Saruman appeared to aid his orcs with his wizardry as well: when Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas followed the party of Uruks who had kidnapped Merry and Pippin, Saruman's will caused weariness of the heart for the pursuers and lent speed to the Orcs. Their great bows were made of yew wood, of the same length and shape as those of men. Instead of the curved scimitar, they used short, broad-bladed swords. Aragorn commented that their gear was not in the manner of other Orcs at all. It was clear this stood for Saruman, because their shields had a small white hand (the symbol of Saruman) centered on a black field. The Uruks of Saruman used an Elf-rune wrought in white metal on the front of their iron helms. Saruman's army of Uruk-hai fought against King Théoden of Rohan and his people at the Battle of the Hornburg. " Half-orcs" were as tall as Men and are never described simply as Orcs, as the Uruk-hai frequently are. There were other creatures in Saruman's armies, and under his command in the Shire, that appear to have been hybrids.
There are suggestions that the Uruk-hai were the result of crossbreeding Orcs and Men. In the War of the Ring, the Uruk-hai made up a large part of Saruman's army, together with the Dunlendings, man-enemies of Rohan. Uruk-hai were later bred by the Wizard Saruman the White late in the Third Age, by his dark arts in the pits of Isengard. The Uruks in the service of Barad-dûr used the symbol of the red Eye of Sauron, which was also painted on their shields. The Uruks first appeared out of Mordor in TA 2475, when they assaulted and managed to conquer Ithilien and destroyed the city of Osgiliath. 3.3 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War.3.1 The Lord of the Rings (1978 animated film).In terms of value, this set basically pays for itself and more with the minifigures alone! You get four Uruk hai minifigures which value at least 5 dollars a piece plus a rare Rohan soldier which is at least 10 dollars and Eomer, another 15 dollars. This set is a great value in general! It has a great wall build that includes many brick pieces that are good for other avenues of play, and a nice ballista! However, the real attraction to this set are the minifigures.
As far as purposely purchasing individual sets multiple times, I have only ever done that with the Indiana Jones River Chase set, Indiana Jones Race for the Stolen Treasure set, Indiana Jones Fighter Plane Attack and the Lord of the Rings Helms Deep set, and I have been collecting Lego for 22 years, so that says a lot. This was the second time I had purchased this set and I plan on purchasing another later down the road.
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