Yes the white tree is from Minas Tirith, I apologize for not putting that one together! To be fair, Return of the King is my least favorite of the trilogy, I’ve only seen it a few times, whereas I’ve watched Fellowship & Two Towers more than a dozen times. I promise I’m not a fake fan, I just don’t like spiders…
Not gonna lie, I've never thought lego would go down the object source lighting route. It's absolutey appropriate, and from a distance, I could swear that there is some sort of lighting effect in the eye of Sauron. Well, there is, but I mean a powerfull one. I won't buy this, but this set is freaking amazing.
@@j.m.w.5064 you do know that adding lighting to this set would be an additional $30-40 right? Online stores that make light kits specifically for sets, and there's already ones for Barad-Dûr, adds an additional $30-40 to the already $460 set. Be glad they at least gave the illusion of light from the lava and the Eye of Sauron.
There will be a Great Trio: 1 - Rivendell, where the Fellowship of the Ring was born. 2 - Barad Dur as one of the Two Towers. 3 - Minas Tirith, where the Return of the King took place.
What about Edoras? this could be amazing set... both Edoras and Minas Tirith can be bought on aliexpress if you are not an orthodox and don't mind some not genuine Lego sets
This set is phenomenal, the only complaint that I have is that Frodo and Samwise should have outfits that reflect their appearances in Return Of The King.
14:35 is the White tree of Gondor in Minas Tirith. Maybe this city or Bag End will be next UCS set? It would be nice, if they made some smaller sets tho.
That's not Mount Doom attached to the tower, m8. Barad-dur was constructed about 30 miles away from the mountain. Awesome set. The 'glow' color effect really works.
The only thing, that I feel would make this set perfect would have been including a Witch King of Angmar minifig. But besides that, I'd love to see more LOTR sets, give me battlepacks, give me Minas Tirith and Minas Morgul, Osgiliath, the Golden Hall of Edoras. There is so much they can do with LOTR alone that they missed out on 10 years ago.
Palantir was showing the predictions of the future that Sauron showed. First the burning of the King's tree on top of Minas Tirith that gets its leaves back once the king of Gondor returns. Second one is the burning of the shire which was skipped in the movies but is an event at the end of the books.
There's also a part in the movie which shows Hobbits being worked as slaves and Saruman also mentions that "the old world will burn on the fires of industry". But yes, the war on the Shire with Sharkey was left out from the movies.
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These are the sets that make me really wish I had the space to build and display them proudly. Alas , I do not. Very glad it exists, none the less. Super cool LOTR set!
The movement of the eye is really cool. My biggest gulp was when you said tower of orthanc was over a decade ago, I feel like I picked it up yesterday. Scary
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I'm so excited for this set.. I bought a new shelf just to have the space for it.. I love love love how it's not just ALL BLACK.. that is honestly what sold it for me.
Same with Minas Tirith. Gonna be hard to capture it without increasing the price tag. I really wonder where they go from here. Maybe just Shire or Moria.
I'd love that next so we can have a beginning, middle, and end of the events of the books/movies. But for now, I like the bookend of the beginning and end of the Fellowship's journey with the ring
The thing with Helm's Deep is it would HAVE to be scaled in a way that minifigs can man the walls, have stairs big enough, and big rooms. Whereas with this set it's obviously scaled way down, and even Minas Tirith would be able to have small walls/platforms and then little buildings that are mini scale. Helm's deep would need that proper scaling though
@@Evelyn-qt3hi on that note, Helms Deep would also need to come with maybe 20 minifigs to make the scene, especially if there are still no smaller "battle pack" sets to build an army with.
to be honest i whant Minas morgul with the Witch King of angmar and the other 9 wraiths and there Fell beasts. would be great to see MInas Morgul or rather Minas Ithil
@@borkwoof696I assume you mean to ask which minifigs are missing, the witch king is one, the ring wraith in the gwp could have been another or just throw in another orc. Another option is a large troll fig that we see opening the gates instead of 2 figs. Many options tbh.
@@1by1Brick trolls are never seen opening the gates of Barad-Dur. That was the black gate to Mordor. The witch king also isn’t associated with Barad-Dur. He resides in Minas Morgul and would make more sense in other sets. Yeah, another orc would have been nice I guess but does that really make a difference?
Just a note on lore: the mountain range that Barad Dur is built on is not Mount Doom, it's a branch of the Ered Lithui ( ash mountains aka the northern of the two mountain ranges enclosing Mordor). Mount Doom is actually south east of Barad Dur across the plain of Gorgoroth. This is actually a bit wrong look at @mygoal2 's comment for what its supposed to be
I think it's South-West and not South-East. And Barad Dur is at the South of the first (from the West/left) branch of Ered Lithium. I have the map under my eyes.
