7036-1: Dwarves' Mine

Adventure in the Dwarves' Mine!

The dwarves are working hard mining, transporting and hiding rare diamonds and gems, but can they protect their treasure from the evil troll warriors and the giant troll? This special-edition set includes a rolling mine cart, a wheel powered bucket and launching catapult to fire at the attacking trolls! Includes 4 dwarves, 2 troll warriors, a giant troll and lots of accessories! Giant troll is 3" (8 cm) tall!

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Instructions and parts list

Instructions for this set can be downloaded from LEGO.com:

Filename File size Format Notes/Region
4524437.pdf 15754Kb Book 1/2
4524438.pdf 28934Kb Book 2/2
4525572.pdf 15784Kb Book 1/2
4525573.pdf 59788Kb Book 2/2
4542821.pdf 4633Kb Book 1/2
4542822.pdf 6084Kb Book 2/2
4542823.pdf 4670Kb Book 1/2
4542824.pdf 6124Kb Book 2/2

Instructions for this set may also be available at Peeron.

A parts list for this set may be available at BrickLink and/or Peeron.

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FANTASTIC CASTLE SET!

Posted by legoDad42 in United States on 18 January 2010

Just a fabulous Castle Set from Lego the Dwarves' Mine is. Plenty of fun, cool play features and a nice enjoyable build with good details throughout. It's designed to be a Castle and quarry for the Dwarf King built out of a mountain-side. The King's Throne room overlooks his Dwarven subjects from his miners, to a black-smith and a rail system which runs through the Castle. Just FANTASTIC!

CENTER SECTION - 2 large double doors (which open and close) with gold details (nicely designed), King's Throne Room with throne and two shields adorning the front of the balcony left and right, King mini-figure with gold winged helmet/gold goblet/red gem, above the throne room outside are two battle axes(copper colored) and then atop you see part of the mountain with 2 torches left and right.

RIGHT SECTION - Atop you have a working wheel/pulley system that hooks to a bucket and runs 3 levels top to bottom (top is where the large wheel is with ladder out front/2nd level un-adorned with a ladder out front/1st level is a quarry (cave) where a Dwarf miner can be working (Dwarf miner mini-figure has a pick-axe and copper helmet). The set comes with gold and silver ore so you can set up the cave with this and have the Dwarves dig them out and place them into the bucket or carry over to the rail section.
Now in front of the quarry we have a neat little black-smith's work station. Comes with black anvil, 2 barrels to hold weapons, a large hammer and also a silver breast plate and helmet. Dwarf Black-Smith mini-fig. has a black hammer and silver helmet.

LEFT SECTION - Atop this section is a large catapault (nicely designed) with a large bolder detailed to be aflame (snap down on the front of it to send the boulder soaring. Good distance you can get on this). 2nd level is unadorned but a wench system runs through it. 1st level out front has a slide for the ore (but I rather see this as a pretend conveyer belt actually). Now at the 1st level behind, we have a nice area where the Dwarf's take a break from their work. In here we have a small black fireplace with red coals burning, a barrel with a large chicken(or turkey)leg, and a small table with a gold goblet.

RAIL SYSTEM - Another great play feature. This rail runs through the front and back of the castle. Comes with 2 mine carts that tilt left and right to empty ore(nicely designed). The rail runs through the double doors and towards the back is another section that has a small tower with ladder. Atop this is a curved wench system with a bucket you can slide from the tower to the left of the castle through the 2nd level to dump ore onto the slide/coveyer belt. This bucket/wench system also can dump ore through the back small tower onto awaiting mine carts which then can also bring ore to the front of the castle. Might seem limited but provides a fun play feature to keep your Dwarves busy as well as your child's imagination. Also at the bottom near the conveyer belt/slide is a mount to hold a tool (hammer, pick axe, weapon, etc.)

