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If they continue after Barad Dur, I would love to see in priority: 1. Minas Tirith 2. Edoras Golden Hall 3. Khazad Dum and Balrog 4. Lothlorien

This may be the best Lego year in my life! First Rivendell, then the Dune set (my second favorite book/movie saga after LOTR) which I was not expecting at all, then the confirmation of Barad-Dur next year... it could not get any better (well, except for a Minas Tirith set in 2025) :-)

Only in USA then. It is still available for pre-order on the European Lego sites.

Nice one! I guess we could just paint the white of his eyes in blue, but they would look different than Chani's eyes for example...

When I thought Lego could not do any better this year than LOTR Rivendell, here comes the announcement of an amazing set based on my favorite sci-fi saga of all times: Dune !!! I was not aware of the rumors this time so this is a huge surprise, I am so happy :-) Like many I would have preferred to get Stilgar rather than Liet Kynes, but this is a detail that can easily be corrected (any suggestions for a Stilgar head btw?). It goes without saying that I am pre-ordering in the very coming days (I may just hold off until 1 November to get the nice Galileo miniset as a bonus). PS: The Dune set being technically released in 2024, it has a chance to compete for the best set award next year (while Rivendell will hopefully win in 2023!).

I would welcome any new LOTR set, whether it is miniscale or microscale... anything but Brickheadz of course (I own every single LOTR set except these ugly things)

Amongst the 200+ sets that I own, here is my top 5: 1. Rivendell 2. Millenium Falcon 75192 3. Tower of Orthanc 4. Temple of Airjitzu 70751 5. Helm's Deep and Bag End ex-aequo (can't choose between these two!)

Haha OK I understand better now :-)

I don't really see the point of displaying the pirate ship ambush set by Rivendell, there is no link whatsoever between these two scenes... Besides, the pirate ship is the only LOTR set I did not buy, because I do not find it iconic at all (we only see it for a few seconds in the movie). But I did buy the King and Soldiers of the Dead minifigs on BL as they are great and I needed them for my Path of the Dead MOC :-)

Just ordered Rivendell on the online shop!!!! With the two small GWPs (40630 and 40583). So happy :-)

Great idea! We have them for several Lego themes, why not LOTR!

If for the first one you mean Eowyn, I support your proposal ;-)

Rings of Power looks great visually, that's for sure. But what disappointed me the most was the casting... To me most of the ROP actors lack talent, charisma and/or empathy. Come on, this is a billion dollar show, and they could not find a single actor at the level of Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett or Elijah Wood ?? (to mention just the best from the LOTR trilogy - but they were all great, really)

Well, 83% is the critics score (based on 475 critics). The audience score is 38% (based on 37828 users).

I agree that 1 star is a bit harsh, I would give ROP 3 stars out of 5 (average show). I found the casting quite bad for most characters, and was disappointed by several aspects of the plot and the lore, but I did enjoy as always the beautiful landscapes of New Zealand. I do not find the show inspiring enough to wish for the release of sets based on it. But as I may have already mentioned earlier in this thread, if they do make some I might buy them just as fodder for my LOTR MOCs :-)

Yeah, that's always the same excuse given for shows with bad ratings

I don't know about viewership, but what is certain is that HotD has much better audience ratings than RoP: IMDB 8.5 vs 6.9, RT 82% vs 38%, etc...

I generally agree on this... except for the latest Eiffel Tower set! After seeing how huge it is, I went for a much smaller one instead :-)

No, they did switch the hair of Sam and Merry... but that's easy to fix by switching it again between them :-)

Well said, mate :-)

Same here!

Oh I just happen to have saved enough money to buy it full price, and I have been waiting so long for it that I want to build it as soon as I can! I don't do that with every set, but this one is really special to me :-)

I agree, you can very well do both. And so will I !

You guys are quite patient! No way will I wait to get a hold of my ''precious'' (especially knowing that it will most likely go out of stock pretty fast, and possibly for a while)

Yes, that really sucks... It is even worse than when I bought the giant Millenium Falcon on day 1 for 800 bucks and only got for that a black VIP card...