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LEGO Castle was first introduced in 1978 as one of the original 3 LEGO themes. This theme was built around medieval knights, kings, and castles. It was so popular that LEGO went on to create many more sets over the years, so let’s explore the evolution of LEGO Castle. From its humble beginnings with simple minifigures to elaborate fantasy characters and chaotic factions such as the Black Knights, Crusaders, and the Fright Knights, LEGO Castle has proven itself to be a resilient theme loved by many LEGO fans. Watch the entire video to go on a journey through the ages of LEGO Castle and see how the sets, minifigures, and storyline evolved into the amazing sets we know and love today!
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If they release a castle theme that consists fully of remakes of old 80/90s sets with modern building techniques, I would def buy em all
yes, all to the scale and quality of the lions knights castle would be a timeless collection.
Likewise, though I’m not interested in the magic/fantasy stuff.
@@hotshot8365 same here... I want Medieval city, there is so much room for adventure and play.... that does not need to go into majic and dragons
@@jacobe1942 I want normal medieval stuff but it would be nice to have a separate castle fantasy theme
@@ellisp276 that is basically LOTR, not sure how many castle themes they can really support, I am sure they will mix it anyway. Such as majisto, but they have in the past taken it way too far.
The Castle lore runs surprisingly deep
It's a 45 year old series there's alot going on in it
I always thought that my wolf pack are the good guys... they were first that I got from lego castle sets, so they were always heroes.
After spending two hours listening to Bionicals lore video I still have no idea how it became so extensive
i love how despite looking badass, these early minifig knights were just smiling away
The black knights with their dragon plumage was mind blowing when I was a kid and I always wanted there to be more wolf pack sets...
So did I, so I just created my own.
same, The wolf pack and forest peeps were my fave.
@@ryanbombard6607 Same here, I didn't know they made so few sets of each!
I made up so much lore I had no idea there was canon 😅
I was also on team Wolfpack. 🫡🥲 Wanted them to have a larger fortress..
I was a bit surprised to find out that LEGO Kingdoms wasn't even mentioned, I grew up with that one and managed to get every set from that lineup, I guess that line was not so focused in Castles themselves.
It'll be included in part 2 if people enjoy this one! There was a lot of information to cover, and I didn't want to rush the waves of Kingdoms sets.
@@SpitBrix I really enjoyed this video!
He only got up to the late 1990s castle subthemes in this video
I have all sets of that series
Will the vikings be included as well?
Castle 2 was my childhood. I had so many crazy potlines, my main story was about medieval England and Spain uniting and warring against the orcs and skeletons. I made my own castle from a bunch of different smaller sets. I took it very serious, even forcing the peasants to pay taxes. Then I turned 12 and my little siblings destroyed everything, it was a fine age to stop.
Damn. That happened to me around 12 too. Some where around that time my imagination eroded as well and I think puberty happened lol.
In the mid 90s, I was saving up to buy the 5590 Model Team set. My older brother sort of said that for my birthday, he would give me the rest of the money I needed. I mean, I had catalogue photos of 5590 taped up in my room, I wanted it so bad. In my birthday, my brother hands me a tiny box. I unwrapped it and it was that Wolfpack one with the ghost and tree. I thought THAT was the gift so I feigned gratitude and a little later I opened the box, and he had already slipped the rest of the money into the box, and I went to Toys R Us that night and bought it. It was the best lego buying experience of my life!
I love that charm and simplicity of the older sets.
Those old dragon molds are so sweet! I hope they re-release them. Maybe modernize the look somewhat, like what they did with the oldschool shark and alligator pieces
Yea the base plates are cool to I have one of the molded ones it’s chipped in a few corners but still
Knight's Kingdom has a special place in my heart because of the narrative that was told throughout the sets. It wasn't necessarily good but it was charming for what it was.
I think the action figures were among my most used toys at that time. Me and my brothers would pick one to play with (we had most of them) and have grand adventures together.
Without a doubt, even with all the licensed stuff Lego has made that I love very dearly, Lego Castles/Kingdoms and Pirates are easily my favorite lines of sets with Castles barely beating out Pirates. I love history already, and being able to play with Legos that directly connect to my lifelong passions is so awesome I can’t even describe. Someday I hope to amass a great collection of Castles sets so I can gaze upon my plastic kingdom in reverence and satisfaction after years of searching and building
I, too, love history and couldn't agree more. I've collected a fair amount of castle sets and well over 500 castle figs of every faction on display. Speaking from experience, it's extremely expensive and takes a lot of space, it is fun and a grind at the same time. But I will say they won't keep you warm at night, lol
Fantasy was short lived but it really popped off in czech republic. Me and my friend almost had every set. For us the fantasy era was our childhood and best sets we ever had
Lego castle 2007-2008 was the bomb. Awesome series with orcs, undead, dwarves, and really cool lion knights.
The Castle sets were actually my first Legos. I acquired three small sets from the early 1990s. Since my family was struggling financially at that time, I highly valued these small sets. Although I often admired the larger castle sets in toy stores, I knew my family couldn't afford them. Thank you for creating this recap; it has reignited my passion for LEGO.
Yeah I was able to attain all of those wolf pack sets as a kid because they were small and cheaper.
i love the lion knights castle, i hope we could get a whole wave from it tbh
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I loved the Wolf Pack! Didn’t realise they only ever had 3 sets.
