@PluffTed said:
"for being a hideout, this place kinda sticks out like a sore thumb...."

You’d also expect a few more MEN, with a name like that.

@PluffTed said:
"for being a hideout, this place kinda sticks out like a sore thumb...."

You’d also expect a few more MEN, with a name like that.

@Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP.

I wish Icons got smaller Castle sets like this. Ones I could buy for some gold coins instead of $100 green bills."

And 910001-1 is bestest!

I can’t remember if my brother had this, but I know he had the River Crossing set because I got the baseplate back from my cousin. Those forestmen were so cool. We loved them as kids.

Not sure how well you’re fitting the “hiding” part of hideout if you’re decorating the exterior with your personal branding like that

I like it's simplicity.

@Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP.

I wish Icons got smaller Castle sets like this. Ones I could buy for some gold coins instead of $100 green bills."

Yeah, I also was initially excited by the GWP, but eventually sold it and kept only the original

@Rimefang said:
" @Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP.

I wish Icons got smaller Castle sets like this. Ones I could buy for some gold coins instead of $100 green bills."

And 910001-1 is bestest!"

So that means 910043-1 is the bestest?

Classic. It's weird how often I saw this one for sale ever since the remake dropped. It was very confusing, asceachbtime I had to take a closer look to see which one it was (they are quite different).

@PluffTed said:
"for being a hideout, this place kinda sticks out like a sore thumb...."
Blue is such a great colour for blending into a forest.

@thor96 said:
" @Rimefang said:
" @Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP.

I wish Icons got smaller Castle sets like this. Ones I could buy for some gold coins instead of $100 green bills."

And 910001-1 is bestest!"

So that means 910043-1 is the bestest?"

That's an update for 6079-1 and also very good, if not dark.

My friend told me that he has this very set at his parents house's attic and he'll happily give it to me for free! Only thing now is to wait when he next goes back to Blighty to visit.....but i know it's well worth the wait! My 6021 and 6026 can wait somewhere else til then while they hide from 7090

I've just remembered the first time I saw this. I was over at a friend's house, and he had it. I didn't pay much attention to it, because he also had 6085, which made me extremely jealous. (He also had the priginal Optimus Prime.) He later game my my own copy of this for my birthday.
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@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"Another Castle classic! Always wanted this one as a kid, to add it to my 6066 Camouflaged Outpost."

Whereas I wanted 6066 , to add it to this.

@Rimefang said:
" @thor96 said:
" @Rimefang said:
" @Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP.

I wish Icons got smaller Castle sets like this. Ones I could buy for some gold coins instead of $100 green bills."

And 910001-1 is bestest!"

So that means 910043-1 is the bestest?"

That's an update for 6079-1 and also very good, if not dark."

Looks more like a nod to 6071 to me

Two swinging vines, 2 different sized little trees, 2 different minifigs (with different torsos, hats, and feathers), 3 spears - I like this one better than 40567!

@Zander said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"It's never safe to be downrange of someone with a bow and arrow, no matter how good their aim or how out of the way you are."
I’ve actually been downrange of a longbow demonstration and didn’t consider myself at risk but that’s because I was at the top of a tower at Warwick Castle while the archery butt was at the base. Had the archer aimed at me for some reason, I would have had plenty of time to duck behind the battlements. Arrows don’t travel as fast as you might imagine.

@TheOtherMike said:
"I am very pleased to own both this and 40567. Speaking of...

@Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP."

40567 has two major advantages on this. First, the internal ladder. Second, the "gold" in 40567's treasure barrel is actually gold-colored. Overall, I think re re-imagining is the superior set, but I do wish that the pieces for my copy of the original weren't sorted int organizers that are in storage. It'd be cool to display the two side-by-side."
I have 40567 but not the original and also prefer the remake. The newer pieces especially the masonry bricks and the blue roof look better. I’m not nostalgic for the original - I was an adult but not an AFOL when it was released - which might explain my preference."

The remake is a great successor but has 2 flaws.
Only one torso print
No green whips, it's still being produced: https://brickset.com/parts/design-2488 so I don't understand them missing

Very nice set with an amazing remake. Lego needs to do more reimagined sets of classic Lego themes

@Brickchap said:
"This original is much better than the GWP.

I wish Icons got smaller Castle sets like this. Ones I could buy for some gold coins instead of $100 green bills."

40567

I never understood why this set is considered an icon, let alone "legendary". This was around when I was a kid, and none of my friends had it, nor was any of them interested in the forestmen theme. Castle, yes. Space, absolutely. But this apparently went under the radar.
I recently saw a retro review of it, and it doesn't appear to have been a particularly outstanding set at all.

So, honest question, why is it so highly regarded by some?

@AustinPowers said:
"I never understood why this set is considered an icon, let alone "legendary". This was around when I was a kid, and none of my friends had it, nor was any of them interested in the forestmen theme. Castle, yes. Space, absolutely. But this apparently went under the radar.
I recently saw a retro review of it, and it doesn't appear to have been a particularly outstanding set at all.

So, honest question, why is it so highly regarded by some? "

Robin hood;)
The outlaw and hideout part worked for me

@Brickalili said:
"Not sure how well you’re fitting the “hiding” part of hideout if you’re decorating the exterior with your personal branding like that "

If you consider the single-piece molded trees to be mature specimens, then this must be an old-growth tree that's too high to make out any details from the forest floor.

@Zander said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"It's never safe to be downrange of someone with a bow and arrow, no matter how good their aim or how out of the way you are."
I’ve actually been downrange of a longbow demonstration and didn’t consider myself at risk but that’s because I was at the top of a tower at Warwick Castle while the archery butt was at the base. Had the archer aimed at me for some reason, I would have had plenty of time to duck behind the battlements. Arrows don’t travel as fast as you might imagine."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxNGLUDGj-4&list=PLIS5ukV1xUXn7KljdCWNpA_1cvRzJAGfb&index=106&pp=iAQB

@AustinPowers:
Firstly, I can't speak for the rest of the world, but in the US it probably helps that we overthrew the yoke of one of the powers that built castles in Europe. At the time, this was also the size of what I could expect to receive for a birthday present, or a secondary Christmas present, while anything larger would be reserved for Christmas. Like the Invader from Blacktron, this was probably not the most desired of its subtheme, but was probably the most commonly owned.

@watcher21: I definitely agree that one way in which 40567 falls short is that it has no vines.

@AustinPowers said:
"I never understood why this set is considered an icon, let alone "legendary". This was around when I was a kid, and none of my friends had it, nor was any of them interested in the forestmen theme. Castle, yes. Space, absolutely. But this apparently went under the radar.
I recently saw a retro review of it, and it doesn't appear to have been a particularly outstanding set at all.

So, honest question, why is it so highly regarded by some? "

Are the legends of Robin Hood less popular in Germany than in English-speaking countries?

The Forestmen looked great, and they were the antagonists to my knights. It wasn't until much later in life that I finally registered that there were different factions of knights in Lego Castle which were intended to oppose each other. I'm guessing if I'd grown up in Europe where heraldry was more pervasive, it wouldn't have taken me so long to figure it out.

This set also had a lot of leaves and vines, which were rare at the time. The printed target and stag shields were also parts I held in great value.

I also failed to register this thing as a tree for most of my life. I still don't see it as a tree, in fact. It still looks like a guard tower that's been camouflaged with vegetation.