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Legos have been a passion of mine for my whole life. Lord of the Rings has always been my favorite fictional series. So you can imagine how perfect it worked out that I was a kid when the first Lego Lord of the Rings waves came out. I was fortunate enough to get many classic Lego Lord of the Rings sets, including one I am particularly proud of that I will show at the end of this post. As I got older and no more Lego Lord of the Rings sets came out, I started to fall out of love with lego. Although I have gotten sets here and there, nothing had the same passion that I had growing up.
Then Rivendell came out. This set was the first set in years that I felt a deep passion for and REALLY wanted. Of course though it had to be $500. So brutal. After a year of saving and selling old sets plus finding a really good pre-owned deal, I was able to finally purchase Rivendell a month and a half ago. It was everything I could have hope for and more. Easily my second favorite set of all time (you'll see my favorite later).
Then Barad Dur leaked and released. Now I am once again at a loss. $460 is a lot of money, but the set is such a masterpiece and one of those sets that I have that deep passion for. It's the type of set that I would give up a lot of other sets for. Both Rivendell and Barad Dur seem fantastic and unique in their own regard. Now I am at a crossroads. I'm at a point in my life where I need to keep my lego budget to a minimum. So any lego budget will come from previous lego purchases. Keeping it as self sufficient as possible if my goal.
So this leads me to my question that I would love input on. Which is the better set/the more worthy investment: Rivendell or Barad Dur? What are yall's thoughts on each set and do you think saving up for Barad Dur is worth it?
PS: Here is my favorite set of all time (Helms Deep + 2 wall additions) + a MOC Barad Dur I made last night with leftover pieces from 2 small minecraft sets I got a while ago.
This is my first time ever posting on a lego forum so here we go lol.
Rivendell is an absolutely gorgeous set, but Barad Dur has Sauron…
It’s a tough call, but investment is different to display and Rivendell (in my opinion) displays better that Barad Dur.
I’m personally in a very similar situation and will go Rivendell when the cash becomes available, but I’m also not likely to go investment on it (but won’t be playing with it haha)