![]() ![]() He’s sort-of-exclusive to this set, because we get him in a dress wizard robe instead of the white pants he sports in the smaller Wizard Battle set. Here we have the master of the house, Saruman the White. Honestly, even if they couldn’t create new characters, I wouldn’t have mind if they had given us Merry and Pippin or even more Uruk-Hai warriors. He’s hardly a popular character and I doubt that he’ll be an extremely coveted minifigure except for the most hardcore LotR collectors. The only ‘exclusive’ minifigure in this set is Grima Wormtongue, Sauron’s sallow skinned advisor. 5 minifigures for a 2 thousand piece set is pretty dismal, seeing as how the set serves as a very neat playset. The minifigs play second fiddle to the structure (as it should be) but I wished that they had given us more. These stickers are alright in my book because they server to enhance the interior aesthetics instead of being design centrepieces. They’re all used for enhancing the interior trimmings and don’t feature on the exterior which is great. They come packaged in a separate plastic bag with a hard cardboard cover backing it, so you’re ensured of them being in good condition. ![]() We get 3 instruction booklets for Orthanc, each one of them sharing the same illustration as the box cover. I would’ve preferred Lego just assigning unique numbers to each bag and not have them share numbers, seeing as how we have to deal with so many bags. With Orthanc, I got a little confused at times because there were a few bags that had the same numbers. Numbered Lego parts bags have been a revelation to fans as they’ve made the building process so much more streamlines and methodical. Upon opening the box, I was treated to a whopping 15 bags of Lego parts, all neatly numbered. I’ll preface this review by revealing that this is the biggest Lego set I have ever owned and built. This is the closest Lego Lord of the Rings fans will probably come to a UCS-scale set set in JRR Tolkien’s fantastical universe of Orcs, Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits. Towering above the rest at 2359 pieces, I knew I had to get my grubby hands on this set as soon as it was announced. The Tower of Orthanc is the crown jewel of the Lego’s The Lord of The Rings sets. It took me awhile to write this review, largely because of how long it took to build this monstrosity. ![]()
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