As I was assembling the boat, the edge of it broke while I was attaching the piece. For the price Lego is asking for this set, it is ridiculous. What happened to the quality of Lego.This is it. This is the set around which the entire world of Middle Earth revolves. This is where the Ring of Power comes into the unlikely hands of a Hobbit. For those who love the books and the movies, this is a must-have set. Put it on your desk at the office. Put it in your kids' stockings or Pascha (Easter) baskets. This one set so beautifully captures the essence of the story. Here we have the forgotten Golem, victim of his own self serving love, confronted with Bilbo, a selfless Hobbit who has left his own beloved home to aid those he never even met in their quest to return to their home. Here they meet in the stinking depths of a Goblin underworld. There they come face-to-face with each other, and in their meeting the history of Middle Earth is changed for all time. Then of course, after you get this set, be sure to read the books if you haven't already. You will thank yourself for it.Love that Amazon prime...it came in two days as promised. As I picked up my grand daughter for the weekend she confided in me that she wished she could work on another Lego project. Fortunately, it had just arrived. We only let her work on it a half hour at a time to avoid frustration and extend the time to assemble. She finished it before bed but needed a little help from quality control (Poppop) . She loved adding it to her hobbit collection and is now fashioning scenery for her hobbit box. The prices go way up from here and she already has her eyes and heart on the larger sets. Price does become an issue, insurgencies the four out of five stars.I bought this more for the iconic scene it represents than the set itself.Gollum looks creepy in his boat, and Bilbo looks tiny and innocent as you'd hope.The rock section itself is ok, with the opening doors and ring-revealing mechanism being a slight bonus, although not making too much sense in context.The opening doors can be a bit fragile if you try to open them from the wrong part.Overall I'd say this is perfect as a memoir of an epic event, rather than full of play opportunities.We own several lego sets. It took us a while to realize how idolatrous these sets are. Once you have built them, you put them on your altar and on most days you worship them from afar without playing without them. But every set does bring new excitement which is why we got ourselves a subscription to the excitement of new sets by getting a subscription to the netflix of lego from Pley company. We rent one lego set at a time and return it once we're done with it.This is a good set for $9. Don't spend any more on this set because there are two other Hobbit sets that have bilbo. But this is a good set to get if you want to spend only a little bit for bilbo. The set has good detail but is just a little flimsy.If you are a Lego and Hobbit fan this is certainly something for you. It is small but meaningful because it has two important characters. And don’t forget about the One Ring!Ever struggled to buy a man a stocking stuffer? Running out of ideas? I bought this for my brother who's 30 years old and he loved it. He was so excited to open a toy in his Christmas stocking I thought it was hilarious! Out of all of the expensive things I got him these Legos were the ones he loved the most.A mi hijo le encanto.Calidad-Precio excepcional.Diversion garantizada.Un embalaje pequeño para tan gran juguete de montaje.Figuras perfectas.Love the ring and Gollum, so this was am great set to give and receive! Anything Lego is great and the price was comparable.This set met my son's request exactly.peccato che le immagini non rendano idea delle reali dimensioni del prodotto! imballo enorme ma il prodotto conforme a quanto richiesto , ordinato e compratoOrder arrived as advertised.