LEGO Hobbit 2014

[Blakstone]

Sadly so. Besides, the scale is off between DGB and WKB / DGA. The two small sets work well together, but the structure of DGB is much taller.

I doubt anyone is going to be WKB for the brickset. They are just a small addition to your MOC piles. Fans will get this set for the minifigures or skip it altogether.

[Deathleech]

Sadly so. Besides, the scale is off between DGB and WKB / DGA. The two small sets work well together, but the structure of DGB is much taller.

I doubt anyone is going to be WKB for the brickset. They are just a small addition to your MOC piles. Fans will get this set for the minifigures or skip it altogether.

Ya, I just never was really satisfied with the DGB set. I was hoping with enough of these smaller add-on sets I could actually make it look like something I would want to display

I guess just throwing WKB near DGB will have to do.

[Steph 104th]

Atreyu2112 thanks for all the images and the little review, I wanted the set from the begining but now I am sold.

None of the Dol Guldur sets, with the exception of WKB, appeal to me much if I purchase them it will be for the grey to build Erebor.

[Hypernova888]

Here are a couple quick picks. I've never written a review before, so...

The first thing I did was when I got to my car right out of TRU, I opened it to see Smaug. like 80% of him (minus claws, back spikes, fire and 2 parts of his tail) are separate. So I built most of him before even driving off. He's SICK ... super poseable, mad-articulate, VERY happy right off the bat.

The new instruction manual is 1 thick paperback novel, which is really cool compared to getting 3 magazine booklets.

The first thing you build is the pile of gold/treasure chest. It's cool because it adds to the diplay, but it also has 2 hidden compartments... one for weapons and one for jems/gold/keys/rings...

The second part you build is the bottom half of the mine section. There's a new (to me) huge brick element, like a rock landscape wall. You use it twice on the mine section. There's a door to go into a hidden little cave-room that's in the back. In the manual they show the dwarves hiding the Arkenstone in here, but it definitely reminded me of the scene where they actually enter the mountain. This upped the ante for me, because as I was building it, in my head I saw Bilbo having that little talk Balin. There's a little smithy/armory section in the front/base which makes for a cool little display.

The third part you build is the top half of the mine section and lastly the gold catapult pot & the gold chain lift. It hand slides from end to end and you can crank the chain (which is quite long enough) to raise the gold bucket. Next you build the little gold slide that connects the two halves of the set. Looks cool but nothing spectacular.

The last 2 bags are for the base and top of the throne section. Typical build. There's a lever to push the steps out, but surprisingly, no action feature to collapse one of the pillars (like in Mines of Moria). Easy enough to MOC, but still, would have been cool. No real feature with the throne itself.

My overall impression is that I am REALLY happy with this set. I love the aesthetic, and both sections do a great job at bringing me back to images & parts of the movie. The build was fun, not to short & not to long. Very colorful. Smaug is HUGE! For a Lego figure, he's close enough to being just a plain well articulated action figure. The wings are really what makes him so over the top because that allow for all different sorts of poses. I build and display the sets kind of like to tell the story like the official movie poster scrolls, and I'm still not sure if I should display this before or after Laketown. For me, this is my favorite Hobbit themed set behind Bag End. You know exactly what it is just with a quick glance from across the room. If it can draw your attention easily like that, its a win.

Great review! I loved your description of the building process!

[kevkipo]

Truly the tales and songs fall utterly short of your enormity, O Smaug the Stupendous.

Hey, he is fire and death dont forget that!

[Steph 104th]

The DK book some have spoken of, did I miss its confirmation or is it speculation?

[wetib]

Would anyone who has 79014 + 79015 be kind enough to take picture of Necromancer in Witch-king's crown?

[TheLegoDr]

Smaug is huge. Very impressive. I am very hesitant to let my daughter play with him. She has played with the Dinos from the most recent series and all of the joints are stripped basically (and that is just from movement) so it doesn't stay together well. I'd be a bit sore if that happened to Smaug also.

But it does look neat as it is.

Are there any cool unique pieces in sand green? The build looks okay, but I'll probably just part it out and keep the figures.

[Doctor_ocks]

Would anyone who has 79014 + 79015 be kind enough to take picture of Necromancer in Witch-king's crown?