This set also comes with a Dwarf warrior with silver winged helmet, shield and battle axe. A large Cave Troll figure with spikes atop head and back and large stone club plus 2 Troll warriors, one with shield and both with copper colored swords.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this set for it's playability, details, fun rail sytem, multiple levels and great mini-figures. Young and old alike will enjoy this Castle set immensely. Might be the best of the Castle kits from Lego the past 2 years or so.
Final note, this build is for your 7 year old on up. Can use help on this at certain stages. Not a difficult build but just make sure all things are tight and lined up properly.

GREAT LOOKING Castle...loads of fun! JUST FANTASTIC!

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Awesome!

Posted by CastleKnight02 in United States on 25 June 2009

This set is amazing for a number of reasons. First are the railroad tracks. Although you can't see it from the picture, they extend farther into the back. The Mine carts can fit dwarves, gold, and weapons (and they really look cool). The catapult is really neat and the boulder is huge! There is the blacksmiths shop and in the back where you can't se it, there is a kitchen. There is another place in the back where you can dump gold.

Good
The chute for gold and silver
The Blacksmiths shop
The Giant Troll
The 4 Dwarves and 2 troll minifigs
The Kitchen
The Catapult
The weapons
The railroad
The bucket track
The helmets
The beards
The Excesories

Bad
The old troll helmets
The elevator bucket is very unstable

I would highly recomend this set above all other castle sets.

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An Enigma To Me

Posted by Paradosis in United States on 16 June 2009

This set is very popular in the Lego community, and to be quite honest I'm not exactly sure that I fully see the appeal. Don't get me wrong, I agree that it has overall a nice design, and has lots of play features, it just seems to be lacking something to me, though I can't put my finger on what exactly.

First, the positives. The set does have some larger pieces, but thankfully it's mostly brick built. It has a nice brown, light grey and dark grey color scheme, with green and black accents. I really like the brick-built mining carts, which have a very nice design. There are lots of nice little details, such as lots of mining elements, an anvil, helmets, armor and axes, a throne, a fire, torches, and a brick-built hammer. There is a contraption for pulling up mining materials to different levels, for transporting mining materials from the back to the front (and vice versa), and a place for sliding them down a shoot into mining cars. There are seven minifigures (4 dwarves, 2 orcs, 1 troll) in this set, which is a nice amount for a set this size and price. I think that the dwarves are especially nicely done. And one last positive is that there is lots of railing to push the mining carts along.

And then there are the shortcomings, in my opinion. The set uses ladders to get to some areas, but not all areas can be reached by ladders, leaving you with the need to make huge leaps while playing to access some areas. While I like the catapult from a design perspective, and not a big fan of it from a play perspective. The set isn't built on a baseplate, but rather on plates, which would be more acceptable if it were more easily able to be rearranged. The doors don't extend to the ground, which I'm not a fan of, though that's a minor gripe. And finally, while there is a nice variety of helmets and lots of axes, a few more shields wouldn't have hurt.

In the end I'd recommend this set, but not whole-heartedly. I would have liked to have seen a slightly better price point with this one, or... I dunno, just something else that I can't quite explain. I'd say it's a good set, just not a great or classic set. I'd give the set a 76/100.

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A new classic castle set

Posted by lovelego728 in Canada on 21 May 2009

This set will be and is already a classic LEGO castle set. This set contains every elements that surprises you:

a) The theme is great - this is the first ever mining set for castle
b) Design of the set is cool - cool door, cart and track, and the rest of the mining system
c) Lots of new LEGO mini-figures - helmets, dwarves beard, and trolls are all new
d) No stickers: everything is printed.

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good set

Posted by lego freak#1 in United States on 01 May 2009

it is a really good set and it has good stuff to. But I think it should to bigger but over all it is a good set. the tracks got me really made because it broke of to much and if you put it on a soft surface the whole thing breaks. Yet the gold silver weapons cups and transportation of the gold and silver is cool. But it could have used more trolls.The kitchen with the stove was a good surprise for me. The gold and silver trans. needs some work on it so it can work better. But it is a great set and it has lots to play with.

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