RichardGoring

Terrific, thanks! Order placed already. Ten minutes early. No digital queue, fast loading pages, all done within a minute. Excellent! Just need to wait six months for delivery, but that's all fine.

With them both being reused from Barad-dur, I'd be surprised, but delighted, if they were to show up on PaB.

I'll be putting Minas Tirith and Barad-dur on top of an IKEA Kallax cube shelf, which is deep enough for them. Rivendell currently sits on a custom shelf above the Kallax units, which is only 11.5" deep, but it's fine to have a small amount of the forge hanging over the edge. That's for in my office. I may move them into a room in the basement one day, in which case they will line up next to each other on a 25" deep countertop.

Hurrah! There's some good parts in there. The plaited beard on the top right is always out of stock when I've placed or order. It looks good.

I'd be curious what the build is like. I was wary of the Empire State Building, which looked like a boring and repetitive build, but I actually found it delightful! This looks great as a model, but the build may be so large and repetitive that it drags. I'm glad they've made it, but I won't be getting it. Money, space, time. All three really count against it. But it does look amazing.

It looks like two of the pieces in the set are in black (on Bandit, the dad). The ones on Bluey are dark blue.

My local LEGO stores are all completely sold out of CMF 29, but there is a LEGO Discovery Centre nearby that I went into this evening. Four boxes of CMF 29 with no Ronin and no Bionicle cosplayer. Are people army building these and I didn't realize, are they hoarding them for later resale for some reason, or are they just that insanely popular? I got four of the tuba players for another band in Shopping Street. The rest I will wait for until they come into stock again and there is a GWP.

My copy also shipped today. I really shouldn't be drawn into the next set as I still have Barad-dur, The Shire, and Sauron's helmet to build. But I suspect Minas Tirith will be next on the list as I have the right space for it. Barad-dur I will need to rearrange a lot to fit it in. The Shire, I really want to order all the parts for Rebelnili's lusher trees MOC. I did it for Rivendell and was very pleased with the result, but it was a nice to have. For The Shire I think it's essential.

I suppose it's just that there isn't any news yet to be able to discuss. In the spirit of fun discussion, I wonder if there will be a new print, which is generally the limit for a GWP, and whether it will be a torso or shield. And then, will they turn up on PaB too. Or will they repurpose it to one of the new factions?

Oh well, as least it's quick and easy to just order those parts and it will only cost $4. Oh, Australia you say? Never mind... Sorry, that's frustrating.

Just managed to get through on the phone as the online chat was unavailable. Took over an hour on hold (not really a problem as I just got on with some work, and they're clearly very busy with so many things released today). They confirmed that it wasn't attached to the order, but didn't know why. Fortunately, they've managed to create a new order for just the GWP, so I will get it. Glad I called, rather than waited until delivery, at which point the GWP would likely be over! It makes me wish even more that they released things like generic orcs and Gondor soldiers on PaB. Or battle packs. Maybe one day.

I just checked my order on the LEGO website and it's moved to In Warehouse, which is great. But there is no GWP in the order any more, and the email confirmation I received this morning is also only Minas Tirith. No Grond. However, the order page this morning showed it as being in the cart, and it's still available on the US. Does anyone else have this? I'll be so annoyed if I miss out on this, given the crazy prices it's going for and/or the silly money the orc figures cost on Bricklink.

Also got my order through at 5:30 ET this morning. Took two minutes. Far better than the fiascos that happen at midnight, but I was nervous last night that it might go out of stock. The hype that LEGO builds up around limited sets has gone too far, with things selling out far too quickly in many cases. Great for them in the short term, but the more it happens, the more frustrated their customers will be, and may start looking elsewhere. Hopefully Minas Tirith and Grond both last at least a few days.

Oh, sorry. I think they were just doing it for speed, but they also had a drawer full of completed figures from the previous wave, so I suspect people will also be able to ask for specific figures. Anyway, they are coming soon, or maybe already available, for those that want them.

I should have been clearer with my language. Building up all the figures, and then putting three into each pack. They'd just opened the shipping boxes and were taking out all the bags of pieces.

I was in the Buffalo, NY store today and they'd just received the latest wave and were building them all into three-packs.

Not that it's useful, but there is a new goat print in the 43015 Lionel Messi Soccer Legend set. It has blue patches and the number 10 on the side. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYM7Kn1Efg1/?img_index=8

I agree that this is the most likely candidate for an Edoras build.

I agree that this makes the best candidate for the most popular set to include them. It has broad appeal and gives them an easy way to make a 'lower budget' set.

Reddit has a rumor of a space themed pinball machine coming in July, which will feature a light blue classic space figure and a light blue space baby.

It's a licensed imaginary saddle, so it's actually contributed $15 to the cost of the set...

I expected they wouldn't, given the precedent of all the other LofR sets. Rivendell really did seem to push so much, in terms of design team collaboration, scale, moulds, characters. Everything since has been good, but not done with the same level of production. They're still very good, but Rivendell was something really very special.

I did the same thing. It helped that my children both desperately wanted the axolotls and the boat, and they had a great time building them a few weeks ago. Nice little sets actually!

I can imagine, especially if you're doing such amazing mansions each time! I'd love one of them to have come through.

Jay's Brick Blog has a designer video. They talk about how originally it was three levels, and they kept adding them until they got close enough to seven to just go ahead and do the full thing. It's also a little shallower than it should be so it didn't get too large.