The Lord of the Rings

11377 LEGO® Icons The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ revealed: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of The Lord of the Rings

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It was December 27, 2001. The Knoller in Chief and I went to the movies to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary, as well as to enjoy a quiet night out with our two young children. It is hard to believe that this is now 25 years ago. Over the next few years, our wedding anniversary would be recognised as a chance to get out of the house together and catch up with the latest cinematic sage being released in the post Christmas period. We had both grown up with the Lord of the Rings and seeing the story translated into film was a defining moment in popculture for us both.

After the original run of sets based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit from over a decade ago, we have been getting a steady drip feed of related sets over the past few years: Starting with Rivendell, we have seen Barad-Dur and Bag End as ‘regular’ display sets, while we have also seen a selection of Brick Headz, a book nook, and more recently, Sauron’s Helmet. While our display spaces rapidly diminish, today, the LEGO Group are revealing their latest model: 11377 LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith.

This latest set will be available at the start of June (1st for LEGO Insiders, 4th for everyone else). It comes with 8278 pieces – measures over 23.5 in. (59cm) high, 24.5 in. (62 cm) wide, and 14.5 in. (37 cm) deep, and comes with 10 minfigures. It will be priced at $AUD 999.99 / £579.99 / €649.99 / $649.99.

LEGO set box for Minas Tirith from The Lord of the Rings, featuring detailed depiction of the iconic white city with intricate architecture, showcasing various towers and gates.
LEGO set box featuring the Lord of the Rings model, showing architectural details and mini-figures, including illustrations of its features on the sides.

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One Helmet to Rule them All: 11373 The Lord of the Rings: Sauron’s Helmet revealed.

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A detailed model of Sauron's helmet from The Lord of the Rings displayed on a pedestal in a modern interior setting.
LEGO Icons set featuring a model of Sauron's helmet from The Lord of the Rings, with 538 pieces, targeted at ages 18 and up.
Box packaging of LEGO Lord of the Rings Sauron set featuring the iconic helmet of Sauron, with artwork and images on the sides.

Things have been a little quiet on the Star Wars and Super Heros helmet cowl and bust collection lately. With 14 Star wars helmets released between 2020 and 2025; six marvel masks released between 2020 and 2025 and two Batman Cowls released in 2021, it has been a bit of a drip feed: a couple a year, with a small name plaque. Limited enough to be able to collect them all, and all imminently displayable.

Today, we get our first Helmet from The Lord Of The Rings – the Sauron’s Helmet. The set will released on March 1 and have 538 pieces, and unlike any Helmet series set before, it also comes with a Sauron minfigure. the set is priced at 129.99AUD / 69,99 USD / 74,99 EUR / 64,99 GBP .

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10367 LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook [Set review and lighting experiments]

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Illuminated LEGO structure featuring the Balrog from The Lord of the Rings in a book nook setup with fiery lighting effects.

I find the idea of a book nook appealing: a sculpture or landscape hiding out between the books on my shelves to provide a whimsical distraction in the quest for information, stories and ideas. I must confess, i was intrigued when I saw the Balrog revealed as the subject of a Book Nook based on the Lord of the Rings, but in reality, it seems right: a Mines of Moria ICONs set would probably incorporate far more action packed location, and so this location brings us an excuse to get a LEGO set focusing on a most sinister or foes, without needing to focus on a much much larger model, of wallet busting proportions. But how does this work out in real life? Is the build substantial? Does it brutally assail your finances? Let’s take a closer look.

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40761 The Lord of the Rings: Sméagol and Déagol. [Hands On review]

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As much as I like the Bag End build incorporated in 10354 The Shire (I keep wanting to call it ‘Bag End and a Long Awaited Party’), many people might want some kind of sweetener to go ahead and pick it up on opening week. I understand this. At $AUD399.99, it is an expensive set. So, will the LEGO Store Exclusive 40761 Sméagol and Déagol be enough to make you pull the trigger? The LEGO Group were kind enough to send a copy of the set over to look at, but it has probably been available for a few hours before we are able to publish our reviews.

Let’s dive in >ahem< and take a closer look.

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10354 The Shire: Part 1 The Minifigures

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While not as extravagant as 10316: Rivendell, the upcoming 10354 The Shire still has a lot to cover. While I am finishing the complete review, I thought we might look at the nine minifigures that come with this upcoming set. The Shire brings us nine minifigures: six old characters, and three new. Let’s take a look at how these figures compare with those found in 10316 Rivendell, and the previous wave of LEGO The Lord of the Rings sets, released in 2012-2013.

The LEGO Group provided this set for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

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The Road Goes Ever On: In Search Of Hobbits…

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I might be finding aspects of my LEGO® life a little chaotic at present. Some of this is of recent doing. Some of it relates to things I did over a decade ago.

I am quite excited by the new LEGO of The Rings: Rivendell set. I can’t wait to share my review with you. It will probably be the highest part count set I have ever put together. Before I do that, however, of course, I will have to build it. and I thought I might like to compare the minifigures with those from the initial release, a decade or so ago. And then one thing drove out another, as it were.

As I mentioned in the announcement of the set, Middle Earth has a special place in my LEGO MOC history. I came out of my Dark Ages and started exhibiting at back in 2010, but that was just a simple, somewhat quaint and primitive modular terrace house, built without enough time to get all the right Bricklink orders in before the due date. As such, it is decorated in the style of a student share house, somewhere in the 1970s or early ‘80s, complete with a poor choice in decor.

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