Name: Dol Guldur Ambush
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 79011-1
Rating: 81 (6 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2013 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.1, 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)

better

Average PPM for System in 2013 is 20.12. PPM for this set is 7.31, 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.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 42 / 50 → 84 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.6 / 5 → 72 / 100

Unscored reviews

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From Bricks To Bothans

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Set information

Set ID: 79011-1
Name: Dol Guldur Ambush
Parts: 217
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 21.94

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.09
Inflation adjusted: 0.1

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 6.66
Inflation adjusted: 7.31

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 from 73 reviews

A great project. I enjoyed putting it together.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 73 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 42 / 50 by Captain Nemo

I liked this set. It was fun, the figures were great, and while the build had some problems, it was nice in the end. Overall, it was a worthwhile buy, and any fan of the Hobbit or Castle theme would be happy to have it.

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Brickset

Recommendation: no 3.6 / 5 from 7 reviews

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by Jang

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From Bricks To Bothans

by Nick Martin

Ultimately, I got this set on sale, and I'm not sure it was worth it even at the discount. Perhaps it's my opinion of the movie clouding it… but I built this set before I set out for the theaters. It's nice to have Beorn, but the figure could be better and I'm willing to bet that he shows up in part three, at least for one of the endings that will be shown.

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The Brothers Brick

by Chris

Ultimately, however, this is a really excellent set. The minifigs are not worth bothering with, but the bricks make the set more than worth-while. The wall, while not particularly exciting, is very nicely done, and it even connects up to the bigger 79014 Dol Guldur Battle set to make a bigger playset.

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