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.
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