Barrel Escape

Lego^® The Hobbit 79004 Barrel Escape

The Hobbit

The Lego set Barrel Escape with the Lego number 79004 is part of the LEGO The Hobbit theme and is recommended for ages 8 - 14. The set was released in December of 2012. It contains 5 minifigures. The model consists of a total of 334 parts and we estimate it takes you around < 1 hour to build it. The set was designed by Bjarke Lykke Madsen. 64 Brickfact users have this set in their portfolio.

The packaging dimensions are 15 x 10.3 x 2.2 inch( 38.2 x 26.2 x 5.7 cm). The recommended retail price is £39.99.

The Part-Out-Value (POV) is the sum of all part prices paid on bricklink.com for this set. It is about £211.89.

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Lego 79004 product data

Set Information

Set ID

79004

Theme

The Hobbit

Pieces

334

Designer

Bjarke Lykke Madsen

Building Time

< 1 hour

Age Range

8 - 14

Availability

Release

12/2012

Retiring Status

Retired (07/2014)

Price Information

RRP

£39.99

Insiders Points (for purchase at Lego)

320

Part Out Value

£211.89

Packaging

Packaging dimensions

15 x 10.3 x 2.2 in

EAN (GTIN13)

5702014961296

Popularity with Brickfact users

users have this set: 64
buyers in the last 12 months: 14
most collected in LEGO The Hobbit: #10

64 Brickfact users have Barrel Escape in their portfolio. 14 users bought it in the last 12 months. It ranks #10 among the most-collected The Hobbit sets on Brickfact.

Based on anonymized Brickfact user portfolios; shown only for sets with at least 10 users. As of 9 October 2026.

Lego 79004 price trend

Current market value: £265.43
Growth vs. RRP: +564 % £39.99
Range: £196.89 – £282.98
Average: £221.29

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Minifigures from 79004 Barrel Escape

The Barrel Escape set includes 5 different minifigures, 4 of which are unique to this set. The combined value of the minifigures is £146.46, which is ~366% of the RRP of this set.