Lord Of The Rings Lego Sets On Sale For Big Discounts, But Probably Not For Long

This $460 Lord of the Rings set includes 5,471 pieces, and the completed build stretches 32.5 inches high (nearly three feet!). It’s a massive and intricately designed kit with numerous modular structures. It’s capped off with the Eye of Sauron, which illuminates for added authenticity.

While J.R.R. Tolkien never specified the number of floors in Barad-dur, the Lego recreation of the dreary and terrifying structure has five levels. On the main floor, you’ll create Gollum’s hideout, an armory, and a prison for Orcs with a cage that opens and shuts. Level two has a dining hall and kitchen. The middle floor contains Sauron’s throne room. The throne itself has a secret passageway to the Palantir chamber–where Sauron does his magic crystal ball activities–which features several cool Easter Eggs, including a map of Middle-earth. Above the throne room is the Mouth of Sauron’s study, and the top floor has the library with a movable ladder.

Barad-dur is 17.5 inches wide and 12 inches deep, so you’ll need ample shelf space and nearly three feet of open space above for the tower spire.

The set comes with 10 minifigures:

• Sauron
• Mouth of Sauron
• Gollum
• Frodo Baggins
• Samwise Gamgee (Sam)
• Gothmog
• 4 unique Orcs

It also includes accessories based on the Peter Jackson film trilogy such as the One Ring, Sauron’s mace, light of Earendil, helmets for each Sauron figure, various armor and weapons, and more.

Lego’s recreation of Rivendell is actually even bigger than Barad-dur. At 6,167 pieces, Rivendell is one of the 10 largest Lego sets ever made. Unsurprisingly, it takes up a lot of space, too. The completed build is 28.5-inches wide, 19.5 inches deep, and 15 inches tall.

Rivendell is home to 15 Lego minifigures, including all of the members of the Fellowship, Bilbo Baggins, and several other characters:

• Frodo Baggins
• Samwise Gamgee (Sam)
• Gandalf the Grey
• Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry)
• Peregrin Took (Pip)
• Aragorn
• Legolas
• Gimli
• Boromir
• Bilbo Baggins
• Elrond
• Arwen
• Gloin
• 2 Elves

This highly detailed model features recreations of rooms from the movie, including Frodo’s bedroom and Elrond’s study. Rivendell is a modular build, which makes it a good one to piece together with a fellow Lord of the Rings fan; this also means you can remove sections from the main building and display them on different shelves, your desk, etc. This includes the section with the table where the pivotal Council of Elrond scene took place in The Fellowship of the Ring.

Lego’s model of Rivendell features many authentic trappings and decor from the film, including various paintings, ornate castle spires, the white gazebo, statues, archways, flowers and trees, intricate roof tiling, bridges, an elven forge, and the Shards of Narsil. The paintings and statues nod to historical events in Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings.