Wow. For a moment, I was wondering when they made the lance in dark-tan.

Just built my second of these the other day. Someday I'm going to build out a giant tournament and add some of the CMF figs, as well as a few knights from later factions like the green dragons and the royal knights v2 or whatever they're called.

I love this set. The colors, the variety of figs, the barding, it's a whole story all ready to go. One of the greats of early castle for sure.

Why does 1584 have such a different used price?

@dimc said:
"Why does 1584 have such a different used price? "

That is weird. Unrelated, but I was wondering why I didn't have this set on my wanted list, but that explains it. 1584 is the one on there.

Jousts have always been popular occurrences in Castle themes, I think they all have at least one. Basically slightly upgraded battle packs so you can see why

Always liked the horse barding. Unusual to see beer served by the keg in a Lego set especially when everyone has swords, axes, spears etc.

@ambr said:
"Always liked the horse barding. Unusual to see beer served by the keg in a Lego set especially when everyone has swords, axes, spears etc."

Keep in mind this must have been beer without bubbles. Einstein hadn't invented EMC yet, didn't split an atom with his axe, and thus no bubbles in beer.

The second best jousting set LEGO ever made imho, right behind 10223.

@AustinPowers said:
"The second best jousting set LEGO ever made imho, right behind 10223 . "
I don’t know, 10223 has 100% less drunkards involved.
Remember kids, drinking and jousting is not cool, regardless of how much fun it looks.

@Binnekamp said:
"Classic,set. And it's night and day compared with the earlier joust set from the yellow castle era. I like that this one uses more modern pieces (the octagonal dome windows), bit still mamages to be colorful and varied. There's even a barrel of... apple juice. Let's go with that."

Ah, the early one is terrific, though. Brick-built barding? Nice!

Such a cool set. Years ago I got the peasant (CAS220), still in pretty much new condition, for 2 or 3€. Would love to have the horses.

@CCC said:
" @JavaBrix said:
"
Gold (per troy ounce)
1989: $381 / 2025: $3,350 (8.8x)

This Lego Set
1989: $22 / 2025: $600 (27.3x)"

The data is incorrect. Only one sale of a new set in the last six months at bricklink and that was for $280. So the multiplier is a more reasonable 12.7x. And for used sets, it drops below gold at 7.7x on average."

I checked eBay sold items for real numbers, not BrickLink for questionable numbers. (shrug)

@AustinPowers said:
"The second best jousting set LEGO ever made imho, right behind 10223. "

^
He's right, you know.

@Jackthenipper said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"The second best jousting set LEGO ever made imho, right behind 10223 . "
I don’t know, 10223 has 100% less drunkards involved.
Remember kids, drinking and jousting is not cool, regardless of how much fun it looks.
"
10223 has two of the then-new bottle piece but only one goblet.

@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
"Why does 1584 have such a different used price? "

Funny thing is, when people only put one version on their Wanted List, and don't bother to check what else might be available, they can drive the price on one wildly out of parity with the other version. Many people refuse to buy New parts because they're more expensive than Used ones, and when Sellers exclusively price their parts according to established market value, nobody ends up paying attention to how Used compares to New. I've seen instances where Used parts were over twice as expensive as New ones, just because of the buying habits of those who were trying to acquire them. In this case, you've also got the nostalgia factor of "_This_ is the version I had as a kid"."

Definitely done that with parts on BL. Even things remade on PAB like the feathers for old forestmen hats, now for pens but still fits in a hat.

I know my version is 6060 because of the instructions, it's just curious. I wonder what the "limited release" actually meant in reality?

@Jackthenipper said:
"Remember kids, drinking and jousting is not cool, regardless of how much fun it looks.
"
Sounds almost as dangerous as drink & pommel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8q6s_24eOg

@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
"Why does 1584 have such a different used price? "

Funny thing is, when people only put one version on their Wanted List, and don't bother to check what else might be available, they can drive the price on one wildly out of parity with the other version. Many people refuse to buy New parts because they're more expensive than Used ones, and when Sellers exclusively price their parts according to established market value, nobody ends up paying attention to how Used compares to New. I've seen instances where Used parts were over twice as expensive as New ones, just because of the buying habits of those who were trying to acquire them. In this case, you've also got the nostalgia factor of "_This_ is the version I had as a kid"."

