Random set of the day: Fort Legoredo
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6769 Fort Legoredo, released in 1996. It's one of 6 Western sets produced that year. It contains 687 pieces and 10 minifigs, and its retail price was US$85.
It's owned by 3051 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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Oh, a classic. Good choice, Huwbot.
I bought a couple of the Western sets, but I never picked up this one or the Gold Mine, to my sadness.
Yeah, given current events, even though these are Union soldiers, Western's never coming back, I hate to disappoint you. This is a cool looking fort, and it's often hailed as one of the greats, and not without good reason, but Western's a theme that will probably never return. There's just too much going on with it that could become problematic really quickly.
Somehow, I really wanted Fort Legoredo, but in 1996, my attention was so divided and the quality level in each set was so high that I was fine when for Christmas, I got just Sheriff's Lock-Up from the Wild West theme. Five years later, I got (most?) of Fort Legoredo in a yard sale lot that yield almost the entirety of the Wild West sets (including the native Americans). However, my interest in the days of the opening and exploitation of the American Frontier was virtually non-existent in 2001, so aside from the Bandits' Secret Hideout, I attempted no re-builds of the Wild West sets. To boot, the previous owner did a lot of weird damage to the bricks, including the removal of the anti-stud pegs in several bricks and the filing off of the sights and hammers on the rifle and pistol pieces. Several other pieces were straight-up broken and all stickers had been applied sloppily and were degrading. A real shame, so a lot of the pieces I could salvage joined my MOCing supply.
There's nothing random about Fort Legorado. Legendary set!
Oooh, I want this set bad.
This is an outstanding set that I likely will never own given its cost.
Maybe someday, though.
I missed out on this during my dark ages but was really happy to pick one up on eBay recently. It was to be built during the quarantine but alas it is still waiting to be built!
Greatness with plastic bricks!
I always remember Joshua from Beyond the Brick when I see the fort Legoredo ahaha
Will have to make something inspired on it some day, maybe during this pandemic crisis to keep me going!
Bricklinked pieces for this one!
Nice, I always liked this set.
In my opinion, this is among one of the most iconic LEGO sets that exist.
And you know, pretty much all of those needed no licensing. While the Lone Ranger may have sucked as a film, and its sets clearance fodder, it gave tons of good parts. We need another Western theme. Too bad, as of late, most of the ideas LEGO uses are not original. Even their own original themes are falling victim to TV shows and storylines.
Man, I always wanted this set! I had some of the small sets in the theme. This set is a beauty.
@cody6268 said: "Too bad, as of late, most of the ideas LEGO uses are not original. Even their own original themes are falling victim to TV shows and storylines."
You're right, but Lego just needs to make a 27th Millennium Falcon, so, here we are.
Such a grand set, and a beauiful Sunday pick. I passed on all the western sets at the time because I was in college. First the castle, then the western sets... And I call myself a Lego fan.
[Palpatine voice] "GOOD!"
It this pronounced 'lay-gore-dough" or 'lay-go-ray-dough?'
Fun fact, this was the first set to ever introduce those modified wooden-textured bricks, which are still being used to this day in current sets. The set itself came with 264 of those pieces in total.
Bring back LEGO Western!
Or if that’s not popular enough, Lone Ranger! ;)
Some how I missed out on this theme.
Fantastic set. Also, fav place within Legoland Billund ;)
Never had western legos as a kiddo, but got my arms around some cool lone ranger sets as an adut.
Got this as a Saint Nicholas present (our equivalent of XMas) :)
Just bought this, missing a few figs though. Glad to add it to my collection. Wish they would do this theme again. Saying that they did do the lone ranger theme, which I do have.
A Classic set. Too bad that a western theme will not be produced anymore.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Yeah, given current events, even though these are Union soldiers, Western's never coming back, I hate to disappoint you. This is a cool looking fort, and it's often hailed as one of the greats, and not without good reason, but Western's a theme that will probably never return. There's just too much going on with it that could become problematic really quickly."
I wonder if they might ever do a “Weird West” theme where it’s the trappings of a western but it’s sci-fi. Like nexo knights but cowboys
I bid it at Catawiki about two months ago. This was re-relase of this set from 2002 (6762). The set was MiSB. The maximum price I entered was € 321. When someone bid and the price was € 341 and the next lowest possible bid was € 361, I thought it was too much because I was looking for a bargain and I wasn't going to win it at all costs.
I managed to get a pre-owned one via bricklink a few years ago - since then its been one of my little boys favourite sets, Ninjago, Star Wars, cowboys all regularly battle in and around the fort - and I get the simple but highly enjoyable job every few weeks of restoring back to its instruction build. I'm even used to the old style instructions where you could hardy see what pieces went where never mind if they where dark grey, brown, black being so similar on the printing back then. Great set and its a shame Lego has lost this type of purity with the modern sets.
