The Shire comes with nine LEGO Minifigures—these Minifigures are Bilbo Baggins, Frodo, Mrs. Proudfoot, Farmer Proudfoot, Merry, Pippin, Rosie Cotton, Samwise Gamgee, and Gandalf the Grey.

It's a product of LEGO's ambition – that the builds got so massive that the designers needed an underlying structure to stabilize them. It also eased many LEGO fans into a whole new sub-genre of ...

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur.

What’s most impressive about this set, however, is its relative scale. It’s a perfect fit for the ordinary Lego minifigures, and the crew of Snowtroopers and pilots that come with the model only ...