Altair1

Nice to see that there is at least someone with common sense :-)

I vote for no more BrickHeadz (ever) !

Based on the various existing MOCs, I am pretty sure Lego could make a decent Minas Tirith for about 500 bucks. But I would be ready to pay 1000 to get a perfect one :-)

Could not agree more, Lego is not very good with priorities... I really hope we finally get Minas Tirith next year.

I maybe overly cautious, but personally I will not take the risk of damaging my precious Sauron minifig just because the color of its hands is not perfect... Once you take off the hands of a minifig they often become loose forever and tend to turn or even fall when holding things (especially a large mace like Sauron's).

Very unlikely that they do again Bag End based on the Hobbit. It will most likely be based on LOTR.

Fully agree, and the same for Faramir, Denethor, the Witch King, etc... but let us be patient, I am confident Minas Tirith will come in 2026 ;-)

I hope that this piece count of 2017 pieces is wrong and that we will get a set large enough to properly represent the Shire (not just Bag End like 79003).

Same, I am quite worried on this one...

Congrats! I honestly do not see how a true LOTR fan can choose not to buy Rivendell if he/she has the money for it. It is not just the best existing LOTR set, it is also one of the most beautiful sets that Lego has ever made overall.

Exactly... people can dream, but it is very unlikely that the new Bag End set includes any dwarves.

Well I do, and I am not the only one :-)

That's a wrong statement. We miss many of the LOTR characters. I don't mind getting re-editions of some of the existing ones (which I understand can be particularly appealing for those who did not get the original sets), but to me the priority should be getting the missing characters.

We already have all the dwarves from the Hobbit sets, so I would definitely prefer to get as many Shire hobbits as possible (except for the usual Frodo, Bilbo, Sam, Merry and Pippin of course)

Yep. Maybe a selection amongst these secondary hobbit characters from the Fellowship of the Ring movie: Fredegar Bolger, Mrs. Bracegirdle, Rosie Cotton, Hamfast Gamgee, Farmer Maggot, Old Noakes, Mrs. Proudfoot, Odo Proudfoot, Otho Sackville-Baggins, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Ted Sandyman…

I am disappointed too as I already own the previous Bag End. But hopefully at this price range it will be bigger and include more of the Shire. In any case I will buy it, as I have bought every single LOTR set so far (except the ugly BrickHeadz of course, which do not count)

Smaug is huge too in the Hobbit movie, but it did not prevent Lego to make a moulded version (which I happily own).

Fully concur, Minas Tirith is the most likely set coming next year, and I can't wait (whatever the price) !

I am definitely not selling mine, it will have a nice place in my LOTR display :-)

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.

Both the Hobbit films and ROP are unfortunately really bad and I don't plan on ever watching them again. But I will continue loving and watching the LOTR movies (and buying LOTR sets of course) for as long as I breathe :-)

Looks nice but I don't think it makes sense to put Orthanc so close to Barad-Dur

Yes agreed, no point in having a second standalone Bag End. I would be happy to see a Hobbiton set at some point, but after Minas Tirith and Edoras which are for me the next two priorities ;-)

I think it will only drive them to come up with another great GWP to go with the Minas Tirith set coming up next year (I am calling it) !

This makes sense, this time there is the Fellbeast GWP. For Rivendell there was only a crappy BrickHeadz.