![]() ![]() Speaking of printing, the front door and a letter are the only printed (non-minifig) pieces in the set. They succeed by a combination of a new 4×4 round plate with a 2×2 round hole in the middle in front of “normal” windows, an ingenious brick-built window that made my jaw drop (I won’t ruin it for you), and a large round tile with printed boards on it for the door. ![]() Each section of fence uses 9 or 10 pieces where another set might have had a single prefab fence piece.īefore seeing any pictures of this upcoming set, I wondered how LEGO would handle all the round windows and front door. The ramshackle fence in front is a gorgeous example of this, complete with gaps. What impressed me most about LEGO’s rendition of Bag End is that the designers frequently used brick-built techniques where a prefab part might have sufficed. Where’s the fun in that? The official photos are better than anything I’d take anyway, so read on… The Build Process Side note: The build process itself is part of the joy of a new LEGO set, so I’m not going to spoil the surprise or ruin the story (if you will) by sharing under-construction photos or shots of each minifig’s second face. I picked up 79003 An Unexpected Gathering (Bag End) today, and I can honestly say that this may be my favorite LEGO set of all time. ![]() Let me know what you decide.LEGO sets for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey aren’t officially due out for another several weeks, but a local retail chain here in the Pacific Northwest has been putting the new sets on their shelves over this past week or so. The Gorilla Stiker is a very cool set with lots of playability, and the Croc Swamp is an awesome set with great potential for both playing and MOC-ing.Īnyway, I would suggest to go start with a list, then start to eliminate the ones you like the least and stay with the one that has mosts of the features you want. Unless you use the parts for MOC-ing, it would not be as interesting as for example the Goblin King Battle set that has a lot more interesting details. The Mines of Moria is a nice set, but it only depicts one scene with not a whole lot of play-features. Your choice also depends on the way you like to play do you prefer single sets with a machine that can more around or fly, or do you like to build dioramas and landscape type of things? Also think about the long-term play-value of the set. The set that meets more than one criteria (for example it has a good selection of parts I want and it also has some cool minifigs) will win. Then going thru each set on my list I give them stars according to the criterias. A set may have a good selection of parts or colors that I want, or building techniques I would like to try out, or minifigs I would really like. I usually write down on a piece of paper the sets I’m interested in, and then start to narrow them down by the features I like about each of them. I know what you mean by it being hard to choose at times. LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle ReviewĬragger, those are all great sets. ![]()
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