LEGO announces Medieval Town Square!

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Medieval Town Square

Medieval Town Square

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10193 Medieval Market Village was released in 2009 and remains a beloved set, inspiring the new 10332 Medieval Town Square! The press release follows:

10332 Medieval Town Square
3,304 pieces, rated 18+
$229.99 USD / £199.99 / €229.99 / $399.99 AUD / $299.99 CAD
Available at LEGO.com from 1st March

Today the LEGO Group unveils the LEGO Icons Medieval Town Square, a reimagining of a classic set originally released in 2009. This highly requested theme will evoke cherished childhood moments with its updated architecture, intricate detail and advanced construction techniques.

Awaken the spirit of adventure and dive into nostalgia with this epic medieval 3,304 piece set. The model features two large structures that open to reveal detailed interiors, including a tavern, cheese factory, shield-painting workshop, guard tower, woodworking shop, and weaving workshop. There is also a tree and vendor stall in the town.

The LEGO Icons Medieval Town Square, where castles stand tall, knights roam freely, and the promise of exciting escapades awaits, includes 8 minifigures, and various animals, including the iconic LEGO goat. There are also functional features including a crane and a small water mill.

This epic set also compliments the LEGO Icons Medieval Blacksmith and Lion Knights’ Castle sets.

The LEGO Icons Medieval Town Square is available for early access for LEGO Insiders on 1st March and 4th March for all via LEGO Stores and www.LEGO.com/medieval-village priced at $229.99 / £199.99 / €229.99 / 399.99 AUD / 1999 CNY / 93990 HUF / 299.99 CAD / 5499 MXN.


Will you be buying this set?

Yes, as soon as it's released
Yes, eventually
Maybe, I haven't made up my mind yet
No, it doesn't interest me
No, it's too expensive
No, but I like it

Additional images are available on the set details page.

Are you looking forward to 10332 Medieval Town Square? Let us know in the comments.

191 comments on this article

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By in Netherlands,

More animals would have been welcome. Apart from that I do like the set, but I am thinking about some modifications. The colour combination of having a tan roof on a red building does not work for me very well. Perhaps I can get used to it, but maybe I will change it into a black roof to make it look like the Guarded Inn (6067). The set also seems to combine well with the Lion Knights' Castle (10305) both in terms of scale and building techniques.

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By in United Kingdom,

I hope it has a good GWP.

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By in United Kingdom,

Been looking forward to this, but seems a little underwhelming and unsophisticated. Can't quite put my finger on why. A shame perhaps.

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By in United States,

Return of the Wolfpack! Can't wait to add this to my collection!

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By in United Kingdom,

This post feels familiar…. Like De Ja vu…
Couldn’t for the life of me figure out why

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By in Germany,

Come on LEGO, throw in another goat or few chickens.

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By in United States,

Gray goat AND a modern Wolfpack Renegade? Heck yeah!

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By in Austria,

I have a feeling this is one of the sets that got downgraded as a result of LEGO's survey.
'cause the version that they put on the survey that leaked last year was better than this. The farm building was bigger, the tree was a proper tree not this pathetic skinny branch, and there were a lot more animals in it.

I would have preferred the leaked version. But I still like this. And I'll buy it just to keep sending the message: bring back LEGO Castle.

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By in Germany,

Candidate for a hot seller!

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By in South Africa,

I like this. And more animals and castle parts are always welcome :-)

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By in United States,

I was going to say that this is the size of Rivendell for half the price, but no, I Googled and Rivendell has approximately twice as many pieces. (I don't know if Rivendell has twice as much *bulk*, because it appears to use a lot of small parts.)

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By in United Kingdom,

The tower is almost identical to the smallest tower of the Lion Knight's Castle... Architects saving time even back then!

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By in United Kingdom,

So great to see Wolfpack again!! Hopefully, they will get a dedicated set in the future! A remake of 6075 Wolfpack Tower would be awesome!

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By in Finland,

Black Phillip!

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By in Italy,

they should have included at least one cow or horse. Anyway, nice set.

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By in United Kingdom,

@SetToBuild said:
"So great to see Wolfpack again!! Hopefully, they will get a dedicated set in the future! A remake of 6075 would be awesome!"

Oh, I wonder if the GWP will be a remake of Wolfpack set.

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By in United States,

Excited for this - looks good. Some new minifig prints, a new Lion Knights shield, the return of Wolfpack, and lots of good-looking graphics (a shame many look to be stickers, though…).

Still hoping for a proper theme - would have been nice if this were broken into two or three sets, but I’m certainly picking this up!

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By in United Kingdom,

I'd like to think the 'Broken Axes' pub name is at least partly inspired by Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork pub that started off as the 'Broken Drum' and was rebuilt as the 'Mended Drum'

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By in United States,

I love the concept, yet there are some really strange things about the design. For example, hundreds of parts went into those three shades of thatched roof, but then there are two roofs that are mostly bare and look terrible in comparison. Why?

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By in United Kingdom,

I could have sworn I saw this yesterday, before it disappeared...

I'm not sure about the red building, but it might look better in the flesh. Good companion to the blacksmith and castle which is on my list now thanks to a moc alternative build I saw.

Why do they release things on my birthday than a few days earlier so I can have then shipped in time? Its very annoying.

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By in Norway,

Shocking low number of animals!!

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By in Canada,

Despite the lukewarm reception seen in the early comments, I really like it! I especially enjoyed seeing the nods to the Guarded Inn (6067), as the Inn part of the set is basically a reimagination/modernization.

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By in United Kingdom,

I'm not in love with the colour scheme. I think I would have preferred brighter colours over all, and I don't like LEGO's current obession with olive green (it's always struck me as an 'off brand' colour).

I did my own edit switching the olive green to white, and already like it a whole lot better. Probably switch out the dark brown roof for nougat... maybe add another goat and some chickens for a bit of 'village life'... Maybe a statue... some sort of jail cell and an extra guard for some play value...

And, perhaps contraversially... whilst I appreciate LEGO's desire to have a good male/female minifg split in CITY sets etc... here the artist and woodworker stick out especially. I would have switched the peasant boy to a girl (as we got a boy in the Lion's Castle) and made the woodworker a man perhaps? All personal preferences...

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By in United Kingdom,

@Roebuck said:
"Shocking low number of animals!!"

Eh, its a market square and not a market place, not quite the same thing.

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By in United States,

I love it, but it feels sort of empty somehow. I think it needed more figs and animals, such as chickens (Medieval villages in movies always have chickens running in the road), cows, and a horse. More side builds would've helped, maybe a fountain or a well. That huge tree in the original just brought everything together to make it a lively place. Brighter colors would've helped, and the black box isn't doing it any favors.

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By in United States,

"Go away or I shall taunt you again, you small-brained wipers of others bottoms!"

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By in United States,

Obviously an immediate purchase for me but how hard would it have been to throw in a couple more currently available animals. That just seems like a terrible decision. While we all here may have plenty of animals to supplement, this set should really be all inclusive for new fans and lucky kids with awesome parents/grandparents.

Lastly, why couldn’t they have revealed this at least 2 days ago when folks were deciding on whether or not to pre-order the now gone Mountain Fortress? That’s like discontinuing Rivendell before announcing a new LotR set.

Love the set, but sometimes I just don’t understand the folks running LEGO.

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By in United States,

I suspect the flier (last image) advertising a reduced price for the goat may be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the aftermarket price of goats!

Overall very exciting, but I agree with others that something is little off. IMO, it is the 4 different colors used for roofing.

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By in United Kingdom,

Can I have a new option:

Will you be buying this set?

"Yes but I don't like it"

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By in United Kingdom,

Glad to see some proper images. All the ones I’d seen going round this far had looked weirdly AI generated, kinda fuzzy and fake looking

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By in United States,

@djcbs said:
"I have a feeling this is one of the sets that got downgraded as a result of LEGO's survey.
'cause the version that they put on the survey that leaked last year was better than this. The farm building was bigger, the tree was a proper tree not this pathetic skinny branch, and there were a lot more animals in it.

I would have preferred the leaked version. But I still like this. And I'll buy it just to keep sending the message: bring back LEGO Castle."


What is this “downgrading” thing to which you allude?

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By in United States,

It really is a City main street set sent back in time. One cop, one robber, and some civilians going about their day.

Anyway, I like it and I'll definitely buy it.

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By in United States,

Any reason the tree is missing from the main picture? It's on the box (between the two buildings) and I think a lot of people are missing it there.

