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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.
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This has two spears, two swords, one halberd and ..uhm.. one useful fig. And a ghost. And it doesn't have any catapult on it, yeah! Another couple of green plates is always welcome. All in all it's not the worst model.
...unfortunatelly you have to accept a useless buggy (#1890) and an even more useless Blacktron Two thingie (#1887) along with a sweet Pirate islet (#1889), because this set wasn't sold in a polybag but in a box together with the models mentioned above. They even share one instruction booklet, which is, actually, the reason why I needed to get the whole combined set. Grrr. The number of the complete box is #1891. And even if it was a cheap set back in 1992 it definitely wasn't cheap at all to get my hands on it about a year ago or so when I finally got it.
Bye
Jojo
This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill
I wish it had a skeleton instead of a ghost though.
I agree with this... for a while it seemed like lego wanted to pack a ghost with almost every set they had.
As a collector of sets, I've been putting off getting this set for all the reasons that jojo laid out (and I couldn't put it any better jojo). Collecting castle sets can be a killer to the wallet not because of the big castles but because of all these pesky little now overpriced sets that really don't offer much more than parts.
Knight Templar
n. pl. Knights Templars or Knights Templar
1.A member of an order of knights founded about 1118 to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land during the Second Crusade.
I don't really understand what this structure is supposed to be. As a guard tower or scout outpost, it seems a bit too low. The "interior" of the structure seems to have no purpose besides housing the ghost.
However, on the whole the pieces are pretty useful. A lot of weapons a nice minifig, the flag, and some useful building elements.
I also think one must consider that this set was part of a variety pack. This set was not the complete focus of the pack, and thus the expectations cannot be too high. That being said, if this were released on its own, it would be better than several other stand alone sets that were released (such as the Royal King set).
I give this a 7 of 10. Its not ground breaking, but it is above par.
"A chair like this is like a girlfriend! Why would you trade in an old one that's comfortable for a new one that could be a pain in the butt?" -Archie Bunker-
I like this set a lot. The complete turret top, the numerous accessories, what more could you ask for?
There are really only two problems I have with it. First, as Formendacil said, a shield would be nice. Second, I lost the axe. :evil: Also, about the flag, does it come in any sets other than this and the Sea Serpent? Any faction flag is rare, but this is one of the more common ones.
It comes with the 6086 castle (as does a large size flag).
"A chair like this is like a girlfriend! Why would you trade in an old one that's comfortable for a new one that could be a pain in the butt?" -Archie Bunker-
Jojo wrote:
...unfortunatelly you have to accept a useless buggy (#1890) and an even more useless Blacktron Two thingie (#1887) along with a sweet Pirate islet (#1889), because this set wasn't sold in a polybag but in a box together with the models mentioned above.
Jojo
Not such a problem if you like some of the other themes : ) I buil pirate after castle, like aquazone, and even attempt wild west ( I seem to remember Bruce being in to these as well in bygone Lugnet days) from time to time. Space is still a little beyond the pale.
I don't think this set is half bad. If only half good. I'd take it if I found one for cheap. This is one set I never remember seeing for sale at the stores, and those years were my prime.
6/10
Why do you need all those minifigs? You'll poke your eye out!
