Gandalf vs Balrog Booknook is a mixed bag, and this is why it shall not PASS! Rohan battlepack when? I have some really important channel updates in this video. And right now your support means more than ever, I hope this is not the end of the channel but I will do my best to fight youtube on this. You can support me directly to keep making content here at the link below: patreon.com/JediBricks820 TO ENTER FELL BEAST GWP GIVEAWAY: 1. Subscribe to the channel 2. Comment on this video 3. like the video 4. Join the Patreon first 100 members FREE Winner in video 20th December ALSO: Paladin winner in next lego castle video ICONS RIVENDELL GIVEAWAY - The Brick News Discount Code: JEDIBRICKS40 www.bricknews.com.au/monthly-...
I loved your idea of pieceing out Minas Tirith the way they did with Hogwart's--that way everyone can buy a smaller set they like and then us crazy people could have all the sets to make one gigantic set.
Lego is doing everything to *technically* give us Gandalf vs Balrog but not actually give us Gandalf vs Balrog, why can't we simply get a regular set of that? Why? First those wierd big figures and now a booknook? Eh...
The booknook concept works well for any interior scenes, but kind of rules out any outside scenes we may have gotten with other set formats, but something like the Golden Hall of Meduseld could be incredible in this style
thank you, I appreciate this. I like have fun with making my videos but try to been informative and clear. Passionate Lego and Tolkien fan since I was a boy
I am glad that they're finally remaking LOTR sets, but being a poor college student, I really wish they would put out some smaller, cheaper sets alongside the larger ones.
sooo excited!! saving up for these amazing sets coming in! Thanks for the news, Sam! though I don't really like a book nook idea, a set with a balrog will be great!
I have been a Subscriber since you had 500 subs! It has been wonderful to be a part of the Jedi bricks community. I completely understand focusing away from RUclips especially in light of this unjust demonetization. I have enjoyed every video you’ve put out and I wish you success you in anything you pursue!
They just need to make some battle packs already. Gondor, Rohan, Uruk-Hai, Elven, etc. I missed out on the LOTR wave in 2012 and I will not miss out on it again, haha.
Keep in mind, as these are licensed, Lego doesn't have carte blanche to create whatever they want to from LOTR. Every idea has to be approved…or they are approached with an idea and have to work on mock-ups and proposals to make it happen. So it might not be a matter of Lego not wanting to do even smaller sets…it may be a part of their licensing deal to do these bigger more expensive sets. Maybe they have a fixed royalty per set sold rather than a % of the sale price? I don't know. I just wonder if they have all the creative say on what is produced. Unlikely.
@ Also Lego has learned lesson after lesson on banking their time & production bottlenecks on IP that doesn't sell…like Wish is the latest example. Bilbo's house? Definite sales…it's in the bag (*ba-doom…splash!*)
Really sorry this has happened to you fella. Hopefully some positive resolution can be found. You’ve been my go to Lego channel for some time now, always look forward to your vids and it would be sad to see you go. Wishing you the best ✊
I hope that I can have the Ringwraith I love Lego lore of the rings but couldn’t afford Barad-Dûr due at the time so know that I’m finally hopefully getting it for Christmas it would be awesome to win the set.
sorry to hear about the demonitisation problems :( hope you get it sorted! Really curious about this book nook idea! I hope it's big enough that we can possibly just use the pieces to create our own diorama if we dont want to use it as a booknook :D
Love your videos, I have bought both Rivendell and barad dur because of your videos. Keep up the great work!!!!! Thanks for this 2025 possible upcoming sets.
Another great video. We love everything you put out. Gutted that RUclips have demonitised your channel. How can they not see how much creative, individual content goes in. If anyome from yoube reads these comments please reinstate this channel for monetisation! It is our favourite channel
I’m super excited for all this new Lord of the Rings Lego. Annoyingly I only have room in my office for one of the big sets, so I’m gonna need to decide between Baradur or wait for Bag End. Sorry to hear about all the hassle with your channel, I always look forward to your updates!
