{"id":434792,"date":"2026-01-26T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434792\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:30:08","slug":"saurons-helmet-is-up-for-preorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434792\/","title":{"rendered":"Sauron\u2019s Helmet Is Up for Preorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEGO has gradually been releasing new Lord of the Rings sets<\/a> for a few years now, racking up an impressive collection over time. The brick-building company has just announced another one, and it\u2019s actually relatively affordable this time. It\u2019s a display piece depicting Sauron\u2019s Helmet (see it at Amazon<\/a>), releasing on March 1 for $69.99. Read on for details.<\/p>\n

LEGO Icons The Lord of The Rings: Sauron’s Helmet<\/p>\n

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LEGO Icons The Lord of The Rings: Sauron’s Helmet<\/p>\n

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Price: $69.99Pieces: 538Set #: 11373Ages: 18+Dimensions: over 13 in. (33 cm) high, 5 in. (13 cm) wide, and 5 in. (13 cm) deep<\/p>\n

While the evil ruler of Mordor already has a set in the form of the dark castle Barad-dur<\/a>, he now has a more affordable option. This finely detailed helmet is mounted on a buildable stand, complete with a placard and a minifigure of the Ring-seeking villain. <\/p>\n

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Sauron’s Helmet\"\"<\/p>\n

The helmet itself is mostly all gray, but it\u2019s definitely not boring to look at. It\u2019s all sharp spikes and angles. All of these helmet and bust LEGO sets are aimed at adults<\/a>, since they\u2019re not toys that are meant to be played with. They\u2019re decorations meant to be displayed. Most of the other similar sets are based on Star Wars<\/a> or Marvel<\/a> characters.<\/p>\n

More LEGO Lord of the Rings Sets<\/p>\n

LEGO initially released a whole series of Lord of the Rings sets starting way back in 2012, but all of those sets are now long retired. This latest batch of sets kicked off in 2023 when LEGO released the massive Rivendell set<\/a>. This was followed by Barad-dur<\/a> in 2024, and The Shire<\/a> in 2025. Also in 2025, LEGO released a Balrog book nook<\/a> you can expand or fold up to nestle in among your collection of Lord of the Rings books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN’s board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on Bluesky<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEGO has gradually been releasing new Lord of the Rings sets for a few years now, racking up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-434792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}