LEGO Peaked With Lord Of The Rings
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- 10 years ago LEGO peaked, releasing a theme that was way ahead of it's time and has cemented itself as the best LEGO theme of all time. Lord Of The Rings was a major step in LEGO appealing to adults, but didn't have the expensive adult price tags of 2022.
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I’m so happy people are better appreciating my favorite theme nowadays. The quality of builds and printing of figures were way ahead of their time. You can’t even tell how good the reflective armor is on figures until you have them irl. As a kid when they were out, I played with them a ton. Hyped sm for its return, I just need those figs that they missed out on
Preach bro
Lord of the Rings is 100% my favorite theme! And I agree with all the great points you made about the theme. So good!
I completely agree with you, Holly! LOTR was one of the themes that got me truly invested in LEGO. I also only watched the movies after seeing the sets. Particularly the Mines of Moria. That Troll is still one of my favorite LEGO figures. Hopefully LEGO will do another wave of minifigure scale playsets and not just incredibly expensive display models.
I've never paid more than $200 for Lego & that was buying two CREATOR CASTLE sets at once. And the next week I found another for $80! So I didn't get the New Big Kingless Castle, but I have a Big Castle!
This line also had a cool modular component to some of its sets. 7:43 In the background you can see two sets combined-- "Battle at Helm's Deep" and "Uruk-Hai Army" which were released separately but can be attached to create a more full model. LEGO did the same thing with the Dul Goldor fortress in the Hobbit line, releasing one base set and two smaller modules that can be attached. It was a great strategy or keeping sets smaller and affordable while also giving the option to make them larger if you chose.
I really hope that we don’t get many dtc sets with Lotr because I think it really doesn’t need that. One of the best bits of lego Lotr was how even the cheapest sets were still just as good as the more expensive ones.
I also feel with the way the super expensive sets have been trending that it wouldn’t be good value or even maybe a good set for the price. Setting the bar too high would stop a lot of people from buying in and probably make them think it’s not as popular as it really is
Makes sense, Lord of the Rings is an AMAZING franchise. And the books are great too. The movies follow the books pretty well!
I’d love to see a set from the battle scene in Return of the king and hopefully get a Mumakil (OLIPHAUNT) figure!
The tower of orthanc was amazing and Smaug
5:22 it was also reused for the 2017 Dimension Knight Rider Pack
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Smaller is better. I very much agree on that. Today lego seems to only focuse on making bigger and bigger and even bigger sets and it is a real shame. It cinda throws you of as an adult when you have to spend your whole salary to buy a toy
9471: Uruk-Hai Army was the best value battle pack ever made. 6 great figs and a horse with two substantial builds. With inflation, it's worth $40 USD which still feels like a steal for what you get these days.
Smaller is better. The big sets should be smaller and better
I was 14 when the Lotr and hobbit sets first came out. I only got the lotr sets that gave me all members of the fellowship and stopped there. Wish I got the orthanc tower. Only got all the first movie hobbit sets but riddles in the dark and the only set I got in battle of 5 armies was the Smaug encounter
I'm guessing "D2C" means "Direct 2 Consumer"??? Does this mean that the particular D2C set is ONLY sold at LEGO online shop? Because I see almost all the sets they make going to the Lego Stores, and other places like Walmart's or Targets and the like. So what are LEGO's rules for F2C exactly then?
Im glad i grew up with these sets, back when they released i managed to get Helms Deep, Weathertop, Mines of Moria, Shelob Attacks, Gandalf arrives and the small hobbit set with bilbo and gollumm. I do regret not getting the Hobbit Hole, but ill wait and see if they make a new D2C of the Hobbit hole before i go and buy the original one
The background at the start is the intro for doctor who
I 110% agree, Lego LOTR is perfect, just like the Peter Jackson Trilogy and the Books. Lego needs to learn from Lego LOTR and focus more on quality instead of quantity and refocus on affordable sets instead of insanely expensive D2C sets that very few people can afford.
The Star Wars theme gets 3 different versions of Luke's speeder and LotR doesn't get one Balrog
My pitch for another wave of LotR sets:
Bridge of Kazadum - Gandalf and the Balrog on the bridge with a play feature where the bridge brakes
Battle at Pelennor Fields - the Witch-King on his Fell Beast against Merry, Eowyn and Theoden
Battle at Amon Hen - Aragorn, Frodo and Boromir in a battle against Lurtz and 3 Uruk-Hai
Ranger ambush - Faramir and 2 Gondor Rangers vs. an Oliphaunt, 2 Easterlings and 2 Haradrim
Siege of Minas Tirith - Gandalf the White and 2 Gondor soldiers, 4 orcs and an armored troll. This would include the lower level of Minas Tirith and either a siege tower or Grond, the battering ram.
