Yes some more affordable sets would be good. Possibly between the 70-80 dollar (or whatever currency you use) price range. Maybe even 40-50 could happen.
@@ethanlee3285 I went to multiple stores called Müller. And I traded for couple of minifigs in some lego groups. You should by kitchen scale. Goatherd and Vampire are both 20 grams. Also you can find them with QR codes
I'm sure plenty of kids want current lego castle. It's just there's absolutely NO affordable sets. We don't need Ninjago to die, Lego just needs to try to get kids interested.
As a kid that was born in 2010 I do really love castle sets but its just sad that all the new ones are so expensive, the only slightly affordable one is the 3in1 castle
As a 40-year-old father of a 3 and 4-year-old, who loved castle/space from '93 to '97, I am introducing them to castle sets and the new Space wave, but we also got into Ninjago through their choices, now we watch that show together and I collect the Titan mechs and Dragons (and we play with them) and we play with the smaller sets together, it can be both.
New lego castle sets are not affordable and playable for kids (you don't even get a king in the lion knights castle or weapons and many animals in new village). That is the biggest issue for me and for kids.
If we're throwing out opinions, here goes nothing. Lego needs to slow down on the existing IPs. Having a theme based around their own ideas or historical ideas is much more appealing to me. The OG castle lines (and even space lines for that matter) had little to no story, a few named characters for the magazines, and tons of open ended sets that let kids create their own scenes and literally build their own fun. Set of an existing IP like star wars or HP have sets based around scenes from movies and tv shows that imply the child act out premade content. Not that kids don't play their own way, but it puts the play on rails like a bad D&D campaign and pushes the kids toward a certain type or style of play. Also, the royalties to a massive company like Disney can't help Lego's bottom line all that much. There was a breakdown video exploring whether or not Lego sets were getting more expensive, and sadly, they are right in line with the inflation of everything and not much worse than it used to cost back in the day, in a relative sense. tldr; open-ended, non-IP themes will allow smaller, cheaper sets over all, and castle is a contender for that. If Lego DID want a story line for, say, a castle theme, just hire a children's novel writer and familiarize them with the factions and history of castle and set them loose. Create a tie-in novel to get kids back into reading. Go low-tech and old school and Lego will go back to being a classic toy in no time. Not every experience needs a screen or batteries.
My boys like Ninjago more. I don't want LEGO to discontinue a line if it is successful and profitable. It is only because of good profits that LEGO can afford things like LEGO ideas, the Bricklink Designer Program, and nostalgic themes that appeal to AFOL. I think the best hope for a new castle theme is if LEGO gets a DnD license and compliments the sets with an original TV or book series. The TV or book series will need to focus on individual heroes with unique personalities and traits.
I think this is a situation where Lego thinks (eroneously) that nobody wants castle stuff. Even if it won't have a broad appeal to children, they seem to make stuff for adults that do well, so there is a market for them. The best way to approach this would be as follows: - lean into the old series, flesh out a core world out if it and add to it (with a decent more mature storyline as well) - make it clear there will be more castle sets (the uncertainty is killing interest, I am currently buying lego because it's been a good year so far - space, good ninjago villains, dreamzzz - but the fact tha I don't know if they will make more castle or not is the difference between me getting multiple od each good set. I have a huge project in mind, but it will never work with only lion knights and fakcons. I will need more factions. - make one remake set each year, and they should make it a series and market it as such (eldorado was great, now we need the other iconic sets - for castle we need black knights castle, to have a black contrast castle to the lion knights, full color plumes and so on, a small forestmen battlepack with red, blue and black colored torso collar and matching arms, a decent dragon masters set with plumes, shields, a dragon mold, not brickbuilt, wolpack renegades GWP, maybe a wolfpack tower proper set, dark forest ambush, royal knights - but redesigned for them to fit with the lion knights faction, and a willa set with all the silly knights that frightknights had) - a dedicated marketing event like they did with space: City with smalland medium sets focused on farm animals and peasant life that can be used in modern city as well, small faction battlepacks with 3 to 4 knights with armor, weapons, horse and some siege weapons with at least 2 or 3 variants of torso print for each faction currently revived and future reimaginings or new factions, a huge joust and medieval carnaval series with mid to large sets like an archery contest, jousting tourney, melee ring, jester and actor troup, viewer stands and so on (great oportunity to bring back the CMF factions everybody wants but can't afford because the knights are $80 or more), a friends castle line with 2 or 3 sets related to art and theater to keep it in line with friends theme, fantasy castle is Dreamzzz - they already do it, but they could have gone a few steps beyond with proper molded pegasus, plant deer, cat owl, manticore, and so on- - keep doing great vilains in ninjago (most of my fantasy armies are made out of ninjago sneks, crystalized drakonids, skeletal undead and ninjago orcs and goblins) - the new D&D rumors if they are to be believed will give us a great set of hopefully neutral torsos that can be adapted to yellow and flash tone heads - we just need a few small dreamzzz sets with yellow elf ears/hair or helm combos) - Keep up great harry potter abd Lord of the rings sets (these can complement castle, it needn't be competition) - release more disney sets like the snow white cottage This should sum up everything they should do. I would love if they did at least a half of the non franchise suggestions I made.
