Thank you! I respectfully disagree about the Dune set though. Yes the minifigures are awesome and the set has some great functions, but it's just not that good looking of a build. Ugly midsection that's borderline unpresentable with horrendous color choices. I didn't even consider it for an honorable mention.
The Endurance was a good buy and nice looking ship. I was waiting a long time for the X-Men Mansion so I'm happy it was produced although it feels it could have been better. The Botanical Garden is a nice looking set, but I didn't get it.
My favourite is the Milano, not only the greatest Lego Marvel set in my opinion, but also the greatest Lego spaceship they've ever done (suck it, Star Wars fans lmao). Tbf fair though I do like the Dark Falcon, it's a bit more interesting an entry than the regular variant. My other favourites are the Fortnite Battle Bus, Minecraft Crafting Table, Zelda Great Deku Tree, LotR Bar-ad Dur, Glinda and Elphaba Buildable figures, and the Wicked Dormitory. Stellar year for Lego, definitely!
For me it easily goes to the Milano Spaceship. I absolutely adore the first Guardians film. So to be getting a behemoth of a build with the most iconic ship being the Milano. On top of that getting all the Guardians members in one set together. And the price for piece is near perfect, with 2,000 pieces for $180 you really can’t beat this set.
I'm a Harry Potter LEGO collector since Philosopher's Stone. I still have them since them. I have the original Durmstrung Ship, never really liked it, and I also dont very much like the new one. I agree it's perfect representation, but the ship has zero relevance in the story, we see it in at most three frames in the movie... so many other things I'd rather get. I wasn't at all wanting that, and that's definetely not one of my favorites from Harry Potter in 2024.
That's fair but like, we're in year 23 of LEGO Harry Potter. I think getting more random and obscure stuff is awesome. And yeah the screentime/relevance is low BUT it makes an immediate impact on just how cool it is coming out of the water. Thanks for the insight, but I have to disagree.
@BrickologyProductions well, good that they made it, then. Next let's hope we'll have one more for me. I'd very much like to see the maze, for example. With inputs from the creatures in the book.
LEGO usually tries to avoid making sets based on themes like religion, war, etc. They famously ripped the Jabba's Palace set from shelves and then cancelled a 2023 diorama version of it because it resembles a Mosque. I don't agree with it (and I'm glad they made Notre Dame) but it's just how they've bee for a while.
@BrickologyProductions Thats sad I think every culture has beautiful historical buildings, And its kinda sad we can't get some of them because they are religious.
Sadly to me Barad Dur was the most disappointing set of the year. It's probably my only 400eur+ lego set I've ever been underwhelmed by My top 5 sets of the year are 5. Either Hagrids Hut or the Deku Tree 4. Natural History Museum 3. Notre Dame 2. Endurance 1. Dungeons and Dragons Good year for Lego but nowhere near as good as 2023 (tho 2023 was just incredible so that doesn't really diminish 2024)
@@zhenchen7769 don't get me wrong it's still a good set, just imo the least great of the 400eur+ sets inown the scale is weird because they went semi minifigs scale, kind half miniscale, half not miniscale. It results in some really weird window and gate scaling and just some weird general proportions The interior is just mostly wasted, a third is used for a shitty movie meme The minifigs are... Meh... Sauron is incredible, mouth is good, the rest are... There. But the biggest issue is there are no 9. If the "good" set in Rivendell had the 9 walkers, the "evil" set Barad Dur absolutely should have had the 9 riders A few details are just undercooked imo like the rocks climbing up the tower ... It's still a good set but simply does not live up to any of my other 400+ sets and especially not Rivendell
@@joshlyman7059 thank you for the reply, I've been thinking about getting it cause most of the reviews were so positive. Very good insight into its problems. Any sets you would recommend over it?
