How LEGO Barad-Dûr got made

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Check out our interview with the designers who brought the brand new LEGO Icons 10333 The Lord of the Rings: Barad-Dûr to life.
Matthew and Chris had the chance to sit down with Antica Bracanov and Ashwin Visser, two of the talented LEGO designers responsible for the latest LEGO The Lord of the Rings set, in Billund to chat all things Barad-Dûr. From the model’s modular approach to creating the first-ever Sauron minifigure, between them the duo take a deep dive into every facet of the tower.

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@povoq83 Ай бұрын

Minas Tirith, Lothlorien tree, the lonely mountain with Smaug,... I would love to see the complete shire village, even the argonath, or the bridge of Khazad-dum... So much more to do ...

@ThreeBlindMiceFilms Ай бұрын

I'm hoping for more sets too, hopefully some smaller sets, maybe multiple a year... I think an ideal and realistic option could be Architecture style sets of Minas Tirith, Orthanc, Helm's Deep (maybe Bag-End/Hobbiton?!) I had been thinking The Lonely Mountain with Smaug could work really well as an Art Print set like Stary Night or the new Gotham City! I would die if they just re-issued the old Orthanc set!!! I think the only sets Lego has done that with are 1 or 2 of the Ninjago City sets, so NOT getting my hopes up hahaha

@Mixedupcrazy1 Ай бұрын

Please stop trying to bankrupt me

@nicolaaspersoon5175 Ай бұрын

I’m excited for the person who was waiting to add this to their LEGO Batman Movie MOC

@theretronerd4638 Ай бұрын

this is a day that will be long remembered for my lego batman movie collection

@Chris-rop 2 сағат бұрын

what do you mean? what is the relation between batman and barad dur?

@theretronerd4638 Сағат бұрын

@@Chris-rop Sauron was a villain in the movie

@neilrusling-je6zo Ай бұрын

Rest In Peace great king Theoden son of Thengel who died last week on 5th May, a true legend! No Nazgul or Fell beasts were sighted at the time.

@Snackolotl Ай бұрын

14:08 VEGETABLES ARE BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS

@GardenOfFigs Ай бұрын

Great interview, your questions were well prepared.

@MarkBuildsLego Ай бұрын

this set is huge!! Looks awesome

@mathijsbreedveld4934 Ай бұрын

The helmets are great, but I do not understand why Frodo and Sam are in all other aspects exactlty the same as the figures in Rivendell.

@2810Mad Ай бұрын

cost cutting

@oscarknowsnothing5498 Ай бұрын

They kinda wear the same clothes and things in mordor as in Rivendell so it makes a little sense

@mathijsbreedveld4934 Ай бұрын

@@2810Mad yeah probably, just like with the elven wigs in Rivendell. Still a great set though

@mathijsbreedveld4934 Ай бұрын

@@oscarknowsnothing5498 Nah mate, it does not. Either they should be in their full orc armor, or they should be in only their tattered shirts by that point in the film

@mathijsbreedveld4934 Ай бұрын

Or maybe they could have thrown in two armor pieces like Gothmog's

@magnuslauglo5356 Ай бұрын

Such an immersive looking set. I'm glad they got in a fair amount of color and lots of playability.

@kayman1615 Ай бұрын

Thanks! It was awesome seeing and hearing about the design process. This set is very imposing and huge. Can’t wait to pick this up!

@nicholasmaddocks7545 Ай бұрын

Minas Tirith needs to be next. Overall barad dur is a great build.

@wimgeuens8433 Ай бұрын

And make it a 15k pieces build while they're at it.

@alexmcmahon1808 Ай бұрын

Only miss is tall legs for Sauron

@kiwookkwon4911 Ай бұрын

Um… I actually love short legs. Think of Avatar… I don’t like tall legs.

@yes338ajxx Ай бұрын

True, he feels wayyy too short

@alexmcmahon1808 Ай бұрын

@@kiwookkwon4911 Sauron was 9 foot tall lol

@cheshire2.047 Ай бұрын

I’ve wanted this set I saw this movie years ago. I cannot wait

@Hotspur37 Ай бұрын

Can wait to get this amazing set will go perfectly with Rivendell

@damienhartzell2142 Ай бұрын

Wish this wasn’t backlit. Awesome set though! Great insight in the interview. Cheers!

@jacobholley4312 Ай бұрын

You should do full-scale version of Mount Doom that way It can go with the eye of sauron

@junebugforever Ай бұрын

0:42 “Rivendell was already out when we started.” Well, that’s a lie. We got the prelim image for Barad-dûr from that big survey leak in February 2023, a month before Rivendell came out, and that design looks fairly close to the finished model. Not really sure why they would lie about something like that, but there you have it

@christopherwilliams5808 Ай бұрын

LEGO lies a lot. Especially in the Star Wars realm. Sad to see it here in LOTR now too.

