Lord Of The Rings LEGO - Uruk Hai Army

Fans of the Battle of Helm's deep scene in the movie "The Two Towers" are going to love this Uruk-Hai army set which comes with four superb Uruk-Hai mini figures. With two Rohan soldiers and a cool horse with movable back legs to complete the mini figures and some nice battle components - ballista and defensive wall - this is essentially a large battle pack for those creating a LEGO Battle of Helm's Deep.

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This is an excellent little set in the Lord of the Rings theme and anyone who wants to create an Uruk-Hai army should get at least one of these. In fact this set is designed so that the wall fits into the Battle of Helm's Deep LEGO set or can attach to another identical piece, meaning that long defensive walls and large Uruk-Hai armies can be constructed with a few of these sets together.

What's Cool

• Grotesque Uruk-Hai face marked with the white hand of Saruman.

• Double-sided face print for alternative expression.

• Highly detailed body and leg printing.

• Cool rugged hair piece.

• Armed with Uruk-Hai design sword and shield.

What's Not Cool

                                            • I cannot think of anything.

What's Cool

• Superbly designed and printed helmet with extremely fine detailed gold insignia.

• Cool head with printing on both sides for different expressions.

• Front and back body printing to make Eomer unique.

• Detailed leg printing.

• Armed with Rohan sword and shield.

• Has green cape for added effect.

What's Not Cool

• Nothing. The Eomer mini figure is extremely well designed.

What's Cool

• Superb body and leg printing for fine detail.

• Highly accurate helmet.

• Accurate, ugly facial features.

• Armed with Uruk-Hai sword and shield.

What's Not Cool

• Nothing.

What's Cool

• You get two of these really fierce and well-armored Uruk-Hai mini figures.

• Superb molded helmet and armor.

• Detailed body and leg printing as well as grotesque face, the same as the other Uruk-Hai mini figures.

• Comes armed with halberd.

What's Not Cool

                                             • Nothing.

What's Cool

• Comes equipped with bow and quiver full of arrows.

• Nice body printing adds chainmail detail.

• Good color scheme.

• Nice printed head with beard.

• Very cool helmet.

What's Not Cool

• You only get 1 Rohan soldier. I think more than 1 is required to defend this piece of wall.

In this video clip included below you can see the Uruk-Hai army set constructed and close up views of all the mini figures and parts of this Lord of the Rings LEGO set.

The siege ballista that the Uruk-Hai mini figures are armed with is a really cool piece of apparatus designed for storming a castle.

The design of the ballista looks great with its brown, black and grey color scheme and the blades at the front make it look really mean.

The best feature of this ballista is that it fires two hook missiles using a flick-firing mechanism to help storm the castle. However, customers will have to provide their own thread to attach to the hooks so that once fixed to the wall the Uruk-Hai can either climb up the thread or try and pull pieces of the wall down.

The only thing that would have been a nice addition is a ladder for the Uruk-Hai to have a second way of gaining access to the top of the wall.

This is a small section of the Deeping Wall of Helm's Deep. On its own it can form a small outpost and is an attractive design with a variety of brick types in the wall, making it look weathered.

Some nice features of this piece of wall are the staircase at the back, the banners, the fire torch and the small catapult which fires small bricks at the Uruk-Hai.

The great thing about this section of wall is that it is designed to fit together with the wall in the Battle of Helm's Deep LEGO set or with other examples of the same piece to make this a really nice set to buy multiples of.