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By in United Kingdom,

1st march is going to make my bank balance weep!

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By in Germany,

Not as colorful as I expected it to be, it does look realistic. No oxe or horse is a little sad.

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By in Sweden,

Yessssssss! Big sucker for the civilian stuff, and this offers plenty of opportunity to get a second and change it up. Wolfpack is back, which is awesome, and of course another goat rules.

Love the little goat sale sticker, what a bit of meta.

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By in United States,

@yellowcastle said:
"Obviously an immediate purchase for me but how hard would it have been to throw in a couple more currently available animals. That just seems like a terrible decision. While we all here may have plenty of animals to supplement, this set should really be all inclusive for new fans and lucky kids with awesome parents/grandparents.

Lastly, why couldn’t they have revealed this at least 2 days ago when folks were deciding on whether or not to pre-order the now gone Mountain Fortress? That’s like discontinuing Rivendell before announcing a new LotR set.

Love the set, but sometimes I just don’t understand the folks running LEGO."


Mountain Fortress?

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By in United States,

nice but would've been better (financially) if it was split into two sets, IMO

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By in Ireland,

Double the price and piece count of 10193 but not a big improvement. Like with recent modulars, they try to cram too much into a single set.

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By in United States,

I know we have those that long for a simpler, less licensed, less mammoth set time….but I truly believe we’re living in a LEGO Renaissance.

My wish list has always exceeded my budget but never to this extent. It’s gotten to the point that I’m 2 modulars behind and that’s probably my favorite line. I swore off CMF boxes yet found myself giddy when first seeing them and then enjoying the weight/QR chase. I don’t collect Technic but I kinda really want the new Technic Space sets. Additionally, I just had to have the Friends Theater for my girls and it’s simply spectacular. I’ve been pretty vocal about my love for the BLDP too.

Much appreciation and thanks (and some shaking fists) to LEGO.

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By in Sweden,

@Blondie_Wan said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"Obviously an immediate purchase for me but how hard would it have been to throw in a couple more currently available animals. That just seems like a terrible decision. While we all here may have plenty of animals to supplement, this set should really be all inclusive for new fans and lucky kids with awesome parents/grandparents.

Lastly, why couldn’t they have revealed this at least 2 days ago when folks were deciding on whether or not to pre-order the now gone Mountain Fortress? That’s like discontinuing Rivendell before announcing a new LotR set.

Love the set, but sometimes I just don’t understand the folks running LEGO."


Mountain Fortress?"


Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/main.page?_refreshrnd=95927

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By in United States,

Meh. I like the original better.

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By in Sweden,

@Duq said:
"Double the price and piece count of 10193 but not a big improvement. Like with recent modulars, they try to cram too much into a single set."

To be fair, that set would cost $142 today with inflation, so it's a bit less than twice the price for this new one.

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By in United States,

I like it, but I don’t love it.

Modern Lego sets look a little too polished at times making them look less like what I think of when I think of Lego. The olive on the big building just doesn’t work for me - changing that color alone would have elevated this. The smaller tree and lack of more animals is disappointing too.

All that said, when I look at the detail pics, this thing is PACKED with all kinds of fun stuff. The furnishings/contraptions/fences etc look to be as good as any set out there with those kinds of details.

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By in Sweden,

How many torsos are new? I know the dark red is a recolor from Lion Knight's Castle, and the guard I suspect is straight from that. The painter I think is also from Lion Knight's at least. Are the rest all new?

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By in United Kingdom,

At first sight, feels like 2 distinct sets rolled into one (10193 actually feels like 3). I was a bit perplexed by the 4 different roof colours, too.

But then I see the alternate layouts in the photos and it's really 5 distinct buildings. If I get this, I think I would split them out to be just that: 5 separate buildings.

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By in United Kingdom,

Oooh, liking that straight away

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By in United States,

This looks like a B-model.. not impressed

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By in United Kingdom,

Ugggh, there goes the budget again :)

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By in Japan,

It’s a lovely looking model, however it’s missing a particular stand-out element. A Je ne sais quoi perhaps.

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By in United States,

Can’t afford it but I see a lot of parts I’d like to get from Bricks and Pieces!

Those goats will put my hypothetical kids through college.

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By in United Kingdom,

I’ll echo all the comments questioning what happened to all the rumoured animals. As well as exclaims that Lego shouldn’t be providing stickers with sets, particularly when sets are this price! ??????

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By in United States,

No regrets now buying Mountain Fortress. This theme just keeps getting better and better.

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By in United States,

The design suffers from the lack of the old, small hinged shutter pieces. Visually and functionally they added a lot to small window designs. Otherwise it’s a great set.

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By in United States,

When I hear "re-imagined set," I think of re-imaginings of sets from my childhood, such as 10320, 10497 (granted, 497/828 is two years older than I am, but still), 40580, or 40601. But 10193 is only fifteen years old. Are there any molds from it Lego doesn't use anymore, and so wouldn't allow them to just straight-up re-release 10193?

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By in Australia,

The Australian price is listed as $399.99 not $299.99 as mentioned on homepage here.

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By in United States,

@SetToBuild said:
"So great to see Wolfpack again!! Hopefully, they will get a dedicated set in the future! A remake of 6075 Wolfpack Tower would be awesome!"

But as a proper set under $80 rather than a GWP!

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By in United States,

Too big for me financially. Would like to see smaller sets of similar theme or style. Viking Village is as large as I can stomach. And even that raised eyebrows at home.

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By in United States,

@Firox_5000 said:
"It’s a lovely looking model, however it’s missing a particular stand-out element. A Je ne sais quoi perhaps."

For me on the original, it was the tree and cows, not to mention the bustling artwork on the box. 10193. These new all black designs are missing that magic.

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By in Netherlands,

It doesn't really click for me, not sure, just, not the ''wow'' factor I normally get. Even though this is right down my alley. Maybe I have to see it irl

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By in United States,

I'm excited about the new color for the goat, I wonder how much money would it be until it is released...

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By in United States,

I dunno why any comparisons are being made to Medieval Market Village by Lego since it's clearly more inspired by ye olde Guarded Inn.

There are virtually no similarities between this and the 09 village aside from there being two buildings.

Otherwise I'm just not feeling this one. I can't put my finger on why but it's missing that "wow factor". I'm sure diehard castle fans will love this, but just the Lion Knights Castle is enough for me, thanks.

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By in United Kingdom,

@dimc said:
"How many torsos are new? I know the dark red is a recolor from Lion Knight's Castle, and the guard I suspect is straight from that. The painter I think is also from Lion Knight's at least. Are the rest all new?"

Yes the lion knight and the artist are from the Lion Knight's castle. I thought the peasant boy and the woodcutter might have been reuses from ninjago etc, as they look a bit of a jumble, but I don't recognise them.

The wolfpack and female torsos are nice, and the merchant especially is excellent.

If thats the case I wonder how this set got 6 new prints whereas the lion knight's castle only got 4? (five if you include the forestmen)

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By in Netherlands,

@aes1982 said:
"More animals would have been welcome. Apart from that I do like the set, but I am thinking about some modifications. The colour combination of having a tan roof on a red building does not work for me very well. Perhaps I can get used to it, but maybe I will change it into a black roof to make it look like the Guarded Inn (6067). The set also seems to combine well with the Lion Knights' Castle (10305) both in terms of scale and building techniques."

Looks like you can relatively easily swap the Red, and White buildings' roofs. Might require a couple of extra claw pieces.

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By in Netherlands,

Yes! Yes! YES!!! I love it!

Okay, it needs more minifigs and animals (only one goat, no cows, no horse), but I still love it!
Will look very nice alongside 10193 & 10305 & 21325

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By in United States,

“Today the LEGO Group unveils the LEGO Icons Medieval Town Square, a reimagining of a classic set [Medieval Market Village] originally released in 2009.”

[cheerful voice:] And it comes with brittle brown pieces too, in a homage to the original!

(Yes, I have 10193, Medieval Market Village, with several broken brown elements that have been replaced. And, yes, that was sarcasm above.)

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By in Germany,

I really like the inclusion of the guard tower, givng the impression of a town wall.

So a single set counts as a 'theme' now by Lego's measurement?

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By in United States,

If fantasy castle era is on one end of the spectrum where you start to lose the medieval castle feel among the fantasy, the surreal, and the monsters, this is on the other end of the spectrum where it’s realism - and dare I say boring - to the point that it just looks like a village and doesn’t have enough of a medieval castle feel.