Affordability is a huuuge factor. Less overly elaborate sets also have a nostalgic quality that can grab adults just as easily as it can with kids. Though, kids might not want a simpler color pallet associated with those older sets, it's hard to say. As for the theme, it had its waves. And each chunk was a certain demographic. Both waves of '00s Knights Kingdom were different from Lion Knights or even Royal Knights, after all.
I’m 14 and love lego castle. I would love to just get some smaller play sets, which it seems like all adults want as well. I do love bigger sets but lotr seems to be doing that and I am also a huge lotr fan and I’m hoping to get the rumoured barad dur as my birthday and christmas present so just a wave of small sets, non going over more than £100, would be perfect for everyone in my eyes. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if they listen to us though.
It feels like Lego has been very reactive to market trends (and I say "feels" since we don't have any actual data, just guesses based of a handful of qualitative factors) and not proactive. They forget that they are a leading toy brand and that they can influence child demand. Maybe a reason kids these days don't care about Lego Castle is that they never had the opportunity to enjoy it like we did...
I feel like a lot of media and trends rn focus on Nostalgia hence familiarcastoe factions and remakes. Call of duty rebooted the mw series. Disney reboots everything
@@FitBricks We live in an age where most corporations treat their products as a formulaic stream of investment, where the details don't much matter, those can be left to the lower-level workers to figure out. In that environment, new and unpredictable ideas are rarely assessed on their merits, because it's easier to stick with the devil you know.
I think there needs to be a pop culture event that is medieval themed in order to get kids interested in Castle. Back in the day we just had books/comics and a the lore of Camelot, LoTr, and Conan etc. to inspire us as kids. Nowadays there is so much more content and video games. I doubt they are taught much about medieval history in school either. So kids need to get a blast of some sort of castle theme from outside LEGO. In other words, LEGO would/could/should profit secondarily to a pop culture castle phenomenon. Kinda like they did with Star Wars and Harry Potter.Only, it can't be another franchise.
@@FSUGeoff I dont think 9 year old are watching GoT... Could be wrong, but that definitely wasn't the kind of thing I was exposed to as a kid. But the legend of Camelot and Merlin was a more kid friendly theme. At least it was in the picture books I had growing up.
It's funny how everyone forgot that Nexo Knights existed, save for one comment in this comment section. Wasn't that the most recent castle theme we got, even if it's a bit modernized? And dang, Ninjago's catching strays today...
Possibly some sort of Time travel theme may be good. It could merge a few classic evergreen themes. Alternatively something similar to Lego Universe as a theme rather than a game.
