I am so happy that lego is bringing back older themes! From the three 90 years of play sets to rivendell to the new throwback Indiana Jones sets, this gives me a lot of hope. I’m a huge fan of lego throwbacks or at least references and easter eggs in current sets
I really hope that they remake a few lord of the rings sets like they have with the Indiana jones line. But there are no leaks currently so it probably won’t happen😢😢
Appreciate your technical insights! Your enthusiasm here is infectious! I did not purchase day one .. holding out for a deal and trying not to feel bad about that choice. The GWP with this was a big letdown for me. Wonderful review especially the gazebo shaking :-)
Barad-dûr would be so awesome, but I wouldn’t want to pay $500 for it. Orthanc was $200 when it came out. I know, it was 10 yrs. ago but still, $500 for Barad-dûr would be painful.
I’m one of those people who went on VIP release day, got there as soon as the line was through, and managed to pick one up- although, I’m also that person who shouldn’t have / can’t afford multiple crazy high priced sets, AND I also am not even super into LOTR- I was into the animated movies as a kid, but I haven’t read the books, and I’m going to watch the movies (I may have seen parts of them when they came out- but lego sucked me back into their wicked web with HP sets- I’m that nerd lol).. so, since I spent $ I shouldn’t have, and don’t know all of the reference material, I’d say the designers can applaud themselves on this one- and I truly hope that some day they continue the theme with “affordable” sets.. not that lego is all that “affordable” as an AFOL, but I also don’t HAVE to buy it. I just do. Because for some reason I keep getting sucked back in lol. Excellent review! Can’t wait to hear how the hell you got it home! Hopefully it was a domestic flight! Lol
Looks like the most beautiful set ever. But hard to decide if it's worth it, given how much space it takes up, and whether it would be better to just get a bunch of sets for that amount of money
Beautiful set. Fantastic review. The good news is that it’s likely Lego will revisit the LOTR theme..but if they didn’t plan for it, we’re likely going to have to wait quite a while if it happens
I have watched so many reviews of this set that I'm kinda losing interest in building it myself 😅the roof really looks like a sore to build. I'll probably get it anyway, it's LotR after all.
Same here I consumed every bit of content on this set before it released and I came to the conclusion that having the set itself would provide little to no extra value to me than the photos and video I have already seen about it.
On top of that I do own the set and like you said once built you can see the 500$ Also as you said “they know what they have” they can charge whatever on these upcoming sets they now see. And yes I will buy each one
$800 in Australia.. and it doesn’t reflect an equal wage exchange etc. There’s other factors like import taxes etc that increase prices unfairly there. The price purchasing parity has been all over the place the last few years
@@jakegalvin8509 in the movies Elrond wears hair in front. Just look up Elrond images and you’ll see it. Even though it isn’t much some hair is still infront. Same with Legolas and Arwen.