He sports the same outfit as the Bilbo you get from the smaller Riddles of the Ring set and is of course carrying his trusty Elven blade, Sting and the One Ring. But first up, let’s get into the minifigs in this set. In the books, Bilbo famously rescues the dwarves who have been captured by Thranduil thanks to his trusty ring which grants him invisibility. Barrel Escape features the aforementioned barrels on the right, a dungeon, and Thranduil’s stash of wine. The set is pretty small and the parts come in two polybags, conveniently numbered for your building pleasure.Īnd here’s what it looks like when you put together the second bag of parts.

It’s one of the most endearing parts of the book, and I’m pretty excited to see it brought to life in the movie. The Barrel Escape is one of the rarer The Hobbit sets being a Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive and is based on one of the most hilarious and entertaining parts of the novel, a chapter called Barrels out of bond, where Bilbo bundles Thorin’s company into a bunch of barrels to save them from the clutches of the Elf King, Thranduil. The Barrel Escape set is a special preview set for the Desolation of Smaug, which comes out in theaters in the US on the December 13 2013. Feast your eyes on the trailer below and try to spot the part where the dwarves are tumbling around a river in barrels! I guess a little inspiration to build this set came from the trailer to Part 2 of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy that was released about a week ago. After months of putting this off, I’ve finally built the Barrel Escape! I received this for Christmas from a redditor in last year’s Reddit Secret Santa which I’ve written a little about here.

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