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The set includes seven minifigures, eight if you include the Goblin King. The first minifigure is Gandalf the Grey. The same Gandalf that is in many other sets. The only thing that is new about him is that he has a short sword now. Dori is the older brother of the other two Dwarves in the set Nori and Ori. His torso is deep red with some nice printing on both sides and a red cape. He has short unprinted brown legs. He has a double-sided head with the stern/angry expressions combo. Dori’s accessories are a sword and a flail. Nori is the middle Dwarf among the three brothers. He has a brown torso with short brown legs as well. He has a double-sided face but you can’t tell because of the beard/hairpiece. The only way to tell is by looking at the eyes. Nori’s accessories include a sword and a mace. There are two Goblin Soldiers in the Goblin King Battle set. They are similar except for some slight torso printing differences. The heads are double-sided with ears on a bald headpiece.
One Goblin has a sword while the other has a bone axe. The Goblin Scribe is similar to the Goblin Soldiers except that it has except that it has short legs. The head and headpiece are the same though. His accessory includes a scroll. The Goblin King or the Great Goblin is the final minifigure in the set. It has a very large beige body with an even larger body. His crown is painted on but there are horns that can attach to the top of the head. His accessory is a brick-built bone scepter. The other hand is able to grab a minifigure. In the first bag, you build the right side of the caves where the Goblins have captured the Dwarves. For this part of the build there’s not much play features except for the small catapult. Although there aren’t much playability in this section, there are a lot of details including bones, skulls, and stickered planks. For bag 2, you start building the bottom part of the cave area. Until you get to the part where you put the brown plates on, the build is pretty flimsy.
Underneath the plates are two play features. One is a trap that you can spring to capture a Dwarf. The other is a treasure box filled with gems that is pushed out from the back. Bag 3 are the pieces for the Goblin King’s throne. Like the rest of the sets, this area has plenty of small details and a lot of stickers. The Goblin King does not sit but stand on top of the throne. In the fourth bag, you build the left side of the cave rock forrmation. The main feature of this section is the bridge that is able to collapse with a Technic pin. On the side of the cave, you can tip over the ladder from the opposite side by the way of another Technic pin. In the fifth and final bag of the Goblin King Battle set, you build the crane that attaches next to the bridge. It can go up or down depending on which way you turn the wheel. The crane can also swing in any direction. Overall, this final set in the initial Hobbit line is a good addition to any collection. You get an amazing 7 regular minifigures and the oversized Goblin King figure.
Plus, all the minifigures are exclusive to the set except for Gandalf so you’ll probably need this set to get all the Dwarves. The playset also has plenty of features that will keep kids entertained for a while. When the movie comes out this week, kids can relate to the scene and will want to pick it up. The Brick Fan Scoring SummaryDesign Playability Value Overall When I first went to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in theaters, I couldn't help but feel excited that I was finally venturing back to the majestic Middle-earth. After getting my hands on LEGO: The Hobbit recently, those same butterflies returned. I was heading back to a series with a world and characters I already loved from playing LEGO The Lord of the Rings. Even though there are more dwarves than you know what to do with this time around, our demo in The Goblin Town area held a few refreshing surprises along with the silly LEGO charm I've come to adore. Our demo began in the middle of a fight with the Goblin King, who, just like in the movie, is a bit silly instead of scary.
His massive LEGO gullet is just as disturbing, though. LEGO Goblin Town looks just as brown and cavernous as it does in the film and it's incredible how Traveler's Tales once again brings these vast set pieces and iconic characters to life with LEGO bricks. The Goblin King battle was broken in to multiple stages, each showing off a new element of LEGO gameplay. In the first section, Bilbo fell underground and I had to fight off a few goblins using the stalwart Thorin Oakenshield LEGO. Equipped with an Elven blade and shield, he's an excellent fighter. Much to my amusement, the goblins he fought went flying off the screen as he took them out, rather than simply falling at his feet. To make combat more than simply bashing and smashing everything, a few goblins have easy quick time events in place that you'll have to execute to bring down. What's more interesting is how every LEGO dwarf also has a strong finishing attack, and it's funny how they can all smash cracked walls like Gimli in LEGO: Lord of the Rings.
Thorin could knock enemies up with his shield then thrash them down with his sword. Dwalin had a gargantuan hammer perfect for pummeling areas of enemies, Kili could fire three arrows instead of one, and the giant dwarf Bofur could charge up in a ball then go rolling towards his foes with brutal force. Aside from the silly animations, they were useful for quickly disposing goblins. Not to mention an extra added element of LEGO combat is always welcome. Another staple feature of LEGO: The Hobbit is a nod to just how many dwarves there are in the movies. The new buddy-up ability allows multiple dwarves to be used together in combination. After taking out some goblins and dropping a few well-placed blocks on the Goblin King's head, the next step was to run next to another dwarf and buddy, or link, up with him by pressing circle on the PlayStation 4 controller. While linked, I was able to control both dwarves as one unit to execute devastating attacks to finish the Goblin King off. You can buddy-up anytime, but it seemed necessary during the boss fight.
In combat, buddy-up is amazing for taking out large numbers of enemies. One dwarf generally swings the other by his feet in a huge circle, creating a dwarf tornado of death that deals damage to anything they come in contact with. Other puzzles later on down the tunnels had me buddying-up three staff-wielding dwarves to create a sort of totem pole for a fourth dwarf to climb up. Already in this small section of Goblin Town, buddy-up was used in a handful of ways, and and considering Thorin, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Dwalin, Balin Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori and Ori all have different ways of interacting with the environment and one another, I'm excited to see how else the mechanic will play out. As I smashed my way through Goblin Town using a different set of dwarves for each section, to my surprise, I began acquiring tons of loot. Destroying barrels, enemies, and everything else earned me things like planks, ore, rocks, and rope that I then used to unlock a building mini-game. It's always fun to break all the LEGOs in a level, and now loot drops give me even more incentive to do so.
The building mini-game in LEGO: The Hobbit is almost identical to the version in The LEGO Movie Videogame. Basically, you're shown a virtual LEGO playset and have to select the LEGO bricks that are missing. Once you complete the playset, your work of art will be recreated in-game to help you access new areas. These sequences are realistic, and especially neat for those who love building LEGOs in real life as they're all based on actual playsets. The time-based building sections are also terrific for earning extra studs, as the faster you select the correct missing pieces, the more studs you'll be rewarded with. However, for each wrong LEGO you select, you'll lose some bonus studs. I earned almost 11,000 studs from one build, and knowing that I have to save up for things like stud multipliers and other characters, it's great there are new ways to collect the blocky currency. The variety of collectibles to obtain in LEGO: The Hobbit is huge, as the journey will take you through an open-world LEGO Middle-earth from the first two Hobbit films.