LEGO Lord of the Rings Barad-dur (Review)
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- LEGO is back to Middle Earth's world of Lord of the Rings with the massive LEGO Icons 10333 Barad-dûr. What's this set all about and how does it compare with the masterpiece that was last years LEGO Rivendell?
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I guess I missed the "meat's back on the menu" reference which the sticker in the dinning hall might be referring to. Well played then LEGO, I rest my case!
The scroll is refering to all rings of power which makes sense! I didn't see the "7" as the number seven, it looked to me like another "1", my bad! :)
Uau
The throne actually is for Sauron himself as there’s a scene with him on it in the movies, also considering the palantir (aka the orb) was used by him as seen in the movies and explained in some of Tolkien’s unpublished work.
Came here to say that 😂
By any chance do you know the weight of the box? Thanks
Heeeey you got there in the end!!
I believe the menu in the dining hall section is a humorous reference to the "looks like meat's back on the menu, boys" scene.
was about to comment exactly this
No doubt about it. Also, the orc generals aren't as savage as the armies, I can imagine them having some sort of structure like this within the tower.
Exactly.
Yep. I think the scene is fine, it's Lego after all. It's ok to have some silly elements in a set that is supposed to be "serious".
It almost sounded like Tiago was complaining Lmfaoo
I cannot put into words how much I want a huge Bag End set with a removable hilltop roof so you can play around with all the rooms and make scenes from the movies.
With Frodo, Sam, Bilbo minifigs and Throin and 13 dwarfs minifigs
Me to!
ucs bag end would go so crazy
Shut up and take my money
That would be incredible
The scroll in the higher room is a reference to the Ring Poem, with the numbers 3, 7, 9, 1
Curiously, backwards, it becomes 1973 which is the year Tolkien died
...that's creepy...
@@PauLtus_B creepy and awesome
3 to the elves, 7 to dwarves, 9 to men, 1 to rule them all.
That's what I came to point out!
Also 1937 - year when Hobbit was released
9:28
*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.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Didn't see it as a 7, makes sense!
also i’m sure you saw the other comment but 1973 is when Tolkien passed
I like the use of colour in the middle section as it gives the impression that these pillars are lit from below
That's exactly it.
Agreed! It makes sense it's the glow from below
Also the use of orange/tan pieces on the top of the tower is SO overlooked. It makes it look like the eye is giving off light, it's awesome
All black would be impressive but I do like how the different colours break everything up to make it just a bit more visually interesting.
Wish they included Gollum’s torture chamber since it’s the only know room in the interior and it just would’ve been cool :)
Well, there does appear to be a room where they took torturing a bit too far.
But I thought he was tortured in Minis Morgul?
Gollum was tortured at Dol Guldur
yeah i'm sure we'll get a lego torture set in modern times
Really appreciate some of the criticisms on this set -- saw too often people just praising it, even when I noticed a few main flaws, but almost all of them you touched upon. Overall I love the set, and I am so, so happy that lego decided to create it, I just really appreciate the honest review!
No ones gonna mention how BRILLIANT the use of nugget and brown piece that emulates the glow on the tower from sauron’s eye
The hidden meaning on the scroll at the top is that those are numbers
3 (rings for elves)
7 (rings for dwarves)
9 (rings for men)
1 (One ring)
Also backward it is 1973 - the year of Tolkien’s death
We will never forgive you smashing the millennium falcon
Yes
Lol I would have done the same
The new Millennium Falcon is really good and much more affordable.
I did
Nah, it was funny. Kinda satisfying ngl
"Reenact what happened after the One Ring was destroyed." - that's gold writing right there
Looks like lego lotr is back on the menu, boys
Lfg
@@TheGold3agleit's a meme now, so not really
😂
lol
I really like the details around the Eye of Sauron, the color change to create a brightness effect around the area of the eye makes it look it’s radiating light.
Loooove this set! Definitely gonna save up for it. However, I wanna point out that the rooms aren't random. The bottom floor is based on one of the early scenes where we see Gollum being tortured. The table is probably a reference to "Looks like meat is back on the menu, boys!" The throne room is actually a reference to the books, as Sauron has a physical body there and is often on his throne (the two banners are also literally as described in the books, with his red Eye). He is also described as having a planning war room and a Palantír, as shown there in the set (not described in detail, though).
EDIT: the burning shire is a reference to the Scouring Of The Shire, by the way.
EDIT 2: I'm not sure if the movie had those windows. Once again, I'm guessing those might be based on the book descriptions, as those mentioned the window in the room where Sauron resided. That's a more far-fetched guess, though.
