I mean, look at the first Harry Potter minifigures for goodness’ sake! Could they BE any more primitive? Still, LEGO kept making more sets, more minifigures, and every minifigure was better than the ones before.
The minute after the last film ended, I found myself thinking about the Harry Potter books, and how LEGO continued to make more sets and minifigures on them. LEGO Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings The Battle of Helm’s Deep (set 9474), or The Tower of Orthanc (set 10237) are much more suitable as starter kits.īut before we get into all that, there’s something else I want to talk about. Sure, we have Gandalf with his cart, which is nice, and a horrifying Shelob build, but neither give the sense of place. Of these 12, only a handful of them, in my opinion, are enough to start creating your own Middle Earth. However, if you take out the polybags, which don’t really add much save the minifigures, we are left with 12. According to Bricklink, there are 15 LotR sets. To be honest, after re-watching the movies, the first thing that came to my mind is how little love The Lord of the Rings got from LEGO. So, I decided to get back in the writing game and share my thoughts with you.
I realized I don’t know much about the LEGO The Lord of the Rings sets, and even less about the beautiful MOCs fans make. After about 12 hours of Hobbits and wizards and elves, I started thinking about another favorite pastime of mine: LEGO. The Lord of the Rings were on top of that list. Click on the image for the detailed video.Īll these lockdowns and curfews and social distancing lead me to re-watching some of my favorite movies.