16:44 The numbers align with the “Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie”
I passed on Rivendell because it didn't feel particularly useful for my style of brickfilming (plus my brother got it, so I can always borrow his if I need it). But Bara-Dur....hmmm....they might force my hand on this one.
I hope that lego sells the slimmest tower bits (the stackable ones) as a pick a brick marketplace set. Wouldn't mind paying extra 50-60-70$ for an opportunity to boost the height. Could be without interior and parts /digital manual only.
I’m sure there will be part list and instruction for that section out soon. Thinking about add one extra section myself. I think it would look better for the proportion.
@@rookies10001 unfortunately no, it won't help much. The Tower is just too thick when compared to the base, you would have to enlarge that one too. I'm thinking about throwing out interior of the tower and trim the fat a little, but I must check the instruction first if that's even viable option.
Mouth of Sauron's head is a bit disappointing. He's iconic for his different facial expressions so it's a shame he only has one, especially when the crown completely covers the back of his head.
Maybe it would look stupid, but I'm imagining the taller minifig legs for Sauron, and I think it would have been awesome if they included both regular, and those long legs, just as an option, and in case people wanted to have him in a battle scene, he really should tower above other figures. I also would've liked his helmet/armor mold to have been painted.
Nimloth: the white Tree of Gondor, pippin had an encounter with the palantir (crystal ball) showing him a vision of the burning of the tree of gondor and the other one is a reff to the the scouring of the shire which wasnt in the movie except by vision of Frodo in Lothlorien Forrest in the presence of Galadriel.
Now we need a minas Tirith set. Helms deep or Edoras aren't bad ideas either. Moria, Lothlorien, Falls of Rauros, updated weathertop, Black gate, dead marshes, or valley of the dead, and Oroduin would all be superb sets as well. There's so much potential for the LoTR line of lego that I really hope they capitalize on.
There’s something so wholesome with Sauron just sitting down at a table with the Mouth and five other orcs and just eating some food together. But neglecting that, it is nice that they included a Sauron mini figure since it’s implied in the books that he had a form like that during the time of LOTR. Highlighted in Gollum’s line, “Nine of them [Fingers] he has”.
just finished barad dur. it’s a phenomenal build and displays so well. everyone who’s seen it so far can’t stop looking at it and playing around with the throne, and the eye. sauron is amazing and gothmog is a awesome figure. i missed out on GWP but heavily considering buying aftermarket. hopefully lego green lit some more LOTR projects internally with the excellent sales of barad dur.
@@xyzne4531 why do you tell a grown adult what to do with their time and money😂. this video is obviously an advertisement, lego sent him the set for free🤣. if you can tell me not to spend my hard earned money on legos then i can tell you to make more money and not be broke so you can afford to spend 500$ on a hobby on yours. every time i’ve commented on a video about lego barad dur i get a lame comment complaining about the price of the set. it just amazes me people think they can tell other people what to do 🤣 get a life and stop hating on everyone and you might be happier!!
@@xbwkaosxnsh188 Its not only the price. The point is that the Quality of this set is bad. And the point is that Lego is only able to release such bs sets because of fanboys like u.
Day 1 pickup for me. I love how in one of the shots you took it looks like the eye is glowing but is really just legos amazing work using different colors by the eye.
I wasn’t planning on getting this set and I still prefer Rivendell. But I’m liking this more than I thought I would. I just don’t know where I’m going to put it 😅
19:40 This palantir is actually almost exactly like the one from the Gandalf vs Saruman set, but in that set you get a cool eye of Sauron minifigure head.
The difference in design between the two towers over a decade apart shows how much they have improved. Barad-dur looks so much better and the detail and color choices among the whole set really makes it feel more alive.
I prefer the old gollum because his hands let you place the ring on it like other minifigures, while with this one you can only clip it on sideways. The new one's fine though.
I hope that white tree is perhaps a nod to the next big LoTR set… man I would EASILY drop $800 or more for Minas Tirith. It give it everything it deserves it could honestly be the biggest lego set ever.
I do have an issue with the writing here. Lego seems to have made up their own runic alphabet that looks roughly similar to English - it’s not Cirth, or Angerthas, or anything Tolkien created.
I feel there is a lot of criticism towards the use of non gray/black parts, especially for the mountain rocks, but after looking at it for some time I do think that it actually works well. The tan parts of the rock for example looked jarring to me at first but over time they slowly become less common and create a very nice lighting effect. This is especially well done near the eye, I keep thinking in pictures that they added a light source, but its just good color work.
Love how you didnt recommend people buy multiple of these for the taller tower and instead wait for brickable etc, thanks for looking out for us while still reviewing great Lego sets!
