LEGO Announces Minas Tirith, the Biggest Lord of the Rings Set Yet

LEGO has announced a large caller summation to its enactment of sets based connected The Lord of the Rings. This clip it’s Minas Tirith, and it's the biggest LotR LEGO acceptable yet (see it astatine the LEGO Store). Also known arsenic the White City, Minas Tirith is the superior of Gondor and the tract of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields successful The Return of the King. It’s besides wherever Aragorn is coronated arsenic King Elessar.

Comprised of 8,278 pieces, this Minas Tirith acceptable is huge, making it 1 of the biggest LEGO sets ever. It’s priced accordingly, astatine $649.99. The acceptable volition merchandise June 1 for LEGO Insiders (you tin motion up present for free), and June 4 for everyone else.

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith

Available June 1 for LEGO Insiders, June 4 for everyone else.

To seizure the vastness of the metropolis portion inactive including recognizable and functional buildings, the acceptable uses some microscale and minifigure-scale successful its design. The sprawling cityscape and outer walls are done successful microscale, portion interiors similar the Citadel’s throne country are large capable for the minifigures. Speaking of which, the acceptable comes with 10 minifigures…

Minifigures Included

• Gandalf the White
• Aragorn arsenic King Elessar
• Faramir
• Denethor
• Peregrin Took
• Arwen
• Four Soldiers of Gondor

In addition, the minifigures travel with a assortment of accessories, including Gondor helmets, shields, and a crown for the caller king.

This is the biggest LEGO Lord of the Rings acceptable by a bully margin, and volition beryllium the 4th largest acceptable available, aft the Eiffel Tower, Titanic, and Death Star sets.

As is contented with the merchandise of a large caller LEGO set, determination volition beryllium a escaped Gift With Purchase for buyers, disposable portion supplies last. It’s LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: Grond (set 40893). Grond is the tremendous wolf-head battering ram Sauron’s service uses to interruption into Minas Tirith during the Battle of Pelennor Fields. If you privation this, I’d highly urge joining the LEGO Insiders programme and purchasing soon aft the acceptable goes live, astatine 12:01 a.m. connected June 1. These GWP’s person a past of selling retired quickly.

The acceptable is being released successful solemnisation of the 25th day of the merchandise of the archetypal movie successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring. It’s not the lone LEGO Lord of the Rings acceptable connected the market. In caller years, LEGO has released large sets based connected Rivendell, Barad-dûr, and The Shire, successful summation to a fistful of smaller (and much affordable) sets similar Sauron’s Helmet.

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