Lord Of The Rings LEGO - Shelob Attacks

The Lord of the Rings LEGO Shelob Attacks set is designed for fans to recreate the scene where Gollum betrays Frodo and Sam to the giant spider Shelob. This is a nice little set at a good price but most fans will want to buy it for the Gollum and Sam mini figures which are exclusive to this set at the time of release. The Ring and Light of Ëarendil are also nice additions to this set.

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This is one of the least expensive sets in the Lord of the Rings LEGO theme and getting it is currently the only way of completing the Fellowship of the Ring with Samwise Gamgee.

What's Cool

• Gollum mini figure is exclusive to this set on release in 2012.

• Face and head printing gives Gollum an authentic look with snarling mouth, wide eyes and wisps of hair.

• Moving arms for grabbing his "precious" and fish.

• Hunched appearance.

• First ever Gollum LEGO mini figure - it's so cool!

What's Not Cool

• Gollum's legs do not move.

What's Cool

• Comes armed with Sting and bearing the One Ring to Rule Them All.

• Cool Hobbit hair.

• Nice body printing and cape recreate accurately Frodo's clothing.

• Short Hobbit stature makes him shorter than Elves, Orcs, Uruk-hai and Men.

• Double-sided face printing gives Frodo a heroic look and a stung look.

What's Not Cool

• The same as the Frodo Baggins in the Attack on Weathertop set.

What's Cool

• The Sam minifigure is exclusive to this set on release in 2012.

• Detailed body printing gives Sam a cool look and includes his pouch which contains Lembas bread.

• Cool Hobbit hair piece.

• Grey cape completes Sam's outfit.

• Comes armed with Light of Ëarendil and short sword.

• Double-sided face printing gives Sam an angry and scared expression.

What's Not Cool

• Short legs cannot be moved. This is in common with all mini figures that use short leg pieces.

It would appear that most Shelob Attacks sets come with not one but at least three pieces that represent the "One Ring to Rule Them All" as well as a few other extra pieces.

The video review below shows the Shelob Attacks Lord of the Rings LEGO set in close up, including the mini figures and comments on the pricing and quality of the set.

Shelob is a tricky and slightly fiddly item to construct but looks really cool when completed with eight moving legs, a moving abdomen with spider silk for capturing victims and grabbing jaws.

The eight legs use LEGO technic parts to make it stable when finished and so that it can be put into a variety of poses without it falling over.

The combination of black and dark brown pieces really make Shelob look like a spider and the printed eye bricks with one damaged eye are a really nice touch.

All-in-all this is an excellent model which has a quite high level of playability but does not fit in well with other Lord of the Rings sets and it is a shame that this LEGO Shelob does not have a stinger.