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By in United Kingdom,

A disappointing set, roofs look primitive and too uniform.

But most AFOLS will claim it's amazing because it's a castle set and that they're definitely buying it (even though Castle sets like 10305 struggled to sell).

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By in Canada,

@SMC said:
"Can I have a new option:

Will you be buying this set?

"Yes but I don't like it""


You sir, are the best kind of clients; the kind that Lego caters to on a regular basis (judging by the comments on this site - truly AFOLs are a tough crowd).

And at other time, they (Lego) produce truly amazing sets (the last one with a truly positive consensus was 31154 - which is indeed magnificent!)

With that said, I will do the same as you: I will buy it but I'm not sure if this is an upgrade from the set of 15 years ago. There are no cows, no horse, no pig, no chicken, no geese (Lego should make them - and foxes too) just one goat, I'm also not quite sure about the red building, etc, etc (I agree with most of the complaints mentioned before my post). I buy but I don't 'quite' like it (I don't hate it but it could be significantly better) and Lego is laughing all the way to the bank...

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By in United States,

@aes1982 said:
"More animals would have been welcome. Apart from that I do like the set, but I am thinking about some modifications. The colour combination of having a tan roof on a red building does not work for me very well. Perhaps I can get used to it, but maybe I will change it into a black roof to make it look like the Guarded Inn (6067). The set also seems to combine well with the Lion Knights' Castle (10305) both in terms of scale and building techniques."

Agreed, needs more animals.

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By in Germany,

I don't get the concept behind this. The price is for a display set but then these are only facades and not complete buildings. So it looks more like a play set but then the price is completely insane.
Viking Village 21343 is so much better in every comparison.

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By in Netherlands,

@Koentinius said:
" @aes1982 said:
"More animals would have been welcome. Apart from that I do like the set, but I am thinking about some modifications. The colour combination of having a tan roof on a red building does not work for me very well. Perhaps I can get used to it, but maybe I will change it into a black roof to make it look like the Guarded Inn (6067). The set also seems to combine well with the Lion Knights' Castle (10305) both in terms of scale and building techniques."

Looks like you can relatively easily swap the Red, and White buildings' roofs. Might require a couple of extra claw pieces."


Yes, this may indeed work! I had not thought of that myself yet. At any rate, this set will provide a nice canvas for me to work with (as I am not skilled enough yet to build MOCs from scratch). I am already contemplating getting a second copy...

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By in Serbia,

Very low effort from Lego, a third is basically a chunk taken from 10305 and the rest is fairly simply made. The lack of animals isn't doing it any good either. I'd also dare say that there is also a lack of minifigures. I'm also surprised they used the same technique on only 3 roofs, should've made it to all 5 of them.

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By in United Kingdom,

@MegaBlocks said:
"A disappointing set, roofs look primitive and too uniform.

But most AFOLS will claim it's amazing because it's a castle set and that they're definitely buying it (even though Castle sets like 10305 struggled to sell)."


I doubt that is the case, otherwise LEGO would not be releasing this set. If they were released a few months or perhaps a year apart, it may have been too late to cancel 10332 Medieval Town Square, but with almost two years between these sets, sales of 10305 Lion Knights' Castle have obviously been good enough to justify another Castle set.

@IgelCampus said:
"I don't get the concept behind this. The price is for a display set but then these are only facades and not complete buildings. So it looks more like a play set but then the price is completely insane.
Viking Village 21343 is so much better in every comparison."


These are complete buildings, which can be displayed folded up or open, as shown on the back of the box.

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By in United States,


Trogdor!
Burninating the countryside
Burninating the peasants
Burninating all the peoples and their thatched roof cottages!
Thatched roof cottages!

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By in United Kingdom,

I like it… a lot. But agree that it looks like something is missing. Maybe it’s the start of a series to build a medieval village…. HP Hogwarts stylee

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By in United States,

@aes1982 said:
"More animals would have been welcome."

In this version, I've been able to identify a goat, a cat, a squirrel, two birds, and a frog. The preliminary version had three flying owls, a cow, a calf, two sheep, and a horse, which have all been dropped from the final result. The goat and cat are also different colors than the preliminary version shows.

@Galaktek:
That's the way thatched roofs work. You install them, then the outer surface weathers and erodes, and then a new layer needs to be installed. Some of the buildings have been freshly rethatched, and some...have not.

@gatorbug6:
Do movies do that only because it's expected, or because it's historically accurate? The farm where my mom grew up ended up being sold to someone who kept a few chickens, and they were free-range, but probably didn't stray far from the yard. A village like this would consist of everyone who _wasn't_ a farmer, so I wouldn't think they'd be very happy if their chickens were straying into town on the regular.

@yellowcastle:
Last year, someone leaked several images, claiming they'd participated in a market survey that just happened to include several potential LEGO sets to rate. Of these images, this and the Sorting Hat have been announced. The latter looks unchanged from the leaked version. While this is clearly built on the same bones as the leaked image, it has undergone significant changes since then.

@PixelTheDragon:
These goats won't do nothin'. Everyone is freaking out about being able to get goats again, so everyone is going to load up on them in case they go away again. There are going to be sooooooo many of these goats on the market that they'll never have the resale value of the originals. It's like Hasbro SW action figures vs the original Kenner run.

@TheOtherMike:
Besides the C-clip update, there's sprue coins, inked helmets, sprue flowers, studded flower stems, shutters, shutter bricks, the old rat, the old shortsword, the HP door, the old peasant hood, the old Harry Potter hair, the old shoulder-length hair, and they've stopped using the 2x2x2 castle slope for skirts. Mostly, there's just the fact that they went through this with the Legends fiasco, where a handful of AFOLs were gleefully able to buy new copies of sets from their childhood, and then piles of the stuff languished on shelves because today's kids didn't want to buy them because they looked so primitive compared to contemporary offerings.

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By in United States,

Man! I’ve been waiting aloooooong Time for a set like this! Can’t wait!

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By in United States,

I'm getting it as long as there's a good GWP.

I agree that it needs more figs and animals at this price point. Time to resurrect the Castle Battlepack.

Love the Star Wars goat.

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By in Netherlands,

Haha, already got a glimpse yesterday, but now for real :-)

Not a set I'd buy, but I do quite like what I see. It strikes a good balance between realism and toylike charm. And lots of nice detail. Price seems reasonable too, not just looking at the PPP, but it also holds up when looking at the volume of stuff. If I have to complain about some things it would be that those studded plates for the roods look a bit too simple for a set like these, and obviously the stickers (luckily the set doesn't depend on it too heavily).

And considering it consist of two completely separate buildings, wouldn't it make more sense to make two separate (cheaper) sets? Even when the combined price would be higher, I'd think they would sell better. I could even see these as two separate Creator sets, with the alternate builds as an incentive to buy more copies....

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By in Austria,

Yeah, I don't feel it.

Unlike the castle, the buildings look really awkward when closed and the guard tower is just a rehash. This diminishes the display value greatly IMO.

But I'm kinda glad as my shelf space is getting scarce.

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By in United States,

I like it. Definitely agree it needs more animals. But still looks like a lot of fun, and I am almost certain based on how they have handled Black Falcons, Forestmen and Lion Knights that there is more coming for Wolfpack.

As far as a comparison to Viking Village, it has about 60% more pieces and 100% more minifigures for about 65% more cost. Would I have been happier if it was $200 rather than $230? Absolutely, but I don't think this is a bad price. I think it speaks more to what a great price 21343 is.

@MegaBlocks I can tell you for a fact that at least in my area every castle set over the last couple years has done well, and Lion Knights' Castle in particular has been a very good seller. Where have you seen that it hasn't done well?

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By in United States,

I'm extremely happy with this mainly because it doesn't repeat any of the rare elements in the old version of the set - one of the relatively more valuable in my collection. This is something I'll be happy to display beside the old one, rather than feeling duplicative. Yay :)

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By in United States,

I will need three. Minimum.

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By in Canada,

I truly believe that the argument "castle does not sell" should be put to rest. Yesterday we saw a 'nice but very monochromatic' castle move 30 000 * $379 = $11 370 000 in 3 hours. I wish 'Classic Space' could do the same but the theme was not even represented. (I used USD as this is an amount clear of taxes; i.e. all the money goes to Lego)

As for this set: the roofing represents nearly 10% of the parts of the set. If you compare this to Ninjago sets, you will observe that designers are getting very good at creating new ways to make oriental roofings since they worked on that theme for over 10 years. I suppose if 'Castle' sets are becoming more common, designers will get better at coming with new 'textures' to represent period roofing. In its current form it is quite repetitive.

