Balrogofmorgoth

Exactly

I absolutely love the Sail Barge. I don’t mind the safer approach with Leia, it gets the proper design across while also keeping it more family friendly. Win/win. And that hair piece is gorgeous! While I would have liked more figures, I’m happy with the ones included, taking the Sarlacc set into account as well, which I think was actually a great move. Probably a 9/10 set, maybe slightly lower if I take the price into consideration, but at this point I’ve just accepted that lego is going to bleed me dry and there’s nothing I can do about it

Not making playsets would be a major L and basically a refusal to take everyone’s money lol We should also keep in mind that half the time leakers don’t know the source material from these sets. I’ve lost count how many HP leaks have had entirely wrong information only because the leaker doesn’t know HP. So a leaker might be able to say “fellowship” as a hint and the set still have nothing to do with the Fellowship or with the Fellowship of the Ring movie

It would be cool to see it centered around the birthday party, with tents and lights and decorations outside

Honestly Meduseld is very close to the top of my list of most wanted D2C sets

A MBS style Moria set would be awesome. Open with different areas and rooms for each scene. The Hollin Gate with the Watcher, the entrance chamber, stairs, the mines, the twenty-first hall with all the pillars, Chamber of Mazarbul with the Cave Troll, the broken stairs over the chasm, and of course the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm with the Balrog. Makes sense to include the whole Fellowship and several Moria Orcs

A lot of people want dioramas. I think the theme needs battle packs more than anything else

Yeah I think $700 would be enough for a worthy Minas Tirith with a couple decent side builds, maybe a siege tower and Grond or something. Building the lower levels of Barad-dûr made me realize it wouldn’t be that hard

I agree, Bag End does not have to be as big as the last two sets. That being said, I could see Minas Tirith needing to be in the $700 range to be done justice. That would be a hard pill to swallow, but I would do it

Not to mention even if it was a real list, it’s only based on the information he had at the time, which means very little when it comes down to it, since these people don’t always have all the info

Mine didn’t even have paper bags, all plastic From everything I’ve heard, it did better than Rivendell at launch. I’m sure the GWP helped with that, but either way, there is clearly demand for LOTR sets. Another D2C is all but guaranteed at this point, but I really hope they get the message and completely launch a new theme

Did you check the bag the pieces came out of? Sometimes a piece can get stuck and stay in the bag

Stood in line this morning and got Barad-dûr and the Fell Beast. Currently building and I’m absolutely loving it so far!! I still say Helm’s Deep makes way more sense considering it will be featured in the War of the Rohirrim film

Nah it’s not the detail, it’s just too thick at the neck, it throws off the proportions. Really should have been two separate pieces

Lol what idiot wanted Barad-dûr in scale with Orthanc???

My 2013 Mouth of Sauron helmet is loose now. Didn’t start that way. But rubber wears very quickly There have been plenty of hard molds with sharp edges. No excuse I agree. Sauron should have been the ultimate leak minifigure. Only one new mold for him is not a good look. Should have had a new helmet, new shoulder armor (separate piece), and new mace. Long arms and long legs. Again, no excuse. This was the one chance to make the ultimate Sauron figure. I do really like what we got. But it could have been better for sure.

Very disappointed to find out that the Mouth’s helmet is rubber again. Same with Sauron’s helmet apparently. I will personally lead a march of Ents on lego HQ if either of mine are bent or damaged in any way whatsoever

I’m not saying they would do every single one, or that there shouldn’t be other sets to go with them

I mean even the simplest things that only involve reading at a basic level lol how does anyone with a brain cell pronounce Rivendell as Riverdale??

I still say battle packs are the absolute perfect sets for LOTR Just imagine: Gondorian BP Rohirrim BP Mordor Orc BP Uruk-hai BP Helm’s Deep Rohan BP Helm’s Deep Elves BP Last Alliance Elves BP Last Alliance Númenorean BP Moria Orc BP Dead Men of Dunharrow BP Easterling BP Haradrim BP Ithilien Rangers BP Lorien Wood Elves BP Dunlending Wildmen BP

And now we’ve got all these reviews coming out by people who know absolutely nothing about LOTR and can’t pronounce anything to save their lives because lego gave them a free set. Lol

Yeah I’ll definitely be giving the bandana Orc a helmet

The inclusion of the Orc helmets for Frodo and Sam is an excellent touch. They still 100% should have made Mordor versions of them and still done the helmets. But still. After seeing more pics I love the build more and more. Still not a huge fan of the glow effect using the brown pieces. I’ll have to get used to that. The top spires especially look really weird not being black. All the references inside are great too

Can’t do it. The Tolkien Estate holds exclusive rights to the First Age material. WB has no access to it whatsoever Ok. So here are my thoughts. I LOVE the tower. It’s almost perfect although I’m really still unsure about the brown prices for the glowing effect. The figures are where a lot of my disappointment comes from. Only one new mold for Sauron is frustrating. This is a figure that should gotten full attention and detail. Having the shoulder armor and helmet being one piece is fine but they should have done it without making the neck look too thick. And no mace SUCKS. No Ringwraiths in the actual set is also a big L, with the only one being locked behind the GWP. Gollum looks great but he should have had pupils, the blind looking Star Wars eyes don’t look great. However, my biggest disappointment is Frodo and Sam. Reusing the Fellowship versions is cheap AF. These absolutely should have been new Mordor versions of them, no excuse. I like the Orc helmet and shield but no new weapons at all for this set really sucks

People keep talking like there are multiple Gollum movies happening. As far as I’m aware, Hunt for Gollum (working title) is just one movie, while others are in the works but not necessarily the same story. I highly doubt the Gollum film will be more than one movie