The White City has arrived. LEGO Icons Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith (set #11377) went on general sale today, June 4, 2026, following an early-access window for LEGO Insiders that opened June 1. At 8,278 pieces and $649.99 USD, it is one of the most ambitious Middle-earth builds LEGO has ever released — and it is available right now.
The City Tolkien Built in Words
Tolkien introduced Minas Tirith with extraordinary precision in The Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 1 — also titled “Minas Tirith.” Pippin’s first glimpse captures the city’s sheer improbability: a mountain of stone, seven tiers carved from the living rock of Mindolluin, each wall higher than the last, crowned by the Tower of Ecthelion, “a glittering pinnacle of rime” that caught light like a spear of pearl. Tolkien notes that the city was originally called Minas Anor — the Tower of the Sun — built by Anárion, son of Elendil, in the Second Age (S.A. 3320), as a counterpart to Minas Ithil across the Pelennor.
That layered history — the city as palimpsest, each tier accumulating centuries of Gondorian memory — is exactly what LEGO’s hybrid microscale/minifigure design attempts to honor. The set blends macro detail (minifigure-scale streets, gates, interiors) with the sweep of the full mountain silhouette in microscale, a structural challenge that mirrors Tolkien’s own dual registers: intimate character drama played out against an epic architectural canvas.
The accompanying Gift with Purchase, Grond (set #40893), carries its own deep lore. The battering ram used to break the Great Gate in Book V, Chapter 4 (“The Siege of Gondor”) was named after the mace of Morgoth himself — the “Hammer of the Underworld” — a deliberate act of dark naming by Sauron’s forces, invoking the terror of the First Age to shatter Gondor’s resolve. That 307-piece GWP is a small thing in LEGO terms, and an enormous thing in Tolkien terms.
LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith (11377) — 8,278 pieces. © LEGO Group
What’s in the Box
Set #11377 breaks down as follows:
- Piece count: 8,278
- Price: $649.99 USD
- Dimensions: 23.5 in. (59 cm) high × 24.5 in. (62 cm) wide × 14.5 in. (37 cm) deep
- Design: Hybrid microscale + minifigure-scale
- Minifigures (10): Gandalf the White, Aragorn as King Elessar, Faramir, Denethor, Peregrin Took, Arwen, and four Soldiers of Gondor
- Also included: Shadowfax horse figure
The minifigure selection is telling. Denethor’s inclusion alongside Faramir and Aragorn as King Elessar means you can stage both the city’s darkest hour and its renewal within the same build. Arwen is a welcome addition — her presence at the coronation is one of Tolkien’s most quietly moving moments, and it is good to see LEGO honor it here.
The throne room of the Citadel featuring Gandalf the White, Peregrin Took, and Denethor. © LEGO Group
The Grond GWP Window Is Closing
The LEGO Icons Grond set (#40893) — a 307-piece recreation of the wolf-headed battering ram — is available as a free Gift with Purchase for orders placed June 1–7, while supplies last. IGN notes that the GWP window is limited, so if you are planning to purchase, today and the next few days are the window. LEGO Insiders who purchased from June 1 onward were already eligible; today’s general availability opens that window to everyone.
We covered the reveal of this set on May 16, and the anticipation in our community since then has been substantial. Today is the day it stops being a future thing and becomes a present thing — a 23.5-inch mountain of Gondorian stone sitting on someone’s shelf.
Interior detail including the throne room of the Citadel. © LEGO Group
Where to Buy
LEGO Icons Minas Tirith (set #11377) is available directly from LEGO.com and at authorized LEGO retailers. The $649.99 price point puts it in the tier of LEGO’s most ambitious licensed sets — the Rivendell and Barad-dûr releases being its nearest peers in scope.