I haven’t fully seen LOTR but this set is epic. The figures are just dope and I hope LEGO makes some affordable sets for this theme especially introducing all those new accessories.
Just impressive. As an adult, I would rather buy one very large, expensive set with decorative value than several small ones that look like a toy. This set combines the two things I love: display features and playability with minifigs.
@@GoatzombieBubba Yes, but Barad-Dur is not in perfect scale, makers even said that you could buy another set to make it higher like in movies. Another thing is that Orthang would be just tower like the older set and Barad-Dur has also many pieces used at the bottom of the build, i think they should cost similar and has similar amount of brics.
It's complete unacceptable that LEGO would put stickers in a set this expensive. Pain in the butt factor of applying them perfectly aside, this is a collectors set which is meant to stay on people's shelves for years and years. Stickers will decay and fade naturally over time (especially in higher humidity environments) which completely undermines the fact that this is supposed to be a display piece. Stickers as a whole are just a dark shadow that looms over LEGO they just won't drop, all in the name of slightly increased profits.
Only thing I see missing is the giant rucksack that Sam was still carrying all the way up until the rocks at the mountain base of the tower. It would be a really easy piece to include. I don't play, build or collect Lego anymore- but if I did, that would be my one add.
The movies never show any characters going to Barad Dur, (except for Gollum I guess) and we never see the inside. I don't think the Minifigures are meant to reflect characters that went to the location, they're just cool LOTR figures
Glad you can seperate the parts in case of photographs and other stuff. Even with 18+ you will play with this. Really nice, love the details. Cracy how big it is. I did´t think the Isengard tower was that big. Amazing.
19:57 Fun Fact!: In the universe of Peter Jackson's trilogy, Orthanc stands at 500 feet tall, while Barad-Dûr stands at a staggering 5,000 feet tall, being 10x bigger than Orthanc. If you wanted an Orthanc in the same relative scale as the Barad-Dûr set, without any modifications to Barad-Dûr, Orthanc would be about 4 bricks tall, while a Barad-Dûr in the same relative scale with Orthanc, without any modifications, would have to be about 304 bricks tall. In short, Orthanc to Barad-Dûr's height would have to be 8.8x smaller than the official Tower of Orthanc set, while Barad-Dûr to Tower of Orthanc's height would have to be 8.8x bigger.
One criticism: I think, Sam & Frodo should have new (more accurate to the scene) torso & head prints (dirtier/ more tired faces, and appropriate, ragged outfits) and also would be cool if it included chest plates for them to disguise into. But apart from that the set is pretty sick!
The build looks amazing, the minifigs aswell, Sauron and Gothmog are so great. I already have the mouth of Sauron, but the new model looks great. Lego make paper bags ? That s actually really great for environment, I didn't know they did that. I suppose it s actually more expensive for them, but I would be ready to pay 20 more euros for having paper rather than plastic bags.
The sets being expensive makes sense when you think about it, the LOTR movies are over 20 years old now and the books 70 and (until very recently) there hasn't been any new LOTR media. SO most people buying these would be older anyway (25-40) so "play-sets" are probably not going to reach a big enough market. This older market has the money to drop on such indulgences.
Yes, of course! Anyone over 20 automatically has loads of disposable cash, and endless space! That makes sense. I'd forgotten that. Everywhere I look people are asking for affordable, smaller lotr sets. Also, the Hobbit movies came out 10 years ago.
I'd love for Lego to keep making these massive LotR sets, and alternating between good and evil. Like the next set be Minas Tirith, then maybe after that we get a remade Orthanc (could reuse orcs from this set and reintroduce Uruk Hai and Lurtz), then after that we get Helm's Deep using more of the Uruk Hai, then maybe we see the Black Gate in a more impressive way and see Aragorn in his gondor outfit, reuse a gondor and rohan soldier, a couple orcs, our first Olog Hai with armor. The possibilities are endless
Definitely need "normally" priced playsets. Not even 18+ branded. Just because a set is not "18+" and has playfeatures doesn't make it any less attractive for adults, honestly. I wish I had the old Moria and Helm's Deep. I own and I am very fond of the weathertop. LEGO is a toy first and foremost and adult fans understand that. Scaling is a compromise and it still looks great. I am getting this in the store on june first to flex a little but I'd recommend Rivendel instead. I wish we got a proper Lord of the Rings like. I am fed up with Star Wars and disney content so I'll have some $ from sets I refuse to buy anymore.
Yes the white tree is from Minas Tirith, I apologize for not putting that one together! To be fair, Return of the King is my least favorite of the trilogy, I’ve only seen it a few times, whereas I’ve watched Fellowship & Two Towers more than a dozen times. I promise I’m not a fake fan, I just don’t like spiders…
Seen dozens of times but still say "RivenDALE"?
