@Maxbricks14 said:
"But the best set that has been revealed today has got to be that unicorn castle. Who doesn't want one of those!"

Make that three or four! Or at least splurging on the cones on pab for a future rainbow star fleet.

Haunted house is also a must as I’ve not got a ghost in my collection.

@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"But the best set that has been revealed today has got to be that unicorn castle. Who doesn't want one of those!"

Nobody is talking about how this is technically our VERY FIRST unicorn piece. Sure we've had Vidiyo Bronies and medieval horse armor with space for a horn,but this our first legit, single-mold LEGO unicorn. Hopefully we get an adult variant soon?"

Knowing Lego's trends, that will probably happen.

Castle and Mansion >> DAY 1

Last year's 3-in-1s were exceptional. This year's appear quite average, seeming to have dropped an age level. The Unicorn Castle particularly, looks more like a 4+ than an 8+.

I can't see it on the 31167 box, so... BOAT DOES FLOAT!

@Kynareth said:
"My lovely horse!"
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind....

Haunted Mansion, i wish it had the grey monster of Frankenstein instead of the green one. The designs of the monster of F and the werewolf are very samesy as their predecessors, innit? A bit weird they used cute eyes on that tree and ghost behind the windows.
I hope we’ll get a white werewolf one day. My werewolfpack needs some variation

My lovely horse,
Running through the field,
Where are you going, with your fetlocks flowing ...

@Zordboy said:
"Haunted House? Amazing.
The toucan? Gorgeous.
The castle? Sublime.
The retro phone? At least it doesn't have flowers growing out of it.
The unicorn castle? I would push small children and old ladies out of the way to get one. "

Hey what about the horse?

In the land of tiny watermelons, I am sad.
In the land of OMG BIG GIANT MONSTER TOUCANS, I am afraid.

Thanks LEGO for supporting resellers. Prices for Vampire minifigs should increase, like what happened with King minifigs after the release of LKC.

The Toucan will look good on a pint of Guinness as a MOC. I have the big Haunted House and Hocus Pocus so don't need another Haunted House but needs the figs !

Unicorns ? Unicorns ?!? My daughter is going to be so thrilled!
And I love the haunted house, is a perfect set to build just for Halloween (for a reasonable price !)

At least, the start of the Father Ted theme we've all be waiting for. The branding on the box is a bit subtle though.

I was really surprised not to see flowers in the phone set. Disappointed by the castle, but I was probably expecting too much. At least it looks more realistic. A sort of budget version of the bricklink sets.

why horses brick built in the castle set?

@Pavell said:
"My lovely horse,
Running through the field,
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing ..."

...in the wind
I want to shower you with sugar lumps,
And ride you over fences.
Polish your hooves every single day,
And bring you to the horse dentist...

@vizzitor said:
" @Pavell said:
"My lovely horse,
Running through the field,
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing ..."

...in the wind
I want to shower you with sugar lumps,
And ride you over fences.
Polish your hooves every single day,
And bring you to the horse dentist..."

Open your eyes I see - Your eyes are open Wear no disguise for me - Come into the open

When it's cold outside - Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night - There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Melting the ice for me - Jump into the ocean Hold back the tide I see - Your love in motion

When it's cold outside - Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night - There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

When it's cold outside - Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night - There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you

@inversion said:
" @vizzitor said:
" @Pavell said:
"My lovely horse,
Running through the field,
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing ..."

...in the wind
I want to shower you with sugar lumps,
And ride you over fences.
Polish your hooves every single day,
And bring you to the horse dentist..."

Open your eyes I see - Your eyes are open Wear no disguise for me - Come into the open

When it's cold outside - Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night - There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Melting the ice for me - Jump into the ocean Hold back the tide I see - Your love in motion

When it's cold outside - Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night - There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

When it's cold outside - Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night - There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love

Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you"

Somebody did some copy-paste...

Poni has Chrome!

Nice shaping around the head and front legs, hinds are a touch dodgy though.

This is a neat wave of sets overall, looking forward to them.

Creator 3-in-1 is killing it again! Even the "totally-not-My-Little-Pony" set looks interesting.

@BLProductions said:
"I'm not the only one that sees 31166 and immediately is reminded of that April Fools' "Majestic Horse" LEGO did a couple years ago, am I? Looks like they decided to improve the design a bit...."

