LEGO Ideas 21343 Viking Village was a The Lord of the Rings model
21343 Viking Village started its life on LEGO Ideas as a The Lord of the Rings model before turning its attention towards non-fiction history.
BrickHammer’s recent fan designer insights into the development of 21343 Viking Village on Reddit have unearthed another secret from the LEGO Ideas user. The fan designer recently revealed on The Lord of the Rings subreddit that 21343 Viking Village has the iconic fantasy franchise to thank for its origins.
“I tried to make LEGO consider turning my LEGO Meduseld into a real LEGO set by submitting it to the LEGO Ideas website,” shares BrickHammer. “Even though I was not successful, I was so inspired by Rohan’s architecture that I designed a Rohan-inspired ‘Viking Village’, which was approved as a set in 2022.”
“I am super happy that the final “Viking Village”, which will be released in October 2023, still features a heavily Meduseld-inspired golden hall! There might be no official LEGO Rohan but this is as close as we can get right now… minus the water of course.”
The Golden Hall of Erodas was uploaded to LEGO Ideas on May 10, 2020, and would go on to inspire Viking Village in July of that year. That in turn would go on to be approved thanks to the Target x LEGO Ideas partnership after being initially rejected in its review round.
The final design may not be a LEGO The Lord of the Rings set similar to 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell but it’s interesting to see that the franchise’s influence still managed to affect the LEGO Ideas set.
With this reveal in mind, you might want to consider displaying 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell and 21343 Viking Village side-by-side as the two substantially different models are more alike than you would think.
21343 Viking Village is available now for £124.99 / $129.99 / €139.99 and 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell is out for £429.99 / $499.99 / €499.99. It’s worth noting the massive selection of LEGO gifts-with-purchase currently available too.
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