At $460, Barad-Dûr might seem relatively tame when it comes to some of the crazy prices Lego’s most lavish sets have commanded lately. And it does a lot to justify it in terms of its size and ...

LEGO Icons’ Lord of the Rings: Barad-Dûr set marks the second epic LEGO LOTR set in recent history. Last year, of course, we saw an incredible LEGO rendition of Rivendell released into the world.

Brick by brick, we piece together the massive new Lord of the Rings LEGO set of Barad-dûr, Sauron's dark tower, topped with the iconic glowing orange eye.

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Visually, Barad-Dur is a crowning spectacle and a centerpiece of any LEGO (or Lord of the Rings) collection. It’s also a challenging, time-consuming build on par with other LEGO Icons sets.

Incredibly, LEGO is able to bring this narrative theme to life in its Barad-dûr build, both as an individual piece and in conversation with its The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell set.

While it's £30 cheaper than the Rivendell set, Barad-dûr is still a pricey LEGO set at £399.99. But if you take the plunge, you'll be rewarded with a final model that's superbly detailed and ...

The project of building LEGO’s Barad-dûr set, meanwhile, lives in stark opposition to putting together its Rivendell one. Barad-dûr is all sharp angles, shiny black lines, and imposing gates.

LEGO reveals that at Barad-Dûr’s summit “lies the Eye of Sauron that rotates in various directions and features a light brick to make the eye glow.” We can’t wait to see this eye in action.

It's good to be bad. Between Barad-dûr and Rivendell, the LEGO designers have set a bar for quality that will be difficult to surpass, except by a future Lord of the Rings build.