LEGOThe Lord of the Rings Hobbit The Mines of Moria (9473)

I bought this Lego set for my 8 year old grandson for his birthday. His room is wall to wall Legos and he has a large table set up with his current Lego projects. My daughter is very organized and various Lego pieces are in bins stacked along the walls. All this is to say he is MAJORLY into Legos and has been for at least 3 years. This set was recommended for kids older than my grandson, but he likes a challenge and he is able to do this, but not so fast that he is finished immediately. He specifically wanted to begin a Hobbit Lego collection and was so excited to get this one, bragging to all his friends that this was a present from his grandparents. From my perspective a great gift for a child who is really proficient with Legos and likes a challenge. Have heard no negative comments from him--only positive.

For what I paid for this, it is really a steal compared to what you pay for similar sets. Packaging was not the best though as the box came in partially torn with no cushioning.The set itself is really nice for the Lord of The Rings Fan, Lego quality is the best and it stands up to par.The set is the only way to get the Pipin and Boromir mini figures. Gimli and Legolas are also part of the set and it is a welcome addtion in order no to buy Helm's Deep just to complete the fellowship minifigures.With this set, Weathertop and Shelob's Attack you are almost done. Only Gandalf would be missing and you got plenty of choices for that (as Gandalf arrives for example).

My 2 grandsons (age 9 and 11) and their uncle (a civil engineer) were all happily occupied with the set and they got busy right after they opened it. They had also got another of the Lord of the Rings sets which they had mostly put together by the time we got there for Christmas lunch. It was challenging to put together, but not too hard or frustrating for them. They were still working on it when we left, so we did not get to see the final result. They are planning on using their Christmas money to purchase the rest of the Lord of the rings set. They have read The Hobbit, so they were familiar with the characters.

This is a decent set, I only wish I bought this years ago when it first came out when the price wasn’t so high, but it was worth it just the same. The exclusive figures: Boromir, Pippin, the Moria Orcs, and of course, the Cave troll look fantastic. The build itself though isn’t great; there are way too many stickers, and it’s not very “Display Friendly” but it would be great to play with once built, my little cousin loves it.

this set by far one of the best sets i have ever gotten it is very cool but i wish it had merry but the set is still very cool it comes with alot of weapons every were which i do not like because well there are just things laying around were you can loose them but the overall set is awesome it has many fetures such as pushing a little button and two podiums fall down and pull up a lever and a wall falls and pulling a little thing and a skeleton fall down and i love the minifigures like boromir and legolas they are super cool but boromirs sheild is different than theoden or eomyrs sheildbut overall its awesome

I love Legos and I LOVE the Lord of the Rings and this is like my favorite scene from the movie so when I saw this I got like super excited and I started saving my money until I could buy it. Love it SOOOOOOOOOOO much, but I just wish it would've come with more people for the price, but o well, still love it. It was fun to put together and even more fun to show off to other nerds like me :p I wish it would've showed up sooner though, but who cares it's still amazing.

The product was delivered minus all the mini-figures. The company offered a refund upon return, but by then the set had been mostly assembled by the grandchildren and located in the "lego room" where who knew what belonged in the set without tediously sorting and counting.

Way overpriced for what you get.If you can find it on sale then it might be a good deal but I would not buy it again for what I paid for it.