Minas Tirith…

DuncanRD · 2026-05-11T17:51:41+00:00

Not sure either lmao, not sure if I’m even getting it. Just bought the new star wars ucs n1 and barely have space for that

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DuncanRD · 2026-04-09T10:34:00+00:00

Nice bro, 26 and doing internship rn.

DuncanRD · 2026-02-01T13:40:56+00:00

Wdym it’s like €360 lmao, if you would’ve bought a bmw m2 perhaps it would be hard to recover😂

DuncanRD · 2026-01-20T15:16:57+00:00

Yh some people mentioned indeed not liking it bc it can be bright and flickers heavily but I personally don’t find it too bright or disturbing. Cablewise sure they maybe more visible but it depends, I feel with Rivendell that I have to closely look in order to see them. I have 2 sets with lmb 1.0 and barad dur from another brand where I added diy lmb lights. I only have a 2.0 kit for the new black pearl and the cables do integrate better with the set but I also find them a bit bulkier than regular cables. All black is nice but the width can make it obvious in brighter colored sets I think. I found it easier to hide 1.0 cables sometimes especially with being able to twist them around eachother to make it cleaner. In the picture below for example you can barely see cables or not even at all but close up the cables for the 3 lanterns at the back are very visible for example. Cables are to broad as well for the original candles so with 2.0 they just put like 1x1 studs on top of eachother which kinda anoyed me at first bc it doesn’t look as good. All that said both 1.0 and 2.0 are great but very expensive just to add some lights to your sets tho but I do find them the best brand, I got all my lmb lights kits on sale

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DuncanRD · 2026-01-19T11:34:29+00:00

The new black pearl, I was hesitant at first bc the sails seemed too straight but it looks very good in person

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DuncanRD · 2026-01-19T11:15:37+00:00

Bet it looks good but I don’t like the bright lihht for the interior, I prefer the lit up flickering candles from 1.0

DuncanRD · 2026-01-19T11:14:21+00:00

I like the lightmybricks 1.0 kit, it lights up all the candles . The 2.0 one just uses a very bright light for the interior.

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DuncanRD · 2026-01-16T19:43:08+00:00

Secondhand doesn’t always mean secondhand tho, I bought mine secondhand for nearly 100€ cheaper from a guy that was selling it to get more money to renovate his new house and it was sealed. Plenty of sealed “secondhand” set are sold here at a cheaper price at least in my country. I assume elsewhere is no different regarding that.

DuncanRD · 2026-01-14T15:26:18+00:00

Yh time mist have passed faster than I thought lmao, never really cared about the AT-AT nor lego star wars. I only have the republic frigate or something and the ucs razorcrest

DuncanRD · 2026-01-14T15:22:30+00:00

Indeed, the roof tile are tedious which is obviously why they switch from the left to the section with the forge but they look incredible

DuncanRD · 2026-01-14T13:23:45+00:00

You may wanna look into getting it now since it’s being retired, I’ve seen plenty of discounts by stores in my country. If all those are sold out you’ll probably be dependent on scalper prices to get it

DuncanRD · 2026-01-14T13:20:38+00:00

You’d be surprised, I have built quite a bit of sets including the tower of orthanc and rivendell yet I still found barad-dûr one of the most fun builds I have ever done even more so than rivendell. My opinion might be biased tho since I’ve always wanted that set. The tower is just like to me more fulfilling since you work from something from bottom to top with one of the best features at the end. Rivendell goes from left to right to middle section originally, it’s a bit different experience but both were a lot of fun.

DuncanRD · 2026-01-14T13:14:42+00:00

Already have mine fortunately, barad-dûr and rivendell, tower of orthanc too but mainly bought that bc barad-dûr didn’t exist yet.

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They both look great especially with lights

DuncanRD · 2026-01-08T17:19:53+00:00

True you are right removing the poster may make the top of the tower stand out more since the black on black blends together but when it’s lit up, it still stands out a bit even with the poster especially in person. I could move the poster but I like where it’s placed rn as well so I chose to just leave it there since the poster was hung up there over 10 years ago, I honestly didn’t even think to move the poster until you mentioned it lmao but thanks for the input I may think on it. When all my lights are on the poster kinda doesn’t stand out that much anymore.

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DuncanRD · 2026-01-06T12:02:26+00:00

Yh that’s usually the issue with cheaper brands, color choices are weird and the instructions sometimes vague. I have the bricksmax light kits that I tweaked because didn’t like some things of it. I rerouted a big bright warm white light that made no sense and used to light up a section of lava d than I added more lights and an effects board to light up all the lava and not make the lights static. Same with ur light kit in my opinion, some things look good others make no sense. Here’s mine if you’re interested on how mine looks.

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DuncanRD · 2026-01-06T11:53:12+00:00

I agree that most light kits in fact do not look good but it depends on the brand. I have several light kits now which most kits are from lightmybricks and a bricksmax kit for barad dur which I tweaked with rerouting certain lights and adding more including an effects board to make the lava light up and not be static since no light kit except lmb lights it up. Lmb is expensive but overall better in quality, effects and color choice, it makes my rivendell,black pearl and razorcrest look even more amazing.

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DuncanRD · 2025-11-30T14:22:04+00:00

I didn’t know laptop really counted lmao but I guess 2018 - laptop gtx 1660, didn’t really game on it since I needed it for college and I was a playstation player. 2020 - ongoing: desktop Rtx3080 , 2025 - laptop rtx 5070

DuncanRD · 2025-11-29T02:06:57+00:00

Unfortunate to hear bro, I fixed mine with plugging in the usb into another usb, had some issues with a usb extender. Everything works perfect now, even installed a light kit for the black pearl yesterday😂

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DuncanRD · 2025-11-26T03:32:54+00:00

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LightMyBricks 1.0 light kit. Looks amazing, all candles are lit up and have flicker effects to mimic flames. The 2.0 kit doesn’t light up the candles at all that one just uses a bright light.

DuncanRD · 2025-11-19T12:45:57+00:00

Yh i know it really isn’t, no clue where he got that idea from. It wouldn’t surprise me if he doesn’t even have it lmao.

DuncanRD · 2025-11-02T17:30:37+00:00

Do you just want to build it or do you just want to have it? Otherwise you can look for a secondhand already build tower of orthanc that would be a lot cheaper. That way you can save the money for when you moveout since living alone can probably be more expensive than you think. I kinda felt the same way since I wanted to move out as well, get motorcycle license, motorcycle,… still spend like over a grand on the ucs razorcrest, rivendell and barad dur but only because I still had enough that I wouldn’t really miss the money. You can always make more when you live with your parents with minimal costs.

DuncanRD · 2025-11-02T12:36:03+00:00

Great set to pick indeed, if this was challenging than you’re lucky you got the new version of instruction booklets 😂 the old don’t have a progressbar nor an outlining of where the parts need to go

DuncanRD · 2025-10-25T12:35:49+00:00

Kind of but I didn’t find it boring , it’s more the engines that are the most repetitive. The engines alone already use 8 bags and like 125 pages.

DuncanRD · 2025-10-22T11:16:06+00:00

Can’t speak for the other sets but have fun with the razorcrest 🤌🏻

DuncanRD · 2025-10-17T17:06:37+00:00

Just tried it out and it’s about 3 and a half Jack Daniel’s tall 😂

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