Hobbit LEGO - Attack Of The Wargs

This Hobbit LEGO set has attracted a lot of attention for various reasons. This set is based on the scene close to the end of the first "Hobbit" movie when the Orcs, riding Wargs, catch up with the dwarfs and attack them. Thorin Oakenshield is singled out and is close to death when Bilbo intervenes - as Bilbo is central to the scene it is a bit strange that he is not included but instead Thorin, the leader of the dwarfs, is as well as two superb Wargs and some Orcs.

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This set does contain some inconsistencies from the movie - the revolving tree with a jewel in it and, most of all, Yazneg, a character who is killed before this scene happens as well as him being a badly crafted mini figure. It is possible that LEGO knew this was one of their weaker sets and that is why they included Thorin and the excellent Wargs that fans just have to get. The two Orcs are cool too and Bifur is another excellent dwarf mini figure.

What's Cool

• Thorin's wild haired look is great with this special LEGO hair piece.
• Double-sided face printing gives Thorin two expressions, including his battle face.
• Very detailed body printing, on the back and front, is excellent and, of course, unique.
• Thorin comes armed with Dwarvish axe and sword.

What's Not Cool

• No leg printing for Thorin or, in fact, any of the dwarfs.

What's Cool

• Bifur's hair piece is unique and extremely detailed. Not only does he have rugged hair and beard but the beard is grey and black plus this piece includes the metal that is imbedded in Bifur's forehead.
• Double-sided head printing gives Bifur two expressions.
• Bifur comes armed with a nice spear.
• Nice color scheme is finished off with a light brown cape.

What's Not Cool

• I am not a fan of the upper part of the body printing on the front, but seeing as it is hidden by Bifur's beard it does not really matter.

What's Cool

• The printing on Yazneg's face makes him look a fearsome enemy.
• Yazneg's body printing is unique to the character.
• This character comes armed with a bone axe as he is in the movie.

 What's Not Cool

• Once again we have a LEGO mini figure who is bald with an exposed stud. No head attachment also means Yazneg has no ears. Come on LEGO it is time to sort out these bald characters properly.
• The spiky collar is horrible and only slightly resembles the clothing of the real character.
• The flesh color on the body does not match the head.
• The legs are the wrong color.
• Yazneg does not even feature in this scene of the movie, he has already been killed by Azog who did appear in this scene.

This is almost certainly the worst mini figure in The Hobbit LEGO sets.

What's Cool

• The design of the Wargs' head is really good with evil looking eyes and short snout. The shaggy mane is done very well too.
• Movable mouth for biting enemies.
• The Wargs can take a regular saddle for riders to sit in.
• Two different colored Wargs - look out for other colors in later sets.

What's Not Cool

• As the new horses in the Lord of the Rings sets have movable back legs it is a little surprising that the Wargs do not.

What's Cool

• The orcs have really scary faces with piercing eyes.
• Superb hair piece with ears finishes off the cool look to their heads.
• Intricate body printing on front and back gives them a worn-out, leather armored look.
• Although these orcs are new for this set they are very similar to those contained in the orc forge Lord of the Rings set so that they can be part of a larger orc army with some variation within it.
• One orc is armed with a bow while the other has a large scimitar.

What's Not Cool

• Only two of these mini figures are included. Come on LEGO you could have given us at least one more!

Once you have collected all the 13 dwarf mini figures that make up the group you will need a more formidable orc and warg army to fight against them. You can bid for these mini figures separately on eBay to build up your forces.

If you want to see this LEGO set in close up then watch the video review below. All the mini figures can be seen in detail and all the other facets of the set can be seen too.

This is one of the larger LEGO trees to be included in a set and as far as parts are concerned for building woodland scenes, it is great. However, does a tree constitute a good LEGO set?

Well, collectors are going to love this set for the Wargs and Thorin Oakenshield, as well as the bricks to use for something else, but quite some thought has gone into this tree to make it a good play feature so that kids will enjoy it.

The tree has two points at which it revolves, which some people will not like (why does a tree spin?), but kids will love it to play with. They will also like the fact that some of the fire bricks can be shot off of the tree using push-firing pegs. Everyone will like the little mushrooms!

There are also some little pieces of treasure in the tree, which is irrelevant to the movie but, again, children will like this little play feature.

For many Hobbit fans this large rock formation represents a desperate attempt by LEGO to add enough pieces to this set to justify a high price for the set which contains Thorin and the Wargs.

However, some people will like this little piece of scenery as it makes a good place to pose a Warg and his rider, ready to spring onto an unfortunate dwarf. It also forms a little play feature, for youngsters, who can use this sloped rock to launch a Warg attack at the dwarfs hiding in the tree.

So, once again, this feature will please the kids but probably not the older collectors who will really just want to get their hands on the mini figures.

This part of the scenery is purely for fun as it acts as a little catapult system for firing rocks or mini figures into attack. This piece only barely resembles a rock on its own but it does join to the larger rock to make a more convincing piece of scenery.

As with the tree and the larger rock, this increases the playability of this set to make it great fun for the kids.