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October 2008
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Traitor Transport
Ben E. 26 X 08
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 6047/6099 Traitor Transport.
Traitor Transport was released in 1997 for the Fright Knights.
A dragon pulls this prison wagon for traitors.
A mounted knight, a driver, a prisoner knight and various accessories are included.
The 6099 version of this set came with a premolded plastic "Dragon Cave" piece attached to the box.
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Dragon's Retreat
Ben E. 18 X 08
New Classic-Castle member Dragonator brings us his latest creation,
Dragon's Retreat.
This fortified manor house includes many details such as a front gate, bridge, dock, buttresses, stained glass windows, and more.
Leave your comments in the
discussion thread.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Knight's Kingdom Catapult
Ben E. 12 X 08
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 1289 Knight's Kingdom Catapult.
Knight's Kingdom Catapult was released in a 2000 as part of a Kabaya Castle Pack.
It was only available in Japan.
This small rotating catapult is manned by a Bull's soldier.
Various accessories are included.
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10193 Medieval Market Village - Preview Pictures
Ben E. 4 X 08
Classic Castle has also been provided with official pictures of 10193 Medieval Market Village.
Thank you to Steve Witt, Jan Beyer, and LEGO for these preview pictures.
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#10193 Medieval Market Village
Ages 12+. 1,601 pieces.
US $99.99; ¤99.99, CA $149.99, AU $149.99, UK £84.99
Expand your LEGO® Castle kingdom!
This classic medieval village with marketplace is a perfect match for any LEGO Castle.
Full of authentic features, fun accessories and all-new animals to expand and enhance your kingdom;
it includes two complete buildings with detailed interiors like a blacksmith’s shop with waterwheel-driven hammer,
a food stand, tree, table, cart, cows, horse, chicken, rooster, duck, peasants, knights, rare elements and colors, and more!
· Includes 8 minifigures: blacksmith, 2 soldiers, 2 male peasants, 2 female peasants and a boy minifigure!
· Play inside! The 2 two-story buildings feature a hinge system that allows you to open and close them as you wish!
· The yellow building contains the stables, blacksmiths shop and his home upstairs!
Help the blacksmith forge the swords with the working water powered trip hammer!
Don’t forget to close the stable gates and feed the horse some carrots!
· Blacksmith’s home features pictures on the walls, opening windows, table and fireplace!
· The classically European styled blue building features a cozy tavern on the first floor and welcoming bedroom on the top floor!
· Lots of authentic touches: fireplaces in the bedrooms, pictures on the walls, dressing tables,
working doors and windows and other interior details!
· The soldiers and peasants alike shop and eat in the marketplace filled with baskets of fish, apples and flowers.
Sit at the table for a meal of ale,
cheese and whole turkey but stay out of the way of the soldiers carrying the king’s treasure!
· Buildings measure over 7.5” tall and over 9” long when open wide!
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