Beginner
≈ 3 h 45 minSuggested range2 h 15 min – 6 h 15 min
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The Hobbit · SET 79017
The Battle of Five Armies™
A Battle of the Five Armies scene.
- Pieces
- 472
- Release year
- 2014
- Theme
- The Hobbit
- Set number
- 79017
- LEGO recommended age
- 8+
- Archived regional retail price · Germany
- 69.99 €
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 2 h 30 minSuggested range1 h 30 min – 4 h 15 minExperienced
≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range1 h – 3 hBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment: A Battle of the Five Armies scene. A small dark ballista accompanies the characters. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks, subsequent play and any alternative models are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
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- LEGO · set manual ↗
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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The tan tower has a large clock.
LEGO sourceAccessories and details
A small dark ballista accompanies the characters.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
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A sentence on an exam paper
Tolkien recalled writing The Hobbit’s first sentence on a blank page while marking examinations. Bilbo’s home began before the complete novel.
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Rateliff places the initial idea during exam marking in summer 1930. Inventing “hobbit” led Tolkien to explore what it meant. Early names differed from their familiar final uses. The story developed through returns and revisions rather than emerging as a finished manuscript at once.
A ten-year-old reader
Publisher Stanley Unwin asked his ten-year-old son Rayner to read the manuscript. His enthusiasm helped lead to its publication on 21 September 1937.
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Ten-year-old Rayner Unwin reported on the manuscript from a child’s perspective, helping secure publication in 1937. Tolkien had already read it to his children and lent it to friends. Real readers’ responses joined revision and illustration work in the book’s path to publication.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
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