The White Tree - Pippin, Denethor, Faramir, 2 royal citadel guards. This would include the upper level with the Throne Room, the White Tree of Gondor and Faramir's funeral pyre.
Preferrably, though, Minas Tirith would be a set liken unto the Death Star or the lates Diagon Alley set with figures in the tens or twenties
Sets like this are why I wish LEGO would do re-releases of older sets.
the hobbit hairpiece was also reused for michael knight in the dimensions knight rider pack
LEGO really DID peak in 2012. Town Hall, Haunted House, etc. They cashed in with the LEGO movie two years later and it has been downhill ever since.
It was so short lived, but so so good. I was 12 too and loved lord of the rings so I got a bunch of the sets. I got the orthanc tower recently, the Minifigures hold up so good today
Please lego, release a set with a proper witch king on a molded fell beast.
As a child who got into lotr thanks to my math teacher in grade 7 and loves lego I am super exited for the return of the theme
Wrong. LEGO peaked with the 550$ UCS Hulkbuster
The time LoTR sets were produced, I was just turned adult, I didn't really care about lego at that time, didn't even have money for it. Also the golden age of The Clone Wars was around that time and earlier, also with sets i much desire today. I wish someday lego would come back to these themes again.
Another reason these sets are so expensive nowadays is because of how brittle and fragile the Reddish Brown pieces are! I lost count of how many i've had to replace in my LOTR/Hobbit collection
That’s one reason I decided to part together An Unexpected Gathering, I just bought new reddish brown instead straight away to save myself the hassle and money
Exactly. D2c will be great if its in minifigure scale but we also need smaller sets
Обожаю эту серию. К сожалению, я осознал, как я люблю лего только сейчас:(( Потратил чертову кучу денег на Башню Ортханк, битву при Дол-Гулдур, совет Элронда и армию эльфов Мирквуда...теперь вынужден часть наборов продать из-за финансовых трудностей:( Мечтаю о норе Хоббита, шахтах Мории и Одинокой Горе.
I always kick myself for not getting the sets at the time. I also just got into the movies then because of the LEGO and hobbit hype. But I wasn’t invited in the franchise enough to spend my money on the theme. I knew the sets were great then and they still are but I missed it
Having only gotten into Lego mid last year due to lockdowns, I'm sad that i missed this glorious time of Lego LOTR as my best mate and I are massive LOTR fans. I'm also a massive POTC fan so shame I missed that as well but I guess Lego will always come and go. If I win the lotto one day I know I'll be buying a tonne of retired sets 😁 especially the architecture theme as that's my fave Lego theme!!!
I'm glad I was able to get a few of these sets along with Hobbit ones back in the day. I'm trying to rebuild my Helm's Deep at some point but unfortunately most of the Uruk-Hai figures are lost.
Agreed. Regret with all my heart selling off my collection.
Despite being a huge Tolkien fan, I never brought any of the LEGO sets. Something I now truly regret.
1:16 is that Simu Liu?
keen eye
Hollys backstory is just literally me especially going every year to watch the hobbit
Sadly all I have for lotr is gandalf arrives and the wizard battle
If they made a LotR CMF line I would actually buy a whole box.
I feel the exact same 😉
I have almost all the hobbit sets and quite a few lord of the rings sets my favorite theme
i would love the lotr set with ringwraiths & horses but that set is way to pricey now for what you get (which i dont mind as i get sets go up in value once retired and is popular theme).
I’ve been a huge fan of Lego since childhood and I just love lotr universe. I agree with everything what you mentioned in this video.
It was not that common for an adult to buys Lego sets back in 2012.
And yes, Lego lotr was different than other themes. The minifigures, details and sets were beyond their time. I am glad there is a possibility to have more sets.
yes. yes they did.
My brother has most of the LotR sets, and I borrowed them and built them during quarantine. They are SO GOOD- especially the minifigs!!! Unfortunately, I don’t think the sets will be as good for this new wave (totally agree with what you said about Lego Babi v way too many projects/not putting enough care into each one), but I’m still looking forward to what they come out with. I would love for the theme to be revived past a D2C and Brickhedz!
