Random set of the day: Fireball Catapult
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 8873 Fireball Catapult, released in 2005. It's one of 30 Castle sets produced that year. It contains 46 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$8/£4.99.
It's owned by 1316 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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My now-wife bought me this set a month after we first started dating- little did she know she was starting to waken me from my Dark Age!
^ Aww, that's a cute story.
I was dating someone once and they actually said one day that if we moved in together, I might have to sell some of the Lego.
The relationship didn't last.
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I LOVED Knight's Kingdom II. There was something about the characters, the colour scheme of the baddies, it was an all round cool theme.
The second wave of the KK II was better than the first.
The Fantasy Era was better.
I wish I had been collecting Lego when this theme was around. It's a really cool theme!
The bright colors, character-driven story, and fantasy elements of Knights' Kingdom II appealed to me pretty greatly, as did the compatibility of a lot of the swords and armor from the constraction figures with my Bionicle collection, but I still regret that I only really collected the minifig-scale playsets in 2004 when it was just starting out. In hindsight, the 2005 and 2006 playsets often had much better builds!
I was always a bit bummed that there were never horses for the Knights' Kingdom constraction sets. I tried to build some a few times but I wasn't a good enough builder at that point.
An epic story driven theme, and it's influences are clear in the modern NEXO Knights. A true staple of the company, and it had a lot of smaller sets like this one for army building!
I respect others' opinion, but I do not like Knights' Kingdom II. They were so fantastic, I prefered Classic Castle Lego. Kingdom II were available on my dark ages but I thought (and I think) it was for that horrible appearence. Unvelievable, I bought this set, and I really do not like. I have the minifigures apart, in a hidden box and I did not remember that a catapult was included.
Fortunately, they did not last long and with Fantasy Era I returned to Lego, specially with Jesters!! My favourite character...
This was the third(?) set I ever owned, I loved this theme when I was younger.