Dude the monetization issue is so sad, im so sorry mate! Ive seen stuff like this happen to so many people and it just sucks and is so unfair. Im sure as long as you can continue, even if its a bit less than usual, itll all work out fine and soon enough someone at youtube will notice and let your channel get monetized again. Praying for you man 🙏 When you get monetized again, maybe fewer clips will be a safer way to go. Even tho your editing is definitely enough, if youtube is being hard about it i guess the only way is to compromise and work safer, its their game they can mess channels around as they please unfortunately
Fingers crossed we get an epic Balrog build! Love the channel, so sorry to hear about the recent developments I hope you’re able to successfully fight it 🙏!
I can't wait to see how the actual sets are although I was really hoping for some battlepacks. Also you should make another video on your medieval kingdom!
i have so many ideas for it! but the demonisation has really caused me problems. i left my job to focus on yotuube last month which was allowing for projects like that. I stayed up 24 hours straight to record each episode i've released so far so far. Ive had to go back to my job and take overtime to pay the bills. Until youtube supports me - its going to be hard to continue Pelargir. But this comment meant a lot man, ill try get an christmas episode out this month
@@Jedi.Bricks Oh man that really sucks YT has so many other creators that should be demonitized but they focus on a small Lego news channel. Also fair enough I understand how long it can be to create longer form high quality story content like that so I totally get it. Best wishes man!
I’ve had loved a balrog set along the lines of the Marvel Thor v Surtur one - a large balrog figure, a handful of goblins and then Gandalf. Otherwise, surely the LOTR sets are primed for diaramas? So many iconic scenes and quotes. Army building sets would be a licence to print money for Lego - sure fire hit. Tough hearing what RUclips have done to your channel though mate
same here. Battle packs that would go hand in hand with the 2 big sets (Rivendell and Barad-dur) and others would be nice. The book nook is a hard pass for me.
I'm definitely nervous to see how the book nooks will turn out. For $120 I was hoping for an epic diorama and not a book nook since I feel like book nooks are normally pretty small.
For Gondor! I have been waiting for lego to make one of those for some time now, and what an epic way to receive it, than in the LotR form! hyped already
I’m excited for smaller sets, but also worried we could lose the legendary top-end sets like Rivendell and Barad-due. And I agree-I would love dioramas.
Gandalf and the Balrog 10000% needed to be a diorama!!! I'm sure Lego will do it justice, such an iconic scene deserves to be a bigger set though! Bummer about the de-monetization dude your channel was going places.
I’m really looking forward to the book book. The Marvel Surtur set gave me many nice pieces to use for a Balrog, as did that one Nexo Knights big fig piece, but I’d love to see LEGO’s take.
Love the video. My wallet is feeling the pain already from Rivendell and Barad Dur. Is it possible to be happy and sad at the same time for the new sets coming?!?!
thanks mate! Looking into everything but I don't think there is much I can do sadly. will have to monetise in other ways which will be way less but best I can do with things to keep it running as long as possible. And me too man, these new sets were welcome good news :) hope your doing alright dude Reply
I’m intrigued by the book nook. That’s a scene I really want in set form, so I’m happy that’s what got chosen. However, I think it’ll be a Gandalf minifig on a small bridge of khazad-dûm build with a mosaic Balrog backdrop. That makes sense to me for a bookshelf display piece of the scene, but I would much prefer a standard diorama with a brick built Balrog, like the Jurassic Park T-Rex breakout. If the book book is done well, I think it could be a good innovation on Lego’s part. I’d prefer to see smaller $50-60 dioramas of famous scenes from the movies. Personally, I don’t need playsets (fortunate to have almost all of the original two waves) but they wouldn’t hurt
Gandalf vs Balrog Booknook is a mixed bag, and this is why it shall not PASS!
Rohan battlepack when?
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I would love a fellbeast! This is my submission!
I loved your idea of pieceing out Minas Tirith the way they did with Hogwart's--that way everyone can buy a smaller set they like and then us crazy people could have all the sets to make one gigantic set.
For Gondor!
For Gondor!!
I'm a little bit confused and relatively new to Patreon, how do I sign up as one of those first 100 for free? 😃
Book nooks is such a clever theme for Lego to make, even though I wish they'd give us a regular Balrog set!
For Gondor!
For the shire
For Lego!
For the fans!
Lego is doing everything to *technically* give us Gandalf vs Balrog but not actually give us Gandalf vs Balrog, why can't we simply get a regular set of that? Why? First those wierd big figures and now a booknook? Eh...