@@zhenchen7769 well, absolutely Rivendell if you haven't got it yet, imo the single best Lego set Other big sets around Barad Dur price range I have that I love and would recommend are the Lion Knights Castle, Gringotts Bank, Avengers Tower I would also recommend the Eiffel Tower and the Titanic but those are more expensive and truly massive For this year's sets I would recommend the DnD set, absolutely gorgeous fantasy set with excellent minifigs and incredible detail As for smaller sets I think are incredible and would recommend I'd say the A Frame Cabin, the Lighthouse, the Indiana Jones Temple and the Hogwarts Castle and Grounds set That all being said, my Barad Dur opinion is purely my opinion, I recommend you check enough reviews or build videos and make your decision :) it is still a good set, there is no big Lego set I own that I dislike but one has to be my least favourite and that happens to be Barad Dur
NO ORNITHOPTER????!??!?!?! WTF. anyway, here's where you went wrong: drop harry potter at 10, drop Notre Dame at 7 - too many parts for such a small and inaccessible set, DEFINITELY DROP DEKU TREE AT 4 - OMG what a rip off are you insane?, Drop Milano at 2 - WTF are you thinking? add Ornithopter at 2, Botanial Garden not here? WTF?! Speed Champions needs some love at the 10 spot, that line is doing so many good things these days, either McLaren Formula 1 Car or Ferrari F40 would have been worthy. Anyway, you have terrible taste. I hope you do better next year.
You're taking this way too seriously, it's just my list. As for the Dune set, I think it's horribly flawed. Ugly looking build that compromised display for play--don't love it. Not sure what your complaint about Notre Dame is, that's what Architecture sets have always been. It looks so good. Ultimately, it's just a matter of taste, and I acknowledged that in the video. The Garden isn't my thing, I couldn't care less about it, and that's okay! Just because you disagree with my takes doesn't mean I need to "do better"
@@chuckturdburger4612 Midi scale Falcon is great, and I agree LEGO should make more small sets, but I wasn't making this list thinking about only value in mind. It's purely based on my personal preference and the quality of the builds.
@@BrickologyProductions Notre Dame is too dense. maybe that is a weird complaint. And yeah, larger architecture sets do that a lot, but for example Himeji Castle is just so much better and doesn't have as many parts/details hidden inside that you can't even see. just swap the pins on ornithopter. Yeah, lego should have included them, they probably thought people wouldn't be able to keep it all straight and mess up the build, but it's an easy enough fix and looks stunning afterwards. It's a marvel of lego engineering for a non-technic set and deserves credit for bridging that gap.
@@BrickologyProductions you are literally insane. What flaws? Swap the coloured pins you dweeb. sorry, too much hate? But seriously, it's an easy fix and looks incredible afterwards.
@@chuckturdburger4612 The colored pins look horrible, and that is what LEGO included with the set. You can't ignore a flaw a set has because you can modify it. If that's the case then no LEGO set is flawed ever because you can just change it. I also think the mid-section of the vehicle just looks clunky, not a huge fan of its appearance.
@@BrickologyProductions You can swap it for all black pins and set is gorgeous. Ok for Cole mech, but your never mentionned you didn't put Ninjago and/or maybe other themes out of your top
good list, but the dune ornithoroptor needed to make the list, genius build and immaculate minifigures
Thank you! I respectfully disagree about the Dune set though. Yes the minifigures are awesome and the set has some great functions, but it's just not that good looking of a build. Ugly midsection that's borderline unpresentable with horrendous color choices. I didn't even consider it for an honorable mention.
@@BrickologyProductions Horrendous color choices ? It's movie canon so yes.
@@samsufy8945 I'm talking about all the blue and red technic elements they use that are super visible.
@@BrickologyProductions yeah, totally valid, I replaced them with black technic pieces almost as soon as I got them so I forgot
The Endurance was a good buy and nice looking ship. I was waiting a long time for the X-Men Mansion so I'm happy it was produced although it feels it could have been better. The Botanical Garden is a nice looking set, but I didn't get it.
I rather miss the days when Lego did its own themes. Like Aquazone.
Yeah me too, the original themes aren't like they used to be.
For me, it was the Nightmare before christmas set, amazing building experience... BUT NO OOGIE BOOGIE IS A CRIME
Yeah no Oogie was such an L
My favorite lego themes.
Lego super Mario🥇
Lego Jurassic Park/world 🥈
Lego classics🥉.
Solid choices all around!
My two favorite things, college football and legos being in the same video, instantly subscribed after that line!
This comment made my day! Glad to see some more LEGO x CFB fans on here. Who you got winning the chip this season?
Great video keep them coming for 2025 and congrats on your continued success and growth .
