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Lego’s towering Barad-dûr set is now available for Lego Insiders

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A wide-angle shot of Lego’s Barad-dûr set sitting on a table beside a lamp.
As you can see here, Sauron’s fortress of evil is sure to look great beside your modern art collection and West Elm furniture. | Image: Lego
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You can now own Sauron’s tower from The Lord of the Rings — well, the Lego version at least. Starting today, June 1st, Lego Insiders can purchase the massive Barad-dûr set for $459.99 before it becomes publicly available to everyone else on June 4th. Lego Insiders will also receive Lego’s exclusive Fell Beast set, which comes with J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictionalized steed and a Nazgûl minifig, so long as they make their purchase before the set becomes widely available on June 4th.

Not a Lego Insider? Not a problem. The loyalty program is free to join, after all, meaning you can still buy the Lord of the Rings set today if you register for an account on Lego’s website. In addition to the Fell Beast set, Lego is also throwing in a free Water Park set — though that offer will end on June 7th. It’s an odd pairing when you consider the summery 132-piece set is nowhere near as menacing as Sauron’s fiery stronghold in Mordor, but hey, at least it’s something you can use to distract the kids while you focus on building your own dark tower.

A person stands next to a black tower made of Lego bricks with a giant flaming eye on top
Perched on top of a table, the dark tower is almost as tall as a person.Image: Lego

In case you need a refresher, Lego’s latest Lord of the Rings set comes with 5,471 pieces that, once assembled, depict Sauron’s black tower and fiery eye, which remains one of the more iconic visuals from Peter Jackson’s film trilogy. The playset stands 32.5 inches (83cm) tall, but you can also buy extra copies if you want to build it even higher. It comes with a pair of mechanical front doors and a secret room for the all-seeing palantir stone, too, along with a slew of clever Easter eggs.

The set comes with minifigures of orcs, Frodo, Sauron, and more.
The set comes with minifigures of orcs, Frodo, Sauron, and more.Image: Lego

Lego has added in a bunch of other details Lord of the Rings fans will appreciate, from a throne room and dining hall for orcs to a lava pit with a skeleton cage. There are also references to the story itself, like Frodo’s stolen mithril coat and even a spider (Shelob, anyone?). The set even comes with minifigures of Frodo, Sam, Gollum, and — of course, Sauron — so you can reenact whichever scenes you choose.

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