Hello Eurobricks users it is my first post. I am greeting with you :) !
Why did I make an account here? Because I want to tell you my opinion about The 3rd (and last) Wave of Hobbit Sets.
1. I agree with most of you that the best set in 3rd Hobbit wave is 79015 Dol Guldur because of nice and important figs.
2. Lake Town is copy of bricks from 79013. Only orc's hair are good.
3. 79017 The Battle of Five Armies realy disappoted me. We can get ONLY two good minifigures from that: outstanding Thorin with crown and armoured Bard in blue sheepskin. Instead of next Azog most of people would rather get Bolg. Who cares about little change in gundabad orcs face? The same print on body and legs. Legolas is trying to become Gandalf the grey. 3 Legolas in Hobbit waves is too much. Dain is nothing special minifigure. Recolored beard + too high decoration on helmet. What is the painfull? The are no Ironhill dwarves in the 3rd Hobbit Wave! There are no armored elves? We never got armored elves. Only with hairs or captured. The same with dwarves. We never got general dwarf. Only named dwarves... Look on bulding. Imo catapult in this set is useless. We have similar catapult from UHA. Ruins of Dale are so little. I think it is 250-280 pieces max. Ruins of Dale could reward us lame minifigures but with such number of pieces as Helms Deep had (over 1300).
If you read The Hobbit, you know that before the BoFA 13 dwarves baricated in Erebor. When orcs and wargs were close to victory, Thorin and his company had undermined barricade from gate of Erebor and attacked orcs.
So BoFA Set should have:
- 1300 pieces:
* 350 pieces for medium high dwarf statue like in the movie. For example part of statute can fall down on orcs.
* 700 pieces for gate of Erebor with barricade. It could be grey Gate (something like 79007) with random boards and rocks.
* 250 pieces for orc catapult which shots rocks.
- minifugures included:
1. Thorin with crown (like Thorin 79017)
2. Bimbur (fat dwarf) armored
3. Dain Ironfoot
4. Ironhill dwarf
5. Armored elf
6. New orc with grey torso and hair
7. New orc with grey torso + new helmet
8. Bolg
9 Beorn as bear
I won't put here blue coat Bard and Lake Town soldier because they would be in Lake-Town Tower set.
What do you think guys?