Numbered bags but dont follow Lego numbering. You end up having 3-4 bags (lego numbering) being opened at same time, so 12-13 actual bags. There were 4 bags of bricks that were needed throughout the build so for the very first step you were dealing with 16 bags of bricks all at once. This got better as the build progressed, but made for a very frustrating start. Only. couple of bricks + chain were missing from my set, although the bricks missing were very small so possibly had found their way into other bricks that i didnt notice.

The one thing i would say is if i had bought the Gen lego set I would have been so dissapointed. No way is this set worth what lego retail for. It was just about right I thought for the clone price.

I did have to redo the tower as i tried to move the entire thing from my build table to its resting place and the top tower part fell off as i moved it. So do yourself a favour and split into the 3 sections for moving.

The build overall is really solid. Maybe few missing parts for the minifigs and here and there but its not breaking. So damn awesome

Too many pieces missing - some of them non-standard pieces that can’t be easily replaced. There were holes in some of the little bags the pieces came in. As the bags don‘t break easily by accident, I suspect they were opened on purpose, and pieces were removed, or they fell out.

I have ordered many sets from China, and this is by far my worst experience. Very disappointing!

5471 pcs 68068 Barad-Dûr

Build itself was good, a bit missing pieces that i could replace. Minifigs were good besides Frodo having the wrong hair piece.