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Legoconfirmed it will beexpanding on its Lord of the Rings collectionsoon by posting a teaser of what’s to come on that front over the weekend. A solitary black brick switches to a Lego version of the Eye of Sauron when touched. The finer details of that set have now been revealed from its price to the Minifigures that will be included, and it will be available to buy a lot sooner than you might have thought, releasingthrough the Lego store on June 1.
As expected, Lego’s nextLord of the Ringsset is a toy brick recreation of Barad-dur and not just the Eye of Sauron that was shown in the teaser. While the height of the tower has not been confirmed, you’re going to need to make room for it if you have plans to make this your next build. Lego’s Barad-dur is made up of an impressive 5,471 pieces. A few hundred pieces shy of2023’s Rivendell set, but still evidence that Lego plans on making all of its new era Lord of the Rings sets long-term projects for older builders.
The price of the Barad-dur set reflects that too. Since the set will have fewer bricks than its Rivendell sibling, it won’t cost quite as much, but it’s still way up there on the price scale when it comes to licensed Lego sets. Almost 5,500 bricks that give you your very own slice of Modor once built will cost you $469.99 when the set goes up for sale on June 1. The set will also include nine Minifigures, and I know what you’re thinking but no, they aren’t simply the nine members of the Fellowship.
On the one hand that feels like a missed opportunity, but on the other doing that would have meant no Sauron Minifigures. There are two in this set alongside Frodo, Sam, Gollum, and four other characters. That does mean doubling up on some of the characters who were given the Minifigure treatment in the Rivendell set - Sam and Frodo - but those characters have been given different outfits for this new set.
Hopefully there are more Lord of the Rings Lego sets coming our way, especially with a Rings of Power season two teaser dropping very soon and confirmation that a new Peter Jackson-led movie set in Middle-earth is in the works. The size and detail that goes into Lego’s Lord of the Rings sets though suggests that one per year might be the best we can hope for. When each of them costs close to $500, that’s probably a blessing in disguise for our bank accounts.
