Castle 2007 Consolodation thread

[RichardAM]

The evil wizard has captured the princess - can the knights rescue her or will the wizard's group of skeletons prevail and capture not only the princess, but the scene and then play out the battle with the introduction of a new play theme - LEGO Castle - launching in August.

Hope we get them in the UK in August too.

We're still waiting for the Spongebob sets released from last year.

[Troy T. Moore]

7090 Crossbow Attack 54 pieces $5.99 Available in August
7009 Final Joust 62 pieces $7.99 Available in August
7091 Knights' Catapult Attack 123 pieces $9.99 Available in August
7092 Skeleton Prison Carriage 193 pieces $19.99 Available in August
7093 Skeleton's Tower 398 pieces $49.99 Available in August
7094 King's Castle Siege 973 pieces $99.99 Available in August

But...I don't want to wait 'til August!

Anticipation continues to grow...

Edit I just looked through the pics a bit. That castle has a real "yellow castle" feel to it http://www.cooltoyreview.com/tf2007/LEGO/image70.asp

The bow and arrow appears to be reappearing. Those shiney helms look fanastic!

I will buy many of these at full price from S@H just to say "Great job LEGO!"

[Old_School_Fan]

But...I don't want to wait 'til August!

Me either! I'm going to LEGO Land (Cali.) in late July and was hoping to raid their selection.

Better luck next time I suppose...

[Wolfpack Chief]

But...I don't want to wait 'til August!

Think of it this way, more time to save up your money.




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[wunztwice]

Does anyone have a saved close-up picture of the princess? The earlier links in this thread don't work anymore, and I didn't get a chance to see it.

I'll third that motion! Although these new pics are nice different angles. I like to see the insides of the castle before I buy it...

[lil Jon]

Oh no! I hope they keep the pointy visors. Like other people havep pointed out, the helmets differ in this picture:
http://www.cooltoyreview.com/tf2007/LEGO/image65.asp
Do you think they're going to switch them all to either pointy or grill? Or do you think they'll release both?

I hope they release both and I hope the pointy visor comes with the smaller sets because I want a lot of them.

[Blueandwhite]

Oh no! I hope they keep the pointy visors. Like other people havep pointed out, the helmets differ in this picture:
http://www.cooltoyreview.com/tf2007/LEGO/image65.asp
Do you think they're going to switch them all to either pointy or grill? Or do you think they'll release both?

I hope they release both and I hope the pointy visor comes with the smaller sets because I want a lot of them.

You might want to check out page 15 of this thread. The images there seem very close to being final, with the appropriate printing and such. 7093 (Skeleton's Tower) features a Knight like the one in question, with the blue barding and a grilled helm. 7009, the final joust includes the gold barding and a pointed visor. 7094 has a pointed visor, but the barding is like the barding featured in 7093. I'm assuming that the LEGO representative simply misplaced the figure (or somebody else knocked it down and it was put on the wrong shelf).

[Baned]

The box for 7090 shows a Black KK2 sword, but the model shows the new blade.

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/tf2007/LEGO/image66.asp

[kelderic]

And compare them to the barding on the horse in THIS PIC

And the barding on the box in THIS PIC

The bardings in both of these pictures are the same. The silver one. Meaning that the people at the fair didn't change the two, and we are left with the quandry of this picture.

Kelderic

[Damien]

I'd be very disappointed if they got rid of the pointed visor helm in order to include the grille helm. The former is better by far. I'd also be very much surprised -- I'm fairly certain TLG knows how much a lot of us want to see the pointed visor come back. Why, knowing that, would they use it in the teaser art, and then change it? They have to know that would make quite a few AFOL's very angry.

I'm hoping, and thinking, we'll see the pointed visor. But hey, maybe not.

Either way, this looks like the best Castle line since Dark Forest. Good stuff. I'm stoked.

[supernova]

Either way, this looks like the best Castle line since Dark Forest. Good stuff. I'm stoked.

Heh I'm actually going to say that this might be better than royal knights even, but we have to see the actual sets 1st

Anyway, regarding the picture from the joust every1 is debating about, I would just say that the box art should be accurate enough - why include the box in the fair when it doesn't reflect the set?

My only concern is how I can get more of the silver barding i don't think bricklink prices will be cheap (though)

[Sir Brithead]

The Princess's hair look like Hermoine's or Mary Jane hair to me, so I do not think it is new, but the hair for one of the new HP characters looks new. She is on lower floor in a student outfit. It looks like a bun on the side but flatter than Princess Leia's.

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/tf2007/LEGO/image7.asp

[DNL]

i don't like the lack of bow-and arrows in the smaller sets
i don't have many of them, i need more

[Patron of the lego]

Am I crazy or the new bos has bows ! It just occured to me, this means lots of money chores are in my future! Ohh yes the kettle helm was usually issued to pikemen, halbrediers, and crossbowmen, bullet helms were issued to archers, mainly.

[DNL]

but who's the bos?