My man called him Saul-ron
If you like LOTR I highly recommend reading the books at least once. Don't bother with the simarillion
Return of the king least favorite?!?! Whattttttttt
Return of the King is easily the best the best one!
"A tree on fire?" Bro that's the white tree of Gondor!!!
I honestly did not put that together 😅
my thought word by word XD
Yeah he is a fake fan
Not fake. He said at the beginning that he is a Star Wars fan, not LOTR.
Nah bro, that tree is from Elden Ring, Git Gud next time.
I love how brown and orange-brown pieces are used near the lava and fire to give the illusion of a glow. It's so cool
my favourite part of the set
Not gonna lie, I've never thought lego would go down the object source lighting route. It's absolutey appropriate, and from a distance, I could swear that there is some sort of lighting effect in the eye of Sauron. Well, there is, but I mean a powerfull one.
I won't buy this, but this set is freaking amazing.
I believe the word you're looking for is gradient 😌
So you buy half a tower for 460,- and you applaud them for them not being capable of using actual lighting? Seriously?
@@j.m.w.5064 you do know that adding lighting to this set would be an additional $30-40 right? Online stores that make light kits specifically for sets, and there's already ones for Barad-Dûr, adds an additional $30-40 to the already $460 set. Be glad they at least gave the illusion of light from the lava and the Eye of Sauron.
19:58 in universe, Orthanc is slightly over 500 ft and Barad Dûr is 4,482 feet
Nerd
Shut up, wesley! We are all nerds here
@@wesleyurbina3059bro commented that on a Lego video
@@wesleyurbina3059 dork
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There will be a Great Trio:
1 - Rivendell, where the Fellowship of the Ring was born.
2 - Barad Dur as one of the Two Towers.
3 - Minas Tirith, where the Return of the King took place.
What about Edoras? this could be amazing set... both Edoras and Minas Tirith can be bought on aliexpress if you are not an orthodox and don't mind some not genuine Lego sets
I feel like the Shire is a must.
helm's deep too
Either Minas tirith or helms deep next
Helms deep they can make twice as big as charge $1,000. People will buy it
„Just a tree“ 🥹
Lmaoo
Right 😮
The white tree print is a vision of Minas Tirith burning.
or it could be a vision backwards in time, to the white tree Nimloth that Sauron burnt in Númenor. Or it could be both, at the same time.
This set is phenomenal, the only complaint that I have is that Frodo and Samwise should have outfits that reflect their appearances in Return Of The King.
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yeah, they really should have had custom prints (dirt/grime) which could make the overall lack of additional minifigs more acceptable.
And if you think about it, Sam should have sting with him and not a random sword
@@brandonaskew2428what lack of additional minifigs?
@trilobite2500 that is true, he should have Sting.
14:35 is the White tree of Gondor in Minas Tirith. Maybe this city or Bag End will be next UCS set? It would be nice, if they made some smaller sets tho.
if they make a UCS Gondor set, they can just have all my money! :-)
I think ...Minas Tirith wil be the next Set !
It's been rumoured Minas Tirith will be coming
Rivendell had a sticker of Sauron and Barad Dur, so it would make sense
Itd have to be micro scale like the big hogwarts :/
That's not Mount Doom attached to the tower, m8. Barad-dur was constructed about 30 miles away from the mountain.
Awesome set. The 'glow' color effect really works.
Then what are these grey pieces wrapping around the tower? I've been wondering that aswell
@@sandwich4763another mountain range that Barad Dur was built, the Ash Mountains
@@sandwich4763 parts of a 'different', in the movies nameless mountain barad-dur was partially built into
@@sandwich4763 Rock, but not Amon Amarth.
The only thing, that I feel would make this set perfect would have been including a Witch King of Angmar minifig. But besides that, I'd love to see more LOTR sets, give me battlepacks, give me Minas Tirith and Minas Morgul, Osgiliath, the Golden Hall of Edoras. There is so much they can do with LOTR alone that they missed out on 10 years ago.
If they do Minis Tirith Witch King would definitely be in there. Actually surprised it wasn’t in the gwp.
@@xMcLite 1000% surprised they didn't just make the ringwraith the Witchking
Better call Saulron
😂😂
Man I can’t wait to set up the banquet hall, dinner with Saulron in Ballrad Dur is going to epic
@@The_Waffle_House_Hosthail satan
@@The_Waffle_House_Host Feel embarrassed for writing this.
@@mathiasgreyjoy1611 unashamed
LOTR sets just dont miss, only if they put this much attention to detail for other genres of lego
Then you guys would complain about affordability😂
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@@BigMoneyMMA05 Attention to detail doesn't cost anything?
