Hapori Tohu Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is starting to wrap up it's theatrical run, but the sets are still pretty widely available. With that in mind, today we're looking at 79017 The Battle of Five Armies, supposedly based on the titular battle. Is this set worth parting with some of your dragon-hoard for, or is it better suited to throw at the invading orcs to buy you some time to escape? You'll have to read and watch on to find out what we think! View the full article Quote News Forums Q&A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 The minifigs in this set look great. But overall it isn't the best Hobbit set I've seen reviewed here. Thanks for the review! Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorahk1Panrahk2 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) I think the set is more concerned with giving us recognizable minifigures than it is movie accuracy. Thorin and Legolas could have been replaced with an arbitrary Iron Hill Dwarf and an arbitrary elf, but I would think kids would rather play with figures they recognize. And Legolas and Thorin were a lot more prominent than any other dwarf or elf in that movie. Personally I find this set disappointing. Maybe it's because I'm not the target audience, but I actually would have preferred an arbitrary elf, if only in order to get that Mirkwood Elf armor in minifigure form which would have been glorious. I also don't really like the ruins of Dale. I get that they're supposed to be, well, ruined, but I don't really feel like the structure captures the city's architecture that well. If they had ditched the ballista and beefed up the section of Dale I think it would have been a much more appealing set. That set, a set designed to depict the Battle of the Five Armies was always going to be difficult. In the film there was too much fighting going on too many locations, some of which were nothing more than a flat plain which would have been quite dull in a LEGO set. So I think, all complaints aside, the set designers made the right call in focussing on Dale and including the minifigures they did. Edited February 12, 2015 by Vorahk1Panrahk2 Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Scales Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Mu only real complaint is that Azog is supposed to be wearing new armor at this point. I suppose Lego got a little lazy there. Quote Big time Kudley fan, forever T.U.F.F. Puppy fan!I'm mostly known as FoxsDumbSeriesMaker on other websites, but here, I'm usually known as General Scales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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