Name: The Goblin King Battle
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 79010-1
Rating: 80 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 80%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.13, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 13.92, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

The Brick Fan Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 7 / 10 → 70 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 41 / 60 → 68 / 100

Unscored reviews

The Brothers Brick

From Bricks To Bothans

Set information

Set ID: 79010-1
Name: The Goblin King Battle
Parts: 841
Minifigs: 8

Retail price (USD):
Original: 99.99
Inflation adjusted: 111.34

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.13

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 12.50
Inflation adjusted: 13.92

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Overall, this final set in the initial Hobbit line is a good addition to any collection. You get an amazing 7 regular minifigures and the oversized Goblin King figure. Plus, all the minifigures are exclusive to the set except for Gandalf so you'll probably need this set to get all the Dwarves. The playset also has plenty of features that will keep kids entertained for a while.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 from 117 reviews

My hubby who loves both Legos and LOTR was jazzed about this gift. He use to have a tub full of legos, but sold it after college, and has regretted it ever since. I got this as a gift for him so he can restart his Lego collection. The set itself is not very large, it took him about 2 1/2 hrs to build. This set has lots of weird pieces like "skulls," sharp bones, and of couse the Goblin King. My husband like werido things and this was up his alley. I think the detail pieces, like a book that opens, little jewels,etc are really niece touches. I would really recommend this set to any kid at heart. The only thing that bummed me out was the price, I ended up paying $25 more here on Amazon, and then less 2 weeks later, it decreased in price.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 117 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: meh 7 / 10 from 5 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 41 / 60 by Slobey

This set surprised me a bit. I didn't think I'd like it as much as I do and I think the change in my attitude changed was due to seeing the Goblin Town scene in the Hobbit movie. The set has some flaws but overall is worth buying on discount after you've acquired the others from the line.

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The Brothers Brick

by Josh

Overall I have very mixed feelings about this set. I love the parts selection and even though I have some misgivings about the Goblin King himself, the minifigs are a fun lot. The set design really leaves me cold, but in the end most of us buy sets for the pieces and not the design.

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