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The Lord of the Ringsets look awesome! Didn't was into Lego at the time, but boy did I miss out.
I wish LEGO would just rerelease old sets. I want the LOTR theme exactly as it was, not 10x bigger and more expensive so I can't buy it
WOW i learnt a lot from this video
I’m so glade I have all the minifigs in amazing condition, they are definitely my favorite collectibles I own.
I love the lord of the rings sets but I feel like you’ll never be able to fully achieve those scenes. In Star Wars if there’s a shootout with stormtroopers and you have a few in a set you could easily setup the scene, and maybe even add more later on. But with lord of the rings, because there are so many huge battle scenes(tens of thousands of people) you’ll never be able to fully achieve those battles. That’s my only gripe.
Great video and I do hope Lego brings back LOTR theme playset with minigures next year.
I miss the Original Harry Pooper sets. The past few years a crappy beige sets should be retired.
I agree Lego peaked at that time. I saw you showing the Town Hall and Star Wars UCS fighter... yes and Tower of Orthanck was amazing. Got all the LOTR sets. These days Lego just tries to milk its franchise by releasing ever-more massive, badly designed sets at a faster and faster rate. I am a particular fan of the modular series and these days I just despair. Those days the modulars looked like actual buildings - the last one to do so was Corner Garage. I am slowly losing my interest in Lego. This year the best set was Technic Helicopter and one of the worst was the new red Technic mega-car which had the exact same engine as the previous one, although that new Hulk Buster must be a strong contender for badly designed pure rip-off.
These sets are simply spectacular, my dad bought literally every single LOTR and hobbit set that lego made aside from the tower of orthanc and i have so many memories making worlds with these sets and having adventures with the dope minifigures. Great to see more LOTR appreciatation, great video Holly!
There's a big demand for LOTR sets, LEGO, please, give us some sets! We love minifigs and play sets! LEGO: ok, best I can do is a couple of BrickHeadz nobody asked for and a D2C set, probably a giant ring, which is supposed to be gold but since we cannot make real looking gold, it will be crappy molded gold. The writings on the ring will be stickers of course. Ah, no minifigures as you cannot expect minifigs in these expensive sets, right? $600 please.
So true!
100% agree. Obviously lego has to make money, but they've just been spitting out mediocrity for a while now (how many of "Luke's Landspeeder" do we need??) and I guess unfortunately it still gives them enough revenue to not improve
A modern day Lord of the Rings Lego theme could be amazing, but these days Lego seems to be more about quantity over quality.
1000%
Loved the video but sadly missed the boat when it came to the LotR sets. I would hope whatever comes next will be just as impressive!
Yeah their good but now today lego who worry about quantity over quality is it excited to see lord og the rings sets in 2023 or 2024.
I had so many of the sets from the LOTR and Hobbit theme, it was my favorite theme because of my sheer love of the movies in my early teens. An Unexpected Gathering and Tower of Orthanc were easily my favorites of the bunch.
Sadly I sold pretty much all of my LEGO in 2016, and now as an adult I've gotten back into LEGO and I wish I didn't sell practically every set I owned. The only set I kept was the original big scale R2D2 from like 2012.
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Oh I thought you were talking about the game. Cause for me, the game wasn’t that good. I found the open world to be soulless, the gameplay to have repetition syndrome and a very annoying golum bug where certain climbing sections wouldn’t work as golum would bug out and not fully climb to the top
Man I love that Lego sets great job😁😇
I had such a similar experience to you with getting into LOTR. A friend of mine had the sets and I thought they were super cool, so I went and bought the Gandalf Arrives set, and decided to read the books and watch the movies shortly after - and fell so deeply in love with LOTR that remains very dear to my heart to this day
Ever since I watched Lord of The Rings, (I grew up with it and read listened to the books at a very young age) I have made/tried to make the key displays. Great video. It is the Pike of LEGO Themes.
I'm so hyped about this. I'm an obsessive fan of Tolkien. I'm reading the books right now and am in love with Tolkein's work. Between my brother and I, we have almost all of the Lotr sets except helms deep and orthanc. I've been obsessed over the last year and a half of advocating for lego to bring back this theme and I'm actually shocked that they finally are! I couldn't be more pumped!
