@Miyakan said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"$800 for this is insane."

Not sure where the new figure comes from. There are currently only used ones for sale on Bricklink. Most of them are under $100NZD, then there is one listed for nearly $1,400NZD.
The other version 6077 has one sealed version for just shy of $4,000NZD"

I was talking in USD, which is listed on this article.

There's a shield in 10305 that brought back the design used here: https://brickset.com/parts/6428496/mini-shield-no-30 I recently ordered on on PaB, along with a bunch of the others from the set. I was lucky enough to get duplicates of some of them!

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @Miyakan said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"$800 for this is insane."

Not sure where the new figure comes from. There are currently only used ones for sale on Bricklink. Most of them are under $100NZD, then there is one listed for nearly $1,400NZD.
The other version 6077 has one sealed version for just shy of $4,000NZD"

I was talking in USD, which is listed on this article."

My query about where the price comes from wasn't due to the difference in currencies. Normally they use bricklink listings, but currently there are no new items listed for this set, and there hasn't been any sales of new items in the last six months. So they are either using the last listed (Which is over six months old), or are pulling that information from a different place such as Ebay.

The listing of other prices was just interesting additional information, and I noted the currency so people knew they weren't in USD.

@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
" @Halex16 said:
"…At least they somehow found a way to be cheerful?

(Also dear lord I don’t think I’ve seen a small set with THIS high a resale price)"
@Maxbricks14 said:
"$800 for this is insane."

You have to keep in mind, back then LEGO wasn't really seen as a collector's item like it is nowadays. We're lucky that any sealed copies of these sets exist at all"

Yeah, but the set has got no exclusive figures or parts, and is very small.

@Halex16 said:
"…At least they somehow found a way to be cheerful?

(Also dear lord I don’t think I’ve seen a small set with THIS high a resale price)"

3347?

Nice army builder set. With a few of these, the sahpe of the plalyground would look really different.

Fantastic set! These were my first non-city minifigs and therefore a welcome change!

Should we expect LEGO to remake this set and charge $800?

My love for this set is unhealthy.

@BillingsBrix said:
"There's a fascinating youtube video theorizing about what's in the cart."

I didn’t understand what the narrator was saying since there was never an outright mention of “this is a corpse” so I thought the title was clickbait and I was just watching an overly complex video about the set’s relation to medieval history.

The lack of coconuts is worrying.....

So whose procession is this? Which Knight is this for? Should it not be Knights' Procession?

There was a YouTube video a few years ago analysing this set from a Medieval History lens that concluded it was something of a funeral procession.

Maybe it’s that dark element/notoriety that raises the price.

@PurpleDave said:
" @TotalMaddness said:
"I think this set is fairly infamous for having what could be a *possible* depiction of a corpse."

Don't be ridiculous. They'd never do that. *goes back to rearranging all his skeletons, mummies, and zombies*"
@TotalMaddness is right though. LEGO wouldn’t have done that in 1979 when this set came out or for a few years after while it was still in production. The first undead/body figure of any kind was the floppy armed skeleton released in 1995, so many years later. There’s a significant time gap between them.

@Librarian1976 said:
" @Zander said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @TotalMaddness said:
"I think this set is fairly infamous for having what could be a *possible* depiction of a corpse."

Don't be ridiculous. They'd never do that. *goes back to rearranging all his skeletons, mummies, and zombies*"
@TotalMaddness is right though. LEGO wouldn’t have done that in 1979 when this set came out or for a few years after while it was still in production. The first undead/body figure of any kind was the floppy armed skeleton released in 1995, so many years later. There’s a significant time gap between them.

"

Actually the first hint at death was the glow-in-the-dark ghost that debuted in 1990."

Beat me to it
So this is the origin set of 6034 ? ;-)

@Librarian1976 said:
" @Zander said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @TotalMaddness said:
"I think this set is fairly infamous for having what could be a *possible* depiction of a corpse."

Don't be ridiculous. They'd never do that. *goes back to rearranging all his skeletons, mummies, and zombies*"
@TotalMaddness is right though. LEGO wouldn’t have done that in 1979 when this set came out or for a few years after while it was still in production. The first undead/body figure of any kind was the floppy armed skeleton released in 1995, so many years later. There’s a significant time gap between them.

"

Actually the first hint at death was the glow-in-the-dark ghost that debuted in 1990."
Still a nontrivial interval between when this set was current, ‘79 to early ‘80s, to the appearance of the first ghost in 1990. Most kid buyers/recipients of the set would likely have outgrown LEGO by the time the ghost came out.