Nope, my first though as well!

ANd People say Creator is not a best theme every year.

@vizzitor said:
" @Pavell said:
"My lovely horse,
Running through the field,
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing ..."

...in the wind
I want to shower you with sugar lumps,
And ride you over fences.
Polish your hooves every single day,
And bring you to the horse dentist..."

We have to lose that sax solo!

Wow these are some fantastic Space Part Packs! I like the phone especially, with its alt builds being other outdated phones. Brilliant!

I'm liking the Unicorn Castle set to potentially tweak and incorporate into our DreamZzz world ??

Love 31168 + 6 figs, 4 new torso prints, return of the crown, yellow plume and creator dragon on background box
- using head from 31120

The brick built horses in 31168 just don't appear quite right. I actually think the original ones from the yellow castle and jousting set looked better!

So with 31166, I wonder if we will ever see a Creator knight on a horse set in that scale...

I feel like the horse one *almost* looks like a non-branded Disney set, except that one of the models resembles a character from Dreamworks rather than Disney. Still, with those colours it does look at a glance like Rain from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (not quite the right patterning for her though), adult!Bambi and Kenai from Brother Bear all in one set...!

I'm not a horror / halloween type guy, but I do enjoy what feels to me like a reference to 6497 Twisted Time Train in alternate model the Haunted House set! Whether intentional or not, I don't know, but it's a fun nod if so ^^

I wish the haunted house had tried to be more than a cheap remake. Different colors for the building and minifigures more meaningfully different from the Monster Fighters and CMF renditions would make it more worth getting for all collectors, not just the ones who missed the original Haunted House and older figures. The vampire comes the closest to being distinct enough to get as her own minifigure, but she still feels like a hybrid of previous figures.

Just took a second closer look through these and love that the alternate builds for the 31174 Retro Telephone are a flip phone and a classic "brick" cellphone. (brick the building material, not the LEGO)

Huh, unicorns!!!

@ToysFromTheAttic said:
"I honestly think 31168 Medieval Horse Knight Castle is a serious downgrade from the previous 3-in-1 castle. It doesn't look nowhere near as good. The only thing it seriously improves on is that it includes a generous amount of minifigures, and surprisingly not two nostalgia-based factions, but completely new ones! For castle fans, that makes this set worth getting alone. I honestly prefer that jousting tournament alternate build over the main one, which is an obvious rework of set 10223-1."

Quite right. I actually like the non-main builds more than the castle.

I think the brick-built horses in the Castle set are really clever, although since it has minifigs in it seems odd it doesn't get minifig horses.
And impressive as the horse is, I just want to see if someone can rebuild it into a (differently coloured) rabbit to go with last year's.

Horse and Castle for the win!

Sometimes he's a great bear. The bear can be reasoned with, but the horse is just too ×@&% full of himself!

Who would’ve thought that we needed a Monster Fighters revival?!? Also, that Castle looks amazing!!!

MEDIEVAL CASTLE!!!!!

Love the Haunted House as well, but all of these have some character to them which I adore.

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @Zordboy said:
"Haunted House? Amazing.
The toucan? Gorgeous.
The castle? Sublime.
The retro phone? At least it doesn't have flowers growing out of it.
The unicorn castle? I would push small children and old ladies out of the way to get one. "

Hey what about the horse?"

*hay

Yeah, it's beautiful!
Says so on the box.

Almost looks like 8804-7. Almost, but not quite.

This line continues to stun me - it is consistently so good. Every set feels like a must-purchase for my kids.

I'm most excited for the Haunted Mansion and the Medieval Horse Knight Castle !!
The house is such a call back to the Monster Fighter's Haunted House, love the minifigures and the builds look interesting! The Castle looks really nice and also has a good selection of minifigures! Plus the two brick built horses look good imo.

It would be nice if the Horse Knight Castle contained actual horses...

@RoundhouseBrick said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @Zordboy said:
"Haunted House? Amazing.
The toucan? Gorgeous.
The castle? Sublime.
The retro phone? At least it doesn't have flowers growing out of it.
The unicorn castle? I would push small children and old ladies out of the way to get one. "

Hey what about the horse?"

*hay

Yeah, it's beautiful!
Says so on the box."