This is honestly the only Western set that I'd quite like to get. I missed the theme at the time; I was just barely too young for it, but a lot of it wouldn't have interested me anyway as I knew nothing about American history as a kid. But in hindsight, this model particularly feels like it has a ton of appeal, and would just make a fun setting to play around with even outside of its original context.
Like others have said, though, the prices are a bit prohibitive after all this time xD
@Brickalili said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"Yeah, given current events, even though these are Union soldiers, Western's never coming back, I hate to disappoint you. This is a cool looking fort, and it's often hailed as one of the greats, and not without good reason, but Western's a theme that will probably never return. There's just too much going on with it that could become problematic really quickly."
I wonder if they might ever do a “Weird West” theme where it’s the trappings of a western but it’s sci-fi. Like nexo knights but cowboys
"
Kung-fu from the '70s was based in the old west - it shouldn't be too hard to shoehorn Spinjitsu into it either.
The westerns ran over such a short time period from 1995-97 before disappearing. There was a brief revival for a few sets in 2002 but that's it. This is all very strange as I visited Fort Legoredo in Billund as a kid in the 80's, so you think they would do more with this obvious tie in. These sets hardly ever appear in e-bay unless as a collector over-priced special, which is a shame for the next generation as they are missing out. It is also impossible to build with spares without the very useful item 4105291: Palisade (log) Wall 1X6X6, which only appeared in around a dozen sets over this time period before being discontinued.
A great set.
I have the re-release from 2002 (https://brickset.com/sets/6762-1/Fort-Legoredo)
I would not be surprised that if we ran a competition for the best set of the previous millenium this one would come on top. Such a legendary set.
Nice set.
@brandobond said:
"It this pronounced 'lay-gore-dough" or 'lay-go-ray-dough?'"
The second one. :)
@Brickalili said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"Yeah, given current events, even though these are Union soldiers, Western's never coming back, I hate to disappoint you. This is a cool looking fort, and it's often hailed as one of the greats, and not without good reason, but Western's a theme that will probably never return. There's just too much going on with it that could become problematic really quickly."
I wonder if they might ever do a “Weird West” theme where it’s the trappings of a western but it’s sci-fi. Like nexo knights but cowboys
"
Or a sort of modern-day Cowboys and Aliens?
Another way around it would be to do a City farm theme, more or less ranching based, which of course, would likely include both cowboys and cowgirls; and cattle and horses. But, it seems, I guess, they figure horses sell better in girls' themes, and that's why they're mostly seen in Friends these days. I'm a guy, but I do buy Breyer horses every now and then. Breyer too seems to mostly market to girls, and many stores outside of farm and feed type stores display them in the girl's toys.
Came out at the beginning of my Dark Ages. I was never aware of it until almost 20 years later. This set makes me wish I'd never gone into those bad times.
Oh, and supporter 2193 for Huwbot.
The Western theme returned in BL19004 in 2019. I think it could return again if Lego did another series like this. Given that it was featured in The Lego Movie, it is clearly in the minds of designers at Lego, and Fort Legoredo is one of the most likely concepts to be revisited, other than things like a bank for the bandits to rob.
Sorry, was not 'woke' during the 90's. At the time, I saw these as sets about 'western expansion', but still a bit past their prime as not lot of kids I knew were into westerns when I was growing up (though Hollywood was still trying to keep it alive).
Now, having learned more about the plight and how bad the Native peoples of this continent were treated? Yeah, my opinion has changed over time, and I doubt these would be made again (Heck I'm surprised that Lone Ranger theme got made), and really the context of these sets, no matter how they try to make it look like the native peoples and Soldiers got along, just renders these as a potential hornet's nest.
However, PC aside, people need to remember that TLR them was out and many of the sets were constantly discounted and there just was not much interest, that I heard of, regarding the sets, other than the train. While the sets have climbing in price in the after market it is likely due to supply and demand. (not a lot of product bought vs people that are just collectors). In Legoredo's case, just not many still around vs how many people that want them. People thinks this means a ton of people want them, but not really, not when you think about LEGO's revenue desires. LEGO thinks 'home run' for potential themes these days and one would think Castle, and Pirates, would come back as better revenue generators before a Western theme.
Classic, just classic!
Legendary set!
A legendary set but I was totally not on LEGO bricks during that era in my life. Plus I had the equivalent from Playmobil that came 8 years earlier :P
I remember getting this set for Christmas in 97 while my sister got the royal knights castle. I loved this set (still do...need to get it out again), but could never tell whether the family cat enjoyed this set more than I did because every morning when I woke up he'd be sitting in the middle of the fort, looking out across the room at my sister's castle that was once again, knocked over and needed repair work!