The world has changed since the times lego created castle sets. Where older generations grew up with very little media (TV/Shows etc). Going on a trip and seeing historical landmarks, including a castle (at least in Europe), was a good form of entertainment for a family. Now a lot of other things are fighting for our attention. Media is everywhere, starting in classrooms at 4 years old or sooner for some kids. And media does not show knights and castles , it shows superheroes and my little ponies etc... So I guess the whole castle fantasy also disappeared from the public interest. Having said that, not sure what we as consumers can do to bring it back. Like others pointed out, it's also a matter of supply and demand, and if Lego doesn't supply there will not be demand either :). And Im not talking about the big 200+ euro sets, they are not accessible to the general public. My 7 year old son loves castle, probably because I do. Had I not exposed him to it he wouldn't know about it, and he is also heavily into superheroes like as his friends are too. Best hope I have is via popular media themes generating attention to castle. Or at least fantasy. DnD is a very good opportunity to show Lego the fanatasy theme sells well. Lets see If that evolves into more interest for castle too.
i fell in love with the lego castle dwarve's mine, and the lego castle giant chess set fantasy era. i already had the dwarven set when i was a kid, but i recently bought the chess set because of an old dream to own it. i dont understand why lego doesnt make stuff like this anymore, cause these are the only sets that make me feel some authenticity and uniqueness
I don't think ninjago or lord of the rings needs to go, if they're making lego money then they ought to stay. That said I'd love to see Harry Potter go, it was meant to be the castle substitute, and I used to buy it for that but omg it's become so repetitive, nothing new is coming from them. If they created a developed fanatasy/castle lore and released a line full of different fantasy aesthetics that could be really exciting for kids and adults.
LEGO ain't getting Ninjago. I wouldn't be surprised if it was its most popular non-licensed theme lol. For the Castle line to return we need either more popcultural interest in medieval/fantasy themes (MCU is slowly dying of, so there's some chance that the tide would turn and fantasy stuff returns to the kids' good graces) or LEGO's own show to accompany and popularize the line, as was the case with Ninjago. Ninja stuff wasn't as popular two decades ago yet the theme succeeded extremely well - hire good writers and we might see Castle achieve success.
I totally agree they need to flesh out the world a bit. We are still arguing 30 years later if willa was majistos love interest, cousin, both? And what gives with the black knight shields used by the dragon masters in late 90s royal knights and dark forest sets.
Just to let y’all know I am 12 years old and I love Lego castle and I collect the vintage Lego castle and the fantasy era and SCREW NINJAGO it is overrated as hell. My friend loves it and I do not castle is the GOAT
1:52 I have to disagree. First of all don't take away a theme for castle, especially Ninjago, that would be one of LEGO's biggest mistakes. If they would have to cancel a theme, it would definitely not be Ninjago All Lego had to do is make affordable castle sets. Its that simple Maybe they can also make a tv series to go along with it, but its not even necessary
Definetely YES, kids want castle sets! But there are no sets to buy and that is the reason why I have to MOC sets for them in the last 4 years and getting the parts by bricklink or PAB by myself. A was to return is something like they did in the 90s, small (and payable) sets would be awesome, just like they did with star wars. Some battle packs with black falcons, lion knights, vikings or peasants, eventually with different "side builds" like small carts, siege weapons or parts of a modular fortified village. My son really love his black falcons Castle which I created for him and all the small parts of the wall surrending the village, like a blacksmith, a tavern, a bakery, a weaponry, a falconry, some traders, a stable and so on. It has to be small sets including a small part of the wall with a small Interieur together with 1 or 2 or 3 figures for something between 10 and 20 EUR, this would be awesome to create their own towns. The same could be made with the forestmen, a battle pack with a brick build tree or a treehouse with 2 figs like the hideout as official set. There is so much which could be done but they don't do it and no one knows why. 😢
Castle is likely not coming back. I know that LotR is returning and we are getting more LotR sets BEYOND Barad-Dur. We just do not know if the next sets will be a system wave or not.
Lego castles comeback is this year. Especially when the D&D collab drops. That'll come with an epic set, CMFs and more. Not "castle" but close enough for me. Unfortunately they won't over saturate the shelves with castle-like themes. (Ie Lord of the rings, Harry Potter, ninjago all hit "castle-like" marks) it was a smart move to give us medieval builds in sub-lines like Icons, Ideas, Creator sets. But those were only scraps, a feast is soon before us!
I am born in 2010 i like Ninjago a bit more than other theme’s because I grew up with it but I like caste because of nexo knights and if there more affordebele I would wanna buy theme
It's hard to buy LEGO for kids because it's hard to justify 80 dollar sets with less than 400 pieces that will wind up getting some of those pieces lost and become loose bricks anyway.