The lord of the rings sets are the first thing that make me as excited for Lego as I was as a kid. Really excited for these
29 here and just getting back into legos because of LoTR sets. I'm also considering some Star Wars and Batman buys
@@MaybachDaysame, I will buy Star Wars sometimes if I can get a deal, I feel like those sets are often poorly priced, but amazing designs.
Finally more sets, i missed the og waves and im really happy they are doing more
I hope they don't cheap out the balrog, like they did with Surtur. I'm personally not a fan of large Bionicle-like pieces.
Really hoping the balrog is a good size!
Sorry to hear about the RUclips drama. :(
As a huge LOTR, LEGO and book nerd, the Gandalf & Balrog booknook sounds amazing! I'm all about the more affordable sets as well.
The booknook concept works well for any interior scenes, but kind of rules out any outside scenes we may have gotten with other set formats, but something like the Golden Hall of Meduseld could be incredible in this style
Can’t wait for more LOTR sets, going to need a bigger house to fit them in
I hope they remonetize you, I've appreciated the direct and to-the-point info you've given us lately.
thank you, I appreciate this. I like have fun with making my videos but try to been informative and clear. Passionate Lego and Tolkien fan since I was a boy
I am glad that they're finally remaking LOTR sets, but being a poor college student, I really wish they would put out some smaller, cheaper sets alongside the larger ones.
sooo excited!! saving up for these amazing sets coming in! Thanks for the news, Sam! though I don't really like a book nook idea, a set with a balrog will be great!
If they do the scene, you shall not pass, I want the whole party and goblins. Lego does't play fair.
I'd rather have dioramas than book nooks
I have been a Subscriber since you had 500 subs! It has been wonderful to be a part of the Jedi bricks community. I completely understand focusing away from RUclips especially in light of this unjust demonetization. I have enjoyed every video you’ve put out and I wish you success you in anything you pursue!
Can not wait for this years Lego set
They just need to make some battle packs already. Gondor, Rohan, Uruk-Hai, Elven, etc. I missed out on the LOTR wave in 2012 and I will not miss out on it again, haha.
Where are the sets at 2:19 from?? Or are those custom mods???
Considering that this year we lost the king of Rohan I’m genuinely surprised that LEGO is making a Rohan set in his name.
hey man love the content ! keep it up!
Love the content man! Hopefully you can keep in going
Where can I get the instructions for that beautiful Doors of Durin diorama???
Good news. Enrolling for the GWP Fell Beast 😊 Supporting your work and channel!
You should make a moc of Edoras.
Keep in mind, as these are licensed, Lego doesn't have carte blanche to create whatever they want to from LOTR. Every idea has to be approved…or they are approached with an idea and have to work on mock-ups and proposals to make it happen.
So it might not be a matter of Lego not wanting to do even smaller sets…it may be a part of their licensing deal to do these bigger more expensive sets. Maybe they have a fixed royalty per set sold rather than a % of the sale price? I don't know. I just wonder if they have all the creative say on what is produced. Unlikely.
interesting point, definitely possible! and would explain their choices better
@ Also Lego has learned lesson after lesson on banking their time & production bottlenecks on IP that doesn't sell…like Wish is the latest example.
Bilbo's house? Definite sales…it's in the bag (*ba-doom…splash!*)
Really sorry this has happened to you fella. Hopefully some positive resolution can be found. You’ve been my go to Lego channel for some time now, always look forward to your vids and it would be sad to see you go. Wishing you the best ✊
really lookin forward for the new sets!
I hope that I can have the Ringwraith I love Lego lore of the rings but couldn’t afford Barad-Dûr due at the time so know that I’m finally hopefully getting it for Christmas it would be awesome to win the set.
sorry to hear about the demonitisation problems :( hope you get it sorted! Really curious about this book nook idea! I hope it's big enough that we can possibly just use the pieces to create our own diorama if we dont want to use it as a booknook :D
Love your videos, I have bought both Rivendell and barad dur because of your videos. Keep up the great work!!!!! Thanks for this 2025 possible upcoming sets.
Any news on the minifigs in bag end?
