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LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Shire Is Now Available for Everyone
You no longer need a LEGO Insider account to purchase LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Shire, the latest Tolkien-inspired buildable set.
LEGO has been rolling out new LEGO Lord of the Rings sets at a leisurely, hobbit-like pace of late. In 2023 we got a stunning Rivendell set. Last year, LEGO released a huge set of the Sauron’s iconic Dark Tower, aka Barad-dûr. And now, finally available for anyone to buy (exclusively at the LEGO Store), is a lovely, peaceful set based on The Shire – specifically, the hillside residence of Bilbo and Frodo in Bag-End.
LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Shire
The Shire is a bucolic build based on a peaceful, down-to-earth setting. In fact, the house depicted in the set is carved right into the earth of a hillside. It’s comprised of three rooms that are filled with all sorts of details and Easter eggs from the stories. It also comes with Gandalf’s cart, the tent that gets blasted into the air by a dragon firework (also included), as well as the stage on which Bilbo disappears during his eleventy-first birthday celebration.
The set comes with nine minifigures:
- Bilbo Baggins
- Frodo
- Mrs. Proudfoot
- Farmer Proudfoot
- Merry
- Pippin
- Rosie Cotton
- Samwise Gamgee
- Gandalf the Grey
The main complaint I’ve seen about this set is the price – and it’s a fair complaint, to be sure. This set costs 34% more than it “should” based on the traditional math of LEGO sets costing roughly 10 cents per brick. Surely there’s an IP tax for the Lord of the Rings branding, but even still it’s a lot. If it’s out of your range, that’s fair enough. It will likely be discounted at some point down the line, probably after it loses its LEGO Store exclusivity and comes to other retailers like Amazon or Target.
However, it’s still a very cool LEGO set for adults that would be a great addition for any fans of the Lord of the Rings books, movies, or any other medium they’ve landed in over the years.
Be sure to check out our We Build LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Shire feature for full details on what it’s like to build the set. And if you're interested in seeing more new stuff, check out the best new LEGO sets for April 2025.
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Chris Reed is a deals expert and commerce editor for IGN. You can follow him on Bluesky @chrislreed.com.