Minas Tirith would be cool but Shire even better. Hobbits hole under green cover like ant farm would be epic.
I dont know how Lego would recreate the shire but especially minas tirith. It would have to be recreated on such a small scale and miss out on a lot of details. Even the shire is huge
@@JJ_5289 It doesn't have to be all shire. Maybe Bilbo's house Lego with ~3000 pieces could be nice with openable roof. I agree about Minas Tirith but look what they did With Rivendell. It was not all Rivendell but some portion of it. So would be Minas Tirith - probably some building with wall and Catapult or Denethor's palace with palantir hidden inside.
Woah! The way they captured the glow off the flames on the undersides and near the eye are really next level.
Rivendell and Barad-due are great sets, but personally I would like a full on LOTR theme so we could get smaller playset models I can actually afford
There was one!... over a decade ago =/
@@TheThreeMavii I want it back
That’s strange that Lego keeps doing Star Wars and Harry Potter over and over again but nothing LOTR. I hope they will bring more new LOTR sets of different kind
@@PlaytothePCLEGO lost the blanket license for LOTR in 2013. These are one-off sets they buy licensing for
@@Ally64217 yeah I also realized that they put them under the Icon range as well. Not under their own range like Star Wars or HP
One of the best feature is that it seems it has no loose pieces. Even the food items are nicely attached. I hate loose pieces in lego sets.
Lego is just killing it with LotR sets
Nope. Killing it would be making sets that don’t require significant saving to afford! Killing it would be creating orc/rohirim/Gondor soldiers battle packs along the lines of Star Wars battle packs to allow you to build up armies. Killing it would be not gate keeping desired minifigures behind $400+ sets. 🤷
@@arghjayem Tbh .. jsut buy custom minifigures .. they cost 1-5€ a piece depending on the figure and they are way better then legos own minifigures
@@arghjayemagreed. This is fine for rich fans and CZcamsrs that get this stuff for free. I love the look of these but I really hope Lego would look at LOTR the way they look at Star Wars and release collectors sets at all different sizes
@@yuzuchi5381fortunately I’m not into minifigures. But a lot are. And telling people to just buy customs isn’t helpful. Lego did plenty of “affordable” LEGO sets once upon a time with great figures that weren’t brickheadz sets. I don’t see why they can’t go back to that for LOTR as well as doing big sets like these. Same as with Star Wars you get small sets and big UCS sets, pleasing all types of fans.
@@arghjayem they cant cause Greed
I love the detail of the palantíri ! Not only the images on itself (The Scouring of the Shire !) but the fact that it was actually included !
I just realized, in the Rivendell set, they an eye of Sauron build. Are there any Easter eggs in this set that could potentially be are next lord of the rings set?
The palandir showing the white tree of gondor burning (Minas Tirith set?) and bagend burning (Hobbiton set?)
The burning white Tree and Gothmog ( he is the leader for the attack to Minas Tirith) can be a "Easter egg" for a Minas Tirith Set in the future AND we dont become the Witchking of Angmar in the GWP Set - This Guy is importend in the battle of Minas Tirith TOO ;) all in one, i think ...next Set is Minas Tirith !
I don't think the eye of Sauron in the Rivendel set was a teaser for this set, more a nod to Elrond's line "his eye is fixed on Rivendel"
It's probably more an Easter egg to the scene in the movie when Gimli tried to smash it and the eye flashed.
There is a map that has the words "Shire? Baggins?" written on it, so I'm guessing the next one will be Bag End.
They also added Edoras to the map, maybe hinting at an eventual set
And of course the burning tree, which is Minas Tirith, which would be too huge to be a minifig scale set, it'd have to be a Lego Architecture style set
I'm so upset that the Fell Beast set is only available when you buy the big set
The stickers are once more the biggest slap in the face at this price point.
Thank you for another detailed, concise review. As always I appreciate your builder's insight into how enjoyable the build was and how many unique building techniques were employed.
Waiting for the first fan to buy TWO sets so they can have a 360 Barad-dur with no cut-away to the rooms. :)
man I for sure didn't need to know this was launching 😭
I know 😢 yet another set I won’t be able to buy
9:27 is a reference to the rings, 9 rings for men, 7 for dwarves, 3 to elves and 1 to rule them all
Or it can be a reference to the fact that Jrr Tolkien died in 1973
I think the menu with the meat on it is a reference to that line "looks like meats back on the menu boys"
You just couldn't resist using the "smashing the Falcon" footage, could you? 😂
I will make the MOST out of those seconds of footage!! It was the goal after all 😂
The kitchen and dining hall are absolutely hilarious😂 i'd like to imagine Sauron and his Mouth arguing over what to cook for their dinner, and Sauron winning and announcing "my loverly orcs, you can have anything for dinner so long that it is the one drumstick!" (his Mouth sulking in the corner because it wanted to cook lava-barbequed fish). Menacingly impressive but I'll await Minas Tirith, fingers crossed. Thank you for this delightful review, Tiago!
