Featured set of the day: An Unexpected Gathering

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Is it really 8 years since the superb set TheRichrocker writes about today was released?



"Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!"



As a longtime fan of The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien's other works like The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, I remember too well the thrill I got when I heard the news that LEGO had acquired the licence to produce LOTR-related sets.

I received 79003 An Unexpected Gathering as a birthday present from my wife, which was special enough, because although she tolerates my LEGO hobby enough to let me set up a city layout in our bedroom and clutter up several shelves and cupboards with LEGO sets, she usually does not encourage it by buying the stuff for me. :-)

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pxchris

I commented on the article too, but this is definitely one of my all-time favorite sets! 

bpk2300

pxchris said:

I commented on the article too, but this is definitely one of my all-time favorite sets! 

Ditto!