KK2 Sets up on Lego.com

[DaveOhare01]

Heya --

Just checked today. The new Knights Kingdom sets are actually listed on Lego.com. Not on the front page (of course). Go to the 'more' option on themes and Knights Kingdom is listed as one of the new items.

Frankly I was having doubts as to whether these sets actually were real or not -- but, there ya go!

Dave

[Formendacil]

How could there be any doubts that they were real: they had Lego written all over them! (And no, that isn't just a joke, its also a reference to their terrible designs.)

[Brickboy]

Great! Thanks a million!
Alan

[footsteps]

The new Knights Kingdom sets are actually listed on Lego.com.

I did a quick price per piece calculation, not including shipping or taxes etc.

8777 20.93 cents per piece
8778 11.23 cents per piece
8779 9.65 cents per piece
8780 11.31 cents per piece
8781 14.24 cents per piece

So, while 8777 is the cheapest box, it is the worst in terms of price per piece.

Just my two cents worth.

Alan

PS 8780 seems to have the most interesting selection of parts, based on the photos.

[Troy T. Moore]

Just reading the description for the Castle of Morcia

Includes Jayko, Rascus, Santis, Danju, Vladek, King Mathias, two Shadow Knights, and much more.

IMHO the inclusion of 2 shadow knights improves the value of this set.

[Robin Hood]

I haven't looked a great deal at the sets, so pardon my asking, shadow knights?

[Formendacil]

Shadow Knights, I assume, are Vladek's henchmen.

[Daimyo]

True Dat, Formendacil. It's gonna be hard to build up a good army of scorpion guys with this... I wish they gave you more than one in the sets they come in. For sets, the best bet for me would be the Citadel. Good parts and my two favorite knights come in there, as well as one Shadow and that wizard dude.

[doctorsparkles]

While browsing lego.com, I came across the Knights' Kingdom page, and the 'Book of Morcia' section of the site. This section details the history of the theme. It seems silly that they'd release so few sets and put such an in depth history behind it. Maybe they'replanning on putting out more sets after the initial run?

http://www.lego.com/eng/knights/morcia.asp?x=x

What does everyone think?

[footsteps]

Maybe they'replanning on putting out more sets after the initial run?
What does everyone think?

Based on the depth of the back-story, I have hopes that the various knights' castles will come out as sets. The current crop seem to only give us the king's castle and the knight's temple thinga-ma-bob. Each provincial castle may come out as a set. We can hope!

Alan

[Formendacil]

Also, doesn't Sava's post regarding the new, previously unseen KK2 set in the German catalogue also seem to point to an extended run next year?

[doctorsparkles]

Also, doesn't Sava's post regarding the new, previously unseen KK2 set in the German catalogue also seem to point to an extended run next year?

I thought it was established that the 'previously unseen' set is actually two existing sets being sold as a bonus pack... regardless, it does say October on the box, so maybe the bonus pack is due to come out with a second wave of sets.

[Taki]

This is not a topic for a castle site. The new sets aren't good enough to be castle sets! Hope nobody will buy them , so Lego realizes its mistake.

[Daimyo]

Leog is never gonna realize its mistakes. We send them letters, we talk to Jake, but no changes. It's just not gonna happen. So we'll have to make do with what we have.

[Formendacil]

Besides, awful as they are, we'll buy them anyway. We're addicted, and a KK2 fix is cheaper than ebay.