Beginner
≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range45 min – 2 h 45 min
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Icons · SET 40761
The Lord of the Rings: Sméagol & Déagol
Sméagol and Déagol meet beside a little river with a boat, tree and underwater details in a Lord of the Rings scene.
- Pieces
- 181
- Release year
- 2025
- Theme
- Icons
- Set number
- 40761
- LEGO recommended age
- 18+
- Used · indicative value
- ≈ 61.00 €
Indicative market reference published by Brickset for the stated condition. Not a launch price or a guaranteed offer: completeness, packaging and condition can change the price. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 28 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 1 hSuggested range30 min – 1 h 45 minExperienced
≈ 45 minSuggested range15 min – 1 h 15 minBased 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
Editorial assessment: Sméagol and Déagol meet beside a little river with a boat, tree and underwater details in a Lord of the Rings scene. The little brown craft completes the composition. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks, subsequent play and any alternative models are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
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.
- LEGO · set-specific instructions ↗
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- LEGO · set manual ↗
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Inside the set
Two-level scene
The base distinguishes the river surface from the area below.
LEGO sourceCompact boat
The little brown craft completes the composition.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Rivendell has a home in New Zealand
Kaitoke Regional Park, near Wellington, was the filming location for Rivendell. Its natural scenery became part of the films’ memorable vision of the Elven refuge.
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Kaitoke Regional Park in the Wellington region hosted Rivendell’s filming location. Information panels and elvish references mark the site. The fantasy home drew on real landscape; visiting means recognising a production setting rather than discovering the entire onscreen settlement preserved intact within the park.
Before the films, a professor of languages
Tolkien was an Oxford professor and a specialist in English language and literature. After a long development, The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955.
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Tolkien worked on the Oxford English Dictionary before academic posts at Leeds and Oxford. Ancient languages accompanied his invented languages, maps and stories. The Lord of the Rings appeared in three volumes in 1954–1955, following literary and philological work long preceding its cinematic images.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 26 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings
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