@christopherwilliams5808 Ай бұрын

It is amazing and I bought it day 1, however my biggest complaint about it, that I see no one talking about for some reason, is why does the eye, the main focal point supported by a black bar? Did they not consider using trans clear pieces to give it a better illusion of it floating? I feel like that would have been the obvious thing to do considering your focus goes striaght to the eye. I guess it probably had something to do with it moving and possibly technic pieces . Would have been better @ $399 and frodo and sam should have had their full armor on.

@LordOfTheVOGELS Ай бұрын

Interesting how they have prototypes of Frodo/Sam’s Orc disguise helmets, but they didn’t actually commit to the idea. Kind of a shame they are instead direct reprints from Rivendell.

@vincereviews1090 Ай бұрын

It sounds like he said they are included! They’re a mold pack sort of like the weapons in the rivendell set 16:05

@LordOfTheVOGELS Ай бұрын

@@vincereviews1090if true, that will be a nice touch. I still think it would look silly to have them in their hobbit tunics with just an orc helmet. Should have been a full outfit. I guess you could take some of the included orcs apart to accomplish that.

@vincereviews1090 Ай бұрын

Yeah you’re right it would have been nice to have at least some dirty printing and armor for them specifically. Hopefully they release a full wave in the coming years. They left a lot of scenes untapped and if it’s anything like the Harry Potter line they can just redo everything they did before with updated elements!

@NathanRosson Ай бұрын

I was nervous the helmets weren’t going to be included too. But you can see them wearing the helmets on the back of the box.

@mbrannon Ай бұрын

You can see the helmets are included if you zoom in on the back of the box of the new official images. They are wearing them in one of the images so they are definitely included as accessories.

@TrockMoment Ай бұрын

Bro i cant 😭😭🥵🥵🥵

@BLAZEREN101 Ай бұрын

So what’s their next LOTR project?? Did they give any hints for next years release?

@Marc76-qt7vp Ай бұрын

We don't know. They're not allowed to give hints.

@Crashtestdummy103 Ай бұрын

Doesnt seem like it but hopefully ostgiliath not sure how well minas tirith will look mostly at 500 because its so big. But with ostgiliath u can make a 300 dollar set around the river area so it gives insentive to get two differnt sets to get both ends with maybe some alternative builds.

@ZoeandZacsDad Ай бұрын

I think I would rather see a larger modular build of Bag End.

@yes338ajxx Ай бұрын

Hopefully it's Helms Deep.

@user-rr9dr5nq6u Ай бұрын

Great vid. Great set. Great figs. Great bookend to Rivendell. Great big price tag. 🤠

@volt8ge Ай бұрын

If Lego went full LOTR, I think I would ditch Lego Star Wars 😂 but seriously we need LOTR battle packs that don’t cost $35!!!!

@Jasonwolf1495 Ай бұрын

35 beats the 175 Dollars for the smallest of second hand lotr sets

@DavidBrown-mo6kt Ай бұрын

Does it light up?

@piotr78 Ай бұрын

There is a light brick underneath/behind the eye

@LucasDekker_CreativeWorks Ай бұрын

Love the set. Looks great. Minifigure mains i like but the orcs less so. What i am sad about is that the GWP just makes a lot of people buy it sooner than they might find comfortable.

@Jasonwolf1495 Ай бұрын

Honestly the gwp is why im not buying it early. When i heard i was excited but its quite underwhelming.

@velvetstarlings Ай бұрын

Not to be that guy but in very early 2023 there were leaked preliminary images of the completed Rivendell set (which didn’t come out till mid 2023 and images of a barad-dur were part of that leak and they look almost identical to the final product- so they are lowkey lying… to say that they didn’t start on the set till “after” Rivendell was released

@Panda-able Ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly, I immediately called BS on that one!

@karrde593 Ай бұрын

This is the first exclusive set from lego i've been excited to purchase at full price that i have in any memory, its been so long. Knowing how i match up with mainstream lego consumers though, it will probably flop because its a really evil and forboding looking set. Im going to avoid any more spoilers for this and enjoy it to full.

@cjp1599 Ай бұрын

I wish lego would use the "woody" length figures more often. Sauron should be a woody figure, as should Chewbacca...

@davidtreece3922 Ай бұрын

Definitely not. The proportions would be way off especially chewbacca.

@patrickstadel3224 Ай бұрын

Yep. Huge miss that they didnt make the legs longer. It has been disgussed online for moooonths aswell

@Jasonwolf1495 Ай бұрын

I think the wood legs are just too tall. A single plate taller in either the torso and/or legs would be plenty for a height difference on both characters.

