Beginner
≈ 42 hSuggested range27 h 15 min – 61 h
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Icons · SET 11377
The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™
Minas Tirith combines the White City’s microscale profile with minifigure-scale interiors. Organise this extensive project into sessions of walls, towers and citadel.
- Pieces
- 8,278
- Release year
- 2026
- Theme
- Icons
- Set number
- 11377
- LEGO recommended age
- 18+
- LEGO Italy price
- 649.99 €
Available at LEGO Italy when checked on 23 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
Source: LEGO Italy · Price checked on 23 October 2026. Price and availability may change. Check the store for current details. This is not a verified launch price.
Official English name verified at: LEGO English catalogue ↗ · Checked on 24 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™?
A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.
Editorial estimate informed by external reports
Intermediate
≈ 29 hSuggested range18 h 45 min – 42 h 15 minExperienced
≈ 20 hSuggested range13 h – 29 hBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Numerous pale surfaces, architectural repetition, levels and interiors require space and sectional building. The three central durations are model-specific editorial assessments. Planning ranges extend approximately from 65% to 145%, rounded to quarter-hours; they are not measured experience-level averages or guaranteed limits.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
- StoneWars · The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ ↗
The reviewer reports completing the build in eighteen hours. One account does not establish averages for three experience levels.
Checked: 23 ottobre 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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Did you know?
Inside the set
Two scales in one model
Microscale exteriors accompany minifigure-scale rooms rather than one consistent proportion.
LEGO sourceCoronation and defenders
Aragorn as King Elessar, Arwen, Gandalf and Gondor soldiers are among ten minifigures.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Tolkien built his world on paper too
Drawings and paintings accompanied his writing, helping visualise Middle-earth’s landscapes and buildings.
The Tolkien EstateMore than thirty maps
Tolkien made more than thirty maps while writing The Lord of the Rings. Geography actively guided the story.
The Tolkien EstateWritten by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 23 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE
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A soundtrack for your build
The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ · Selected for the building rhythm
One underlying pattern supports variations with different characters, like modules changing roles within a structure. A pairing for symmetry, façades and precision mechanisms, with solo piano illuminating the details.
OUR PICK
J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Víkingur Ólafsson
Variations, symmetry and counterpointTry a different atmosphere
ANOTHER MOOD
Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich Ensemble
Pulses and evolving formsA build to spread over several sessions: choose the more understated option when you want the instructions to take centre stage. The music does not set your pace.
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