Thank you! And I will! More videos to come every week
My favourite is the Milano, not only the greatest Lego Marvel set in my opinion, but also the greatest Lego spaceship they've ever done (suck it, Star Wars fans lmao). Tbf fair though I do like the Dark Falcon, it's a bit more interesting an entry than the regular variant.
My other favourites are the Fortnite Battle Bus, Minecraft Crafting Table, Zelda Great Deku Tree, LotR Bar-ad Dur, Glinda and Elphaba Buildable figures, and the Wicked Dormitory. Stellar year for Lego, definitely!
All great choices!
For me it easily goes to the Milano Spaceship. I absolutely adore the first Guardians film. So to be getting a behemoth of a build with the most iconic ship being the Milano. On top of that getting all the Guardians members in one set together. And the price for piece is near perfect, with 2,000 pieces for $180 you really can’t beat this set.
Yeah I agree completely. If it weren't for my love of LOTR that set would've bene no. 1.
Solid year for LEGO! Personally the Jaws set is the big winner for me
That's a great choice, Jaws is a beaut
Bros a generational lover
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Just basing this top 10 on the year Lego has had, I’d say this might be the best ever
I'm a Harry Potter LEGO collector since Philosopher's Stone. I still have them since them. I have the original Durmstrung Ship, never really liked it, and I also dont very much like the new one. I agree it's perfect representation, but the ship has zero relevance in the story, we see it in at most three frames in the movie... so many other things I'd rather get. I wasn't at all wanting that, and that's definetely not one of my favorites from Harry Potter in 2024.
That's fair but like, we're in year 23 of LEGO Harry Potter. I think getting more random and obscure stuff is awesome. And yeah the screentime/relevance is low BUT it makes an immediate impact on just how cool it is coming out of the water. Thanks for the insight, but I have to disagree.
@BrickologyProductions well, good that they made it, then. Next let's hope we'll have one more for me. I'd very much like to see the maze, for example. With inputs from the creatures in the book.
There's a lot of 2024 sets that I haven't built yet, but by far, my favorite was Notre Dame.
Same, my backlog is quite large. I really want Notre Dame, but I'm not sure I'll ever be able to afford it
The need a "Jaws: The Revenge" set, where the Shark ROARS!!!!
That would be hilarious haha
Wait whats the problem with a Church set? They have a Mosque set too.
LEGO usually tries to avoid making sets based on themes like religion, war, etc. They famously ripped the Jabba's Palace set from shelves and then cancelled a 2023 diorama version of it because it resembles a Mosque. I don't agree with it (and I'm glad they made Notre Dame) but it's just how they've bee for a while.
@BrickologyProductions Thats sad I think every culture has beautiful historical buildings, And its kinda sad we can't get some of them because they are religious.
I’ve only owned Barad-Dur for like 2 months and it’s already so dusty 😭😭😭 worth it tho
That's like the life of black LEGO sets... I would rec putting it in a room without carpet if you can
@@BrickologyProductionsI think I'm gonna buy a display case for the lord of the rings sets
@@zabro8064 you'll need a BIG case for those but worth it if you've got space
@@zabro8064 Moduspace has what you need. You can even get custom cases for truly gargantuan MOCs. My Barad-dur is spotless.
DND LEGO 😍😍😍😍😍
i agree with barad-dur being the best set of 2024
I'm glad we can agree on that, such an epic set
I don't think this is a fair list cause most people can't afford these
@SuperbGorilla the list was never about money, just the pure quality of the sets
The Chinese legos factories 🏭 never get cold
It’s me again. Will you live stream again?
Yes! I plan on doing another live build this week
Sadly to me Barad Dur was the most disappointing set of the year. It's probably my only 400eur+ lego set I've ever been underwhelmed by
My top 5 sets of the year are
5. Either Hagrids Hut or the Deku Tree
4. Natural History Museum
3. Notre Dame
2. Endurance
1. Dungeons and Dragons
Good year for Lego but nowhere near as good as 2023 (tho 2023 was just incredible so that doesn't really diminish 2024)
@@joshlyman7059 interested to hear your thoughts about how it disappointed you
@@zhenchen7769 don't get me wrong it's still a good set, just imo the least great of the 400eur+ sets inown
the scale is weird because they went semi minifigs scale, kind half miniscale, half not miniscale. It results in some really weird window and gate scaling and just some weird general proportions
The interior is just mostly wasted, a third is used for a shitty movie meme
The minifigs are... Meh... Sauron is incredible, mouth is good, the rest are... There. But the biggest issue is there are no 9. If the "good" set in Rivendell had the 9 walkers, the "evil" set Barad Dur absolutely should have had the 9 riders
A few details are just undercooked imo like the rocks climbing up the tower
...
