two new elves (but similar) and 6 statues (all similar). Unfortunately what the did with Frodo and Sam in Barad-Dur was very uninspiring. Even the first time around, now 12 years ago, they made multiple torsos for Frodo in different scenes.

Edited June 25 by MAB

[Yoggington]

I would think if we get a larger Hobbiton set as opposed to just Bag End, they would most likely focus on Bilbo's birthday. Meaning many many hobbits plus Gandalf as the figs, but not a dwarf in sight.

 

The extra tall version looks great @LegoThomas85

[MAB]

16 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I would think if we get a larger Hobbiton set as opposed to just Bag End, they would most likely focus on Bilbo's birthday. Meaning many many hobbits plus Gandalf as the figs, but not a dwarf in sight.

 

The extra tall version looks great @LegoThomas85

Plus this would give the possibility of a bit of height, having bag end on a small hill, rather than a very flat build. Plus some other lower landscape with a track for Gandalf to arrive in his cart. The downside is that it might be a bit similar to the existing Bag End and Gandalf Arrives, but that probably doesn't matter after this time.

[Altair1]

On 6/21/2024 at 1:48 PM, sebastian666 said:

I’m not up-to-date on my LEGO leakers / content makers and who is considered trustworthy - but Jedi Bricks just posted a video saying that Minas Tirith has been leaked as the big 2025 LEGO LOTR set. Have any other trusted leakers mentioned this yet?

Not that I know of. But Minas Tirith is a very likely contender for next year's big set, given the very high demand for this set and the fact we have not had a previous set on the Gondor theme. Hobbiton is possible too of course, but my guess is that it will be for a later year.

[Arthilas]

On 6/24/2024 at 9:41 AM, LegoThomas85 said:

Hey folks.

I modded my tower by adding a new floor.

What do you think?

 

Nice, I like it.

 

I also modified my Barad-dur:

I replaced the visible light and dark grey bricks in the 2nd and 3rd floor with black ones and increased the height by six bricks.

I am considering adding a couple more bricks of height (which would allow me to work out the details/textures I added a bit better) and replacing the grey slopes atop the front gate with black ones. Also, I might change the throne room roof like you did :-)

What do you think?

Also, are there any examples of Orthancs with increased height? Orthanc looks like it got squished a bit, too thick/too short. But aside from that, it is great esecially in combination with Barad-dur.

Edited June 27 by Arthilas

[Hold0511]

My Orthanc is now at 52 inches tall....my 10333 plan is to do a new base (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-187734/Tigerton_bricks/base-extension-for-barad-dur-10333/?sort_parts_by=4&sort_parts_dir=D#details), replace the brown/grey in the lower sections and then add height in the central tower with some grebbeling on the outside for now.  If someone creates a good new section idea I might then put that in.

 

I had not long finished a Barad-dur MOC (talk about bad timing but I only got the final bricks in March....hey ho)  https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-126262/mielus/lotr-barad-dur/#details

So Ill probably move the lava and walkway I added to the MOC over to the official set

Edited June 27 by Hold0511
Adding pics

[Arthilas]

While I'd love the base extension, as well as the back enclosure (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-185421/Brick Artisan/barad-dur-enclosure-compatible-with-set-10333/#details), I'd prefer to keep my Barad-Dur on that shelf where it is now - with the new base and back enclosure, it would simply be too big...

[LegoThomas85]

4 hours ago, Arthilas said:

Nice, I like it.

 

I also modified my Barad-dur:

I replaced the visible light and dark grey bricks in the 2nd and 3rd floor with black ones and increased the height by six bricks.

I am considering adding a couple more bricks of height (which would allow me to work out the details/textures I added a bit better) and replacing the grey slopes atop the front gate with black ones. Also, I might change the throne room roof like you did :-)

What do you think?

Also, are there any examples of Orthancs with increased height? Orthanc looks like it got squished a bit, too thick/too short. But aside from that, it is great esecially in combination with Barad-dur.

That's my modded Orthanc. Extended with backwall.

You can find my original post from years ago by searching orthanc AND mod.

[Arthilas]

Thank you! That Orthanc looks really nice. I guess it's time for a big Bricklink Order.

[LDM]

On 6/22/2024 at 10:21 AM, ForgedInLego said:

As you wish! I tried a couple different techniques including using trans red, but this turned out the best. I think the designer used the candlestick pieces just to keep the eye centered

Do the bars not keep it centered?

[MAB]

8 hours ago, LDM said:

Do the bars not keep it centered?

That probably is centred. But as the photo is not straight on, a parallax error makes it appear off centre.

[Lordhelmet]

On 6/21/2024 at 8:07 PM, ForgedInLego said:

I think it is safe to say that there will be another set in the Rivendell / Barad Dur price range, seeing how much demand there was, but nothing more than speculation on exactly what it will be. Remember, sets usually take 2 years from concept to on shelves, so 2025 we'll see the first set fully designed after the success of Rivendell (and Barad Dur)

 

Also I fixed the ugly black bars from the Eye of Sauron with 2x Antenna 4H - Flat Top and 4x Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud in trans clear, with little to no impact on friction / stability. Let me know what you think!

 

Going to do this, it looks great.  Just ordered some parts to make the middle section black also (on the buttresses at least).  Will try to post something when I get around to the mods.  Thanks for parts list.