Altair1

For me Rivendell will definitely be a day 1 purchase! It has been about 10 years since I bought all the LOTR and Hobbit sets, and I never thought I would see a new one released :-)

Thanks! And good point about the cape, will do that ;-)

Here is the custom designed version of Faramir I got, together with the Witch-King of Angmar.

Exactly that. To make a set featuring a scene which only lasts for a few seconds in the movie instead of Minas Tirith or Edoras for example felt incomprehensible to many... But the King and Soldiers of the Dead look great!

I wish that were true, but from what we have heard this D2C is apparently just a one-shot LOTR set as a part of the Lego Icons brand, and not the first of a new LOTR wave...

These rumors of a Rivendell set are bittersweet for me, as I was really dreaming of a Minas Tirith set with minifigs of the Witch King, Eowyn, Faramir, Denethor.... I already own all the original LOTR sets, so I really don't need to get again the 9 fellowship minifigs... oh well if it is true, I guess at least there is potential for a set with a nice elvish architecture as we see in some MOCs.

Although I am still hoping for a big Minas Tirith set, I would love a giant map of Middle Earth covered with microscale versions of all the main LOTR locations :-)

Barad-dûr would be nice, but I doubt they go for a second huge black tower after Orthanc. As for the black gate, we already have it as a set, or rather half a set - I had to buy two 79007 to make a full one :-)

I have the actual Anduril replica from the movie, so I guess it would be cool to hang its Lego version by its side, but I would much prefer Minas Tirith!

To me, that suggests that a lot of people have very bad taste ;-)

Sadly, I believe the chances for more sets are very small, even if this big one sells well. They are probably just trying to make a one-time gesture to the LOTR AFOL who were frustrated by the limited number of sets in this theme. But I would love to be proven wrong here :-)

Brickfanatics also thinks that at the rumored 500€ pricepoint, the new LOTR D2C set could very well be a giant Minas Tirith :-) https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-the-lord-of-the-rings-2023-everything/

Exactly! And you don't age out of collecting that easily, I plan to be a fan of Lego and LOTR till my last breath :-)

This matter is too serious to joke people :-) We are talking of the first LOTR set since 2012 ! 10 years of waiting... Lego can make a lot of fans ecstatic or devastated depending on what set they make...

Writing in capitals does not make things true :-) How do you know? Do you read in their minds? It might affect it... or not. We will know soon enough :-)

We already have a set with Smaug (the Lonely Mountain).

I could not care less about the Brickheadz sets, which I all find ugly. As for an Edoras set, it is a great idea and would be my second favorite for the D2C set (right after Minas Tirith, of course!)

We already have Bilbo and the 13 dwarves in the Hobbit sets. We already have a set based on the Mines of Moria (tomb of Balin) and a Bag End set. A Balrog against Gandalf set would be nice, but not as much as Minas Tirith in my opinion.

Same here, I already own all the existing sets and minifigs. If they do only one single new set, it should be one with new minifigs, not just existing ones. A Minas Tirith set could feature Eowyn, Faramir, Denethor, the Witch-King...

Maybe they are as iconic as Minas Tirith, but not more in my opinion. And besides I believe they are much less likely to be chosen for the D2C set, given that we already had Bag End as a set (which is the most representative part of Hobbiton) and Orthanc tower (so they would probably not choose to make a second dark tower).

I think you are thinking too much :-) In my opinion there are (unfortunately) no waves of sets coming, nor competition. There will be one DnD set, and one LOTR set - hopefully Minas Tirith (I don't count the brickeadz, just because they don't count). I would love to be wrong, but that's most likely all, falks!

@Bugbot20082, I fully agree with your analysis. If this D2C set is confirmed, it will most likely be Minas Tirith, for all the reasons you mentioned. I just can't wait to add it to my LOTR display on a huge Middle-Earth map i had printed especially, together with all the existing sets (bought all of them as soon as they came out a decade ago). As for the BrickHeadz sets, I will obviously ignore them as usual, ugly and useless as they are (except for parts maybe).

This week I bought the Medieval Blacksmith of course :-)

80107 Spring Lantern Festival 10281 Bonsai tree 75299 Trouble on Tatooine 30628 Monster Book of Monsters 40448 Vintage car And I just converted some points into a Castle collectible coin :-)

For 1150 points they better be metallic! Otherwise Lego will get tons of complaints...