@ivow762 Ай бұрын

I'm just not feeling this set. Basically it's only half a tower, as soon as you rotate it even just a little bit, you see the flat back. Did we really need an interior? The movies show one scene which is likely inside the Barad-Dur dungeons, and that's Gollum being tortured... yet I don't see a way to recreate that here? Also, if they included Sauron to represent the 2nd age, then why not go all the way and include Elrond, Isildur, Elendil and Gil-Galad? That would have been way more interesting than generic orcs. And why could we not get correct outfits for Frodo and Sam? It's just not as well thought out like Rivendell was.

@mrBluesky1986 Ай бұрын

That is exactly what ive been saying.

@ethanmietzner5218 16 күн бұрын

@@mrBluesky1986exactly. I don’t understand why Lego would hint at Sauron and Isildur in the image in Rivendell and not even consider creating Isildur for Barad Dur. Doesn’t seem like a great line up of figures for $500

@Nigel-nv3lr Ай бұрын

Am I the only one who hates the new gollum redesign? He just looks odd without the pupils and nostrils

@WolfetoneRebel1916 Ай бұрын

Can I buy two and stick them together for full enclosure?

@biiiiiiiliiiiiiieeiiiilisssshh Ай бұрын

It is actually not possible, because the wife will complain about the money spent

@austinpost6870 Ай бұрын

Should’ve had easterling minifigure

@RichardMontgomeryYT Ай бұрын

Maybe that could come with some sort of black gate set?

@mrBluesky1986 Ай бұрын

Oh heck yeah

@MarkTudor-yr8jv Ай бұрын

It'd be respectful to give credit to all the Barad Dur Ideas submissions. That's where the real work started to bring the LOTR theme back! Can't wait to get this set!

@fxrtun3305 Ай бұрын

I like everything about this set, except I think the old orcs looked better

@johnhammond3056 Ай бұрын

its a nice set. but they could of been more excited in the interview to show there work.

@user-tr7io4ng5f Ай бұрын

Why are they so sad man

@suartblofeld Ай бұрын

Haha they are not sad, they are Danish which is their culture and so quite reserved. You won't get any whoop whoops out of them for sure 😂

@ivow762 Ай бұрын

@@suartblofeld Nope, he's Dutch and she's Croatian. I'm Dutch myself and fully agree that they should have shown a much higher energy level.

@piotr78 Ай бұрын

@@ivow762meh I think they're just designers and not PR people. They're probably not dealing with many interviews like this

@DDuck777 Ай бұрын

Not everything has to be American cheese with 60 extra scoops of sugar in a bag of coffee 😂

@biiiiiiiliiiiiiieeiiiilisssshh Ай бұрын

I take it as a ASMR video ahhah

@memyselftheone Ай бұрын

I am disappointed with this set. It just does not look appealing to me overal; don't get me wrong, it has some things I like about it, but the general vibe and look of it just isn't for me. If you compare the two, Rivendell is on a completely different level and it blows this one out of the water.

@mrBluesky1986 Ай бұрын

Sauron in my opinion is extremely disappointing they should have given him the avatar legs and made his helmet and shoulder armor separate pieces😢

@joshlyman7059 Ай бұрын

It's a pretty poor representation of what barad dur is suppose to be, it's the largest fortress in 3rd age Middle Earth, dwarfing Minas Tirith, this looks more like a mid sized iron trunk mostly there for the eye, which shouldn't really be there to begin with Compared to Rivendell I'm pretty disappointed by this, tho tbf imo Rivendell is the best set Lego ever made I hope people enjoy it tho, it is an iconic movie set and I could do with saving 450eur haha

@BLAZEREN101 Ай бұрын

Do you reckon Minas Tirith will be next?

@joshlyman7059 Ай бұрын

@@BLAZEREN101 Idk, I'd prefer something like Lorien or Bag End, more colorful :P

@peterpolus5272 Ай бұрын

I agree, they messed up the proportions, gave it way too much brown and light grey and made Sauron as tall as a human instead of giving him the avatar body size. Frodo and Sam being exactly the same as in Rivendell is kind of cheap of them too. It's $460 and we're still going to have to buy more pieces to make it look right👎

@johnwhite3420 Ай бұрын

What do you mean by “shouldn’t really be there”? I’m not a deep LoTR fan, just watched the movies so consider me a noob

@Myusernamehere33 Ай бұрын

Not sure how much bigger it could’ve gotten here before turning off buyers due to size. It’s modular so you can buy two and keep it going!

@krispyskins2122 Ай бұрын

I have to say these two were pretty boring. Maybe after working on this project for so long they got bored seeing it and talking about the set. You’d think they’d be a bit more energetic!?