I might have to have a second look at that Viking village. The problem is the Viking long ship is no longer available. Lego released the village and they removed the ship???? The ship came well after the Creator castle and the Creator pirate ship and it is already gone... again why????

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By in Hungary,

@djcbs said:
"I have a feeling this is one of the sets that got downgraded as a result of LEGO's survey.
'cause the version that they put on the survey that leaked last year was better than this. The farm building was bigger, the tree was a proper tree not this pathetic skinny branch, and there were a lot more animals in it.

I would have preferred the leaked version. But I still like this. And I'll buy it just to keep sending the message: bring back LEGO Castle."


If it wasn’t leaked, you’d be saying it’s amazing. Bigger doesn’t always have to equal better - to me it looks like they’ve got the same quality of stuff while making it more affordable and accessible.

Comparison is the theft of joy :)

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By in United Kingdom,

While the goat is a nice touch, it definitely needs more livestock animals. Two little birds when at least one of them could have been a chicken. And a squirrel in the town square seems unlikely (especially with a cat around!). The original Medieval Market was popular for getting cows out before they'd been seen in the City farm, and had a horse pulling a cart too. They could have just added more goats!

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By in United States,

I like it when LEGO releases Distant Past SPACE sets. It really helps when you’re working on a MOC set on a low-tech planet or something demonstrating the zoo hypothesis.

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By in Netherlands,

I like this set a lot. I don’t have castle sets and i regret that i never really got back into the theme again (i really enjoyed castle sets as a kid) because i most definitely would buy all of those sets.

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By in United Kingdom,

Love it. Does need a few more animals though, but otherwise just my cup of tea.
Is that an anachronistic 18th century skep with glass jar cover in front of the white building...?

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By in United States,

@Bricklunch said:
"Love it. Does need a few more animals though, but otherwise just my cup of tea.
Is that an anachronistic 18th century skep with glass jar cover in front of the middle building...?"


Hey, it's Lego. Only a little less anachronistic is the pumpkin, domesticated in the Americas.

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By in Poland,

This is the type of set that looks better in person than on any pictures. It's because it's bigger than it seems. Photos with people are better but still i can't wait to see it in a lego store. On a different note, that black reflective background is so bad for a set like this. It is uninspiring, unimaginative, there is just no story in this box art. It looks like a product presentation, not like a beginning of a beautiful adventure in a fantasy world.

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By in United Kingdom,

@PurpleDave said:
" @aes1982 said:
"More animals would have been welcome."

In this version, I've been able to identify a goat, a cat, a squirrel, two birds, and a frog."

There are also a couple of bees. But I agree that more animals are needed including a mouse to nibble on the cheese wax. I’m hoping we get another castle set with a bunch of animals and minifigures, but am not holding my breath.

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By in United Kingdom,

Hey, it's Lego. Only a little less anachronistic is the pumpkin, domesticated in the Americas.]]

Good Call!

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By in Canada,

The set looks great. More farmed animals would of course be a lot of fun, but I have a theory that a companion set might be coming out (or a gift with purchase) featuring the cheese-making parents buying a new cow. In the designer video, he mentions twice about the parents out looking to buy a new cow. A gift with purchase set like that would probably compel me to pull out the old credit card on release date:) If not, I've got farm animals in my collection to fill it out a bit should I end up buying it.

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By in Canada,

I wished they'd use brighter colors, more variety in roof covering, and added some kind of center figure or highlight (thought I guess they expect the Lion castle to be that). Otherwise this has grown on me a lot. The buildings don't pop that much but there's a lot of charm in the details and characters and I think this can be displayed from many angles.

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By in United States,

Pricing a $150 set for $230 is a 53% premium. I know there is high demand for a remake but talk about price gauging. Great looking set though.

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By in United Kingdom,

So it would have benefitted from a population of animals and the roofs are unusual.
My boy thinks it is very good.

It’s a value purchase compared to bricklink castle offerings but it’s ripe for customisation regarding colour schemes, windows and roofs. In general it feels like a design-lean towards bricklink style in some respects.

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By in Canada,

@classicstylecastle said:
" [...]

And, perhaps contraversially... whilst I appreciate LEGO's desire to have a good male/female minifg split in CITY sets etc... here the artist and woodworker stick out especially. I would have switched the peasant boy to a girl (as we got a boy in the Lion's Castle) and made the woodworker a man perhaps? All personal preferences... "


The peasant cheese making "boy" is already a girl, you can tell by the eyelashes.

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By in United Kingdom,

All town square and no medieval. I'm gutted.

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By in United States,

No way this is a re-imagining of 10193, that's like calling 10305 a re-imagining of 6080.

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By in Sweden,

@Gataka said:
" @classicstylecastle said:
" [...]

And, perhaps contraversially... whilst I appreciate LEGO's desire to have a good male/female minifg split in CITY sets etc... here the artist and woodworker stick out especially. I would have switched the peasant boy to a girl (as we got a boy in the Lion's Castle) and made the woodworker a man perhaps? All personal preferences... "


The peasant cheese making "boy" is already a girl, you can tell by the eyelashes.

"


I appreciate the 50-50 split. I have so many male-coded faces that I need more just to balance out past ratios.

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By in United Kingdom,

@mfg3000 said:
"The set looks great. More farmed animals would of course be a lot of fun, but I have a theory that a companion set might be coming out (or a gift with purchase) featuring the cheese-making parents buying a new cow. In the designer video, he mentions twice about the parents out looking to buy a new cow. A gift with purchase set like that would probably compel me to pull out the old credit card on release date:) If not, I've got farm animals in my collection to fill it out a bit should I end up buying it."
The designer said in an interview with Sarah (just2good) that the cow is the one that appears in 10305.

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By in United States,

Add in the Goatherd from CMF 25 to help populate the set more.

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By in Canada,

I mean... I don't hate it, but this is somewhat mediocre design-wise

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By in United States,

I wish that all adult sets were totally enclosed like the modular series or the lion Knights Castle.

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By in United States,

@PurpleDave said:
" @aes1982 said:
"More animals would have been welcome."

In this version, I've been able to identify a goat, a cat, a squirrel, two birds, and a frog. The preliminary version had three flying owls, a cow, a calf, two sheep, and a horse, which have all been dropped from the final result. The goat and cat are also different colors than the preliminary version shows.

@Galaktek:
That's the way thatched roofs work. You install them, then the outer surface weathers and erodes, and then a new layer needs to be installed. Some of the buildings have been freshly rethatched, and some...have not.

@gatorbug6:
Do movies do that only because it's expected, or because it's historically accurate? The farm where my mom grew up ended up being sold to someone who kept a few chickens, and they were free-range, but probably didn't stray far from the yard. A village like this would consist of everyone who _wasn't_ a farmer, so I wouldn't think they'd be very happy if their chickens were straying into town on the regular.

@yellowcastle:
Last year, someone leaked several images, claiming they'd participated in a market survey that just happened to include several potential LEGO sets to rate. Of these images, this and the Sorting Hat have been announced. The latter looks unchanged from the leaked version. While this is clearly built on the same bones as the leaked image, it has undergone significant changes since then.

@PixelTheDragon:
These goats won't do nothin'. Everyone is freaking out about being able to get goats again, so everyone is going to load up on them in case they go away again. There are going to be sooooooo many of these goats on the market that they'll never have the resale value of the originals. It's like Hasbro SW action figures vs the original Kenner run.

@TheOtherMike:
Besides the C-clip update, there's sprue coins, inked helmets, sprue flowers, studded flower stems, shutters, shutter bricks, the old rat, the old shortsword, the HP door, the old peasant hood, the old Harry Potter hair, the old shoulder-length hair, and they've stopped using the 2x2x2 castle slope for skirts. Mostly, there's just the fact that they went through this with the Legends fiasco, where a handful of AFOLs were gleefully able to buy new copies of sets from their childhood, and then piles of the stuff languished on shelves because today's kids didn't want to buy them because they looked so primitive compared to contemporary offerings."


I think you missed the joke.

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By in France,

It's a beautiful set. That the buildings can be closed made me seriously consider buying the set.

But the many stickers ruined it for me. That's literally what made my choice.

