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I agree. However LEGO needs to make enough copies of it so it lasts several days, even better, several weeks after the release. None of this “GWP sold out in a couple minutes garbage” that has been going on lately. If they want us to pay full price for these whopper priced sets, at least have the decency to include a good quality GWP and have it available for an extended time. I’m also good, in addition to the above, if they want to release the GWP more than once. I believe that has happened before with some GWP.

Looks great! Will need to find a large enough place to display this massive beauty. If they include a good / great GWP, I hope they make enough of them to last more than a couple minutes during the official drop. The LEGO site doesn’t like any of my devices and kicks me into a waiting room even after I’m logged in. I’ve missed more than one decent GWP and sale that way. Hopefully the price will limit the competition, but who knows?

They were only up for maybe two hours. I skipped ordering for now and decided to wait until both torsos and legs are available at the same time. Probably will be a couple months until that happens, I would guess. Any idea when the next wave of new parts might happen (and what pieces from sets that could be included) on PAB?

I appreciate Lego including castle parts in BAM. However, I am not a fan of the color selection for the jester. Seems a bit modern?

Agreed. One could argue that AFOL and younger LotR fans would buy up so many of these battle packs that Lego would easily make a hefty profit. Both kids and adults, that are unable or unwilling to purchase the expensive sets, could now afford to buy multiple battle packs for play or MOCs… in addition to those who did buy the expensive sets and now want several battle packs for army building. I would go further and predict these smaller sets would be very hard to find at stores or online because of the high demand for them. It would, however, take a motivated executive or ultra passionate Lego employee to get the ball rolling? Wishing is not a strategy, but a coordinated campaign of fans might… But, alas, these smaller sets will not come to pass.

I’m hopeful for a quick turnaround on my standard parts order. The best-seller 1/2 of an order arrived yesterday. Either quality control is lacking, or I have the poorest luck with these orders. More often than not, there are either missing pieces, or damaged parts (sometimes both). I have not yet received more pieces or extra parts as some here have posted about. My mistake is I usually end up calling and asking Lego to fix their mistakes each time. Last time I called about a problem with an order, the customer service representative mentioned that I call them often. This comment troubled me as I tried to politely explain that I can’t control what arrives (if parts are missing or damaged) I even offer to send pictures of the damaged items to show them. For fear that they don’t believe me when parts are missing, and fear that I might be “blacklisted”, I am choosing not to call about the missing torso from my latest order. This bugs me, because I at least want Lego to fulfill their promise to send me what I ordered and paid for. Here’s hoping that my standard orders (from Dec 1 & Dec 13) arrive quickly and correctly. 🤞

Got it. Now is the time of year to watch for sales on the retiring sets. This (40% off) was definitely a good sale. Thanks for the heads up!

What Lego should do is scrap any build and just give us a $400 Gondor battle pack and call it a day. That would be a massive army building set of minifigures. We can all build our own MOC scene(s). Everyone wins. Any takers?

I share in your hope (call it a guarded optimism) that this is not yet a full list. It would be the mother of all missed opportunities if the Witch King and Eowyn somehow didn’t show up in this set.

As much as I love the idea of a Minas Tirith set, especially for the minifigures, how could it be done well? I’ve seen several fan created versions that are decent, but when Lego gets ahold of something they don’t quite have the design concept. The one caveat is that Rivendell was probable the best executed set, by far, in any theme. Just hoping for another WOW and not a much anticipated disappointment. With the scale so large, is it going to be an architecture style set? Or will they focus in on just the top (tree, etc.)?

Is there any hope we can get decent minifigures in this next wave? Personally Robin has been underrepresented for the past decade+. I would love to see a ‘66 batgirl or an updated ‘66 Robin. What other figs might bring some buzz and excitement to this giant Batman logo/ batmobile (x3) wave? Trying to be optimistic 🤞

Love the build and how it looks, so far… Have to wait for replacement stickers however. My sticker sheet had two folds and a crinkle messing up over half the stickers. Had to wait over 45 minutes to talk to someone in support, but they were super nice and understanding. Might be a couple weeks to arrive? Anyway, I’m looking to add buzzsaw to the display by color swapping. Any chance I might be able to pick up the printed parts: head, logo tiles and tape reels eventually on BrickLink? Or should I look on eBay? Maybe someone might sell just Laserbeak. Here’s hoping 🤞🏻

Anyone pick SoundWave up at a store yet? I ordered mine at Midnight (11pm CST)…. now the wait for the big brown box to land on my porch. 📦

Right?! What a wasted opportunity. Why make a movie about gollum, when almost ANY other character would be far better. I would personally have preferred a movie centered around Aragorn (Rangers of the North and all that)! But take your pick… Boromir, Faramir, even Arwen. The movie plot would be instantly better, along with the real possibility of sets & battle packs!

Good catch! I watched it a few times and did not catch the reference. Definitely a potential Easter egg. Would LOVE to see more, and those would be a welcome addition to this collection.