(BrickLink has the full inventory at this point, so I haven’t scanned the pages at the back of the instruction booklet.) The Finished Model Considering the inclusion of the two minifigs in a $10 set, this might not be the cheapest way to bulk up your “rock collection” for LEGO landscaping, but the set does include a lot of dark gray slopes of several varieties, plus some dark tan. You also get two One Rings rather than three (something we got used to in the Lord of the Rings sets). PartsĮxcluding the minifigs, most of the 105 parts in the set are dark gray, and there’s nothing spectacular or new in terms of selection. As has been the case in nearly all recent LEGO sets, both Bilbo’s head and torso are printed on both sides. At least his arms are articulated and he has a stud on his back (presumably so Sam can attach some elven rope to it).īilbo is the same minifig as the one in 79004 Barrel Escape. I’m generally not a fan of single-purpose minifigs, but it’d be hard to imagine Gollum as a “normal” minifig. Interestingly, Gollum’s face print is different from the one in 9470 Shelob Attacks. The set includes Bilbo Baggins and Gollum. Gollum’s boat is pretty much what you’d expect - you could probably reverse-engineer it from just the one picture above - but the designers have added some bones for a nice spooky effect indicative of Gollum’s true nature. Instead, I found myself building a fairly intricate little hidey-hole with some nice landscaping (lots of dark gray cheese slopes) and a fun mechanism to flip the hidden ring in and out of view. There’s not a lot to the build, to be sure, but what struck me as I built the rock section where Gollum hides the One Ring is that LEGO a few years ago might have released this set with a Big Ugly Rock Piece. The LEGO Hobbit sets just started shipping officially today, but I have a couple more sets I picked up early locally, so to help you decide which to get right away, I’ll be posting some more reviews today, starting with 79000 Riddles for the Ring.Īt just 105 and $9.99, this is the smallest set (excluding the little polybags) among both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings LEGO sets.
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