Lego’s Latest Lord of the Rings Set Takes You There and Again Once more

Our introduction to life within the Shire in a few of Fellowship of the Rings‘ earliest moments are some of the best bits of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy–Howard Shore’s sweeping music, the luxurious pastoral visuals, the heat and pleasure of a peaceable life simply buzzing by way of the display. And now, all these bits, after which some, are forming the most recent huge Lego Lord of the Rings set.

This morning Lego introduced that the most recent addition to its Lord of the Rings line–after its grand return in 2023 with Rivendell, and final yr’s huge Barad-Dûr set–will whisk builders away to the Shire. Clocking in at simply over 2,000 items, the set features a model new duplicate of Bag Finish, Bilbo and Frodo’s Hobbit gap, in addition to numerous vignettes to depict the scenes of Bilbo’s 111th birthday celebration–proper all the way down to the flaming magical dragon firework that Merry and Pippin pilfer.

Lego Lord of the Rings: The Shire Gallery

It’s not the primary time Bag Finish has been made in Lego type: again in 2012, a Bag Finish set launched as a part of Lego’s units for The Hobbit: An Surprising Journey, however the newest recreation provides the outside an improve, and its inside now depicts a number of key parts from Fellowship, like Bilbo’s writing room and the kitchen the place he tells Gandalf of his plans to dramatically exit the Shire. In addition to Bag Finish, some celebration tents, and the get together tree that facilities Biblo’s birthday bash, the set will include 9 minifigures: Gandalf the Gray, the one standard-sized minifigure, after which 8 hobbits: Bilbo, Frodo, Samwise, Merry, Pippin, Farmer Proudfoot and his spouse, and Rosie Cotton.

That’s not all of the halfling you may get although. Members of Lego’s Insider program who buy the set any time between April 2 and April 8 will obtain a bonus reward construct within the type of Smeagol & Deagol, a vignette recreating the opening scenes from Return of the King the place Smeagol and his unlucky brother uncover the One Ring after its generations-long slumber.

Lego Lord of the Rings: The Shire will launch on April 5 for $260, with early entry obtainable to Lego Insiders from April 2.

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