@@jimwar211 detail is made from parts, parts increase the price thus people complaining about it
they do usually in modulars
I kinda want it but it is super expensive tbh
It is expensive but it honestly much cheaper than some other sets
@@CrateCrasher Yeah i know it sounds ridiculous but its cheaper than i thought lol
I will maybe get it with the GWP and 50 bucks discount from lego vip points
Christmas present or whatever works
@@AlexN798I personally think it's a steal! Especially considering the size😅
Palantir was showing the predictions of the future that Sauron showed. First the burning of the King's tree on top of Minas Tirith that gets its leaves back once the king of Gondor returns. Second one is the burning of the shire which was skipped in the movies but is an event at the end of the books.
There's also a part in the movie which shows Hobbits being worked as slaves and Saruman also mentions that "the old world will burn on the fires of industry". But yes, the war on the Shire with Sharkey was left out from the movies.
Oh yes, everyones favorite villain "Saul-ron"
Better Call Saul-ron
I was going to say this lol
Saul-ron in the libary
and his crib "Bal-rah-Dour"
Better Call Saul-Ron.
That feeling when Lego sends The Lord of the Rings set for review to a Star Wars fan, but doesn't send it to The Lord of the Rings fan... 😢
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Major shoutout to this designer. UNBELIEVABLE work
I’m usually a Star Wars guy but after seeing this set, ima grab both for my birthday July 1st 💪🏿
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Don’t miss out on GWP release day
Me too love Lego Star Wars I make videos but I honestly think barad dur Is better than Rivendell
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These are the sets that make me really wish I had the space to build and display them proudly. Alas , I do not. Very glad it exists, none the less. Super cool LOTR set!
Rivendell was a real treat to build. I hope I can get this too. I just hope for smaller sets that aren’t brickheadz.
Just a bit surprised they didn’t use the Woody/Avatar legs for Sauron since he is so much larger than other characters in LOTR
yeah he's like 3m
The movement of the eye is really cool. My biggest gulp was when you said tower of orthanc was over a decade ago, I feel like I picked it up yesterday. Scary
I'm so excited for this set.. I bought a new shelf just to have the space for it.. I love love love how it's not just ALL BLACK.. that is honestly what sold it for me.
Can you not order it until June?
@@glibglob8755 I mean, I COULD? but I don't really have LEGO money right now
No, I meant it releases in June? You can’t order it on the site right now.
i like the brown/orange/red colors around the bottom walls, kinda gives it an illuminating fiery effect from the lava
Looks awesome🎉
The tower next to the Rivendell set looked so cool as a shot. Really makes it even more menacing looking set next to the idyllic Rivendell.
I hope Helm's Deep is next. At this scale though, youre probably looking at $800-$1000 to get all the detailing.
Same with Minas Tirith. Gonna be hard to capture it without increasing the price tag. I really wonder where they go from here. Maybe just Shire or Moria.
I'd love that next so we can have a beginning, middle, and end of the events of the books/movies. But for now, I like the bookend of the beginning and end of the Fellowship's journey with the ring
The thing with Helm's Deep is it would HAVE to be scaled in a way that minifigs can man the walls, have stairs big enough, and big rooms. Whereas with this set it's obviously scaled way down, and even Minas Tirith would be able to have small walls/platforms and then little buildings that are mini scale. Helm's deep would need that proper scaling though
@@Evelyn-qt3hi on that note, Helms Deep would also need to come with maybe 20 minifigs to make the scene, especially if there are still no smaller "battle pack" sets to build an army with.
to be honest i whant Minas morgul with the Witch King of angmar and the other 9 wraiths and there Fell beasts. would be great to see MInas Morgul or rather Minas Ithil
I needs it... Just wish there was 12 minifigs to be more on par with Rivendells 15 minifigs in terms of value. So hyped either way!
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Which videos do you think are missing?
Edit: meant to say minifigs ofc
@@borkwoof696I assume you mean to ask which minifigs are missing, the witch king is one, the ring wraith in the gwp could have been another or just throw in another orc. Another option is a large troll fig that we see opening the gates instead of 2 figs. Many options tbh.
@@1by1Brick trolls are never seen opening the gates of Barad-Dur. That was the black gate to Mordor. The witch king also isn’t associated with Barad-Dur. He resides in Minas Morgul and would make more sense in other sets. Yeah, another orc would have been nice I guess but does that really make a difference?
That Eye of Sauron at the top alone is quite impressive. Great design by Lego. Can’t wait to see this in person
This is a awesome set! Imagine Lego making a Jedi temple with such details!
That would be AMAZING!!!!
I would pay whatever they ask for it.
jedi temple would sadly have to be kinda small, atleast on the outside, and could be like this set that it has the back open
Would be soo cool🎉
Just a note on lore: the mountain range that Barad Dur is built on is not Mount Doom, it's a branch of the Ered Lithui ( ash mountains aka the northern of the two mountain ranges enclosing Mordor). Mount Doom is actually south east of Barad Dur across the plain of Gorgoroth.