All I need is a Lego Shire, then I can die happy.
04:01 I thought it looks like reflection of the glow
This.
Glad they gave Golum a loin cloth. I didn't wanna see his pink flower.
The 3791 sticker is the number of rings made. 3 for elves, 7 for dwarves and 9 for man and 1 to rule them all.
I really like watching your reviews! So balaned and fair.
I cant wait to get Rivendell but due to the GWP, I am opting for Barad Dur first.
Both look stunning. Cant wait to see what Light My Bricks does with this. Great opportunity for a sound brick!
Thank you so much for your always entertaining and worthwhile video! What shelving system do you use to display your legos (that's in the background of your video)?
This is what we could call a Marmite set: you'll either love it or hate it! Personally, I think part 3 of the build could probably stand on its own as a perfectly good display (one that would fit on a shelf) that has all the essential features of Barad-dur. I don't love the rock formations, either. Seem a bit clunky and visually distracting with no flow. And I agree that the Orc dining hall is out of place. I'd imagine a scene more like something from the snake palace in Conan the Barbarian, with orcs eating human parts boiled up in a big stew pot, and definitely not sitting neatly at a table using cutlery! 😂
Right?! 😂
The eye looks incredible, really, it’s simple but it’s really good!👍
the menu is a nod to the "looks like meat is back on the menu boys" line in the two towers movie, it's actually a GREAT reference!
I really hope helms deep is next! Awesome review as always!
My one complaint is the Frodo and Sam characters. I personally think those shouldn’t even have been included. It should’ve been 2 more orcs, a The Witch King or Elendil and Isildur with a full Narsil sword and the Rivendel shards of Narsil mold.
BUT if they did want to add Frodo and Sam they should have been accurate. They look to clean for their Mordor scenes. The faces should have been with mud and scars and their clothes should’ve been f’ed up. Really missed the mark with those two figures imo.
SIDENOTE
I think Saurons throne deserved the bigger room instead of this small one. And it would have been cool to have a small window or balcony where you could put Sauron on display like Saruman in the Orthanc set. But those are small wishes. :)
This! Like I said, the minifigure lineup was both impressive and lacklustre! You put it in a much nicer way than I did!
I’ve been building a custom Lego Barad Dur on and off for the past 2 years, and I was actually disappointed when this came out, I had much higher expectations for it and would say my model looks far better, bigger and more movie accurate. However, props to Lego for putting out these brilliant LOTR sets for the past few years, hopefully more to come!
The way you had Gollum sneak into the frame made me chuckle lol
8:37 “bilbo’s back end” 😂
Soft disagree with you about the dining room, that’s actually a really funny reference. At one point in the movies, after an Orc is torn apart by his fellows, another Orc says “looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!”. This has led to an interesting discussion, along the lines of: how does an Orc know what a menu is? That would imply they know what service dining is, that their society has reached the point that menus can exist. Are there Orc waiters? Etc. Hence the Orc dining room with meat on the menu.
Wow looks fantastic set great detail awseome minifigs and review 👍
Fantastic review! Thank you!
I love the eye soo much. Looks impressive.
What we need next year is the lonely mountain or the shire
I desperately want Minas Tirith
@@Elektrokardiogramm absolutely. I've been waiting for Lego Minas Tirith for about 12 years now!
I‘m worried about the paper bags. What if you decide to buy the set today but don’t have the place to build it right now. So if you just open the set like 10 years later for the first time will the bricks be damaged? Especially grey and white bricks. Will they loose their color and turn a little bit to yellow bricks. Please you need to answer these questions for us who plan to open the sets many years later.
This is incredible. This should be the standard for Lego. The variety of figures. The scale of the tower. The second build for the last scene. Just perfect. 👍
Orcs eating at the table feels definitely less weird to me than Mouth of Sauron reading books.
This set is absolutely stunning. But as you said, the Rivendell looks just so much better
Impressive set! I like the sliding mechanism for putting together levels of the tower. How easy or hard is it to put them together and make them slide in or out of place? I might steal the technique for my own builds.
Pretty easy! Sometimes the sections won't slide in all that easily as they get caught on somewhere, but wiggling it a bit ends up working all the time
Fabulous review again TC.