Where is the link for patreon
@@Investwithmatthew patreon.com/JediBricks820 it’s here, thanks for supporting man :)
For Gondor!!
I'm just starting to introduce my kid to Lord of the Rings. We can build while we watch.
Another great video. We love everything you put out. Gutted that RUclips have demonitised your channel. How can they not see how much creative, individual content goes in. If anyome from yoube reads these comments please reinstate this channel for monetisation! It is our favourite channel
thank you so much! I appreciate it, im trying to get in touch with them - hopefully this video and these comments help.
I’m super excited for all this new Lord of the Rings Lego. Annoyingly I only have room in my office for one of the big sets, so I’m gonna need to decide between Baradur or wait for Bag End. Sorry to hear about all the hassle with your channel, I always look forward to your updates!
For Gondor, I’m happy they’re rereleasing the theme like they did with Harry Potter in 2018, I can’t wait for the sets to come out !
"smaller sets" 120€... Damn...
Wasn't interested in buying Lego when the promo came out for barad dur , such a nice inclusion and really helps with the 460 price tag.
Thanks for the news and rumours. I'd love to see more affordable sets.
Thanks for the update on the new sets. Huge LOTR fan and love the show brother!!
Dude the monetization issue is so sad, im so sorry mate! Ive seen stuff like this happen to so many people and it just sucks and is so unfair. Im sure as long as you can continue, even if its a bit less than usual, itll all work out fine and soon enough someone at youtube will notice and let your channel get monetized again. Praying for you man 🙏
When you get monetized again, maybe fewer clips will be a safer way to go. Even tho your editing is definitely enough, if youtube is being hard about it i guess the only way is to compromise and work safer, its their game they can mess channels around as they please unfortunately
Getting demonetized for showing movie clips is the dumbest thing I've ever heard, f*** youtube.
Excited to find this channel! Cheers!
Bag end- a must!!
Gandalf vs durins bane- a must!!
Omg so happy
Fingers crossed we get an epic Balrog build! Love the channel, so sorry to hear about the recent developments I hope you’re able to successfully fight it 🙏!
Thanks for all you do, my friend. Love the dioramas too!
For Gondor! I not to excited for the book nook. But I hope it is good and at some point we get a wave of smaller sets. Thanks for the update.
Love how quick you are with the updates
Whish you all the best! Love your channel ❤
I can't wait to see how the actual sets are although I was really hoping for some battlepacks. Also you should make another video on your medieval kingdom!
i have so many ideas for it! but the demonisation has really caused me problems. i left my job to focus on yotuube last month which was allowing for projects like that. I stayed up 24 hours straight to record each episode i've released so far so far. Ive had to go back to my job and take overtime to pay the bills. Until youtube supports me - its going to be hard to continue Pelargir. But this comment meant a lot man, ill try get an christmas episode out this month
@@Jedi.Bricks Oh man that really sucks YT has so many other creators that should be demonitized but they focus on a small Lego news channel. Also fair enough I understand how long it can be to create longer form high quality story content like that so I totally get it. Best wishes man!
Thanks for the update. Cannot wait for the new sets!!!
I’ve had loved a balrog set along the lines of the Marvel Thor v Surtur one - a large balrog figure, a handful of goblins and then Gandalf. Otherwise, surely the LOTR sets are primed for diaramas? So many iconic scenes and quotes. Army building sets would be a licence to print money for Lego - sure fire hit. Tough hearing what RUclips have done to your channel though mate
I really hope they do some battle packs, perfect for the medieval collector. Not a fan of the book nook though :(
same here. Battle packs that would go hand in hand with the 2 big sets (Rivendell and Barad-dur) and others would be nice. The book nook is a hard pass for me.
I’ve been subbed for a while. Thanks for the content that you put out and sorry to hear about the troubles on the channel.
Really hoping the Bag End set will be elevated to the detailed quality of the recent Rivendell set. Great video. Thanks!
Kind of hoped that Gandalf vs Durins Bane would be a diorama. Anyways a fantastic video
For Frodo!
Awesome reveal! Hoping for more smaller sets as the ginormous ones are out of my budget. Hope RUclips fixes the issues with your channel!
Great video! I like the book nook idea, it will definitely help with lack of Lego storage!
"For Gondor" TLG needs to see this and give us anything from the middle act of TROK.
