Comments on: LEGO Lord of the Rings Tower of Orthanc breaks seven feet tall

By: brickfrenzy

brickfrenzy — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:30:56 +0000

I’ve found that Lego is somewhere around 300-500 pieces per pound. Since they weighed the thing, at 145 pounds, this model is in the 40k-72k range.

By: russtiffer

russtiffer — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:24:23 +0000

it could be an accurate part count if you dont count support structures. i do agree that that part counts are more of a wow factor for non builders though.

this is by far my favorite thing anyone has built. its just way to cool to even start pointing out all the cool stuff.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:14:49 +0000

I’m inclined to agree with you, Nannn. My own experience tells me that the water alone is probably 22,000 parts. At over 220 studs tall, the tower would only need 100 parts per level to reach 22,000. Estimating part counts can be hard, though, and that number really only matters to non-builders.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:28:59 +0000

Epic doesn’t even begin to describe this. Can’t wait to see this tomorrow!

By: Nannan

Nannan — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:15:09 +0000

The part estimate seems a bit conservative. The Victorian house that posted below claims to have over 100,000 pieces. As builders it’s hard for us to sometimes guess how many pieces we used in our own large creations.