No way!
I think the bear looks just as good as the horse, if not better tbh.

All look decent and will sure find their market, but nothing that really appeals to me. The phone would probably my favorite. I wonder if it has some mechanism inside to replicate the dial action, and some spring-loaded pieces underneath the handset.

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"No way!
I think the bear looks just as good as the horse, if not better tbh."

The bear is my favourite, too.
Need to see it next to the fox of 31154, the scale might not work all that well, but would make a nice combo!

I just think the name of the set is rather funny, why call the horse "beautiful"?
According to LEGO, 5836 is a beautiful baby princess, but I don't think everybody agrees.

We are one step away from the MLP collaboration.

That mansion though! Oh! I love monster sets. And this horse! And those pastel ponies! And the pnobe is such a fun idea. Aaaah! I dunno what to do.

The Unicorns make me think of this old song by the Irish Rovers:

'A long time ago, when the earth was still green
And there were more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
They'd run around free while the earth was being born
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn

There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the unicorn

Now god seen some sinnin' and it gave him pain
And he says, "stand back, I'm going to make it rain"
He says, "hey, brother Noah, I'll tell you what to do
Build me a floating zoo"

And take some of them green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
Don't you forget my unicorn"

Old Noah was there to answer the call
He finished up making the ark just as the rain started fallin'
He marched in the animals two by two
And he called out as they went through
"Hey, Lord"
I've got your green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn
I just can't see no unicorn"

Then Noah looked out through the driving rain
Them unicorns was hiding, playing silly games
Kicking and splashing while the rain was pouring
Oh, them silly unicorns

There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees
Noah cried, "close the doors 'cause the rain is pourin'
And we just can't wait for no unicorns"

The ark started movin', it drifted with the tide
Them unicorns looked up from the rock and they cried
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away
And that's why you'll never see a unicorn, to this very day

You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorn'

We now have almost all the animals to recreate this song, if someone was inclined to do so. (missing only the Geese!)

Also, I NEED that mansion!

What stands out to me the most about these sets are the minifigures.
Usually, the minifigures in 3 in 1 Creator sets feel like an afterthought, mostly reusing pieces from other themes, the one prominent ecception was 31132, which introduced a bunch of new torsos, and even a new minifigure hair piece, something unprecedented for this theme.
This new batch of figures looks even better, however! The ghost and the unicorn are new molds, most figures have leg printing, there is basically no figure made of only reused pieces, new Castle factions, remakes of https://brickset.com/minifigs/mof008 and https://brickset.com/sets/8804-7/The-Monster.

I love it

One of each except the horse... And maybe two of a couple of them. What a great line-up. Creator 3-in-1 is consistently Lego's best series. We love building one, leaving it out a month or two, then doing another of the builds...

Best theme of todays announcements by a country mile. Every one of these has done an amazing job at the designs at their target price points. Designers should be commended.

This whole series totally knocks it out of the ballpark--and into orbit, even! I can take a pass on the telephones (since they don't have flowers) but admire the set a good deal, and the rest of them are *all* going straight onto my wishlist--at the top. I sympathize with those who wanted regular rather than brick-built horses but the brick-built ones are very clever as well as being more traditional in Creator sets. The actual castle is less elegant than the previous Creator Castle but I like its flexibility, and of course the new and delightful factions.

This is going to be an expensive summer--but I'm definitely not going into another Dark Age after all!

@peterlmorris said:
"Wow these are some fantastic Space Part Packs! "

All parts are Space parts!

I'm going to need a lot of those Haunted Mansion sets...

@Darth_Dee said:
"It would be nice if the Horse Knight Castle contained actual horses..."

Then I've got some bad news about the knights and the castle, too.

Teasing aside...

I love that Creators emphasis on building techniques also applies to minifig-scale animals. I think it's an important lesson that a lot of people have forgotten. LEGO did a great job with the castle set's horses.

I'm trying to figure out if 31168 connects with 31120.

Looking at the back of the boxes they have the same clips at the same height, but there are slight differences. In 31120 the clip protrudes while the bar is recessed, while in 31168 it looks like the clip is recessed while the bar produdes. As far as I can tell this means they're not able to clip easily together with a small amount of modification.

Still it's pretty cool that LEGO obviously have it in mind that these castles should be compatible in some way.