This is actually a bit wrong look at @mygoal2 's comment for what its supposed to be
I think it's South-West and not South-East. And Barad Dur is at the South of the first (from the West/left) branch of Ered Lithium.
I have the map under my eyes.
@@Mygoal2 Yeah you're right i forgot to fix that
Helms Deep would be an excellent next large set for Lego Lotr's
16:44 The numbers align with the “Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie”
Backwards, it is also the year that Tolkien passed
My only complaint is that Frodo and Sam are re-uses from Rivendell, they should have unique outfits/prints. Other than that looks great.
I passed on Rivendell because it didn't feel particularly useful for my style of brickfilming (plus my brother got it, so I can always borrow his if I need it). But Bara-Dur....hmmm....they might force my hand on this one.
You legend. I am a fan of your videos for nearly 10 years now.
Hand of Saruman you mean?
14:49 😂😂😂😂 HAHAH that the hints gollum shouted when he was being tortured lool 😂
I hope that lego sells the slimmest tower bits (the stackable ones) as a pick a brick marketplace set. Wouldn't mind paying extra 50-60-70$ for an opportunity to boost the height. Could be without interior and parts /digital manual only.
I don't think they ever would
wait for a MOC builder to put it on bricklink.
I’m sure there will be part list and instruction for that section out soon. Thinking about add one extra section myself. I think it would look better for the proportion.
That would be incredible. But I feel like they're not gonna do that(..
@@rookies10001 unfortunately no, it won't help much. The Tower is just too thick when compared to the base, you would have to enlarge that one too. I'm thinking about throwing out interior of the tower and trim the fat a little, but I must check the instruction first if that's even viable option.
Lego absolutely musts make a new Helms Deep after this man
Mouth of Sauron's head is a bit disappointing.
He's iconic for his different facial expressions so it's a shame he only has one, especially when the crown completely covers the back of his head.
True.
Maybe it would look stupid, but I'm imagining the taller minifig legs for Sauron, and I think it would have been awesome if they included both regular, and those long legs, just as an option, and in case people wanted to have him in a battle scene, he really should tower above other figures. I also would've liked his helmet/armor mold to have been painted.
If the venator is anything to go by I'm really hoping we get a Sauron Mech next year, or a fell beast Microfighter
Nimloth: the white Tree of Gondor, pippin had an encounter with the palantir (crystal ball) showing him a vision of the burning of the tree of gondor and the other one is a reff to the
the scouring of the shire which wasnt in the movie except by vision of Frodo in Lothlorien Forrest in the presence of Galadriel.
Now we need a minas Tirith set. Helms deep or Edoras aren't bad ideas either. Moria, Lothlorien, Falls of Rauros, updated weathertop, Black gate, dead marshes, or valley of the dead, and Oroduin would all be superb sets as well. There's so much potential for the LoTR line of lego that I really hope they capitalize on.
Lego Star Wars designers would never dare put as much detail and care into a set
13:55 there's actually miles between Barad Dur and Mount Doom so that rock can't be it😅
Nice to see a Saul-Ron figure in the Balradoor set.
There’s something so wholesome with Sauron just sitting down at a table with the Mouth and five other orcs and just eating some food together. But neglecting that, it is nice that they included a Sauron mini figure since it’s implied in the books that he had a form like that during the time of LOTR. Highlighted in Gollum’s line, “Nine of them [Fingers] he has”.
The use of different colors to create the glowing illusion at the base lava and at the eye is SO COOL!! Lego trying to make Light kits obsolete lol
I know it’s not Canon, but I’d LOVE to get a Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War themed set, get Talion, Ratbag, Celebrimbor, etc etc
Great review I enjoyed it a lot! Very calm, detailed while entertaining at the same time.
just finished barad dur. it’s a phenomenal build and displays so well. everyone who’s seen it so far can’t stop looking at it and playing around with the throne, and the eye. sauron is amazing and gothmog is a awesome figure. i missed out on GWP but heavily considering buying aftermarket. hopefully lego green lit some more LOTR projects internally with the excellent sales of barad dur.
Why do u spend so much money on a half tower that looks like a harry potter set? Do u realize that this review is an advertisement?
@@xyzne4531 why do you tell a grown adult what to do with their time and money😂. this video is obviously an advertisement, lego sent him the set for free🤣. if you can tell me not to spend my hard earned money on legos then i can tell you to make more money and not be broke so you can afford to spend 500$ on a hobby on yours. every time i’ve commented on a video about lego barad dur i get a lame comment complaining about the price of the set. it just amazes me people think they can tell other people what to do 🤣 get a life and stop hating on everyone and you might be happier!!