1:52 I have to disagree. First of all don't take away a theme like Ninjago, that would be one of LEGO's biggest mistakes. If they would have to cancel a theme, it would definitely not be Ninjago All Lego needs to do is make affordable castle sets. Its that simple Maybe market them with a tv series
i was born in 2009 and i have bought all the sets although im probably an outlier because no one can really afford those sets at my age. i have the blacksmith, creator castle, lion knight castle and am saving for the new medieval town square
lmfao they will never replace Ninjago with Castle, it makes them shitton of money, and ppl keep coming back (eg: Dragons Rising, both Season 1 and upcoming Season 2). The show is still popular and so are the sets. I'm speaking from the perspective of a Ninjago fan: Chima died (well the theme at least, not in the lore of Ninjago), Nexo Knights (which is kinda the closest to Castle you could have in the 2010s) died, and these were shows/themes that were intended to replace Ninjago after Season 2 of the original show, well it's still here 13 years later. I don't see them bringing back Castle (in less expensive sets) any time soon. Sorry but that's just how it is.
If they want to bring back Lego Castle they need to make their own take on DnD or get the DnD license (seem like they are testing the water on this). Just factions with slight color/logo changes won't do. We need a cast of characters (as mush as I dislike this myself) with a variety of looks and abilities (not another Ninjago/power rangers/TMNT take).
Honestly, I always loved medieval themed things even tho I'm gen Z. Maybe it has to do with me being into history VERY much, but I always loved playing with my castles. In the early days, Ninjago too was a semi-medieval themed show if I remember correctly with blacksmiths and medieval villages in an Asian setting. I don't think it's the issue that kids don't care about castle. The creator black falcon fort hasn't retired and it's been already like what? 3-4 years since it released? It's the only castle theme set at a decent price and it looks like people are loving it. I think the main issue is that LEGO is just scared to do anything that's even remotely risky. Ninjago made millions, so they are making more of it. Both Ninjago seasons and similar shows like Dreamzz and Mon(k)ey Kid.
getting a wave of relatively affordable sets would be awesome.
Agreed!
Yes some more affordable sets would be good. Possibly between the 70-80 dollar (or whatever currency you use) price range. Maybe even 40-50 could happen.
@@epsfilms213agreed even some 70 to 80 dollar sets would be nice
@@DJ2-w3i Yes!
Kids want what is marketed to them. If they made Lego Castle animated movies or a TV series, they would sell tons of sets.
I do wonder why kids love playing league of legends and worlds of warcraft... Those are fantasy castle, with deep lore and cool characters.
I think Castle CMF series would be great. Cheap way for kids to get castle minifigs. Something like upcoming space cmf series.
yeah lol, btw what stores did you get the 20 goat herders and fright knight cmfs? I've been trying to find them and it was kinda hard to ngl
We are getting a D&D cmf in september.
@@ethanlee3285 I went to multiple stores called Müller. And I traded for couple of minifigs in some lego groups. You should by kitchen scale. Goatherd and Vampire are both 20 grams. Also you can find them with QR codes
I'm sure plenty of kids want current lego castle. It's just there's absolutely NO affordable sets.
We don't need Ninjago to die, Lego just needs to try to get kids interested.
As a kid who is turning 13 in 9 days, I absolutely LOVE castle. I have been begging my mom the get me the new sets.
YES
As a kid that was born in 2010 I do really love castle sets but its just sad that all the new ones are so expensive, the only slightly affordable one is the 3in1 castle
As a 40-year-old father of a 3 and 4-year-old, who loved castle/space from '93 to '97, I am introducing them to castle sets and the new Space wave, but we also got into Ninjago through their choices, now we watch that show together and I collect the Titan mechs and Dragons (and we play with them) and we play with the smaller sets together, it can be both.
This is wholesome
New lego castle sets are not affordable and playable for kids (you don't even get a king in the lion knights castle or weapons and many animals in new village). That is the biggest issue for me and for kids.
