I am in the process of building a medieval army, but can't decide which set(s) to get: either the Kingdoms Chess set or two Uruk-hai Army sets. I understand that the uruk-hai set probably will be of more value in the future when it is no longer in production because of its minifigures, but the Kingdoms set has a whopping 28 minifigures, basically a mini-army right out of the box! Perhaps I could get the chess set now and then wait for further Lotr releases (Battle at the Black Gate)? Any advice would be appreciated! :) Good luck to all others who are currently in the process of creating their own armies as well!

The chess set is definitely a better option if you just want to amass a quick army and don't really care what the actual figures look like. The chess set comes out to be just under 2 bucks per minifigure, which is an incredible deal. I think Lego has fixed all the quality control issues with it since it was first released as well...?

Thanks a lot Deathleech, I was thinking along the same lines as well. Guess I'll just have to wait for this summer to get my hands on lotr sets ;P