Lego’s Next Lord Of The Rings Set Will Be Its Biggest Yet, Weighing In At More Than 8,000 Pieces
Josh has been playing video games for longer than he can remember, kicking things off with a Master System before upgrading to a Mega Drive. Covering the industry since 2018, if a game has a strong story – or even better, the decisions you make determine the course of that story – odds are he’s going to like it. Or, you know, put Sonic or Pikachu on the cover and that’ll get his attention too.
Lego returned to Middle-earth in 2023 and started making Lord of the Rings sets again, releasing at least one per year. It seems set to keep up that pace in 2026, with rumors swirling that the next set spun from JRR Tolkien’s iconic books will be the biggest one yet.
That will take some doing, as pretty much every LOTR Lego set created during this latest run has been pretty sizable. We only have rumors to go on for now, as Lego hasn’t officially revealed what it has planned for LOTR in 2026. Those rumors are getting more concrete by the day, though, and they suggest the next set will be a toy brick model of Minas Tirith.
Lego Is Reportedly Preparing To Reveal An 8,000 Piece Minas Tirith Set
Shared by the ever-reliable Lego leaker brick.tap, the rumored Minas Tirith set will apparently be an 8,278-piece build. Not only will that make it the biggest Lord of the Rings set by more than 2,000 pieces, but it will be the sixth biggest Lego set of all time, sitting right behind the recently released Death Star, which is more than 9,000 pieces and costs $1,000.
That’s the bad news. A set this big is going to cost a lot of money. The latest rumors about a potential Lego Minas Tirith also include a potential price, and that price falls somewhere between $600 and $650. Perhaps a little cheaper than you might have expected, considering how close it is in piece count to the latest Death Star, but still a high enough price that only LOTR fans with a lot of disposable income will be able to afford it.
Rumored Minifigures And Potential Release Date
Don’t think about the price for now – we’ll cross that bridge of Khazad-dum if and when we come to it. Let’s instead focus on the potential minifigures we’ll be getting with this set. According to the same leaks that have provided a potential piece count, Gandalf the White, Pippin, King Aragorn, and even a tiny Lego Shadowfax will be among the characters that will call this set home when it’s released on June 1, 2026.
2026 is already shaping up to be a pricey one for Lego fans based on leaks alone. Not only are we potentially getting a bank account-busting new Lord of the Rings set, but we’re also getting Lego’s first-ever Pokemon sets.
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That much we know for certain, and that has me excited. It’s the rumors surrounding what those first sets might look like, and more notably, how much they could cost, that has me worried. Rumors that one of Pokemon’s debut Lego sets will cost $650 have been swirling for a while now. However, the more recent chatter of there being at least ten sets by the summer, presumably varying greatly in size and price, has me feeling more like there will be Pokemon Lego I can actually afford in 2026.
Elijah Wood as Frodo just wanting to go home in Lord of the Rings
Gollum looking creepily delighted in The Lord of the Rings Return of the King
Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn speaks to the King in Lord of the Rings Return of the King
Gandalf crowning Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings
Cate Blanchett smiling as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings Return of the King
Gollum looking confused in The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King.
Aragorn with Anduril in Return of the King
Aragorn, Legolas, and other soldiers on foot and horseback in The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King.
Gandalf the White speaking in a room with Aragorn behind him in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.Close
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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