Lego returns to The Lord of the Rings with a $500 Rivendell set
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#68M40)
Image: Lego Frodo, Samwise, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Aragon, plus Elrond, Arwen, Bilbo, and more - there's room in Lego's just-announced 6,167-piece elven sanctuary Rivendell for the entire Fellowship to debate The One Ring, and the shards of a particularly noteworthy sword.
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Not a lot of room, mind you. The $500 set obviously has nothing on the legendary 200,000-piece recreation of Rivendell by Alice Finch and David Frank that's been the centerpiece at multiple fan conventions.
But back in 2013, the best Council of Elrond you could get from Lego was this:
Image: Lego In 2013, four characters fought for three seats. It...