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How certain are we that Minas Tirith is coming? I have been a bit in and out admittedly, but last thing I heard it was a rumour and now people are talking like it's been confirmed. Did I miss something? 🙂

This is a good point, and while Rivendell changes quite a bit in the films - buildings move about and dissapear/reappear - Minas Tirith stays constant.

I think after the lukewarm reception to the Shire set, Minas Tirith may not be the best set to follow as it will likely dissapoint some people. Going for Helm's Deep as the next big set would have been an easier thing to achieve in Lego at a reasonable price. Alternatively, having some smaller sets still in the highly detailed range such as Weathertop or the Prancing Pony may have been good. Lots of people missed out on the Nazgul figure, we're still missing an updated ranger Aragorn variant, PP would likely appeal to castle fans outside LOTR... Fingers crossed Minas Tirith if it is really coming does this line justice!

I was thinking of Lisa Turpin.

Warner bros hold the licence to the books. Like they do with the Harry Potter line, and Lego have started to include book-only characters not seen in the films into sets.

The licence covers the books, so if they wanted to include, say, Glorfindel, they could. There is no chance if that happening anytime soon though.

If Lego are going to make Minas Tirith then things may get a little ugly in relation to army building unless affordable playsets/battle packs are introduced. There are plenty of other scenes or structures that would have made great sets outside of the locations with big battle scenes with huge armies, such as Edoras, Lorien and Weathertop. Using Minas Tirith as the example as it is the current rumour, but it could equally apply to Helm's Deep, the Black Gates or Last Alliance, there are far too many things to include satisfactorily is a set, no matter how large and expensive. Outside of the hero characters and the actual city, MT has Gondorian soldiers, rangers, guards of the fountain court, citadel guards, rohirrim, dead soldiers, various kinds of orcs and uruks, attack trolls, drummer trolls, seige tower trolls, nazgul on fell beasts, haradrim, mumakil, horses and wargs, seige towers, Grond hauled by the Great Beasts... that's a lot of material! If, for example, an affordable Osgiliath Battle set was made, with Gondorian Soldiers against orcs, that would lighten the army load of the large MT set considerably. A separate Mumakil set vs rangers set based in Ithilien would do the same. Save the Rohirrim for future Rohan sets and maybe the dead for another pirate ship and I think that would please a lot of people.

I reckon a little mod to the legs to add length (maybe a knee joint?) would sort out the balrog proportions a little. I really like what I'm seeing though!

Based on the HP and SH book nooks, I have high hopes the scene will be pretty interactive. So fingers crossed the balrog will not only be removable but pretty posable.

Has it been announced/leaked if there will be another gwp this year? And if so is it normally around 1st September?

Not sure if anyone else has updated their unmade minifigures list, but here is mine. Let me know if there are any mistakes! PS (6+2): Tom, Dedalus Diggle, Doris Crockford, King's Cross Guard, Bloody Baron, Augusta Longbottom, (Firenze, Unicorn) CoS (7): Millicent Bulstrode, Penelope Clearwater, Mr Mason, Mrs Mason, Mr granger, Mrs granger, Knockturn Alley witch PoA (1): Housekeeping Witch GoF (4): Roger Davies, Amos Diggory, Frank Brice, Eloise Midgen OotP(6): Mrs Figg, Zacharias Smith, Madam Bones, John Dawlish, Antonin Dolohov, Prof Grubbly-Plank HBP (5+1): Amycus Carrow, Alecto Carrow, Thorfinn Rowle, Cormac McLaggen, Marcus Belby, (Inferi) DH (8+1): Charity Burbage, Mundungus Fletcher, Elphius Doge, Rufus Scrimgeour, Xenophilius Lovegood, Aunt Muriel, Bathilda Bagshot, Dirk Cresswell, (Giants)

I love this set, a shame we don't get proper hobbit hair for Bilbo or a new hat/hair piece for Gandalf though. Will the gwp be for this set, or on all lotr sets do we know?

Got to admit I've gone off Harry Potter lately, mostly because of the increasing unpleasantness of the creator, but also as the sheer amount of sets is getting a bit exhausting. I think the quality is pretty high though so that's good. I'm really liking what I'm seeing in the list for sets next year though, great to see Marge as a new minifig! And the huge tower is sure to have more new characters and variants. Aside from I think 2023 we have had a winter or Christmas themed set (excluding advent calenders) every year since 2019, so I hope there is another one for 2025, maybe another Yule Ball one.

Glad that there seems to be no figure in the shops set, I like it but don't feel bad for skipping it. Narcissa brings the unmade figures list down further. PS (7+2): Alicia Spinnet, Tom, Dedalus Diggle, Doris Crockford, King's Cross Guard, Bloody Baron, Augusta Longbottom, (Firenze, Unicorn) CoS (8): Millicent Bulstrode, Mr Mason, Mrs Mason, Ernie MacMillain, Penelope Clearwater, Mr granger, Mrs granger, Knockturn Alley witch PoA (2): Aunt Marge, Housekeeping Witch GoF (4): Roger Davies, Amos Diggory, Frank Brice, Eloise Midgen OotP(6): Mrs Figg, Zacharias Smith, Madam Bones, John Dawlish, Antonin Dolohov, Prof Grubbly-Plank HBP (6+1): Amycus Carrow, Alecto Carrow, Thorfinn Rowle, Katie Bell, Cormac McLaggen, Marcus Belby, (Inferi) DH (8+1): Charity Burbage, Mundungus Fletcher, Elphius Doge, Rufus Scrimgeour, Xenophilius Lovegood, Aunt Muriel, Bathilda Bagshot, Dirk Cresswell, (Giants) I guess we could get new students in the Duelling Club, Charms, and Flying Class, probably unlikely though. Aunt Marge in the Knight Bus may be an outside chance too?

This is great! My guess is it will be Bag End and the Party Tree with Gandalf's Horse and cart and maybe some more Hobbit Holes, but not the mill, pub, or bridge. For figures: FotR Bilbo from his party with proper hobbit hair in grey. Gandalf with hat/hair combo (probably not a new molded staff though?) The four main Hobbits, hopefully wihh new outfits (although the reuse of Rivendell torsos in Barad-Dur for Frodo and Sam doesn't bode well) Rosie Cotton. Some party guests, perhaps recognisable named Hobbits, perhaps just background ones. I think the hobbit house doors will now be smaller dishes than in the 2012 set too.