Castle 2007 Consolodation thread

Danju the Clever · Post by **Danju the Clever** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:56 pm

Here's a closeup pic of the princess...new hair?

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:32 pm

Prices and piece-count info from http://www.cooltoyreview.com/story/fron ... 103627.asp

Castle

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. Sets include:

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

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:36 pm

Sweet, final products. However, I noticed something wierd.

Clicky

The barding is different on the box, than on the real thing in front of it. Hmm, maybe the boxes aren't actually finished...

Edit

Look on the lower right corner of this picture. The armor is silver, with printing on it. Also, this is catapult looks a lot better in real lilfe.

Kelderic

Lonan · Post by **Lonan** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:12 pm

kelderic wrote:Sweet, final products. However, I noticed something wierd.

Clicky

The barding is different on the box, than on the real thing in front of it. Hmm, maybe the boxes aren't actually finished...

That's a good catch. I actually prefer the "newer" barding. The chain mail skirt looks good. And $8 for that set? I'll buy as many as I can afford.

Morgan19 · Post by **Morgan19** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:21 pm

kelderic wrote:Sweet, final products. However, I noticed something wierd.

There are a couple other differences I noticed as well:

• Box art knight has a helmet/visor headgear; the display knight has a grille helmet. (I sincerely hope the box art is correct.)

• Box art knight has what appears to be a classic dkgrey sword attached to his horse's barding; the display knight has what looks like a metallic (gold?) broadsword.

m19

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:50 pm

kelderic wrote:Sweet, final products. However, I noticed something wierd.

Clicky

The barding is different on the box, than on the real thing in front of it. Hmm, maybe the boxes aren't actually finished...

Regarding this particular knight, I believe he was misplaced in the exhibition: he belongs to 7093, the wizard's castle.

As Morgan19 mentioned, maybe gold broadswords (like those from royal knights and KKI) are back?

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:57 pm

supernova wrote:
kelderic wrote:Sweet, final products. However, I noticed something wierd.

Clicky

The barding is different on the box, than on the real thing in front of it. Hmm, maybe the boxes aren't actually finished...
Regarding this particular knight, I believe he was misplaced in the exhibition: he belongs to 7093, the wizard's castle.

As Morgan19 mentioned, maybe gold broadswords (like those from royal knights and KKI) are back?

That's a definate possibility, although I hope not, as I prefer to silver-ish barding to the gold one. Also, I am pretty sure the gold longswords are back, since it seems that the King also has one.

Kelderic

Old_School_Fan · Post by **Old_School_Fan** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:06 pm

I do imagine that the king will have a gold broadsword, but I believe the one being wielded by the knight is silver, only looking gold due to reflection.

Post by **SavaTheAggie** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:12 pm

supernova wrote:
kelderic wrote:Sweet, final products. However, I noticed something wierd.

Clicky

The barding is different on the box, than on the real thing in front of it. Hmm, maybe the boxes aren't actually finished...
Regarding this particular knight, I believe he was misplaced in the exhibition: he belongs to 7093, the wizard's castle.

As Morgan19 mentioned, maybe gold broadswords (like those from royal knights and KKI) are back?

That, or he belongs to the castle.

Look at the barding on the actual horse and the barding on the box in THIS PIC

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

And the barding on the box in THIS PIC

Its not super clear, but the real barding in the joust set looks like it belongs to the castle, and the real barding in the castle looks like it belongs to the joust set.

Here's hoping. (I really want cheap visors)

--Tony

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:23 pm

I am hoping to get cheap visors and bardings too

And if it all works out there'll be a new faction with a new king in my collection

MaxiVisVires · Post by **MaxiVisVires** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:00 pm

7009 Final Joust 62 pieces $7.99 Available in August

I can't wait till these are 50% off!

Recluce · Post by **Recluce** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:10 pm

MaxiVisVires wrote:
7009 Final Joust 62 pieces $7.99 Available in August
I can't wait till these are 50% off!

Forget about waiting for them to be on sale, I intend to decimate the ranks as soon as I see them! I may have to take a day off work to travel to a lego store, I've got about $50 in coupons and this would be a worthy pilgrimage.

DNL · Post by **DNL** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:14 pm

i can finally see some of the inside of the castle!

there is a bucket on the left tower!,
!7! shields!,
2 classic bow-and arrows!,
wooden stairs!

i really like this new fotos!

Blueandwhite · Post by **Blueandwhite** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:17 pm

Well, the small sets look very nice (and VERY affordable if your from the US

). As others have said, there appears to be a barding mix-up. I believe that the silver and blue (the better of the two IMO) barding belongs to both larger sets, while the gold barding is exclusive to the joust. Also, previous shots of the knight with the grilled helmet and barded horse appear in 7093.

Still, for army builders, this is going to be paradise. Of course, selling all of the skeletons will prove equally troublesome.

Ianan · Post by **Ianan** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:25 pm

TheBohrok wrote: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.

Me too, I only saw her for about a few seconds, and the next time I went on...

BOOM!! "this folder is not yet public"