Arjo

Looking good, not sure I understood your description though. Is that built from the parts of the set (+baseplate)?

77077 new fortnite set has a cool fig with crown but it will be IP-locked I imagine and therefore not on PAB. Too bad.

I don’t necessarily disagree, as some people do indeed go through the whole process with the single goal to make a profit. However, it takes two to tango and sellers can only achieve what buyers are willing to pay. I have never resold a gwp… but I often end up in the position where I can’t justify opening and enjoying them either because their market value is more than what I would be comfortable paying. In other words, there are sellers out there who would have liked to keep gwp x, y, z but can’t quite justify the luxury when they already are paying too much for a given lego set. different story with the raiders scanning all the beastmasters only to sell them all out at 3x the price…

I didn’t know of the rumoured price point when I posted that message. I only thought that TLG know a cashcow when they see one and the Pearl will probably receive the same price inflation treatment as the Shire. Would be happy to be wrong:)

Balrog as a sticker… this shall not pass! I will cosplay as Gandalf, camp at the lego store, and prevent anyone from even trying to buy this set if it comes to that!!!

Indeed, beautiful… might even have justified the price! As it is though, the costing he indicates on top of that of the set would push it into Rivendell/Barad dur territory which is a non-starter. whomever buys the set will want to work on those trees anyway, probably in a more economical fashion though.

Given the price of Lotr Shire confirmed today… I think the Pearl might be another sucker punch when it comes out…

Purposefully written that way to entice you to open your wallet one more/last time, as in “yes it’s expensive but then I will have them all, can’t skip it when it is the last one to get etc”. or so jaded me thinks:) i like the set very much but don’t think i’ll bite. Trying to slowly but surely go back to my dark ages and live free of my lego addiction!

Gwp priced at 39.99 according to Lego, for ca. 190 pieces and two reused figs… punchy… that to me suggests the number is derived from what they have observed on the secondary market unfortunately.

“FOMO as a hobby” so true… we’re all addicts here, battling our demons for TLG’s benefit.

I remember the fellbeast gwp getting a very lukewarm reception last time around. It surprised me because I kind of liked it. I didn’t squeeze finances to buy the tower (then or now) but when I saw the gwp skyrocket like crazy I admit I had some regrets… now results may vary but who’s to say it won’t happen again? In fact I wonder if that might be a reason why TLG increased the price of the new set.

I like the use of whips on the inside of the door… detail I know, but nice:)

Disney tax not supposed to come cheap… and not sure lotr’s would trump it, but if one compares bag end to beauty&beast castle then one wonders where all that money is going to… it won’t be tariffs in any case so let’s hope it’s a storm in a tea cup and actual prices are closer to initial expectations.

Hi, random question: how many in the lego lotr fandom also dabble in middle earth strategy battle game? The lego sets are so expensive (new and old) I am starting to wonder if mesbg might be a suitable alternative to scratch that itch… or use lego minifigs to play the game as neither are particularly cheap. I guess my question is how many of you have been down both rabbit holes and what do you like best/least in one vs the other. Thanks.

Both would be crazy good… but for me cheaper might be better as I am ever more tempted to go back to my dark ages. I have caught up with the thread but that rumour surfaced when I was trying to stay away from all things Lego so I’m not sure how legit it is.