Rent the LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Barad-dûr™

Reckon on 16 to 22 hours. The 5'471 pieces are spread across several tiers, each built on its own and stacked at the end. The time sink is the middle tower segment: a lot of repetition in almost entirely black and dark grey pieces, where searching takes longer than building.

It is 83 cm tall on a footprint of 45 × 30 cm. So it will not fit under any ordinary shelf. You need a free-standing spot, a sideboard or a chest of drawers with nothing above it. With this set that is a bigger hurdle than the price.

Yes, a light brick illuminates the eye at the top of the tower, and it turns in every direction. The light brick runs on a button cell, which is included in the set. There is also the main gate, which you open and close with a switch brick.

Yes, set 10333 has been in the range since 2024 and is still listed at LEGO for around CHF 489.–. With a tower this size, though, for most people the question is not the price but where to put it once it is standing.

The tower is fitted out across several levels and can be viewed from the back: a throne room, a forge, a dungeon with a cage and the wall walks. A palantír is hidden behind a flap, and the set introduces some new helmets and accessories that did not exist before.

You pick a set from our collection and we send it to your door for free. You build it, keep it as long as you like, and send it back when you are ready for the next one. After a month at the earliest, with no upper limit. Then you choose your next set.

There are three options: the single rental at a one-off CHF 42.–, the monthly plan at CHF 39.– per month and the yearly plan at CHF 29.– per month. Included are the complete set, the instructions, delivery to you and the cleaning. You cover the return, and the label is already in the box.

Yes. The monthly plan can be cancelled to the end of any month, with no reason and no notice period. You send the set back and that is that. The yearly plan commits you for twelve months and costs about a quarter less per month in return.

Every set is washed at 30 °C with soap after it comes back, dried, and checked brick by brick for completeness. Only then does it go out again. So you never get a set somebody else has been through unchecked.

Up to ten lost small pieces are no problem and are included in the price. It happens, vacuum cleaners are merciless. We only get in touch for larger damage or missing large pieces. You do not have to go over the carpet with tweezers.

Orders placed before 14:00 go out the same working day. After that Swiss Post usually takes one to two working days. We deliver anywhere in Switzerland and delivery to you is free.

A LEGO set is usually built once and then sits on a shelf or in a cellar for years. With us the same set passes through eight to ten people. For the same number of sets built, that is up to 90 % less newly produced plastic.