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I've just been to the What's New at S@H page, and guess what's up?

Only the 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue, oddly.

I casually walked through the toy section at a Wal Mart in Saskatoon Saskatchewan... They had dozens of the 7949 set. I grabbed 2 So much detail and the dark pearl armour and weapons Well done LEGO!

Apparently, they are sold out or something @ my local intertoys... can't seem to find 'em... Have to go to Nederweert sometime to visit the TRU and see if they are available there.

I got the two impulses, the prison carriage, and the Dragon Knight Prison Tower at my local Toys r Us yesterday, after going to see Robin Hood. Yeah, it was a good day.

Azaghal wrote:I've just been to the What's New at S@H page, and guess what's up?

Only the 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue, oddly.

They've got them all up now. All the main-line sets for the initial release anyhow, none of the impulses or the battlebacks seem to be up yet.

The new Kingdoms microsite is up with some games, products, and even a commercial. Check it out here: LINK

The new sets are officially released now!

The lion battlepack is on lego but only in the figures section not the kingdms section! I've got about forty five dollars that are now spoken for

Elbadar wrote:The lion battlepack is on lego but only in the figures section not the kingdms section! I've got about forty five dollars that are now spoken for

Link!

Link to the Lion Knights Battle Pack.
http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=852921& ... ff713b35e0

Elbadar wrote:The lion battlepack is on lego but only in the figures section not the kingdms section! I've got about forty five dollars that are now spoken for

Unless it's just me that can't find it, I can't seem to locate the Dragon Kingdom battle pack. Which is odd, since the Dragons are pretty much the one you need battle packs for, due to not having many in the sets.

I normally don't pay much attention to S&H, do they usually post the two battle packs at different times?

I noticed the same thing. Lion Battle pack is available but no Dragon pack?

BiggerJim wrote:I noticed the same thing. Lion Battle pack is available but no Dragon pack?

Probably so we'll buy the ones with the helms we don't really want in this assortment, and to get rid of the Pink ones first.

BiggerJim wrote:I noticed the same thing. Lion Battle pack is available but no Dragon pack?

Well, not on S&H, at least. I saw the Dragon pack in stores. I was just a little confused about why it's not up yet.

Forestboy wrote:The new Kingdoms microsite is up with some games, products, and even a commercial. Check it out here: LINK

The new sets are officially released now!

I find it interesting there are subdued fantasy elements still in this new castle line. I'm not sure whether the horses are supposed to be unicorns or just horses wearing head armor with a spike on it. The microsite pages for 7948 Outpost Attack, 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue, and 7950 Knight’s Showdown actually have a dragon flying in the background of the animated product photo. Makes me happy. I know a lot of folks were glad to return to human vs. human factions, but I miss the fantasy aspect (unless the horses are in fact unicorns...)

domboy wrote:I know a lot of folks were glad to return to human vs. human factions, but I miss the fantasy aspect (unless the horses are in fact unicorns...)

What I think is being done here is sort of a compromise. The theme is human-human, but there are elements thrown into the mix. Similar to older LEGO factions.

Although it leaves me wondering if more factions will be introduced later in the timeline of this theme. Castle Fantasy went from 2 factions to 4 in 2008, and I wonder if Kingdoms is going to take the same route. If so, it would prove to be quite interesting.