@@xbwkaosxnsh188 Its not only the price. The point is that the Quality of this set is bad. And the point is that Lego is only able to release such bs sets because of fanboys like u.
It’s interesting that the Easter egg in Rivendell was the eye of Sauron and we got barad dur. Does the spider Easter egg mean we get shelob next?
Prob minas tirith, since there is a easter egg of it
Or Even Edoras
Didn't saw a edoras easter egg
We've already gotten Shelob
Minas Tirith
Day 1 pickup for me. I love how in one of the shots you took it looks like the eye is glowing but is really just legos amazing work using different colors by the eye.
there is actually a light in the eye. running off a small button battery
I know but even without the light on it looks like it’s glowing lol.
I would love a Lego Minas Tirith!
so excited! just sold my spiderman bridges for this. Had a complete bridge sealed and and partial one. Now gone for this incredible set!
I wasn’t planning on getting this set and I still prefer Rivendell. But I’m liking this more than I thought I would. I just don’t know where I’m going to put it 😅
19:40 This palantir is actually almost exactly like the one from the Gandalf vs Saruman set, but in that set you get a cool eye of Sauron minifigure head.
I guarantee you that these figs will be worth more together than the set itself
No seriously!!
The difference in design between the two towers over a decade apart shows how much they have improved. Barad-dur looks so much better and the detail and color choices among the whole set really makes it feel more alive.
Fans to Lego: “Build me a Lego set worthy of Mordor”
Lego: “whom do you serve?”
Fans: “Legoooooo!”
Absolutely love this set, as well as last year’s Rivendell. REALLY hope we get a full expansion of LEGO Lord of the Rings!!
Minas Tirith, UCS Helm's Deep... or the Golden Hall should be the next BIG thing :))))
I prefer the old gollum because his hands let you place the ring on it like other minifigures, while with this one you can only clip it on sideways. The new one's fine though.
I hope that white tree is perhaps a nod to the next big LoTR set… man I would EASILY drop $800 or more for Minas Tirith.
It give it everything it deserves it could honestly be the biggest lego set ever.
The gloing effect is amazing on this. Light without light
I do have an issue with the writing here. Lego seems to have made up their own runic alphabet that looks roughly similar to English - it’s not Cirth, or Angerthas, or anything Tolkien created.
☝️🤓
it makes the meat on the menu ref easier to get for everyone not virgin enough to know the tolkien alphabets and thats a massive w
I feel there is a lot of criticism towards the use of non gray/black parts, especially for the mountain rocks, but after looking at it for some time I do think that it actually works well. The tan parts of the rock for example looked jarring to me at first but over time they slowly become less common and create a very nice lighting effect. This is especially well done near the eye, I keep thinking in pictures that they added a light source, but its just good color work.
Now we need 10,000 pieces Minas Tirith
Love how you didnt recommend people buy multiple of these for the taller tower and instead wait for brickable etc, thanks for looking out for us while still reviewing great Lego sets!
I’m so glad they finally released another set from the Lego Batman Movie 🥳
He’s a 9,000 year old incarnation of evil with an eye for jewelry! Give it up for Sauron!
I haven’t fully seen LOTR but this set is epic. The figures are just dope and I hope LEGO makes some affordable sets for this theme especially introducing all those new accessories.
14:34
It's the moment in the film where the tree on top of Minas Tirith is burning
Just impressive. As an adult, I would rather buy one very large, expensive set with decorative value than several small ones that look like a toy. This set combines the two things I love: display features and playability with minifigs.
I want a new Orthanc in this size or meaby even bigger. The new power is rising!
Orthanc has to be smaller, Barad-dur was around 5000 feet tall the tallest structure in all of Middle Earth.
@@GoatzombieBubba Yes, but Barad-Dur is not in perfect scale, makers even said that you could buy another set to make it higher like in movies. Another thing is that Orthang would be just tower like the older set and Barad-Dur has also many pieces used at the bottom of the build, i think they should cost similar and has similar amount of brics.
Along with extending the tower however much taller you want we can mirror the lower half to fully enclose the back.
It's complete unacceptable that LEGO would put stickers in a set this expensive. Pain in the butt factor of applying them perfectly aside, this is a collectors set which is meant to stay on people's shelves for years and years. Stickers will decay and fade naturally over time (especially in higher humidity environments) which completely undermines the fact that this is supposed to be a display piece.
Stickers as a whole are just a dark shadow that looms over LEGO they just won't drop, all in the name of slightly increased profits.
Only thing I see missing is the giant rucksack that Sam was still carrying all the way up until the rocks at the mountain base of the tower. It would be a really easy piece to include.
I don't play, build or collect Lego anymore- but if I did, that would be my one add.