This just makes me want a full lego lotr theme again
In keeping with them doing a big set each year, Helm's Deep HAS to be next,
Minas Tirith is next
if they keep doing things they haven’t really done, it is either mina’s tirith or the golden hall
I bought this set this morning as one of my son’s graduation gifts. I absolutely love this set. And sure he will too.
Moving the eye around reminded me of that Family Guy cutaway joke where Sauron is trying to find his lost contact lens.😂
7:58 the seat was probably from sauron himself, because although his eye is on top of the tower, sauron did have a physical form during the time of the lord of the rings
But they didn't co-exist right? Both the eye and Sauron himself at the same time?
@@TiagoCatarino i think they did, because that was one of the deleted scenes in return of the king, aragorn was fighting the physical form of sauron instead of the troll at the black gate. So although it wasnt clear from the movies, I they did exist at the same time!
And yes, maybe I should focus more on school then on lord of the rings lore 😂
@Tiago: They did not co-exist at the same time, when Sauron lost the ring he lost his physical form because he put most of his essence into the ring, when he lost the ring he therefore lost most of his power and essence therefore becoming a shell of his former self, aka the eye of Sauron
@@TiagoCatarino long before saurons physical form died he built barad dur and lived there for many years and therefore it was probably his throne, the eye on top appeared when he lost his physical form and then ofc the throne wasnt needed for him anymore but was already there
Question, what are the dimensions of the model? I don't see them on the store, and it would be good to know for display purposes.
The 3791 on the parchment in the Mouth's study is referencing the rings of power. 3 rings for the elves, 7 for the dwarves, 9 for the men, and one ring to rule them all.
I'm really impressed with the eye
The minifigures and armour in this one is so good
I love how they used a darker orange instead of black I really does make the eye look like it’s glowing
I agree about the colors, they are terribly out of place. The tower in the movies was all black, the rock formations should have been made entirely of dark grey and black. While I'm fine with the lava at the bottom illuminating the walls a little bit, I hate to see all the orange and brown pieces in the build's midsection. The top being brown and orange doesn't look the best either, especially with the "horns' " highest points being yellow despite being the farthest away upwards from the eye. Blue bricks showing through the walls is just bad quality and modern Lego always trying to stick a rainbow into everything no matter what it looks like from the outside.
I also don't like the builds proportions, maybe the base could have been a little smaller and the top part of the tower longer.
Minifigs - nice but Sauron should have the avatar body, Frodo and Sam could have better resembled their actual look towards the end of the journey.
The interior is nice, I agree that the kitchen shows a little of Lego's need/policy/whatever to make stuff more fun and family friendly but I think it's fine in this case.
Overall: 18+ Lego could sometimes be darker, both figuratively and literally.
Barad Dur - literally.
I think the colored lighting works well for the top, I am sure they must have made like 10 different versions with different color schemes but I do agree the mid section feels wrong to make the colors... perhaps there is some reference photo we are forgetting that shows the light coming from within? The bottom needs some more dark grey bricks instead of all the light sandy looking ones. Seems like some wasted space for the right side cave? and also in the dining hall that could have been 2 rooms. but just spread it out.... I guess its ok. I think the fell beast should have been part of it, and the little scene where they throw the ring in a more developed GWP... as it is that part looks like something someone made from the extra pieces of a set this big. I think LOTR die hard fans will want it, but as a classic castle fan I am glad I am not tempted to buy it as the price is just too much... I would like to see it next to the lions knight castle for scale though.
LED light straps around the model set to orange would be hot for display
Wow, this is amazing. I hope to see Minas Tirith or Helms Deep next, as they are also stunning structures
Wish it were a complete tower and 1:53 sam and Frodo had Black orc suits to go with helmets
(as we see in movie)
How to join two sets into one full build?
The commercial WB just released for this set is sick!
Yet again, great review, unbiased, honest including negatives unlike many others in the LAN but best of all, price in AUD...
Woah, that thing's a beast!
I do think that between gondor and helms deep, that helms deep should be considered next, since it is a militaristic location of lotr, just like how barad dur shares those same elements as well as it has been incorporated in this build as well. But another reason is that the set would most likley be horizontal in building format, much like rivendell. And then later on the year after next, Gondor would be appropriately be next since it combining all the design aesthetics that the designers would have learned from rivendell, barad dur, and supposedly helms deep if it ever releases next year.
Contrasting this review from a LEGO designer vs the one from Dave (solid brix, an “amateur”) is very interesting and helpful. Love you Tiago.
lol. As I watched this video, I was planning on a comment that included a note on smashing the Falcon and me still not being over that, I'm glad you beat me too it.
i need advice, do u think LOTR MOC set can come to success in lego ideas with these theme revival already goin ?
