Name: Gandalf at Dol Guldur
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 30213-1
Rating: 71 (6 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 80%

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

amazon.com Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.03 / 10 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 61 / 100 → 61 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 3 / 5 → 60 / 100

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BZPower

Set information

Set ID: 30213-1
Name: Gandalf at Dol Guldur
Parts: 31
Minifigs: 1

More sets:

2012 The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey

Statistics:

Best The Hobbit sets of all time Best An Unexpected Journey sets of all time

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 from 39 reviews

My son loved it. I have a LEGO Gandalf that my 8 year old son was always looking to swipe. Of course I would not part with my LEGO Gandalf. We had epic battles over it. Many sword fights and Hulk fists vs Mjolnir battles. He shall not pass!!! But in the end I got him this LEGO pack and he loved it.The shipping was never late nor early. It arrived precisely when it meant to.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 39 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: yes 8.03 / 10 from 3 reviews

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Brickset

Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 61 / 100 by Slobey

Buy it if you are a completionist like me or don't have Gandalf from the 2012 LOTR sets, but give it a miss and buy another copy of 30212 if you aren't.

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: no 3 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

There is a torch, a spear, and a green vine that's on the stone wall. There's also a skull with a map next to it and spider to the side. The skull is probably Thrain after he died. The Gandalf minifigure is the same is the one's we've seen before plus a sword.

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BZPower

by Andrew

If you want a complete collection of The Hobbit sets or are looking to get Gandalf on the cheap, I would definitely recommend this set. You could also buy a bunch and get some good pieces for castle MOCing. If you're looking for something with play value though, your money will be better spent elsewhere.

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