If we're throwing out opinions, here goes nothing. Lego needs to slow down on the existing IPs. Having a theme based around their own ideas or historical ideas is much more appealing to me. The OG castle lines (and even space lines for that matter) had little to no story, a few named characters for the magazines, and tons of open ended sets that let kids create their own scenes and literally build their own fun. Set of an existing IP like star wars or HP have sets based around scenes from movies and tv shows that imply the child act out premade content. Not that kids don't play their own way, but it puts the play on rails like a bad D&D campaign and pushes the kids toward a certain type or style of play. Also, the royalties to a massive company like Disney can't help Lego's bottom line all that much. There was a breakdown video exploring whether or not Lego sets were getting more expensive, and sadly, they are right in line with the inflation of everything and not much worse than it used to cost back in the day, in a relative sense.
tldr; open-ended, non-IP themes will allow smaller, cheaper sets over all, and castle is a contender for that.
If Lego DID want a story line for, say, a castle theme, just hire a children's novel writer and familiarize them with the factions and history of castle and set them loose. Create a tie-in novel to get kids back into reading. Go low-tech and old school and Lego will go back to being a classic toy in no time. Not every experience needs a screen or batteries.
100% agree! Unleash our (kids’) imaginations and let us create rather than recreate the stories
My boys like Ninjago more. I don't want LEGO to discontinue a line if it is successful and profitable. It is only because of good profits that LEGO can afford things like LEGO ideas, the Bricklink Designer Program, and nostalgic themes that appeal to AFOL. I think the best hope for a new castle theme is if LEGO gets a DnD license and compliments the sets with an original TV or book series. The TV or book series will need to focus on individual heroes with unique personalities and traits.
I think this is a situation where Lego thinks (eroneously) that nobody wants castle stuff. Even if it won't have a broad appeal to children, they seem to make stuff for adults that do well, so there is a market for them.
The best way to approach this would be as follows:
- lean into the old series, flesh out a core world out if it and add to it (with a decent more mature storyline as well)
- make it clear there will be more castle sets (the uncertainty is killing interest, I am currently buying lego because it's been a good year so far - space, good ninjago villains, dreamzzz - but the fact tha I don't know if they will make more castle or not is the difference between me getting multiple od each good set. I have a huge project in mind, but it will never work with only lion knights and fakcons. I will need more factions.
- make one remake set each year, and they should make it a series and market it as such (eldorado was great, now we need the other iconic sets - for castle we need black knights castle, to have a black contrast castle to the lion knights, full color plumes and so on, a small forestmen battlepack with red, blue and black colored torso collar and matching arms, a decent dragon masters set with plumes, shields, a dragon mold, not brickbuilt, wolpack renegades GWP, maybe a wolfpack tower proper set, dark forest ambush, royal knights - but redesigned for them to fit with the lion knights faction, and a willa set with all the silly knights that frightknights had)
- a dedicated marketing event like they did with space: City with smalland medium sets focused on farm animals and peasant life that can be used in modern city as well, small faction battlepacks with 3 to 4 knights with armor, weapons, horse and some siege weapons with at least 2 or 3 variants of torso print for each faction currently revived and future reimaginings or new factions, a huge joust and medieval carnaval series with mid to large sets like an archery contest, jousting tourney, melee ring, jester and actor troup, viewer stands and so on (great oportunity to bring back the CMF factions everybody wants but can't afford because the knights are $80 or more), a friends castle line with 2 or 3 sets related to art and theater to keep it in line with friends theme, fantasy castle is Dreamzzz - they already do it, but they could have gone a few steps beyond with proper molded pegasus, plant deer, cat owl, manticore, and so on-
- keep doing great vilains in ninjago (most of my fantasy armies are made out of ninjago sneks, crystalized drakonids, skeletal undead and ninjago orcs and goblins)
- the new D&D rumors if they are to be believed will give us a great set of hopefully neutral torsos that can be adapted to yellow and flash tone heads - we just need a few small dreamzzz sets with yellow elf ears/hair or helm combos)
- Keep up great harry potter abd Lord of the rings sets (these can complement castle, it needn't be competition)
- release more disney sets like the snow white cottage
This should sum up everything they should do. I would love if they did at least a half of the non franchise suggestions I made.
Affordability is a huuuge factor. Less overly elaborate sets also have a nostalgic quality that can grab adults just as easily as it can with kids. Though, kids might not want a simpler color pallet associated with those older sets, it's hard to say.