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By in Canada,

@Zander said:
" @mfg3000 said:
"The set looks great. More farmed animals would of course be a lot of fun, but I have a theory that a companion set might be coming out (or a gift with purchase) featuring the cheese-making parents buying a new cow. In the designer video, he mentions twice about the parents out looking to buy a new cow. A gift with purchase set like that would probably compel me to pull out the old credit card on release date:) If not, I've got farm animals in my collection to fill it out a bit should I end up buying it."
The designer said in an interview with Sarah (just2good) that the cow is the one that appears in 10305."


Thanks for the dash of reality!

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By in Canada,

(Ahem)*Tweet*:
Are ya' goin' to "Medieval Town Square"...
Fairly sure, an assassin's right there...

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By in Netherlands,

Love the return of a wolfpack vilain, wonders why they made a dragon master torso they only used 1 time , hate the stickers, again unprinted mushrooms:(, love the big shield and the new civilian torso's.
Will buy it but will patiently wait for a nice GWP.

@krysto2002 It's the 2 big modern castle civilian sets so of course there will be made comparisons.

6067 was and is great but it's meant as part of a castle wall, just as the other small sets, with an inn attached to it.

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By in Spain,

It is a must!! I will buy it, even if my wife has said that I cannot buy it!!

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By in Netherlands,

@MegaBlocks said:
"A disappointing set, roofs look primitive and too uniform.

But most AFOLS will claim it's amazing because it's a castle set and that they're definitely buying it (even though Castle sets like 10305 struggled to sell)."


Castle sets struggle to sell ? the €340 / $380 bricklink castle just sold 30000 copies in half a day, and 31120 : Medieval Castle is still available.

Galaxy Explorer or Barracuda Bay retired long before it.

Without official numbers, or reasoning however, making claims that things don't sell are silly anyway, unless there's like clear evidence like -40% off on some big sets LEGO exclusive recently, or mega discounts like Vidiyo trying to move the product.

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By in New Zealand,

I'm not a castle theme collector or builder but I do like the look of the thatched roofs.

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By in United States,

@TeriXeri said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
"A disappointing set, roofs look primitive and too uniform.

But most AFOLS will claim it's amazing because it's a castle set and that they're definitely buying it (even though Castle sets like 10305 struggled to sell)."


Castle sets struggle to sell ? the €340 / $380 bricklink castle just sold 30000 copies in half a day, and 31120 : Medieval Castle is still available.

"


I don't think Bricklink sets are a good comparison. Odds are a vast majority of people who bought that castle did so because "people will like this and I'll resell it" rather than a slew of castle fans going for it (willing to be wrong, but people have seen the resell value on Bricklink sets the past years, whether this will do as well on the aftermarket or not)

I don't think we have enough data to say whether castle sets specifically do or don't sell, but the 25% off sale on the Lion Knights' castle recently does say something. They had to discount the $400 product, but they also made a new Castle set with this. So I'd wager they are doing well enough.

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By in France,

I like it and the more I see the more I like it. I will wait to buy but I'm pretty sure I will buy it. I'm glad it's sufficiently different from MMV so I won't have too many similar buildings (tbh the 'reimagined MMV' is pure PR there are little similarities between the two.) I'm also pretty happy with the price, which more than fair.

I'm not entirely a fan of some of the colour choices, specifically the choice of Olive Green, I don't think it looks good, which was the same problem I had with the museum, I don't know Lego is suddenly using it that much. And paired with a similar colour with no contrast doesn't help.

I'm a not fan of having stickers on 1x2 and 2x2 tiles. I don't mind stickers in general, I like both prints and stickers because I have uses for both. But there it seems a bit lacking to have several 1x2 tiles with stickers where they could have been printed.

No Forestmen. A personal con because I was waiting to see if there would be one in it but I guess I'll have to use PAB. I guess one or two more minifigures would have been nice anyway.

Other than that, I like the consistency of the building styles, I know MMV had different wall styles but I think this time it works with the similarities between the building. I like the watchtower (even if I don't have the LKC), and the barracks. I like that we get new and different jobs this time, and not another blacksmith. I'm happy with the animals with the sets, tho that might because I already have most of what people wanted, but ofc more animals would have been nice as well.

In brief, I like it, I *personally* don't think it's a disappointment. And while it might have been nice to get a little bit more at the same price, I'm not sure having it more expensive and bigger/with more stuff would necessarily be the right decision ? (and maybe that's what the survey said, that poeple were only willing to pay a certain price for a new MMV, and so they downsized it ?), it might be that not everyone would be willing to be pay upwards of 250€ for something that is not a big castle. I know a lot of AFOLs online say they would be but how much would really translate in practice and not in theory ? I wonder how many people didn't buy LKC when it ended up 50€ than it was rumoured to ? I don't know, more expensive isn't necessarily the solution imo but I admit there are definite improvements that could have been made.

(And yes, the castle in the BDP sold out, and castle is a popular there and will sell, but I wonder how many people are brushing off the prices because of FOMO inherent to the nature of the BDP)(also sadly scalpers ugh)

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By in United Kingdom,

Like others have said...
Hurrah for new Wolfpack...
Hurrah for a new colour got...
BUT...
Just ONE goat, a cat and a squirrel in a Medieval Town Square?
Even Mill Village Raid had TWO goats.
And the original Medieval Market sat had two cows and a horse.
MORE GOATS

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By in United States,

@ickleb said:
"1st march is going to make my bank balance weep! "

I'm sure this set will be available for at least a year. No reason at all to buy this on day 1.

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By in United States,

Comment on the design: One of the secondary pictures (on the 10332 detail page) shows a boy with a green cap tending a stovetop (presumably cast iron, because it's black). That seems anachronistic. Every historical building I've seen, including Irish castles and remnants/recreations of the U.S. colonial era, uses a *hearth*. That is, a person-sized archway with various hinged armatures to suspend cooking vessels over the floor-level fire. See e.g. https://www.historic-deerfield.org/2022-4-11-whats-for-dinner-examining-the-tools-of-hearth-cooking/ (Contemporaneous were domed "beehive" ovens; these are standalone or integrated with the building's wall, have a small door, and are used for cooking bread and, for efficiency with fuel, a sequence of other foods.)

My cursory research indicates the stove, as an appliance, started its evolution in the mid-17th century.

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By in United States,

Now we need an updated Wolfpack Tower.

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By in Australia,

Not happy about the AU$399.99 price. Colour scheme could have been a bit nicer too.

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By in United States,

@Zander:
Yeah, even though none of the photos seem to show them clearly, I did spot two of them. But they're just printed tiles, not molded animals. You could put half a dozen koi tiles in a set, and people would get more excited by a pig standing next to them.

@PixelTheDragon:
No, I just know there are people who will look at the high resale value of the original goat and assume that's what's going to happen with this one. Maybe with the CMF goat, since it's trickier to amass in large quantities, but this one should end up on online PAB and many LUGBulk orders, so the market will be very different. There's also the threat of more going forward, where the thing that drove the price of the original was the knowledge that the mold had been damaged, and they were constantly _not_ replacing it.

SW action figures went through the same thing. People heard about how valuable carded Kenner action figures were, and assumed they could just pack away all the Hasbro ones and retire off them. But there were too many speculators and not enough consumers. Hasbro was the only one who made out like a bandit on that scenario, since they could always just release more to suit demand.

@TeriXeri:
30,000 copies sold under the threat of FOMO don't really count for much with a company that routinely deals in millions of copies sold. And @NoOneOfImportance173 is right that many of these are simply being bought as an investment.

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By in United States,

@brick_r said:
"(Ahem)*Tweet*:
Are ya' goin' to "Medieval Town Square"...
Fairly sure, an assassin's right there... "


Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme...

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By in Poland,

@BaconKing said:
"I'm excited about the new color for the goat, I wonder how much money would it be until it is released..."

It will appear in PaB later this year. Just wait

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By in United States,

It's nice but it doesn't blow me away.

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By in Australia,

Ok, just watched Tiago's video - very different perception now to the images above and I'm much more impressed, although I still would like more animals, at least a cow to help with the cheese making or another goat.

Now I want a jousting set.

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By in Netherlands,

@NoOneOfImportance173 said:
"
I don't think we have enough data to say whether castle sets specifically do or don't sell, but the 25% off sale on the Lion Knights' castle recently does say something. They had to discount the $400 product, but they also made a new Castle set with this. So I'd wager they are doing well enough.
"


The 25% off never happened in Europe however, which means it's probably a good enough seller there, History and larger population do help though.

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By in United States,

Goat is back again!

