Random set of the day: Mill Village Raid
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 7189 Mill Village Raid, released during 2011. It's one of 4 Castle sets produced that year. It contains 663 pieces and 6 minifigs, and its retail price was US$69.99/£66.99.
It's owned by 6,424 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $326.60, or eBay.
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goats...
Let the flood gates open for there are goats!
THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOAT!!!!!
Such an iconic set. One might say it goated.
This set is the PIG. That stands for Pretty Interesting Goats.
"It's owned by 6,424 Brickset members." And I'm one of those lucky, privileged few. Even if you ignore the goats, this is a great set. For one thing, Castle sets haven't given us enough peasants.
GOAT w goats.
I wasn't suave enough to get this during the original run.
I was smart enough to grab it 8 years ago for ONLY double the RRP.
@StyleCounselor said:
"GOAT w goats.
I wasn't suave enough to get this during the original run.
I was smart enough to grab it 8 years ago for ONLY double the RRP."
Suave? Maybe savvy?
As a kid I always wanted the Fantasy Era village and my parents never got it for me. A little older and I wanted the Kingdoms village and my parents never got it for me. Now those two sets go for insane prices second hand, but at least I got an Ideas blacksmith to my name.
The G.O.A.T. of all sets. I’m actually really surprised this hadn’t popped up as a RSotD before. Such a great set with awesome minifigures and animals.
I still have the windmill part built. Never taken it apart, except maybe to swap out a part or two.
Love this set. I got it for the goats (like @StyleCounselor, for about double RRP), kept it because it's such a fun set.
Legogm used an image of this set in their latest guide... a rather odd guide...
So lucky to have known the uniqueness of this set and obtained one while it was still available.
I loved this set when it came out so I bought three of them and built the one. Then when they started to get expensive I sold one and still have the other to sell if I want. I'm pretty shocked this whole line has appreciated so much. I saw someone sell the cas495 out of 7187 with horse and barding for $175.00 the other day which is crazy money.
Trying to decide whether to open and build mine or not.
@TheOtherMike said:
""It's owned by 6,424 Brickset members." And I'm one of those lucky, privileged few. Even if you ignore the goats, this is a great set. For one thing, Castle sets haven't given us enough peasants."
Right. This was one of my most wanted sets for years, just because everyday life Castle sets are so rare.
I got mine clearanced at half off when it was on its way out; I now wish I’d gotten all the ones on the shelf at that price.
I still have yet to open it. I’ve been looking forward to it for years, as it’s clearly such a great set, but these days it commands a price that makes me think of selling it, though I want to keep it.
I passed up on this set because I didn't think the windmill blades would be able to catch any air.
**Face Palm**
It was only $70....
@twentythree said:
"So lucky to have known the uniqueness of this set and obtained one while it was still available."
I had no idea about uniqueness; I just saw it on the shelf at Toys 'R' Us and thought, "That looks cool, I think I'll get it."
The printing on the horse is horse-some.
Vivid memory holding this set at a discount store and deciding not to buy. My biggest LEGO regret.
This series was completely off my radar when it came out, so I don't think I've even seen it before. Fantastic design for the buildings, though. Love how the roofs came together, and the pulley system for the basket looks cool, too.
Who else remembers the Plants vs. Zombies kind of game that was based on this set on the LEGO website all those years ago ? I can still hear the noise the chickens made when firing eggs at the knights.
GOAT! Goat, goat goat goat. Goat goat goat. Goat goat, goat. GOAT.
Definitely one of my most wanted sets. Not even for the goats, indifferent towards them, I just want more non-Castle buildings for my Medieval stuff. But damn the prices it goes for are always so exorbitant, and it’s not a big enough want to break my budget rules yet…
My favourite set of all time, I even wrote an article about it here back in 2020, if you are interest in my thoughts about it and why it's so fantastic:
https://brickset.com/article/49849/featured-set-of-the-day-mill-village-raid
I have 3 sets now, 1 I bought at the time (should have bought more, but thought this was a normal set then and expected a similar set in a year or two:S).
I also got a new set a few years back for $200, but one of my best fleemarked finds was the set for $50 a couple of years ago :D
I came for the goat jokes.
I was not disappointed.
I remember this set was a hard sell with more action theme sets available competing for sales. I found 5 of this set siting in the clearance section of Walmart for $20 each.
Of course, I bought all 5.