It's still a good set but simply does not live up to any of my other 400+ sets and especially not Rivendell
@@joshlyman7059 thank you for the reply, I've been thinking about getting it cause most of the reviews were so positive. Very good insight into its problems. Any sets you would recommend over it?
@@zhenchen7769 well, absolutely Rivendell if you haven't got it yet, imo the single best Lego set
Other big sets around Barad Dur price range I have that I love and would recommend are the Lion Knights Castle, Gringotts Bank, Avengers Tower
I would also recommend the Eiffel Tower and the Titanic but those are more expensive and truly massive
For this year's sets I would recommend the DnD set, absolutely gorgeous fantasy set with excellent minifigs and incredible detail
As for smaller sets I think are incredible and would recommend I'd say the A Frame Cabin, the Lighthouse, the Indiana Jones Temple and the Hogwarts Castle and Grounds set
That all being said, my Barad Dur opinion is purely my opinion, I recommend you check enough reviews or build videos and make your decision :) it is still a good set, there is no big Lego set I own that I dislike but one has to be my least favourite and that happens to be Barad Dur
I agree 2023 was a much better year, but I don't understand the disappointment in Barad Dur. That set floored me
NO ORNITHOPTER????!??!?!?! WTF.
anyway, here's where you went wrong:
drop harry potter at 10, drop Notre Dame at 7 - too many parts for such a small and inaccessible set, DEFINITELY DROP DEKU TREE AT 4 - OMG what a rip off are you insane?, Drop Milano at 2 - WTF are you thinking?
add Ornithopter at 2, Botanial Garden not here? WTF?! Speed Champions needs some love at the 10 spot, that line is doing so many good things these days, either McLaren Formula 1 Car or Ferrari F40 would have been worthy.
Anyway, you have terrible taste. I hope you do better next year.
forgot the last replacement - Midi scale Millenium Falcon, lego should be encouraged to make sets that aren't stupidly big.
You're taking this way too seriously, it's just my list. As for the Dune set, I think it's horribly flawed. Ugly looking build that compromised display for play--don't love it. Not sure what your complaint about Notre Dame is, that's what Architecture sets have always been. It looks so good. Ultimately, it's just a matter of taste, and I acknowledged that in the video. The Garden isn't my thing, I couldn't care less about it, and that's okay! Just because you disagree with my takes doesn't mean I need to "do better"
@@chuckturdburger4612 Midi scale Falcon is great, and I agree LEGO should make more small sets, but I wasn't making this list thinking about only value in mind. It's purely based on my personal preference and the quality of the builds.
@@BrickologyProductions Notre Dame is too dense. maybe that is a weird complaint. And yeah, larger architecture sets do that a lot, but for example Himeji Castle is just so much better and doesn't have as many parts/details hidden inside that you can't even see.
just swap the pins on ornithopter. Yeah, lego should have included them, they probably thought people wouldn't be able to keep it all straight and mess up the build, but it's an easy enough fix and looks stunning afterwards. It's a marvel of lego engineering for a non-technic set and deserves credit for bridging that gap.
No dune ! No Cole mech ! Stop pretending you care about Lego.
I mentioned the Cole mech in my Top 10 Ninjago sets video. As for Dune, the set is way too flawed IMO to be considered.
@@BrickologyProductions you are literally insane. What flaws? Swap the coloured pins you dweeb. sorry, too much hate? But seriously, it's an easy fix and looks incredible afterwards.
@@chuckturdburger4612 The colored pins look horrible, and that is what LEGO included with the set. You can't ignore a flaw a set has because you can modify it. If that's the case then no LEGO set is flawed ever because you can just change it. I also think the mid-section of the vehicle just looks clunky, not a huge fan of its appearance.
Stop being rude its his opinion instead of being rude u could've just said ur opinion not be rude
@@BrickologyProductions You can swap it for all black pins and set is gorgeous.
Ok for Cole mech, but your never mentionned you didn't put Ninjago and/or maybe other themes out of your top