As for the theme, it had its waves. And each chunk was a certain demographic. Both waves of '00s Knights Kingdom were different from Lion Knights or even Royal Knights, after all.
I'm 14 and I enjoy the kingdom theme it's pretty underrated
I’m 14 and love lego castle. I would love to just get some smaller play sets, which it seems like all adults want as well. I do love bigger sets but lotr seems to be doing that and I am also a huge lotr fan and I’m hoping to get the rumoured barad dur as my birthday and christmas present so just a wave of small sets, non going over more than £100, would be perfect for everyone in my eyes. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if they listen to us though.
It feels like Lego has been very reactive to market trends (and I say "feels" since we don't have any actual data, just guesses based of a handful of qualitative factors) and not proactive. They forget that they are a leading toy brand and that they can influence child demand. Maybe a reason kids these days don't care about Lego Castle is that they never had the opportunity to enjoy it like we did...
I feel like a lot of media and trends rn focus on Nostalgia hence familiarcastoe factions and remakes. Call of duty rebooted the mw series. Disney reboots everything
@@FitBricks We live in an age where most corporations treat their products as a formulaic stream of investment, where the details don't much matter, those can be left to the lower-level workers to figure out. In that environment, new and unpredictable ideas are rarely assessed on their merits, because it's easier to stick with the devil you know.
I'm a kid and I want Lego castle 😅
We need you
I think there needs to be a pop culture event that is medieval themed in order to get kids interested in Castle. Back in the day we just had books/comics and a the lore of Camelot, LoTr, and Conan etc. to inspire us as kids. Nowadays there is so much more content and video games. I doubt they are taught much about medieval history in school either. So kids need to get a blast of some sort of castle theme from outside LEGO. In other words, LEGO would/could/should profit secondarily to a pop culture castle phenomenon. Kinda like they did with Star Wars and Harry Potter.Only, it can't be another franchise.
I just wrote a response along the same lines, then I saw your reply. Fully agree!
It was called Game of Thrones, it just ended.
@@FSUGeoff nah, not kid friendly and therefore not reaching the target audience
@@FSUGeoff I dont think 9 year old are watching GoT... Could be wrong, but that definitely wasn't the kind of thing I was exposed to as a kid. But the legend of Camelot and Merlin was a more kid friendly theme. At least it was in the picture books I had growing up.
It's funny how everyone forgot that Nexo Knights existed, save for one comment in this comment section. Wasn't that the most recent castle theme we got, even if it's a bit modernized?
And dang, Ninjago's catching strays today...
I loved nexo knights, but it's not proper castle. I would argue it's its own them - vilains are straight A+ fantasy material though.
I’m aware of it, I personally see it as its own thing
I’m 17 I love Lego castle and that’s all I buy I only get other Lego themes if they have peices or figures that fit with what I’m building
Also castle needs to come back
true
For Lego Castle to make a come back the HP IP has to go.
Possibly some sort of Time travel theme may be good. It could merge a few classic evergreen themes.
Alternatively something similar to Lego Universe as a theme rather than a game.
The world has changed since the times lego created castle sets. Where older generations grew up with very little media (TV/Shows etc). Going on a trip and seeing historical landmarks, including a castle (at least in Europe), was a good form of entertainment for a family. Now a lot of other things are fighting for our attention. Media is everywhere, starting in classrooms at 4 years old or sooner for some kids. And media does not show knights and castles , it shows superheroes and my little ponies etc... So I guess the whole castle fantasy also disappeared from the public interest.
Having said that, not sure what we as consumers can do to bring it back. Like others pointed out, it's also a matter of supply and demand, and if Lego doesn't supply there will not be demand either :). And Im not talking about the big 200+ euro sets, they are not accessible to the general public. My 7 year old son loves castle, probably because I do. Had I not exposed him to it he wouldn't know about it, and he is also heavily into superheroes like as his friends are too.
Best hope I have is via popular media themes generating attention to castle. Or at least fantasy. DnD is a very good opportunity to show Lego the fanatasy theme sells well. Lets see If that evolves into more interest for castle too.
You have my full support for Lego Castle and I 100% agree. But don't be touching my Ninjago man! Haha but I get what you're saying
I have nothing against ninjago, there’s a good reason it’s still doing well after all
These years
@@FitBricksok, but it seemed like that in the video
I completely agree with this video! Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do!
