{"id":1909,"date":"2013-04-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2013-04-28T22:55:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T05:55:41","slug":"shut-up-and-take-my-money-lego-lord-of-the-rings-tower-of-orthanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/shut-up-and-take-my-money-lego-lord-of-the-rings-tower-of-orthanc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shut Up and Take My Money: LEGO Lord of the Rings Tower of Orthanc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"shut_up_and_take_my_money\"<\/a>Is this the one LEGO set to rule them all? The company that enjoys torturing people who walk around barefoot\u00a0has announced an epic, 2,300+ piece LEGO set of the\u00a0Tower of Orthanc seen in the Lord of the Rings<\/em> films.\u00a0For those of you who can’t tell a hobbit from an elf, that’s the giant tower where Gandalf the Grey is imprisoned by\u00a0Saruman the White.<\/p>\n

For the Stephen\u00a0Colberts of the world<\/a>, this LEGO set includes the Great Eagle that saved Gandalf, an\u00a0Ent tree character with swinging arms for some tower-smashing fun and characters such as\u00a0the Orc Pitmaster,\u00a0an Uruk-hai,\u00a0Grima Wormtongue,\u00a0Saruman and\u00a0Gandalf. The characters also come with a variety of tiny weapons, including a few wizard staffs.<\/p>\n

The six floors featured within\u00a0the\u00a0Tower of Orthanc have been modeled after the set design used by Peter Jackson in the Lord of the Rings<\/em> trilogy. These rooms include the entrance hall, the\u00a0dungeon, the attic, the library, the\u00a0alchemy room and\u00a0Saruman\u2019s throne room.<\/p>\n

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There are a number of neat features within the set that can be activated as well. For instance, a trap door will send guests of the tower into the\u00a0dungeon.<\/p>\n

In addition, doors can swing open, staircases fold up and a LEGO light brick activates a glowing effect in the\u00a0palantir<\/a>. You can check out a video of the team that worked on the set here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perfect for a Lord of the Rings fanatic, this is easily one of the most\u00a0ambitious\u00a0LOTR projects taken on by LEGO. Previous adaptations of the films include a 1,300+ piece set depicting The Battle for Helm’s Deep<\/a> and a 700+ piece set of The Mines Of Moria<\/a>. The\u00a0Tower of Orthanc set is\u00a0scheduled\u00a0to be released during July 2013 for a retail price of $199.99. However, it may be too challenging for young kids, hence LEGO’s 14+ rating. However, big kids who may or may not happen to own a replica of The One Ring will freaking love it.<\/p>\n

Images of the Tower of Orthanc LEGO set<\/h3>\n

\"Gandalf<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Saruman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Saruman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Grima<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is this the one LEGO set to rule them all? The company that enjoys torturing people who walk around barefoot\u00a0has announced an epic, 2,300+ piece LEGO set of the\u00a0Tower of Orthanc seen in the Lord of the Rings films.\u00a0For those of you who can’t tell a hobbit from an elf, that’s the giant tower where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[221,197,220,176,222],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-gandalf","tag-lego","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-shut-up-and-take-my-money","tag-stephen-colbert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}