Also, the more central your point of turning is, the better balanced your door will be. It’s at the connection points where you need to make that decision of whether or not to build in a clever handle. This design can become more impressive if you incorporate a way to turn the door. It is often centralized and for those with a vertical axis, it’s at the top and bottom of the door. These will be the axis at which the door rotates. As for building a rotating door, it comes down to two major principles that I will mention below.įirst, you need to connect the door at two points. In short, more stuff equals more things to compare it to. This is often due to the fact that for the door to look impressive, having a lot of context around it makes it stand out. This is something normally seen in larger sets and not so much in smaller models. One of the first things you’ll build is a rotating door.

Now we will move on to the LEGO techniques used in this set.

So if you’re looking for lots of fun and activity to play out a battle-scene, this set is for you. Only the hinged corner sections don’t have action elements. In the LEGO Dol Guldur Battle nearly every segment has an activity for you to interact with. Don’t get me wrong, you can play very nicely with all of the sets, but a lot of them are built just as much for display as for play. The LEGO Dol Guldur Battle, unlike others in the LEGO Hobbit and LEGO Lord of the Rings lines, is purely a play set. I am not ashamed to say I ended up with two copies of this set, all thanks to the minifigs and a really good deal at Barnes & Noble. From Radagast to Azog, it is packed with character. So let’s begin! 🙂įirst of all, I cannot mention the LEGO Dol Guldur Battle set without giving props to LEGO for the excellent minifigures.

You can also check out the previously discussed LEGO techniques found in official LEGO sets at the end of this article. Today we will be looking at the #79014 LEGO The Hobbit Dol Guldur Battle. In this Brick Breakdown series I review official LEGO sets, from the perspective of looking at interesting building techniques we can all learn from.

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