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Re: Which is the best Lego Castle set ever?
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Date: 
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:26:27 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Carriker writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Marcelo H. Sola writes:
> > Which is the best Lego castle set ever? I wonder if it is 6090 Royal Knight's
> > Castle.... But some mid 80s to early 90s sets are very good indeed (from what
> > I manage to appreciate in on-line catalogs). Too bad that was my Dark Age....
> This is a ranking of my favorite castles:
> [snipping a bunch]
> 1. 6080 King's Castle (one of my first two castles) - The most majestic
> 2. 6085 Black Monarch's Castle - Very majestic looking, and very black.  Very
> 3. 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (the other of my first two castles) Best
> 4. 6073 Knight's Castle (never had it, and still don't, but have always wanted
> 5. 6086 Black Knight's Castle - The best castle to use a raised baseplate.  I
> 6. 6090 Royal Knight's Castle - This brought me back to castle, after Dragon
> 7. 6081 King's Mountain Fortress - This is really not very a majestic looking
> [continual snips]
> Feel free to point out any good castles that I missed.

Let's see... DaveE's top 11: (pretty much all the large castles ever.. depends
what you call a castle, really...)

1. 6080 King's Castle (664 pcs)
  - great set, lots of pieces, very elegant, well constructed, openable...
2. 3075 Castle (779 pcs)
  - only bad part is the color. Great selection of pieces, big, openable, etc
3. 6086 Black Knight's Castle (569 pcs)
  - Very cool, lots of features, looks cool, etc. Only problem is the
    baseplate!
4. 6090 Royal Knight's Castle (743 pcs)
  - Very large, LOTS of features, bad: baseplate, lots of holes in the
    structure
5. 6085 Black Monarch's Castle (665 pcs)
  - A mimic of King's Castle, but for the worse, I felt. I never liked the
    black with grey trim as much... plus there are some 'holes' in the
    construction
6. 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (435 pcs)
  - very cool, very elegant, great design, etc. Only downside is size...
7. 6073 Knight's Castle (408 pcs)
  - A very good interpretation of a small fortress-- good color scheme, but
    small, and the red gate was a little odd...
8. 6097 Night Lord's Castle (598 pcs)
  - Great piece selection, but hideous from the outside. Also had a good
    interior... The other thing to like is its versatility. Very modular=cool
9. 6081 King's Mountain Fortress (429 pcs)
  - Design is ok, good semi-rare piece selection (black falcon, maiden, 3x3
    diagonal bricks, arches, plate armor), bad baseplate, odd layout
10. 6091 King Leo's Castle (524 pcs)
  - Kinda neat design, really bad pieces, interesting interior, but not great,
    and an ugly baseplate
11. 6082 Fire Breathing Fortress (393 pcs)
  - Kinda dumb. Not much room for battlements, towers, etc... less of a castle
    and more of a hidden forest fort. It had some neat features, but otherwise,
    I wasn't overly impressed with it

Of course that's just kind of a general feeling... a bunch of 'em are really
tough to judge... The order could easily switch around a little... But that's
my general feeling

DaveE



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  Re: Which is the best Lego Castle set ever?
 
(...) I agree that 6090 was a good castle, probably the best castle in the last 8 years or so (since 6086 Black Knight's Castle). In lugnet.castle, Bryan Wong writes: (...) I agree that the Yellow Castle is the best functionally (as far as use of (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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