I had and still have some of the lotr and hobbit sets, one of my favorites lego themes ever. But the one hear when we were moving to a new house and someone broke my black gate set and my dul guldur set, I still have the figs and most of the pieces. Keep up the good work
Commenting before the video, but tbh for me LEGO Peaked with The Titanic (with the exception of the Delorean and the Castle…) everything since for me has been skippable.
I got all the 2012 sets from lotr and most of the other sets from the wave including the tower of orthanc and all the big hobbit sets! Super happy i did!
I didn't rediscover Legos (except the games) until the more recent Harry Potter sets, so I missed out on the LotR ones. Such a huge regret, especially seeing how much people are selling them for on eBay.
Lego Lord Of the Rings are the only waves i've fully collected :D
Completely agree. It was a great theme with great sets.
As for new sets, the have missed some settings that could make beautiful sets, like Rivendell (rumoured), The Prancing Pony or even Mount Doom (and that's just LotR). Also, it also caters for army building, so sets of Orcs, Goblins, Uruk-Hai, Riders of Rohan, Warriors of Gondor, Elves would be great.
Also gondor.
I am so sad that I miss some. 1) helms deep, they sold it just day before I wanted to finally buy it (had coupon for 25% off) and Smaug set (could have that for retail). Also the ship for quite cheap. Nowadays I would not hesitate at all...
But otherwise I have all lotr/hobbit sets except helms deep, eomer set, gandalf arrival, ship, smaugh.
If Lego re-released every one of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets I would buy every single one! I doubt this would ever happen, but man I would LOVE if it did!!
As a massive Tolkien fan, I can't say I was very fond of the LEGO LoTR sets AT ALL.
Bar one set: the Tower of Orthanc.
That was and is absolutely stunning to this day. It could be re-released today and not need upgrades.
The Corsairs of Umbar ship was also pretty good although not as impressive as Orthanc.
Those are the only 2 sets I bothered getting precisely because everything else wasn't really done well enough for my high standards when it comes to Tolkien's world.
I would like to have properly done, 18+, LEGO Lord of the Rings sets. The rumoured D2C better be very very well done. Specially for the rumoured 500€ price tag.
LEGO would NEVER re-release the old ones for the same price. Orthanc would likely cost close to 300€ today, and the Corsairs of Umbar ship (which LEGO dumbly named "pirate ship ambush") would be probably around 170€.
Wasn't done well enough ? That's the best lego models you're ever gonna get. You do realise it's still Lego right ?
Holly what are ur thoughts on the new sets coming out soon??
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Those lego sets were great wish I had those sets
Excellent commentary, and very educational for me. I’m not a LOTR fan at all (I prefer Game of Thrones), but these sets look fantastic! Can Lego please re-release these original sets … at 2012 prices???
I had every lego hobbit set back in the day and I saved all the figures. I had a few of the LOTR sets including the tower of orthanc and the ship. Those were two of the best themes besides pirates of the Caribbean.
and Harry Potter
I always loved this theme growing up. Honestly if they remade the theme I would definitely buy the sets. I heard there was a new set coming out honestly i’m hoping it’s on mines of moria remake, or shire set.
Was able to score some LOTR sets a couple months ago. Really happy with them. I wouldn't mind a Fellowship of the Nine in the future. But after my last purchase the Sanctum, I think I can retire from LEGO for a long while. No more sets on my wishlist after these October deals. Getting pickier and picker with sets too. They need more budget friendly bangers..
Totally agreed! I wasn’t actually a lotr fan at the time of themes release so I didn’t have too much interest in the theme and now it hurts looking at the prices. I’d love to see an affordable, quality reboot of this theme!
They did.
:D Lego LOTR and The Hobbit were my favourite thing for those three years, I have so many of the sets. Those themes really changed the game for the company and their legacy cannot be understated. Thank you for shouting out my favourite theme ever!!!
Armed with a time machine, we all know what year we’d go to
Walk into a target and buy surplus of every LOTR set homie we gotta army build go go go
I have a love/hate relationship with them, because I love the lord of the rings and I know I'm going to want them all... and for that I'll have to spend a few thousand haha.
To be honest, I kind of regret getting some of these sets. Mainly because I currently don't feel like a Tolkien fan. The Peter Jackson movies are fine, but I struggle to read the books & I have no interest in watching the Amazon prequel series.
LEGO Lord of The Rings was (what I think) is the Single Best LEGO theme of all time!
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Starwars >
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