I'm definitely nervous to see how the book nooks will turn out. For $120 I was hoping for an epic diorama and not a book nook since I feel like book nooks are normally pretty small.
Guess it’s time to buy another lego bookshelf for display! A small investment for my favorite Lego series!
For Gondor!
I have been waiting for lego to make one of those for some time now, and what an epic way to receive it, than in the LotR form! hyped already
Glad to finally see a return to such a beloved franchise. For Gondor!
I’m excited for smaller sets, but also worried we could lose the legendary top-end sets like Rivendell and Barad-due. And I agree-I would love dioramas.
Your dioramas look so so good!!! Lego ideas builds and voting is needed
Really like the return of smaller sets. Back to the way of the older sets but built differently which means a new build experience!
Gandalf and the Balrog 10000% needed to be a diorama!!! I'm sure Lego will do it justice, such an iconic scene deserves to be a bigger set though! Bummer about the de-monetization dude your channel was going places.
Awesome news!! I hope LEGO keeps making these!
I think book nooks are an excellent theme for LEGO to venture into. Thanks for the info!
Great info! Excited for new sets!
For the Fell Beast!
I’m excited to win
For Gondor!
Definitely interested to see how the book nook style will turn out
Dude that sucks about the demonitization. Are there no other ways to appeal or fix it?
Very excited for more LOTR LEGO. The last two sets have been so well done.
I’m really looking forward to the book book. The Marvel Surtur set gave me many nice pieces to use for a Balrog, as did that one Nexo Knights big fig piece, but I’d love to see LEGO’s take.
I love your videos man, youtube unsubbed me and i guess I never realized, and have an amazing Christmas!
Sunscribed mate - good luck
Amazing, can't decide which is better, so will buy them both!
I love the icons and I'm in the fortunate position to get them, but it's great to see smaller sets so everyone can enjoy this theme!
Thanks for the lotr leaks, I am really happy Lego is releasing more.
So excited to get more LOTR sets! Thanks so much for making these videos!
Really excited for more Lord of the Rings sets. Especially the balrog!
Excited to hear about the new sets coming. Your content is always great! disappointed to hear about youtube!
Thanks for the great update!
Thank you for the update
Just an idea but they could release smaller sets like the hp books, but based on iconic moments from chapters from the lotr books/movies 😊
That new balrog and gandalf set rumor is a bit disappointing, but considering it's a new design hopefully it will turn out great!
Love the video. My wallet is feeling the pain already from Rivendell and Barad Dur. Is it possible to be happy and sad at the same time for the new sets coming?!?!
VERY excited to see what 2025 will bring for lego 'Lord of the Rings', I really think this is the beginning of a great rebirth for the theme!
Excited to see this range getting developed 👍
so excited for all the new sets 🤩 thanks for sharing ! Hope I win the fell beast 🖤
Sucks that the de-monetized you. There’s gotta be someone else you can talk to at RUclips. Great video Sam- can’t wait til April- 5 more months😢
thanks mate! Looking into everything but I don't think there is much I can do sadly. will have to monetise in other ways which will be way less but best I can do with things to keep it running as long as possible. And me too man, these new sets were welcome good news :) hope your doing alright dude
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Exciting! Thx for the video.
Love the idea of Book Nooks! Also fingers crossed for the Fell Beast!
hello! Great vid, love your Lego LotR news! would like the fell beast!
For Gondor! Reserving judgement on the Balrog set, but that does seem a big price point. I hope it isn't the next "Star Wars dioramas" range....
I’m intrigued by the book nook. That’s a scene I really want in set form, so I’m happy that’s what got chosen. However, I think it’ll be a Gandalf minifig on a small bridge of khazad-dûm build with a mosaic Balrog backdrop. That makes sense to me for a bookshelf display piece of the scene, but I would much prefer a standard diorama with a brick built Balrog, like the Jurassic Park T-Rex breakout. If the book book is done well, I think it could be a good innovation on Lego’s part. I’d prefer to see smaller $50-60 dioramas of famous scenes from the movies. Personally, I don’t need playsets (fortunate to have almost all of the original two waves) but they wouldn’t hurt
For Gondor! :) Thanks for another great video and Lego LOTRO news!