Weekly Minifig Review: King

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:51 pm

the king is a decent minifig... his cape is quite rare (though) so i think that's nice
however, its too common a minifig in royal knights/KKI sets, so i (and many other people, i believe) have too many kings

Lawkeeper · Post by **Lawkeeper** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:27 am

The cape is a must-have when building an army, and the torso´s pretty good, too.

Horak the Great · Post by **Horak the Great** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:12 pm

OK, I guess. I had way too many of these from various sets and then I converted into royal archers. Like the minifig head.

Starwars4J · Post by **Starwars4J** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:20 pm

Personally I liked this fig. Sure, he was a little too colorful, but that crown and cape...<3

A more noble king wouldn't have been a bad thing, though.

wallgorn · Post by **wallgorn** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:24 pm

I was only able to get King in 6008. He was my first king figure and I wish still had him, his sword, and shield. I have two King Leos, one from 6026 and 6095. I also have King Mathias from 8779. I do wish I had King Mathias' horse with barding and armored headpiece.

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:37 pm

People seem to not remember that this king was actually a Dragon Masters knight. Same head. So was he granted his own lands or did he take them by force?

Sir Kohran · Post by **Sir Kohran** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:46 pm

Count Blacktron wrote:People seem to not remember that this king was actually a Dragon Masters knight. Same head. So was he granted his own lands or did he take them by force?

Perhaps they were brothers?

- Matt

Jojo · Post by **Jojo** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:33 pm

Hello!

Count Blacktron wrote:People seem to not remember that this king was actually a Dragon Masters knight.

Though the beard on this king is red, while it was more like orange on the Dragon Master.
(And I suppose most Forum members here are too young to be able to remember anything from 1993. :-) )

Bye
Jojo, old.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:04 am

(And I suppose most Forum members here are too young to be able to remember anything from 1993. )

Statements like this make me feel old. And I'm not even very old yet. How depressing.

I always liked the King. As a youngster I recall him being my 'hero' character for awhile just because he looked so different from all the other Castle figures of the time. The quartered torso is nice, and the colour scheme works well.

Although the face is not 'bearded.' It's a mustache. Beards go on the chin. I do like that face though - especially with the red hair. Adds some variety. I like a lot of smiley-faces in my sets, but you need faces with character to them every once in awhile.

Emperor James · Post by **Emperor James** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:49 am

this was by far the best looking king type figure lego released.

The Shadow Knight · Post by **The Shadow Knight** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:07 pm

I like this king. This king has one of the first bearded faces and one of the best bearded faces. I like all kings, and as a mentioned in another thread King Leo is my favorite minifigure of all!

Lord Felix wrote:I am perticularly fond of the Lion knights, and their king. I remember my brothers and I buying many of the small set that has the king and a horse. (I apologize, I can never remember the name of sets). My only complaint is the crown, it has that... neck protector? I also don't get how to get the capes with only one hole to stay down
All in all, it is a good figure.

Well, I would bend the cape inward a lot so when you put the cape on a minifigure it will stay down.

PunkRockCowboy · Post by **PunkRockCowboy** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:52 am

It's nice that Lego finally came out with a king around this time, but like every other new character they introduced they saturated the market with him *cough* like ghosts *cough*. The other day I realized that somehow I have more Royal Kings than I have Royal Knights and that's kind of messed up... Maybe I converted all chainmail Royal Knights into Black Knights/Monarchs, but even so it's messed up that I have about 4 of these guys and only 3 soldiers.
I like the torso as it can be used for more stuff than just a King, and it's nice to have a cape too, and new faces are always good to have (although I wouldn't over use this one) but I always thought that the Royal Knights were a bit too cartoonish so I prefer both the Chess King and the new Crown Knight King to this one.

Emperor James · Post by **Emperor James** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:23 pm

this is definately the best king figure.

Sir Kohran · Post by **Sir Kohran** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:29 pm

PunkRockCowboy wrote:It's nice that Lego finally came out with a king around this time, but like every other new character they introduced they saturated the market with him *cough* like ghosts *cough*. The other day I realized that somehow I have more Royal Kings than I have Royal Knights and that's kind of messed up... Maybe I converted all chainmail Royal Knights into Black Knights/Monarchs, but even so it's messed up that I have about 4 of these guys and only 3 soldiers.
I like the torso as it can be used for more stuff than just a King, and it's nice to have a cape too, and new faces are always good to have (although I wouldn't over use this one) but I always thought that the Royal Knights were a bit too cartoonish so I prefer both the Chess King and the new Crown Knight King to this one.

How did you end up with more Royal Kings than knights? He only comes in three sets, two of which have multiple knights. So unless you bought lots of 6008s or the king by himself I don't know you could have ended up with more kings than knights.

- Matt

Blue Monarch · Post by **Blue Monarch** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:42 pm

I think he looks like a court jester or juggler. Not really my favorite at all. On the other hand, Lego needs to make a King torso again with it's own unique look.