I have the 6077 version.

@TotalMaddness said:
"I think this set is fairly infamous for having what could be a *possible* depiction of a corpse. All the bricks in that cart are suspiciously the same colours as the knights themselves, even including a conspicuous grey blob which could be taken to be their helmet.

Glad to see the procession is still perfectly happy about all this though :P"

Perhaps its the body of William Wallace after he was drawn and quartered and they are delivering the parts to the various locations in England

@TheOtherMike said:
"There's a shield in 10305 that brought back the design used here: https://brickset.com/parts/6428496/mini-shield-no-30 I recently ordered on on PaB, along with a bunch of the others from the set. I was lucky enough to get duplicates of some of them!"

I actually have plans to use those shields for different Castle factions in my LEGO fantasy lore

Gratuitous Holy Grail quotes in three...two...one

@AustinPowers said:
"Gratuitous Holy Grail quotes in three...two...one"

Surely you can't be... wait, wrong movie. Also, @WizardofOss beat you to it."The lack of coconuts is worrying....."

@AustinPowers said:
"Gratuitous Holy Grail quotes in three...two...one"
‘Tis but a scratch!

My first battle pack ever, even if at the time I did not call it this. So useful to complete the ranks of foot soldiers army in my castles... Excellent

I'm a little surprised it took this long to be chosen as the Random Set of the Day. Now I'm wondering how long it will take to show up as the Vintage Set of the Week?

@Blockwork_Orange said:
"I'm a little surprised it took this long to be chosen as the Random Set of the Day. Now I'm wondering how long it will take to show up as the Vintage Set of the Week?"

I thought Vintage set of the week is only pre-minifigure era sets?

@WizardOfOss said:
"The lack of coconuts is worrying....."

Well, Sariel to the rescue!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDDcJr-_jA

I got better.

@TheOtherMike said:
Also, @WizardofOss beat you to it."The lack of coconuts is worrying....."
That's an allusion though, not a quote ;-)

@Norikins said:
" @arselus said:
"The first battle pack? "

'79 saw quite a few minifig blister packs as well, sets 0011 to 0016."

I also consider this the first battle pack. I have some figures, but not the set.

Beautiful set. The Royal Knight fan in me was very pleased, when the Internet dawned in my life, and I explored old LEGO themes for the first time, that these guys have shields that are basically Royal Knight shields without the lion heads.

And they got picked up by my first Internet home, www.classic-castle.com, as their emblem.

Not going to drop $800 on a new copy, but that's because I am a working man with a corresponding wage.

'Bring out your dead!'

@Modeltrainman said:
"Should we expect LEGO to remake this set and charge $800?"

Yes and they will not forget the additional 20% for the CEO Ferrari fund.. Oops I mean 'hardship tax'

Did the swords and axes have a "LEGO" print on them in those days? I ask as I have come across them in joblots and wondered if they are LEGO or copies. Cheers.

@Draykov said:
"My very first castle set! Purchased in...1982 probably?"

Same here! US version 6077-1, two of 'em for double the fun. Can you call it a battle pack if you don't purchase more than one? :)

@AustinPowers said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
Also, @WizardofOss beat you to it."The lack of coconuts is worrying....."
That's an allusion though, not a quote ;-) "

I suppose you're right. But then, you have to know these sort of things if you're a king.

@Trigger_ said:
" @BillingsBrix said:
"There's a fascinating youtube video theorizing about what's in the cart."

I didn’t understand what the narrator was saying since there was never an outright mention of “this is a corpse” so I thought the title was clickbait and I was just watching an overly complex video about the set’s relation to medieval history."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dXBL_K8b_ls&pp=ygUXS25pZ2h0cyBwcm9jZXNzaW9uIGxlZ28%3D

Okay, so, the narrator and the comments are not in full agreement on what the “disturbing” aspect is. The top comment (and several others) suggest it looks like a chopped up knight minifig. The video allows that the disturbing aspect could be a representation of the Barefoot Procession, which immediately preceded the sacking of Jerusalem, after which the Crusaders put many of the civilian inhabitants to the sword. But there is one sentence in the narration, suggesting that this could be moments _after_ coming from a great slaughter, or before heading into a historical one. The former option hints at the possibility that at least one of their member died, and the video establishes pretty clearly that the narrator does not believe these are supplies or plunder.