Personally I don't have a preference between the old castle and the new castle, they're both obviously different designs and I appreciate that. And I appreciate the expansion of the minifig selection, even if all the new knights appear to have the same torso.

@Murdoch17 said:
"The Unicorns make me think of this old song by the Irish Rovers:"

I actually heard this song as a kid, but not from the Irish Rovers. The original author was Shel Silverstein, a comedy poet (the same guy that wrote "A Boy Named Sue"), and I had a book of his works when I was young. Good to know someone else appreciates it!

31167 Haunted Mansion is a really nice throwback to the Monster Fighters theme. It's practically a scaled down version of the 2012 Haunted House set. :)

OMG, new Shield mold!!!

@BlackFalconBirdman said:
"OMG, new Shield mold!!! "

Pretty sure that's just a repaint of the Legend of Zelda shield. But nice to see they're getting some further use out of the mold.

@ricecake said:
" @garethsmith72 said:
"The Toucan will look good on a pint of Guinness as a MOC."
My goodness
My GUINNESS"

yes would look very good on glass :)

3 in 1 continues to be where Lego seems to put the lions share of their design talent. Bravo on this line, I will absolutely get the castles (likely multiple) and, if I can afford it or have a moment of weakness, the haunted house, as well

This might be the first seasonal wave in a long time where I get every set. They're all great.

The horse looks amazing! As someone who has collected Breyer (but these days, more Schleich and such), LEGO did something that looks decent compared to them. Guessing it'll build out to around the same size as my 1:9 Traditional scale horses.

Rotary Phone--one literally saved our hides during Helene. Modern cordless phones work off AC, but old ones worked off what voltage is in the phone line. Despite having no cell service or power, the GTE Princess worked off the slight voltage in phone lines to allow us to contact the outside world. And blue looks better than that sort of fleshtone pink the old GTE came in.

Haunted Mansion and Medieval Castle--Yes please!

Just me, or does the Unicorn castle appear to use Friends horse/unicorn molds?

I'm quite surprised by the minifigure selection in the haunted house. You normally don't see CMF-quality minifigures in Creator 3-in-1 sets.

I assume the Horse Knights are a new faction, rather than a reboot of something from the 20th Century. I'm happy to see that this year's castle breaks the model of four towers around a courtyard followed by 7094, 7946, 70404, and 31120.

@cody6268 said:
"Rotary Phone--one literally saved our hides during Helene. Modern cordless phones work off AC, but old ones worked off what voltage is in the phone line. Despite having no cell service or power, the GTE Princess worked off the slight voltage in phone lines to allow us to contact the outside world. And blue looks better than that sort of fleshtone pink the old GTE came in."

That's not going to work going forward. By law, phone companies have been required to maintain massive batteries to provide that faint voltage that powers traditional landline phones. Problem is, they're expensive to manufacture and maintain, and once cable companies figured out how to provide a competitive alternative in VOIP, the traditional phone companies followed suit. Having used pricing to convince most of their customers to switch over to VOIP, they finally got Congress to eliminate the battery requirement. As a result, traditional landline service will no longer function going forward, and only VOIP, cellular, and satellite will be options going forward. VOIP requires an AC outlet to function, and the other two need one to charge. So, if you still live in a hurricane zone, your only option might be to get a sat phone and a solar recharger, because everything else relies on infrastructure that's just as vulnerable as you are.

"Just me, or does the Unicorn castle appear to use Friends horse/unicorn molds? "

Frystem horses don't have squared off hooves. They're all ovoid, like the minidoll feet. Pretty sure the pegasi are just recolors of the foal from 71032-5, with the wings from 71048-9 snapped on the stud. Unicorn appears to be a new mold based on that same foal body, but with changes to the hair design.

As a Telephone Exchange Technician from 1973 to 1992 the telephone is a must for me.

As someone who learned to build with the Castle sets of the late '80s and early '90s, I'm stoked to see Lego come up with new factions in 31168 Medieval Horse Knight Castle. I'm not a fan of brick-built animals, but since it's a Creator 3-in-1 set, it makes sense. I hope someone is able to design nice stickers for the bardings, so I can substitute the brick-built ones with actual Lego horses. I do admit that I will buy Fego bardings fromn Uncle Ali to put the stickers on, and not ruin actual Lego ones. :D