Castle 2008 from Toy Fair

Discussion of official LEGO Castle Theme sets and products
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Sir Vincent wrote:Those can't be the prices...7018 Viking Ship challenges the Midgard Serpent was $50 and had more pieces than that cheap knockoff Troll Warship! It just can't cost that much...
Yeah, but we all knew that was a great deal! That's what makes it so cool: all those figs, a new ship hull piece and the roasting spit in the middle! All for fifty bucks or better.
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The viking ship had more pieces because the serpent took like 50 pieces all by itself. I am impressed by the entire line and can't wait to get these. Overall I think the sets are a pretty good value. Unfortunately the one I want several copies of is the ship to build up my dragons and orcs. what the heck am I going to do with all those ships though?

I see the dwarf mine has come with a ten dollar increase in price too. I paid 90 bucks each with shipping in December on ebay for my first 2. I had thought I missed out on it. Only to find out the Lego store in chicago still had em into January. Well... atleast my 3rd mine only cost me 50 bucks. I can wait til the summer though as I have spent 4 grand on legos in the past 3 months. It is expensive to come out of a dark age and catch up on all of the sets.

Now the battle packs are out and I want a bunch of those too. Does anyone know if the battle packs will be available through most of the year?
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WooT!!!

Dark brown hull pieces, new orc torsos, (hehe chicken on a whip...), this line-up is lookin' good!

I only have one complaint, that I really noticed after viewing these images that there is a massive lack of shields, for both factions, but especially the orcs...

We'll see, but that's not to nock these sets, they are all good!!!
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All these sets look wonderful! I will probably get one copy of each. The orcs and trolls and dwarves and... ah, there all just great!:D

P.S. I'm sorry to hear about people having to pay a real high price for the dwarves mine. I was lucky, I got mine for $40! :wink:
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Well aside from some rather bizarre designs, this line looks fantastic. I will get some of these as soon as I can find something left in my wallet...
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The prices look great too... I'll be getter a bunch of the towers and siege cart. It's a shame that the only new dwarf "set" is a crappy-looking design. I know there'll be an impulse set but I want a real dwarf setting. Give me an armory!

Other than that.. props to you Lego! You guys still rock!
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All this new sets look amazing, but it seems that they are getting away from the crown knights and skeletons, and moving on to dwarves and orcs, and I liked the crown knights. It is disappointing that there won't be that many new sets with crown knights in them. :cry:
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