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By in United States,

@Lexomatic said:
"Comment on the design: One of the secondary pictures (on the 10332 detail page) shows a boy with a green cap tending a stovetop (presumably cast iron, because it's black). That seems anachronistic. Every historical building I've seen, including Irish castles and remnants/recreations of the U.S. colonial era, uses a *hearth*. That is, a person-sized archway with various hinged armatures to suspend cooking vessels over the floor-level fire. See e.g. https://www.historic-deerfield.org/2022-4-11-whats-for-dinner-examining-the-tools-of-hearth-cooking/ (Contemporaneous were domed "beehive" ovens; these are standalone or integrated with the building's wall, have a small door, and are used for cooking bread and, for efficiency with fuel, a sequence of other foods.)

My cursory research indicates the stove, as an appliance, started its evolution in the mid-17th century."


Even worse, is the flow on that old wood cutter. Hair like that in the Medieval Period?!! Like an Italian soccer coach?! Product like that wouldn't be invented for another 800 years!!

Although.... hmm... if you took some yak butter and mixed it with creosote from the hearth chimney...hmm

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By in United States,

@HOBBES said:
" [N]o geese (Lego should make them - and foxes too)"
Oh, heck yes.

@JavaBrix said:"Trogdor!
Burninating the countryside
Burninating the peasants
Burninating all the peoples and their thatched roof cottages!
Thatched roof cottages!"

And the Trogdor comes in the niIIIGHT!

@peterlmorris said:"I like it when LEGO releases Distant Past SPACE sets. It really helps when you’re working on a MOC set on a low-tech planet or something demonstrating the zoo hypothesis."
Does Classic Space have the Prime Directive?

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By in United States,

I love we are getting a wolfpack fig, and a new goat color. but this does need more animals in this.

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By in Australia,

I’m glad I bought a few 60346 whilst on clearance now ;)

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By in United States,

Maybe one of the reasons TLG doesn't make more Castle sets is because of the complaints of historical inaccuracy, simple or primitive designs, not as big as was teased, etc.

I think this is a lovely homage to the Medieval Market Village while also expanding the scope of what a medieval village could look like. The buildings are all different and nothing like the first set and certainly inspiration for MOCers to make a larger village. There's even a new pub/ale house for some friendly competition!
The price point is what's holding up my enthusiasm but a larger set as some are wanting would definitely put this out of my consideration.

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By in Poland,

Hmm... at lego.com most pictures (and video) is without this unnecessary tree. Probably they added it last for piece count and as "price justifier".

Oh, and yes: there should be cow, horse and pigs!

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By in Italy,

@Banners said:
"Been looking forward to this, but seems a little underwhelming and unsophisticated. Can't quite put my finger on why. A shame perhaps."

Nice design
Nice price (What happened???)
Poor color scheme. Too much colors, quite messy.
Replace the white bricks on the left side with brown or grey, Replace the vibrant red with gray or that light desaturated green (is it olive?), and the set will look totally different. Trust me

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By in United States,

@TheOtherMike said:
" @peterlmorris said:"I like it when LEGO releases Distant Past SPACE sets. It really helps when you’re working on a MOC set on a low-tech planet or something demonstrating the zoo hypothesis."
Does Classic Space have the Prime Directive? "


No, Prime is an Icons set.

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By in United States,

@Andrusi said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @peterlmorris said:"I like it when LEGO releases Distant Past SPACE sets. It really helps when you’re working on a MOC set on a low-tech planet or something demonstrating the zoo hypothesis."
Does Classic Space have the Prime Directive? "


No, Prime is an Icons set."


Yes, and Directive? is a Brickheadz set, specifically 40619.

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By in United States,

Mustache Knight looks cool

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By in United States,

@Briczk said:
"Hmm... at lego.com most pictures (and video) is without this unnecessary tree. Probably they added it last for piece count and as "price justifier".

Oh, and yes: there should be cow, horse and pigs!"


Yes. Quite extraneous.

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By in United States,

@jasso said:
"Black Phillip!"

Haha! Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that right away XD

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By in United States,

@TeriXeri said:
" @NoOneOfImportance173 said:
"
I don't think we have enough data to say whether castle sets specifically do or don't sell, but the 25% off sale on the Lion Knights' castle recently does say something. They had to discount the $400 product, but they also made a new Castle set with this. So I'd wager they are doing well enough.
"


The 25% off never happened in Europe however, which means it's probably a good enough seller there, History and larger population do help though.
"


I thought the 25% off around the holidays was to get the set into more folks hands so people will also buy this market expansion pack.

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By in United States,

Do I need more Lego? No. Do I need this? YES!

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By in United States,

I'm not seeing a "small water mill". Probable mix-up with the MMV.

Isn't that the new prosthetic minifigure hand at the end of the crane rope?

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By in Australia,

@jasso said:
"Black Phillip!"

Very clever!

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By in United States,

well this going to be a banner year for Lego Castle style sets. I wonder how the scale of the town square will compare to the upcoming D&D themed Ideas set.

Also looking forward to seeing how this compares and complements with Medieval Castle 31120 , and to the recently discontinued Medieval Blacksmith 21325

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By in Belgium,

I never thought I would say this, but, wow, really UNimpressed...
There is, yet again, no balance, nothing that stands out, no splashes of color., no texturing, everything is just flat and melts togheter into a big puddle of bland mediocreness...
And that grey goat, mehh (pun intended)

I also never liked that "claw" piece as a roof texture. Is that darkbrown ment to be a chocolate roof?
The pictures also show the opend up version,...so you only get 2 buildings, that look very awkward when closed up, in stead of getting actually 4 or 5 minibuildings, fully enclosed...yuck

and that price,...seriously,...this is a 100-150€ set, at best,...

no no no,...LEGO need to step up their game, badly!!

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By in Sweden,

I'm especially excited for the Wolfpack minifigure. Without the inclusion of that this set would loose lot of it's appeal. Can we hope for a Wolfpack GWP to go along with the release of this set?

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By in Philippines,

The cheese factory is all that matters. ;)

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By in Sweden,

Looks too incoherent, have two of the original sets and those buildings, with some modification, around that tree, looks fantastic, like a proper town square.
This looks more Fantasy Era than the original sets, but not in a good way.
Alas, whenever it hits Amazon...

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By in United Kingdom,

@Froggage said:
" @MegaBlocks I can tell you for a fact that at least in my area every castle set over the last couple years has done well, and Lion Knights' Castle in particular has been a very good seller. Where have you seen that it hasn't done well?"

The fact that Lego have had discounts on it over the years. Regularly coming up in the Black Friday offers. So at the very least it looks like it was overproduced and didn't meet sales expectations.

Not as heavily discounted as Black Panther etc. But still seeing discounts unlike sets like Titanic.

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By in United Kingdom,

Seems a missed opportunity to have a square full of shops, from a bakery with a potentially working windmill, a fresh farm produce store, a butchers with livestock awaiting their fate, general store selling armaments etc, unless the locals just survive on goat's cheese and beer.

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By in Belgium,

@ambr said:
"Seems a missed opportunity to have a square full of shops, from a bakery with a potentially working windmill, a fresh farm produce store, a butchers with livestock awaiting their fate, general store selling armaments etc, unless the locals just survive on goat's cheese and beer."

The problem is you don't find windmills in townsqares...
Also, if the locals have to survive on the cheese produced by 1 goat, they have a hard time coming...

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By in United Kingdom,

I love it! It’s a day one purchase for me. I like the ramshackle look of it. Good cast of characters and storytelling.

I don’t mind stickers at all. The price is exactly what I expected. It was a lovely surprise to see the actual soon to be mine product.

What irks me is people who got all wet over a grainy pre-lim leak and built their entire option on a draft version using retired parts, the same can also be said of ideas submissions vs actual end product, some people dont see the bigger picture and lack understanding of the design process and budget limitations that solid marketing research knows better. This is not helped by you-tube channels who have to keep churning out vids on any old crud to keep the algorithm happy and the coin flowing in by whipping up hype and creating echo chambers based on literally nothing, other than an internal market research design exercise for a possible product.

Yes, in an ideal world I would have liked a cow or two etc so, I just popped on to PAB and bought two cows, a horse, piglets. Calf’s, sheep and lambs to add to my collection of other animals for a not unreasonable amount after weighing up the spend on the retired farm set.

It’s a wonderful addition to the castle and already my creative juices are flowing on a market cross, and bridge with toll booth.

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By in United States,

@BelgianBricker said:
" @ambr said:
"Seems a missed opportunity to have a square full of shops, from a bakery with a potentially working windmill, a fresh farm produce store, a butchers with livestock awaiting their fate, general store selling armaments etc, unless the locals just survive on goat's cheese and beer."