Hmm.. Two or three factions in around 8 sets; two bigger sets (perhaps Castles), two minifig/army-building sets and a couple of cheap extra sets 😊
i fell in love with the lego castle dwarve's mine, and the lego castle giant chess set fantasy era. i already had the dwarven set when i was a kid, but i recently bought the chess set because of an old dream to own it. i dont understand why lego doesnt make stuff like this anymore, cause these are the only sets that make me feel some authenticity and uniqueness
I think that Lego castle for adults doesn't have to be only huge expensive sets
We got a fresh space theme this year, so I'm hopeful that a new castle theme is coming soon, but not expecting
I don't think ninjago or lord of the rings needs to go, if they're making lego money then they ought to stay. That said I'd love to see Harry Potter go, it was meant to be the castle substitute, and I used to buy it for that but omg it's become so repetitive, nothing new is coming from them. If they created a developed fanatasy/castle lore and released a line full of different fantasy aesthetics that could be really exciting for kids and adults.
Ninjago aint dying off
As it shouldn’t
I was born in 2010 I want castle wave
2009 here, me too. But no eliminating ninjago, its my childhood. And lotr, pls return.
LEGO ain't getting Ninjago. I wouldn't be surprised if it was its most popular non-licensed theme lol.
For the Castle line to return we need either more popcultural interest in medieval/fantasy themes (MCU is slowly dying of, so there's some chance that the tide would turn and fantasy stuff returns to the kids' good graces) or LEGO's own show to accompany and popularize the line, as was the case with Ninjago. Ninja stuff wasn't as popular two decades ago yet the theme succeeded extremely well - hire good writers and we might see Castle achieve success.
I totally agree they need to flesh out the world a bit. We are still arguing 30 years later if willa was majistos love interest, cousin, both? And what gives with the black knight shields used by the dragon masters in late 90s royal knights and dark forest sets.
@@octav1600 in medieval times cousin romance was pretty normal tbh (albeit Willa's primary love interest is Basil ofc)
@@SMiki55 I know :)) .. .also there was something with that evil necro wizard from fantasy as well (Willa and that guy being romantic and such).
@@octav1600 poor Basil, got coerced by magic into being with her yet she isn't even faithful 😔
solution: b r e e d and raise more castle fans
‘Somehow, Lego castle returned.’
All i want is a 20$ Castle battlepack
harry potter theme filled that niche
Just to let y’all know I am 12 years old and I love Lego castle and I collect the vintage Lego castle and the fantasy era and SCREW NINJAGO it is overrated as hell. My friend loves it and I do not castle is the GOAT
1:52 I have to disagree. First of all don't take away a theme for castle, especially Ninjago, that would be one of LEGO's biggest mistakes. If they would have to cancel a theme, it would definitely not be Ninjago
All Lego had to do is make affordable castle sets. Its that simple
Maybe they can also make a tv series to go along with it, but its not even necessary
i was born in 2011 and i want a new castle wave
Its true, also kids now play videogames.
Lots of competition
Definetely YES, kids want castle sets!
But there are no sets to buy and that is the reason why I have to MOC sets for them in the last 4 years and getting the parts by bricklink or PAB by myself.
A was to return is something like they did in the 90s, small (and payable) sets would be awesome, just like they did with star wars.
Some battle packs with black falcons, lion knights, vikings or peasants, eventually with different "side builds" like small carts, siege weapons or parts of a modular fortified village.
My son really love his black falcons Castle which I created for him and all the small parts of the wall surrending the village, like a blacksmith, a tavern, a bakery, a weaponry, a falconry, some traders, a stable and so on.
It has to be small sets including a small part of the wall with a small Interieur together with 1 or 2 or 3 figures for something between 10 and 20 EUR, this would be awesome to create their own towns.
The same could be made with the forestmen, a battle pack with a brick build tree or a treehouse with 2 figs like the hideout as official set.
There is so much which could be done but they don't do it and no one knows why. 😢
i remember when i was little, i never liked the castle sets. now looking back at it i'd definitely buy a lot of the ones i didnt like.
