minifigs are generally good aside from the hobbits, no missing pieces, but putting it together hurts your hands alot and the things you need to put on snot connections do not fit

Finished building today, looks great, just like original. 1 block is missing, but nothing crucial :)

Loved this build way more than I even expected! Good quality pieces, only 3 tiny ones unaccounted for at the end (could be my user error in a build this big). Took off one star because the bag numbering didn't match the instructions, to the point where I had to lay out a quarter of the total pieces at any one time, and that took up a LOT of space and effort. But overall, definitely recommend this build, any loved all the little easter eggs.

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