The problem is you don't find windmills in townsqares...
Also, if the locals have to survive on the cheese produced by 1 goat, they have a hard time coming..."


You could always milk the squirrel... or kitten.

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By in United Kingdom,

@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"I was going to say that this is the size of Rivendell for half the price, but no, I Googled and Rivendell has approximately twice as many pieces. (I don't know if Rivendell has twice as much *bulk*, because it appears to use a lot of small parts.)"

I would buy this set if I didnt already want Rivendell...
And Dragons Keep: Journey's End...
And Barad Dur... (I hope they officially release it soon...)

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By in Netherlands,

@ambr said:
"Seems a missed opportunity to have a square full of shops, from a bakery with a potentially working windmill, a fresh farm produce store, a butchers with livestock awaiting their fate, general store selling armaments etc, unless the locals just survive on goat's cheese and beer."

31120 : Medieval Castle has a windmill alternative build so perhaps that's a reason for not seeing it here, as that set is still around for now.

Also 10305 : Lion Knights' Castle has a water mill with millstones for flour.

Of course an updated Medieval Farm Barn + Mill set would be nice (7189: Mill Village Raid)

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By in United States,

@PurpleDave said:
" @ToyTownBreakDown said:
" @Boettner_Builds said:
"NEW DOOR !!!! :D"

Good catch!"


Are you referring to...this door?

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=64390 T=C&C=88

I'm looking around, and I see two instances of this (one on each main section of the model), but I can't make out any other molded doors."


No. Not that one.

New piece is red rectangular door 4x6x1 with slot for 1x2 lattice. It appears to have molded(?) vertical ribs like wooden slats. All the set photos downplay this. It’s only really visible in one shot and just barely.

UPDATE;
Photo of cheese shop with roof removed shows top of this door. It appears to have molded ribs.

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By in Belgium,

@StyleCounselor said:
" @BelgianBricker said:
" @ambr said:
"Seems a missed opportunity to have a square full of shops, from a bakery with a potentially working windmill, a fresh farm produce store, a butchers with livestock awaiting their fate, general store selling armaments etc, unless the locals just survive on goat's cheese and beer."

The problem is you don't find windmills in townsqares...
Also, if the locals have to survive on the cheese produced by 1 goat, they have a hard time coming..."


You could always milk the squirrel... or kitten. "


ah yes, cheese made out of squirrel-squirt, my favorite

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By in United States,

@ToyTownBreakDown :
Found it. It's visible in at least seven images that are hosted here on Brickset, being the two box photos, the main white background shots that were used for the box art, the bookshelf and builder lifestyle photos, and the top edge is visible in the cheese shop. It _may_ also be visible in the deep background of the minifig lineup, but it's so blurry you couldn't tell if it was rectangular or circular.

In the bookshelf photo, you can see that it has two metal hinges, and a bit of a decorative frame around the window. Studs for door handles are pretty standard for this style door, and yes, it's molded to look like it's made of six planks of wood. It's also reddish-brown, not red.

As for downplaying stuff, there's also two trans-clear 1x1 round tiles with bees printed on them. You can barely see the print in the main image, and otherwise only see the tiles edge-on where the print is not visible. And of course the tree that's in the box front art is missing even from the white background version of the same artwork.

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By in Canada,

I like the overall idea and look of this. However, like many others have noted, a few more animals would have helped to fill out the set a bit. I'm thinking a horse and a dog at least, plus an extra goat, but the CMF goatherder will match in with this set so not too big an issue. I like the look of the buildings, but almost get the impression that they started out designing a reboot of the 6067 Guarded Inn and then decided to add two smaller buildings and call it a "Town Square".

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By in United States,

@MegaBlocks said:
" @Froggage said:
" @MegaBlocks I can tell you for a fact that at least in my area every castle set over the last couple years has done well, and Lion Knights' Castle in particular has been a very good seller. Where have you seen that it hasn't done well?"

The fact that Lego have had discounts on it over the years. Regularly coming up in the Black Friday offers. So at the very least it looks like it was overproduced and didn't meet sales expectations.

Not as heavily discounted as Black Panther etc. But still seeing discounts unlike sets like Titanic."


That set along with a couple others were on “sale” during Black Friday weekend. The Black Panther bust has been on 40% Clearance for months. Let’s not conflate the two. Could LEGO have been trying to move some extra sets with that “sale?” Sure. Can we use that to unequivocally determine that the set is not selling? And let’s not forget that this and Rivendell have big hills to climb at these price points. If they are moving slowly, it might not really be that much of a surprise.

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By in United States,

@bricks_and_boxes said:
"The cheese factory is all that matters. ;)"
"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." - G.K. Chesterton.

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By in Japan,

@TeriXeri said:
" Of course an updated Medieval Farm Barn + Mill set would be nice (7189: Mill Village Raid)"

I agree. A Medieval Farm set inspired by 7189 would make sense. Include a wolfpack bandit and lion knight minifigs.

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By in Sweden,

@ToyTownBreakDown said:
"The design suffers from the lack of the old, small hinged shutter pieces. Visually and functionally they added a lot to small window designs. Otherwise it’s a great set."

Fully agree. They use 'fake' or decoration shutters in so many sets these days. Why not bring back the actual shutters (or create new ones) so there is added functionality.

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By in United Kingdom,

Ok I’ve now decided that I can live without it. I want thatch but those pieces can make neither a steep angle nor a bulging loaf like mediaeval thatch.

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By in United States,

@StyleCounselor said:
"You could always milk the squirrel... or kitten. "

Oh yeah, you can milk anything with nipples.

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By in United States,

@CartoonKid said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"You could always milk the squirrel... or kitten. "

Oh yeah, you can milk anything with nipples.

"


"Well, I've got nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?"

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By in Canada,

@ZeroGravitas said:
"The tower is almost identical to the smallest tower of the Lion Knight's Castle... Architects saving time even back then!"

Personally I'd rather have two identical towers than the cookie-cutter houses most american subdivisions are made of nowadays XD

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By in Austria,

@sammy_zammy said:
" @djcbs said:
"I have a feeling this is one of the sets that got downgraded as a result of LEGO's survey.
'cause the version that they put on the survey that leaked last year was better than this. The farm building was bigger, the tree was a proper tree not this pathetic skinny branch, and there were a lot more animals in it.

I would have preferred the leaked version. But I still like this. And I'll buy it just to keep sending the message: bring back LEGO Castle."


If it wasn’t leaked, you’d be saying it’s amazing. Bigger doesn’t always have to equal better - to me it looks like they’ve got the same quality of stuff while making it more affordable and accessible.

Comparison is the theft of joy :)"


Oh bigger is always better. If someone tried to tell you otherwise, it was just to make you feel better ;P

At any rate, I said I like this too. I simply think it was downsized as a result of the survey. And I would have liked it to be bigger with more stuff in it.
Besides, I would always compare this one with the previous version...which also had a better tree. So unless it's a completely new and original idea (and LEGO doesn't have many of those these days), I'll always have something to compare a new set with. Might as well get along with the program instead of pretending that I won't compare it with something else.

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By in United States,

I'm very happy with the size and style of this set. No, bigger is *not* always better. At this price, I can cheerfully put it on my "will buy sometime this year" list instead of dithering over whether I should put it on a wish list from which it would probably be dropped at retirement before I ever got around to buying it. (Lion's Castle suffers from that problem--I admire it, but I still haven't been able to actually spend that kind of money on a Lego Castle. On the other hand, I bought Eldorado Fortress, which is almost the same price as this set, within three months of release. I also bought Rivendell, but that's not a generic Castle set--that's an LOTR set, and I'm not holding my breath until the next one of *those* from TLG!)

Moreover, I think this set *works.* If you don't happen to own the original Medieval Market Village, it's short the larger animals, but does have the goat which MMV should have had, but didn't. Cows and horses are available at PaB and on Bricklink, and I believe they're all that needs to be added.

If you do happen to own the original MMV, as I do, it's by no means a duplicate--these buildings are much more interesting and authentic-looking than the original ones (at least IMO). They're even an improvement on the ones in Mill Village Raid, which I always liked better than the ones in MMV. And, as noted above, there's almost no overlap in the animals. Putting the two versions together will make a really wonderful display that can also be played with. And what's to stop you mixing some of the building details up so they blend together better!