[atreyu2112]

Smaug is huge. Very impressive. I am very hesitant to let my daughter play with him. She has played with the Dinos from the most recent series and all of the joints are stripped basically (and that is just from movement) so it doesn't stay together well. I'd be a bit sore if that happened to Smaug also.

But it does look neat as it is.

Are there any cool unique pieces in sand green? The build looks okay, but I'll probably just part it out and keep the figures.

No unique pieces in sand green, just basic pieces. And I have to agree about the joints wearing out, but more importantly the wings on Smaug. Not so much the ball joint, but the wing pivot point... the wings are rubber and they are 1 piece. I can see that pivot point wearing out quickly, and even the wings ripping. Lets be honest, the bulk of the cost in this set is Smaug. We all know he will go for a pretty penny alone on the secondary markets.

I'm glad you guys enjoyed my review, thanks for the kind compliments

[wetib]

Doctor_ocs

Thank you very much :)

Now I am sure Necromancer in Witch-king's crown looks like real Sauron. If you use brick with red light from 9476 behind him you have Sauron from the Hobbit movie.

Edited September 22, 2014 by wetib

[namioik]

The DK book some have spoken of, did I miss its confirmation or is it speculation?

Speculation. Without a doubt it will come out, only a matter of time.

[Robert_88]

Speculation. Without a doubt it will come out, only a matter of time.

And the minifig will be another Bilbo :D

[just2good]

And the minifig will be another Bilbo :D

Honestly, an old Bilbo minifigure is not unlikely and it would be a sweet way to wrap up the Middle Earth line.

[Darth Malgus]

So would a sauron minifig too!

[Doctor_ocks]

Doctor_ocs

Thank you very much :)

Now I am sure Necromancer in Witch-king's crown looks like real Sauron. If you use brick with red light from 9476 behind him you have Sauron from the Hobbit movie.

No problem.

[Shuebmabow]

Is the possibility of a LOTR and a Hobbit DK book too much to hope for?

[Amazing Bricks]

Is the possibility of a LOTR and a Hobbit DK book too much to hope for?

I think it's possible but not sure since the Hobbit and lotr theme is done, they should have done it a year ago.

Edited September 23, 2014 by amazingbricks

[Deathleech]

Would anyone who has 79014 + 79015 be kind enough to take picture of Necromancer in Witch-king's crown?

Can we also see it on a regular Nazgul without the hood and the crown on instead? I know it won't look perfect but just interested in seeing how it looks anyways.

I think it's possible but not sure since the Hobbit and lotr theme is done, they should have done it a year ago.

That's kind of what I am thinking. Don't they usually release those books while a theme is still active? Not at the very end months after the last wave was released?

[MattedBricks]

Speculation. Without a doubt it will come out, only a matter of time.

What was the timeline for the Harry Potter DK book in relation to the end of the line?

[Dr.Cogg]

There are a few pictures I would like to see, if any of you guys with the sets has the time:

#1 Smaug attacking Lake Town.

#2 The Smaug set with a bunch of gold around it.

#3 A bunch of different angle shot of Smaug walking on his hands and feet.

[azog15]

YES! I 2nd that!

[namioik]

What was the timeline for the Harry Potter DK book in relation to the end of the line?

I'm not too sure, Harry Potter wasn't Star Wars when I collected Lego back then haha

[Steph 104th]

We have gotten books for most of the big themes-DC Superheroes, Star Wars, Harry Potter. So why not a hobbit one, if we get one it will most likely be after the release of the BOTFA movie

[AFOLguy1970]

Is the possibility of a LOTR and a Hobbit DK book too much to hope for?

I can see the potential in a Hobbit book, however LOTR would be a whole different story. I would be curious to see if such a book would include Balrog, Lorien, Gondor, or the interior of Mordor, none of which made an appearance in the sets. If you do not include any of those, the book would feel incomplete just like the line, and if you did, it would be a slap in the face to LOTR collectors, because you basically just validated that those things should have been included, but were not. Danged if you do, danged if you dont. Since the Hobbit was well covered by Lego, perhaps just sticking to the Hobbit trilogy would be the way to go with a DK book.