Castle is likely not coming back. I know that LotR is returning and we are getting more LotR sets BEYOND Barad-Dur. We just do not know if the next sets will be a system wave or not.
Lego castles comeback is this year. Especially when the D&D collab drops. That'll come with an epic set, CMFs and more. Not "castle" but close enough for me.
Unfortunately they won't over saturate the shelves with castle-like themes. (Ie Lord of the rings, Harry Potter, ninjago all hit "castle-like" marks) it was a smart move to give us medieval builds in sub-lines like Icons, Ideas, Creator sets. But those were only scraps, a feast is soon before us!
I am born in 2010 i like Ninjago a bit more than other theme’s because I grew up with it but I like caste because of nexo knights and if there more affordebele I would wanna buy theme
It's hard to buy LEGO for kids because it's hard to justify 80 dollar sets with less than 400 pieces that will wind up getting some of those pieces lost and become loose bricks anyway.
I am a teenager and I soooooooo want lego castle to come back.
Lego tried with nexo nights to get kids to buy them
1:52 I have to disagree. First of all don't take away a theme like Ninjago, that would be one of LEGO's biggest mistakes. If they would have to cancel a theme, it would definitely not be Ninjago
All Lego needs to do is make affordable castle sets. Its that simple
Maybe market them with a tv series
I love the lion knights castle but just don't have quite enough capital to spend on that set.
i was born in 2009 and i have bought all the sets although im probably an outlier because no one can really afford those sets at my age. i have the blacksmith, creator castle, lion knight castle and am saving for the new medieval town square
lmfao they will never replace Ninjago with Castle, it makes them shitton of money, and ppl keep coming back (eg: Dragons Rising, both Season 1 and upcoming Season 2). The show is still popular and so are the sets.
I'm speaking from the perspective of a Ninjago fan: Chima died (well the theme at least, not in the lore of Ninjago), Nexo Knights (which is kinda the closest to Castle you could have in the 2010s) died, and these were shows/themes that were intended to replace Ninjago after Season 2 of the original show, well it's still here 13 years later.
I don't see them bringing back Castle (in less expensive sets) any time soon. Sorry but that's just how it is.
If they want to bring back Lego Castle they need to make their own take on DnD or get the DnD license (seem like they are testing the water on this). Just factions with slight color/logo changes won't do.
We need a cast of characters (as mush as I dislike this myself) with a variety of looks and abilities (not another Ninjago/power rangers/TMNT take).
Why they should replace ninjago with castle, if this would obviously make less money?
the most likely I could see us getting would be a DND series, which is either good or bad depending on taste.
Yo same, since the movie was very popular
I LOVE NONJAGO
Kids in my family are into the super hero sets only I like castle sets.
Start telling them stories of the great hero’s of medieval Europe
Convince your offspring💀😂
Every chance counts!
I feel like this is kind of targeted at me but not. born in 2010 check and yeah this is just not kid friendly
Untrue! Lego castle is still sick! 20 year olds are spoiled and cannot accept old sets
“Hello sir, I will feast on your tears”
They need to just end Ninjago, dreamzz failed. I am a kid and I want Lego castle.
DreamZzz didn't failed
@@KingdomofZarius I don’t think it succeeded as hard as they wanted it to.
hop off ninjago 💀💀
They have to end Ninjago. Time for some new ideas.
I don't want Lego to make castle sets for kids. Keep things as they are.
Why ?
@@Nio744 Because kids sets are crappy and I would rather have some nice expensive sets.
I hoping the keep the high quality sets while additionally having smaller sets that are compatible with the world Lego is currently creating
Honestly, I always loved medieval themed things even tho I'm gen Z. Maybe it has to do with me being into history VERY much, but I always loved playing with my castles. In the early days, Ninjago too was a semi-medieval themed show if I remember correctly with blacksmiths and medieval villages in an Asian setting. I don't think it's the issue that kids don't care about castle. The creator black falcon fort hasn't retired and it's been already like what? 3-4 years since it released? It's the only castle theme set at a decent price and it looks like people are loving it. I think the main issue is that LEGO is just scared to do anything that's even remotely risky. Ninjago made millions, so they are making more of it. Both Ninjago seasons and similar shows like Dreamzz and Mon(k)ey Kid.