LEGO The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings 9474 The Battle of Helm's Deep

LEGO set 9474, The Battle of Helm's Deep, depicts the battle at Helm's Deep from The Lord of the Rings. Released in 2012 under the The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings theme, it includes 1367 pieces and 7 minifigures.

The model represents Helm's Deep, a key setting from The Lord of the Rings.

With 1367 pieces, the set builds a fortress scene intended to frame the battle. The character selection covers both the defenders and the Uruk-Hai forces.

The set suits display, story based play and focused collecting within the same theme. Among The Lord of the Rings sets, it functions as a substantial location model rather than only a character pack or small accessory build, because the structure and the included figures are closely tied to the same scene.

Inventory of set 9474

The inventory of set 9474 lists 1,367 pieces, spare parts excluded: 243 different lots (one shape in one color) for 182 part shapes. The box also contains 42 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 9474

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 51% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (16%) and black (7.9%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 9474

149 of the 182 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 9474

9 part shapes in set 9474 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. The table lists 8. Counting colors, 10 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 9474 from another set

Share of the parts of set 9474 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 41%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 9474 within its line

With 1,367 pieces, set 9474 ranks #2 out of 31 The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings sets in our database, which have an average of 453 parts. Among the 321 sets released in 2012, it ranks #10. That is 3 times the average The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings set size.