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9474-1 The Battle of Helm's Deep

9474-1

The Battle of Helm's Deep

The Battle of Helm's Deep is LEGO set 9474-1. It has a score of 89. This is good compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 3 reviews, based on 5 scored reviews and 9 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 10.74% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2012, and it is categorised in The Lord of the Rings.

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Average rating

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We calculate the average rating when we've found two or more scored reviews. This set is good compared to all other sets. Read more about the ratings distribution chart here.

Recommendations

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A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.11, 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 18.09, which is worse.

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

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9.75 / 10 → 98 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.6 / 5 → 92 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

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

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 7.84 / 10 → 78 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 9474-1
Name: The Battle of Helm's Deep
Parts: 1368
Minifigs: 8

Retail price (USD):
Original: 129.99
Inflation adjusted: 144.75

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.11

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 16.25
Inflation adjusted: 18.09

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Recommendation: yes 9.75 / 10 by I Scream Clone

The set is beautifully crafted, I am a big fan of curved structures for castle walls as it lends itself to a far more realistic true castle shape, and the LEGO designers have achieved this well. The wall mottling as mentioned earlier helps to further ground Helm's Deep in reality (all be it movie reality). The top notch design of the figures leaves me wanting to collect the whole Lord of the Rings line just for the exquisite printing, like on Gimli's helmet.

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Recommendation: yes 4.6 / 5 from 14 reviews

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Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 by kaelthas

This is a great set for The Lord of the Rings fans out there. Its a replica of the actual Helms deep in LEGO. Lots of diorama can be done with this set alone or it can be displayed in a glass cabinet. Packed with so many details, I can look at it and play with it for a very long time. Its a retired set now, but the price is still reasonable unlike those ships with so much hike of the price.

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Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 from 151 reviews

Tuff but beautiful build. One of the best in the set. Key product features include: Weapons include swords, double-bladed axe, single-bladed axe, bow, shield, sword and Uruk-hai weapons Helm's Deep fortress features outer ring, tower with horn, opening main gate, exploding wall, side door attack function, catapult Also includes siege ladder, bomb, and horse Climb the tower and blow The Horn of Helm Hammerhand Combine with 9471 Uruk-hai Army and build up your army for even greater battles

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 151 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: meh 7.84 / 10 from 7 reviews

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by Huw

It's an expensive set but I'd say it's worth every penny: excellent figs, well designed castle and, once you've done with it, a thousand useful parts for your own castle constructions.

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BZPower

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by Jason

I can't personally say if this is the very best of the Lord of the Ring sets, since this is the only one I've purchased so far. But I am highly pleased with it. The details, features, figs, and pieces are all amazing, and I would easily recommend this set to anybody, be they casual LEGO builders or die hard Lord of the Ring fans. The only reason you shouldn't get this set is because it's expensive, even if you can find it on sale.

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by Lego Otaku

This set is defiantly good to buy and the price is not too bad for the size of the set with 8 minifigs. Although you could wait for a good sale and buy the army set along with this to have more minifigs and more playability.

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by Nick Martin

This set is not perfect, and there are some spots that could have be made a lot better. But it felt like a decent value for the money, and it did capture the location feel better than I thought possible, given the quality of other castles in the last few years.

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