
The Battle of Helm's Deep
©2012 LEGO Group
9474: The Battle of Helm's Deep
- Designer
- Bjarke Lykke Madsen
- Launch/exit
- 1 Jun 2012 - 31 Dec 2013 (1y 6m 30d)
- Value new
- ~$519.89
- Value used
- ~$434.82
- Related sets
- Connects with 9471-1
- Bricklist notes
- When the entire project team met for the first time, each of us was asked: "What do you look most forward to, regarding working on LEGO The Hobbit and LEGO The Lord of the Rings?" Being a fan of the books and the movies since 2001, I replied: "This is more than work. This is a honor to work on."
I still believe that.
We began this journey by designing key-scenes from Lord of the Rings. Helms Deep was one of the most prominent scenes and was chosen to be the biggest set for the first launch. Martin Klingenberg designed a sketch, and I designed a bigger version of that before moving on to the final model. Later we came up with the idea of combining this set with set 9471. That feature would allow customers to extend the defence wall and to get more Uruk-Hai´s warriors and more Rohirrims. This was highly appreciatecd by the fans.
Graphics was designed by Djordje Djordjevic and the Rearing Horse was designed by Gitte Thorsen.
A special thanks from me to Sir Peter Jackson and Sir Richard Taylor and everyone else involved in making these wonderful movies. You guys are my heroes :)