I think you might be mistaken, because Mount Doom is several miles away from Barad-dur
Yeah but you can't really blame him. He is a nice guy but he hasn't the slighted clue what he is talking about here.
I’ve been wanting golems arm piece in that color for forever! Think about using them for battledroid arms, they’re the most screen accurate
Frodo and Sam never went to Barad Dur… 😕🤓
Frodo was taken to the Tower of Cirith Ungol by the orcs not Barad Dur
Its mount doom I think
Mt doom is also 45km from Barad D'ur
The movies never show any characters going to Barad Dur, (except for Gollum I guess) and we never see the inside. I don't think the Minifigures are meant to reflect characters that went to the location, they're just cool LOTR figures
Glad you can seperate the parts in case of photographs and other stuff. Even with 18+ you will play with this. Really nice, love the details. Cracy how big it is. I did´t think the Isengard tower was that big. Amazing.
Definitely needed more orcs. A huge tower and none to fill it up with..
More and more I loook at that I think is masterpiece.
They should make a battle of helms deep set
19:57 Fun Fact!: In the universe of Peter Jackson's trilogy, Orthanc stands at 500 feet tall, while Barad-Dûr stands at a staggering 5,000 feet tall, being 10x bigger than Orthanc. If you wanted an Orthanc in the same relative scale as the Barad-Dûr set, without any modifications to Barad-Dûr, Orthanc would be about 4 bricks tall, while a Barad-Dûr in the same relative scale with Orthanc, without any modifications, would have to be about 304 bricks tall. In short, Orthanc to Barad-Dûr's height would have to be 8.8x smaller than the official Tower of Orthanc set, while Barad-Dûr to Tower of Orthanc's height would have to be 8.8x bigger.
If they made an Indiana Jones set like this they’d be printing money
One criticism: I think, Sam & Frodo should have new (more accurate to the scene) torso & head prints (dirtier/ more tired faces, and appropriate, ragged outfits) and also would be cool if it included chest plates for them to disguise into. But apart from that the set is pretty sick!
I hope lego starwars get the love lord of the rings sets are getting.
I hope it’s the other way around lol
You're not serious, right?
The build looks amazing, the minifigs aswell, Sauron and Gothmog are so great. I already have the mouth of Sauron, but the new model looks great.
Lego make paper bags ? That s actually really great for environment, I didn't know they did that. I suppose it s actually more expensive for them, but I would be ready to pay 20 more euros for having paper rather than plastic bags.
I originally was dissapointed looking at this set but now i think its like the best thing ever
Its so awesome!!
That Sauron minifigure and wall sticker in tower are going to be worth so much in 10 years!!
100% should be more figures.
you could use the instructions to build the extra tower parts
You have the best Lego reviews on RUclips, Thanks for all the great work!
The sets being expensive makes sense when you think about it, the LOTR movies are over 20 years old now and the books 70 and (until very recently) there hasn't been any new LOTR media.
SO most people buying these would be older anyway (25-40) so "play-sets" are probably not going to reach a big enough market. This older market has the money to drop on such indulgences.
Yes, of course! Anyone over 20 automatically has loads of disposable cash, and endless space! That makes sense. I'd forgotten that.
Everywhere I look people are asking for affordable, smaller lotr sets. Also, the Hobbit movies came out 10 years ago.
@@henrydegroff4282yeah my thoughts too. Just because I'm an adult doesn't mean I can throw money away.
The older I get, the less disposable income I have right now.
The light kit for this one is gonna be awesome.
We need a Vader’s castle version of this set
I'd love for Lego to keep making these massive LotR sets, and alternating between good and evil. Like the next set be Minas Tirith, then maybe after that we get a remade Orthanc (could reuse orcs from this set and reintroduce Uruk Hai and Lurtz), then after that we get Helm's Deep using more of the Uruk Hai, then maybe we see the Black Gate in a more impressive way and see Aragorn in his gondor outfit, reuse a gondor and rohan soldier, a couple orcs, our first Olog Hai with armor. The possibilities are endless
Definitely need "normally" priced playsets. Not even 18+ branded. Just because a set is not "18+" and has playfeatures doesn't make it any less attractive for adults, honestly. I wish I had the old Moria and Helm's Deep. I own and I am very fond of the weathertop. LEGO is a toy first and foremost and adult fans understand that. Scaling is a compromise and it still looks great.
I am getting this in the store on june first to flex a little but I'd recommend Rivendel instead. I wish we got a proper Lord of the Rings like. I am fed up with Star Wars and disney content so I'll have some $ from sets I refuse to buy anymore.
Lol who are you flexing on?
Thank you for speaking to cheaper sets! I’m a big lotr fan but this and Rivendell are out of my budget. Would love to see a bag end set.