^^^A check shows a new one is $130 on Bricklink and cheapest 100% complete used is $90+$10 shipping on ebay.

This was one of the sets that awoke me from my dark ages. Funny that this set comes up now- I'm about to expand the dwarf mine complex with the new roller coaster.

Oh my gosh, I ogled over this in the catalogs... such an awesome set, those mine-carts are such cute and effective builds!

Actually, one question about this set/ were the axe blades supposed to be metallic? Mine came with plain brown blades which seemed odd.

I LOVED this set. I had it on display for awhile. I loved all the little features and the minifigs were great. The rail system with the mine carts, the pulley, ah...just about everything was so much fun to play with.
I took it off display but had it on for a few years. Think I dig it out and give it some life again.

This was one of the first sets I've bought soon after I get out from my Dark Ages (1994~2007).
I'm looking forward when LEGO will bring back those traditional Castle themes...

"Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!"

I can’t remember now why I bought this set. I’ve neber been a big Castle guy but something about it must’ve caugh my eye.

This was one of the sets that brought me out of my dark age. Still got it on display. Somehow I doubt that the rrp was £41.09 though!

Yess, this is my favourite playset. I broke it of and rebuild it at least 2 times. I think that I also have build at least 4 different other scenarios from the pieces of this set.

We need another one of these.

I didn't knew there had had a fantasy theme before TLOR. This mine, those armed dwarves, goblins and so look very nice. It's right the kind of set I would have dreamed to have as a child along my two knights castles. Such great battles and adventures with all this stuff. It looks very good.

After buying 7326 Rise of the Sphinx as first 'new' (it had been released a few years earlier) set for the kids I found this one in some store for about €30 so picked it up on a whim and I was right to do so, the children loved it (they still do but to assemble it again will require some parts digging)!
@Kynareth, I also noticed the box and parts list showed metallic copper axe blades but the set had regular brown ones, I wrote customer support asking if this was intentional and they sent me the metallic axe blades, they would have sent the metallic copper helmet too but sadly that was already out of production :-(

Outstanding set - I wish I had this. I feel this is Castle done right - great bad guys and nice variety of allies. I wish it had lasted longer.

@bananaworld

Nooo… that's the SECOND verse

@Kynareth My set came with what I'd call metaliic copper Axe blades and pearl copper swords despite Bricklink treatring them as the same colour. I bought mine when it first came out and the blades are still metallic. If you bought the set used perhaps the person replaced the metallic blades with brown (I didn't even know they came in this colour).

Fantasy Era, my favourite Castle theme; even better than LotR/Hobbit

I was never into castle, but I always wanted this set. I hope we get another theme like this in the near future.

Heck yeah, such a great set, a masterpiece in distilling a pretty complex idea into a retail package.

Thanks Shaase, I did buy mine new and sealed online, but it had been off the shelves for some time. I can't think of any reason why 'wooden' axe heads would ever have been moulded, so it must just be a production glitch.

So, you have returned to taunt me once again, Dwarves Mine...
Just like MataNui2009, I always dreamed about this set as a child but never had a chance to get my hands on. I even tried to make it myself on several occasions.

I have this set! My kids love it!

Fantasy Era was under appreciated at the time, yet looked back on in reverence. This was such a critical set for me. As mentioned above, it definitely filled that LOTR itch which we assumed wasn’t ever going to be filled, and helped relaunch my passion for LEGO Castle. This was a truly innovative theme in the Castle line, and well inside my Top 10 favorite sets of all time.

Not so patiently awaiting the day TLG returns to Castle and innovation such as this.

Loved this theme and this set specifically. I was really into Lord of the Rings and fantasy stuff when this came out and it was the closest thing to it. Unfortunately did not get hold of anything except the cheap sets.

I still have the minifigs and bigfig from this set in my display collection.

It's a shame Fantasy Era never got round to doing elves. I'd be thrilled if LEGO revived FE with new sets but suspect that they consider HP/Fantastic Beasts as addressing the demand for fantasy and therefore won't as long as they have a HP/FB licence.

The erroneous reddish brown axeheads are selling for 4x as much as the copper ones on Bricklink.

One... what a shock to see that this set came out ELEVEN years ago! I still remember giving it a glance in the Lego catalog at the time and being impressed by it, although I never got it. Still crazy to think 11 years have passed since then.

I have this set, and this is one of the best play features in any set to date, it’s interactive and looks amazing!

Oh a castle seasonal calendar this Christmas would be so welcome!

Such an awesome set! One of the best castle sets ever

Bring some of this enchantment back LEGO. Nexo Knights just wasn't cutting it.

FE was a Dark Ages destroyer for so many!

Me also :o)

Loved this set, even though the mechanics of the mine made no sense.

Love this set. Loved building it, love having little sieges and battles in it