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Lego’s New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Set Decides What Shall and Shall Not Pass Your Bookshelf

Lego's New 'Lord of the Rings' Set Decides What Shall and Shall Not Pass Your Bookshelf

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Looks as if the Balrog was pissing on Gandalf.
“YOU SHALL NOT PISS!”
Ooooh, that's the whip. Took me way too long to parse that.
- Totally looks like he's pissing on Gandalf lol
Direct link to the set. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-balrog-book-nook-10367
- That price range they fucking for real?
  
  This really isn't bad. $0.10 / brick is the rough average for Lego sets, with licensed IP sets running higher and bulk sets of basic bricks running lower (this 790 piece bin is about $0.08 / brick). Some of the Star Wars sets run close to $0.15 / brick.
  This set is about $0.11 / brick.
  
  FFS, you aren't kidding. Even a discount for no wings wouldn't make that set affordable.
  
  Lego is getting a little ridiculous with their prices. Almost $60 for the tiny display of Ahsoka fighting Elsbeth from her show, almost $90 for the X-Jet from X-Men?!
  I love Lego but it's ridiculous what they charged for their licensed sets.
I see Lego have decided to go with the "Balrogs have wings" interpretation.
- I hate that this is the now de facto design for a Balrog, most of all because it's a cool monster design in its own right. Alas, check out the illustration for Durin's Bane (the Moria Balrog) in The One Ring 2e. There they did a text-accurate Balrog and it's amazing, I think you can find it online, and Anna has the book archived I hear
Why no flame sword?!?
Ooooohhhhh licensed microplastics

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