I know that if a set was released in North America and Europe under different numbers, I'll add the NA version to my wanted list. Not out of misguided patriotism or anything like that, honestly it's just one of those things you do without being able to articulate why. 497 may be the one on my wanted list, but when I found 928 on Bricklink back in February, I was sorely tempted, but wasn't quite willing to spend more than three hundred dollars on it. But, the same seller had 6927, so I got that, and it's now the only set in my collection with the old, thin-ringed version of the lamp holder element.

I loved this set as a kid. All things castle was the way to go back then. I miss those days. I'd definitely use a wish to go back.

I bought this set new at a Toys R Us in Southern Ontario sometime in the early -mid 90's. I don't recall it ever showing up in the Canadian LEGO catalogues so it was the first time seeing the set, plus it was the only one on the shelf. Surprisingly the set came with a US catalogue which was great as this was my first time seeing that there were other sets which were not available in Canada at the time.

Wow; the 'Black Knight' there on the right is really committed, right down to his lance...wonder if fireflies follow him around during the day.:)

I'll also admit; this set shows the leaps/bounds of Lego improvement over the very first joust 383: Knight's Joust...although, I really didn't/don't hate brick-built horses.:)

How exiting it is to joust in front of the traffic queen herself!

@brick_r said:
"Wow; the 'Black Knight' there on the right is really committed, right down to his lance...wonder if fireflies follow him around during the day.:)

I'll also admit; this set shows the leaps/bounds of Lego improvement over the very first joust 383: Knight's Joust...although, I really didn't/don't hate brick-built horses.:)"

You mean 383-2, not 383. And, as @mediAFOL noted, the brick-built bardings are pretty clever.

Got one in a eBay lot, sold it, wish I had not.

@Username28 said:
"As a younger fan of LEGO, who grew up with the more complicated sets of the 2010s, even I can appreciate the simplicity of old sets. It isn't just you nostalgic old A-fols, even LEGO's younger market looks back fondly on the golden days of the brick. Just some smaller models, a couple horses, and a truckload of minifigs and weapons. Meant for play, destruction, and reincarnation as something else entirely."

That is much the way I feel about the sets in the VSotW feature, as even the most recent of them are from three years before I was born.

Awesome set!!!
Good candidate for either an updated, or just as is, RE-RELEASE!
I mean, why not!?

@thor96 said:
" @Yooha said:
"168 pieces, 8 minifigs.
Do you remeber, TLG?"

Pepperidge farm remembers."

There is no result for Pepperidge in the brickset database. In Google, there are no LEGO related results either.
Can you explain the connection between my comment and Pepperidge farm?

@Yooha said:
" @thor96 said:
" @Yooha said:
"168 pieces, 8 minifigs.
Do you remeber, TLG?"

Pepperidge farm remembers."

There is no result for Pepperidge in the brickset database. In Google, there are no LEGO related results either.
Can you explain the connection between my comment and Pepperidge farm?

"
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepperidge-farm-remembers

@TheOtherMike said:
" @brick_r said:
"Wow; the 'Black Knight' there on the right is really committed, right down to his lance...wonder if fireflies follow him around during the day.:)

I'll also admit; this set shows the leaps/bounds of Lego improvement over the very first joust 383: Knight's Joust...although, I really didn't/don't hate brick-built horses.:)"

You mean 383-2, not 383. And, as @mediAFOL noted, the brick-built bardings are pretty clever."

The upcoming Castle from Creator line has brickbuild horses, you might wanna look out for that set :)

@WizardOfOss said:
" @Yooha said:
"168 pieces, 8 minifigs.
Do you remeber, TLG?"

And look what they did with just 168 pieces....

Sure, this isn't the most finely detailed 18+ display set, but as a play set for kids it is pretty much perfect! It's not the number of pieces that count's, it's what you do with it."
So true. I got so much enjoyment out of this set. It was everything it needed to be, not more, not less.

I appreciate the technical feats of modern era MOCs-in-a-box, but you have to be an incredibly talented kid to run with them as an inspiration. Meanwhile, the turn-of-the-century juniorized era was too underdeveloped to stimulate the imagination. The golden age circa 1985–1995 was when you looked at a simple collection of bricks and saw the Lego Movie in your head. There's no going back, and I wouldn't want to if I could, but this era was magic.

As a kid, I had a castle layout in which the various factions were battling each other. A joisting tournament would have been out of place in a war, so I built the alternate build on the back of the box: a ship which used the octagonal canopies as sails. Great set!

I do still wonder why the brown horse was so rare. Only six or so appeared in the Classic Castle from 1984 to 1993. And it’s not that Lego did not have any other brown parts before 1988 or so, when the first brown appeared in that colour (in the Castle theme).