I like how Tiago mentioned the diversity of the minifigs for army building potential. I was definitely thinking of buying 4-5 of this set just for the figs to army build. Seems reasonable.
Joking aside, great review as usual.
"if it weren't for the price and size of it all" ;)
Why are Lego suddenly pupil-deniers?
Now I really hope Lego makes a brick build big fig of Sauron, that would be awesome
Regarding the brown colors on the parapets: I agree with you that it looks very odd up close, but in your closing shots (9:53) I actually kind of like it. It looks like a continuation of the lava glow below and adds some depth to the black spike features at the base.
Caving & getting this Day 1. I don't have Rivendell (yet) but I have some of the older sets (Pirate Ship Ambush, Council of Elrond, Wizard Battle & Gandalf Arrives). All I need to complete the Fellowship is Merry & Pippen. I'm so happy to have LEGO LOTR back although it comes at a premium. Hoping they do the same for Pirates of the Caribbean and give us a large Blackpearl and other ships etc.
That scroll on the top level of Barad-Dûr is undoubtedly referring to the Rings of Power. The numbers 3, 7, 9, and 1 all line up with the opening of The Fellowship. "Three were given to the Elves, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf-Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountains. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern each race. But they were all of them decieved, for another ring was made. Deep in the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mt Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring, to control all the others. And into this ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all."
3 to the Elves, 7 to the Dwarf-Lords, 9 to the Men, and One Ring to rule them all.
Which is the height of every single section of the tower? Maybe I can place it splitted in 2 or 3 in my bookcase
i was hoping to see it side by side with orthanc, as i'm looking to buy this set and display it alongside. i'm hoping the height difference would be relatively canon to satisfy my tastes, as orthanc currently is my all time favorite display set. i'm so happy to see barad dur finally get rep
soo good
definitely going to buy it
damn .. you must have a load of money to burn ... consider feeding hungry children over this
Nah the kitchen is hilarious and I love it. You gotta be light hearted 😂
I might be the only one, but I find it extremely odd to be given just one half of the tower. Now it's hard to display it since you see the back half most of the time.
They could have just made one huge mountain surrounding the tower with all the interior design which could be discovered by unfolding the tower in its middle
just buy it two times and you got a full tower :o)
Actually, i belive the throne room and the window is a reference to the book. If i remember well, In the book, the sauron’s tower didn’t have a giant eye in the top. The ’’eye’’ of sauron is metaphorical to describe how sauron has spies everywhere and now what’s appenning all around the middle earth. Also, he is described has watching over his land (mordor) throught his window while sat on his throne in his weakest form. So, maybe this explain the throne room and the window. And for the orc’s cantinna, i personally don’t mind and i love the ’’meat on the menu’’ reference to the ’’two tower’’.
And of course, the ring verse mentions "the dark lord on his dark throne".
Feels like Sauron should have had the extra long legs used on Woody from Toy Story and in the Avatar sets.
Yes!!
I have just finished building this set and there are two things I want to say.
1) Pictures and videos do not do it's size justice. The thing is massive!
2) If you shine a light underneath it in the front it looks like the lava around the entrance is really glowing!
oh wow! This looks awesome!
I’m not even a lord of the rings fan but I love this set
I have yet to pick up Rivendell, but Barad-dur is a day one purchase for me!
I was going to buy this, but then I realized, "I can build! Why not make one 2.5 times taller! And it (might cost less)"!
Joking aside, this is a great set, and I really want to buy it!
The orange bit in the middle I think is meant to show some of the lava glow on the actual fortress
The Banquet hall just screams Bad Guy Poker night!! I had forgotten The Eye was in the Lego Batman Movie.
Awesome set. I'm buying day 1.
It's just amazing to me how no one is talking about why they didn't use clear trans pieces to support the eye. To give it a better look of it floating.
I am in love with Both of the sets 🤩🤩🤩
I’m with you hoping there should be more LotR Lego sets. There are so many iconic locations: Minas Tirith, Helms Deep (exploding wall, anyone?), Bag End, Mines of Moria and Bridge of Khazad dum, Isengard (so you can have the Two Towers), Edoras, Weathertop. Endless possibilities 🤩
3 7 9 1 is a reference to the rings of power, three for the elves, seven for the dwarves, 9 for men and one ring to rule them all.
I enjoyed the dining room quip as a reference to the line “looks like meats back on the menu boys”
helms deep is next for sure, not only it need remake asap but also the next lotr movie will revolt arround helms deep battle. So makes sense.