As I said, I'm very happy. Very probably, I'll buy the Creator 3-in-1 Castle to keep it company. Or, if I'm feeling specially flush in the next few months, I might even get Lion's Castle instead of the Creator one--which I certainly wasn't planning to do until I read about this set!

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By in United States,

@StyleCounselor said:
" @CartoonKid said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"You could always milk the squirrel... or kitten. "

Oh yeah, you can milk anything with nipples.

"


"Well, I've got nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?""


"I need an adult! I need an adult!!!"

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By in Canada,

Very excited for this set! I've spent the last couple days reverse engineering as much of it as I can digitally (my digital model is still over 100 parts short, but as far as I can tell those are mostly internal structural elements of the roofs and staircase which aren't visible in any of the official pics), and I can definitely tell it will make a beautiful companion piece to my Lion Knights' Castle!

I feel like the designers did a really nice job with the selection of characters and animals, ensuring that they would complement those from 10305 without feeling too repetitive. Even some of the most generic animals, the frog and songbirds, appear in different colors than those from 10305 (although the same can't be said for the single black bat nestled inside the tower).

While I understand the complaints about the lack of a cow, I feel like it could have been tricky to include one in a way that complements the build — an ox-cart would feel repetitive after the one in 10305, and a dairy cow would have called for a MUCH larger pasture behind the farmhouse!

The Lion Knight tower guard is the most generic of the minifigs, but his lavish mustache helps set him apart nicely from his compatriots in the castle. The tax collector is also a great medieval archetype that we've never seen in sets before. And the fearsome-looking Wolfpack crook contrasts nicely with the merrier-looking Forest People who served as outlaws in previous throwback sets.

While the set has no emphasis on "army building", the variety of peasant and merchant garb here seems like it will be very conducive to mixing and matching with other minifig parts for builders seeking to create a larger civilian populace. It's certainly much more variety of dedicated civilian clothing than we ever saw in Castle sets of the 80s or 90s!

But my own main interest is in the build, and what a build it is! The variety of roof, wall, and timber colors really helps create the feeling of a large and bustling community, and yet even when the buildings are folded closed into two compact "city blocks", they form a fairly coherent-looking composition.

The inn feels very authentically medieval with its half-timbering, thatched roof, and jettied construction, and its interior is beautifully furnished (although the cast-iron stove is a glaring anachronism). The shieldsmith's workshop is riddled with colorful paint splotches that turn what could otherwise be a rather gloomy space into a creative and colorful one (and it's neat that the fireplace seems to be used not only for light and warmth, but also for preparing pigments). And the red-walled bedroom with adjoining watchtower is a charming callback to the Guarded Inn!

The carpenter's house is the simplest of the buildings in terms of colors and textures, but still boasts fun details like the upstairs storeroom with hoist, trapdoor-style collapsible ladder, colorful awning, and cheese slopes representing piles of sawdust collected in the corners! I also love the farmhouse/dairy's flagstone floor and marvelous variety of cheeses, as well as the stylish dormer window and arched rafters in the weaver's workshop. And the tapestry loom is amazingly intricate in its construction!

One drawback of the set compared to 10305 is the lack of stair/ladder access to the uppermost rooms of the inn and tower. There are also a few historical inaccuracies that bother me (even with the understanding that LEGO Castle is based on an imagined version of medieval history, inspired as much by popular culture and folklore as by real history). It especially frustrates me that we keep seeing pumpkins in medieval-inspired sets — I feel it would be relatively simple to include a different vegetable in their place such as lettuce, cabbage, or even some type of old world gourd like a melon or calabash.

Overall, though, this was already one of my most anticipated sets of this year, and these pictures have only reinforced that! I'm eager to add it to my collection, and to use it as inspiration for even more medieval builds in the future!

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By in United States,

I thought I'd be more excited for this, but after seeing the pictures up close and the price, I'm probably going to pass on this. I own 21325 Medieval Blacksmith, which IMO is a perfect modular castle set. I ordered it opening day at midnight the second it was available because I just had to have it.

Unlike the MB, this remake feels... underwhelming. Despite being 15 years old, 10193 Medieval Market Village is a more cohesive, more complete set. With its balanced color scheme, more impressive tree, TWO cows, and TWO guards, it stands above this remake.

While I can appreciate the new building techniques, the really cool tax collector minifig, and the return of the Wolfpack minifig, these alone can't justify the $229.99 USD price. I'll see if I can get the minifigs I want separately, but otherwise this wouldn't fit in with my Medieval Blacksmith.

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By in United States,

gensao said:" @TeriXeri said:" Of course an updated Medieval Farm Barn + Mill set would be nice (7189: Mill Village Raid)"

I agree. A Medieval Farm set inspired by 7189 would make sense. Include a wolfpack bandit and lion knight minifigs."
With as many goats as possible, of course.

@kdu2814 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @CartoonKid said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"You could always milk the squirrel... or kitten. "

Oh yeah, you can milk anything with nipples.

"


"Well, I've got nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?""


"I need an adult! I need an adult!!!""

"They don't have to be an AFOL, just an adult!"

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By in United States,

I love the set, it's vibrant, full of life and a joy to look at. Not in a million years would I have thought "not big enough, not enough animals, RUINED!!!!!"

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By in United States,

@Aanchir:
Given that he's shown a few times holding a lute, I could see him being a minstrel. Stashing coins in a secret drawer in a room within one of the buildings could indicate that he's a minor lord who oversees the village. The only things I can really make out on the parchment he's clearly writing are "T", a short list marked with either a checkmark or an X, and an illustration of someone with a sword. He's got no guards, he's given a possible association with a handcart that has a pitchfork and a barrel, but no treasure chest. I'm curious what exactly it is about him that makes you believe he's a tax collector.

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By in Canada,

@PurpleDave said:
" @Aanchir:
Given that he's shown a few times holding a lute, I could see him being a minstrel. Stashing coins in a secret drawer in a room within one of the buildings could indicate that he's a minor lord who oversees the village. The only things I can really make out on the parchment he's clearly writing are "T", a short list marked with either a checkmark or an X, and an illustration of someone with a sword. He's got no guards, he's given a possible association with a handcart that has a pitchfork and a barrel, but no treasure chest. I'm curious what exactly it is about him that makes you believe he's a tax collector."


It's mentioned in the set description (Choose different display configurations and stage fun storylines with the crook, carpenter, tax collector, tapestry weaver, shieldsmith and tower guard minifigure characters) and one of the image captions on LEGO.com (Tax Collector - Find the secret compartmennt wheree the money is hidden).

I assume he collects the day's earnings in the barrel and/or that sack he's got next to him in the main set image. His opulent clothes (purple with gold trim) also suggest a lucrative career of some kind.

Of course, there's no obligation for you (or anyone) to adhere to official descriptions or lore in how you interpret the characters! If you prefer to interpret him as a minstrel with ostentatious tastes in clothing or a member of the nobility, go for it! I definitely see how those would both make for great storylines in their own right!

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By in United States,

@Aanchir:
Ah, got it. The lute doesn’t fit with “tax collector”, but the loot does. And the parchment, while not clearly visible, could represent a list of those who’ve paid up and those who were short, but illustrations on texts were enormously time-consuming and expensive to produce, and seem highly out of place on what would end up being just another entry in a much-repeated series of accounting documents. The outfit clearly isn’t that of a farmer, but doesn’t necessarily speak to a lucrative lifestyle. Minstrels and other entertainers would often wear flamboyant clothes to attract attention (and therefore payment) for their performances. Regardless, nice as it looks, I’m not buying this, so I’d have to buy the minifig or the parts to build one to do anything with him.

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By in United Kingdom,


Blessed are the cheesemakers.

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By in Latvia,

@SetToBuild said:
"So great to see Wolfpack again!! Hopefully, they will get a dedicated set in the future! A remake of 6075 Wolfpack Tower would be awesome!"

Or 6038 carriage.

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By in Canada,

@VIPerMX said:
" @SetToBuild said:
"So great to see Wolfpack again!! Hopefully, they will get a dedicated set in the future! A remake of 6075 Wolfpack Tower would be awesome!"

Or 6038 carriage. "


That'd be a fun one, since neither 10305 nor 10332 have a four-wheeled carriage in them — though since the small carriage wheels are out of production, it might have to use the larger ones instead (which, funnily enough, is how they were drawn in the original set's building instructions).

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By in New Zealand,

Wow! that looks so cool :)

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By in Greece,

And now the million dollar question: Snow white over Medieval Town Square or vice versa?

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