I’ll be picking up at least two copies of this set myself. The elaborate architecture of the spiked Black Gate walls look great as it is, but the set seems just too small to me as-is to give off the grand effect necessary.

With 656 pieces for a retail price of just $59.99, 79007 Battle at the Black Gate is one of the best values we’ve ever seen in the LEGO Lord of the Rings theme! That’s a good thing, too, because big fans of LEGO LOTR will probably want to get multiples of this set–the set only includes one tower and two sections of wall, so you’ll need to purchase an extra set or two to make the Black Gate look truly impressive. This battle has several extras scenes in the Return of the King Extended Edition, and LEGO pays respect to them with this set! Though Aragorn knows that the battle will be futile, it’s intended as a distraction to allow Frodo to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn leads all of the peoples of Middle Earth on an assault on Sauron’s Black Gate of Mordor.

The Battle at the Black Gate is the climactic battle of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This was the first 2013 LOTR set that we saw leaked photos of the prototype of, but now we’ve that we’ve seen the finished model, we know exactly what to expect from this LEGO Return of the King set… First and foremost–the LEGO Lord of the Rings Battle at the Black Gate 79007. Now that I’ve finished covering the LEGO Legends of Chima Summer 2013 sets write-up and the LEGO Star Wars Summer 2013 sets news, I can move on to the short but sweet assortment of 2013 LEGO Lord of the Rings sets.

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