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April 2005
Weekly Set Review: [Black Knight's Guardshack]
Ben E. 30 IV 05

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 1888 [Black Knight's Guardshack].

Black Knight's Guardshack was released in 1992 as part of Variety Pack 1891. This guard shack includes a Black Knight soldier, a ghost, and various accessories. The variety pack was only sold in North America.


City Docks
Bruce N. H. 25 IV 05

Chad Ivany, known in our forums as CAI, has been building with LEGO for about 20 years. His first castle set was 6080, King's Castle, and he's built castles ever since. A few years ago he found Brickshelf, and was inspired to build more elaborate creations, including his most recent MOC, City Docks. All of Chad's creations can be found in his Brickshelf gallery.


Weekly Set Review: Knight's Procession
Ben E. 23 IV 05

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 677/6077 Knight's Procession.

Knight's Procession, first released in Europe in 1979, was the first castle set predominantly composed of minifigures. It is a forerunner of the large castle minifigure packs of the 1980's and 1990's.

Two axemen pull a treasure cart while being defended by four more swordsmen. This set was released in America as 6077 in 1981.


Fright Knights Flying Machine
Ben E. 16 IV 05

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 2848 Fright Knights Flying Machine.

Fright Knight's Flying Machine was released in 1998. An armed Fright Knight patrols the skies with this crystal ball and fire powered machine.


Rivendell in Vignettes
Bruce N. H. 14 IV 05

Forum member Snap Dracone (Brickshelf ID MuffinToa) has been building with LEGO most of his life, but only started building MOCs in the past couple of years. Other builders on Brickshelf inspired him to build in the castle theme. In particular, Nelson Yrizarry's Chateau de Vignette and Jon Furman's Lord of the Rings minifigs directly inspired this creation: Rivendell in Vignettes. Four separate scenes depict different aspects of Rivendell, and they fit together to show us the Last Homely House. He tried to show the intertwining of construction and nature, and the combination really succeeds in conveying the peace and tranquility of this refuge from the world.

All of Snap Dracone's creations can be found in his Brickshelf gallery; be sure to check out his spiral staircase. In addition to his participation in our forums, he is also a regular at BZPower.


Weekly Set Review: Guarded Treasury
Ben E. 9 IV 05

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 6094 Guarded Treasury.

Guarded Treasury was released in 2000 for Knight's Kingdom. A Bull's archer is prevented from robbing the treasury by falling axes and stones. The soldier guards the archer in the jail. Various accesssories are included.


Purple Hills
Bruce N. H. 7 IV 05

Jens Heyer is a German AFOL who started out with DUPLO 28 years ago. Then when he was 8, his aunt gave him a copy of 6022, Horse Cart, for his birthday, and he has been a castle fan ever since. He went through a ten year period in which he collected, rather than MOC'ed, but great creations seen on Brickshelf, as well as influences from movies and books like The Lord of the Rings, inspired him to build large castle MOCs. The ability to buy purple tiles in bulk at Legoland Gunzburg, as well as a Bricklinked army of Dumbledores, led to this MOC, Purple Hills.

All of Jens' creations can be found in his Brickshelf gallery. In addition to recently joining our forums, he is also a member of 1000steine.de.


Weekly Set Review: Majisto's Magical Workshop
Ben E. 2 IV 05

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 6048 Majisto's Magical Workshop.

Majisto's Magical Workshop was released in 1993 for the Dragon Masters. This rock and tree house opens up to show the wizard's work area and fireplace. Majisto, a knight, and various accessories are included.



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