I remember the Christmas when I got their hideout! I was building it while eating my Christmas dinner!
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I still have so much of the grey castle set from the 80s, absolutely loved that you could join all the different buildings together as a giant fort
As a kid from Brazil, born from not so well-off parents, the castle Lego sets were my dream 😢! I never had them.
My dad only had enough money to buy smaller sets. I only had a “dragon masters” dragon carriage. It was all I had got back then.
Now I am a history teacher and I wish Lego would make more sets related to historical themes. But unfortunately Lego now only makes tacky themes like Ninjago and 3rd party themes like marvel heroes.
Bro we literally have the same story, except im from croatia
Its kinda touching reading your comment
I wish you luck on your side of the world!
@@Bleilock1
hey man… thank you so much 🙏 😉!
I didn’t think someone would actually read what I wrote. 😅.
God bless you over there in Croatia 🇭🇷! (Hey, I often cheer for you guys in the World Cup 😉). Your country has a great football team.
I honestly wish they'd release a fantasy era throwback or two, that was my main castle line as a kid. I kind of caught the end of Knights' Kingdom but never owned any myself, mostly cousins and friends that were a year or two older
i wish they would release more lego castle sets
It's their best products. Kids love medieval fantasy. Heck, even adults
12:51 This is the castle sets me and my cousins played with throughout middle school. Such an iconic set, and really solidified my love for legos. I had legos since early 2000's, but this set was amazing and had the best designs in the history of Lego. (Also, the game Lego Battles that came out around this time was amazing)
The Wolfpack may have only had a few sets, but it did also get a foam shield prop in the Legoland Windsor gift shop around the millennium. Still got mine somewhere, was pretty neat.
Thank you so much for reviving all those sweet memories. I had most castle sets between late '80 early '90. Those were the days... 🥹👍
i grew up with the fantasy series, every time the commercial came on with the skeletons and knights fighting, i would drop what i was doing and give it my full attention.
I remember getting the Black Monarchs Castle for Christmas when I was twelve. I had a bunch of the smaller castle themed sets already, but that was my first actual Castle.
If only I had money.. I'd be spending so much on these old sets and pieces and castle pieces. Making many castles-
Memories of my childhood, thank you for unlocking long forgotten memories.
I would love to see the continuation of these, and maybe each set having its own showcase if possible.
I had a few of these as a child. It was a nice stroll down memory lane.
That was the best Christmas gift ever and was awesome for 1978 LEGO.
The 7094 set defined my childhood and the love for Lego that I felt. I haven’t seen it in long time, but when I recognized it in the video, it was as beautiful as the day I lost it
The 2007/9 and Castle 3 waves were like the best ones for me! Although I kind of wished Lego kept the armor and accessories variant alive
Yea, Castle 2 was the peak imo. The dragon designs were epic, along with the many factions of Skeletons, Trolls, Dwarves, Knights, everything was perfect. I remember those giant movable towers for the bad guys, and the green dragon vs black dragon fights I'd have with my cousins when we were kids.
i have no idea why but suddenly, the classic lego sets have started to grow on me immensley
For me fantasy era was my childhood absolutely loved those sets
Being a kid from ‘78 my castle was the yellow 375 one; really liked it all along. one massive advantage of this early set is that it had multiple small pieces instead of wall bricks; so later found myself building smaller yet more interesting structures.
never got a forest men / wolfpack set later on; but really enjoyed boarding over to the first pirate sets.
I had the King's Mountain Fortress for my 10th birthday and I will never forget it. I enjoyed it so much, I spent so many hours playing with this set... Awesome memories.
I just stumbled on this video and was taken on a nostalgia trip. I had so many of the sets from the late 80s and 90s. I used to have my pirates fight all of the knights because I didn't know the knights had lore that deep, except that the Wolf Pack guys would betray them to the pirates when I played haha.
Thank you for unlocking this core memory!
I had a 6080 King's Castle set as a kid in 1986. It was my first Lego set, and my parents spent way more than they had to spare on it for me. That was one of the best Christmas mornings I can remember.
Love to see a series or a movie about these Lego knights! ^^
Brings back the memories!
Random pro tip I learned for stickers as I’m someone who hates when they’re crooked:
1. Spray the part with windex
2. LIGHTLY lay the sticker on
3. Without pressing it down, push the sticker by the edges and slide it around til it’s on perfectly
:D
ive still the black monarchs castle from when i was a kid, its a true joy to see my 4 year playing with it now
I got the King's Castle set for Christmas when I was 6 in 1984, it was probably my most played with toy ever, I used to rebuild fantastical designs and it turned into a Naepoleonic fort when the Pirate line came along with muskets and canons.
I had the original Kings castle and the Forrest hideout when I was growing up. I’m just now getting interested in these again after discovering my old legos in a box in my parent’s basement.
I really liked the deep dive into the classic castle but the phantasy era, kingdoms and castle 2013 felt skimped over so I hope we could get a part 2 to this video to talk more about the more modern castle waves.
Yep, part 2 please! I had most of the knights kingdom sets, would love to see the full timeline! Thanks!
Ah the memories. LEGO was a big part of my childhood and the castle theme was the biggest part of my collection. I often used them to relive in 3D the story of my "Chose Your Own Adventure" books. This bring me an idea, the next TTRPG campaign I create I'll definitely base the factions on the numerous LEGO castle coat of arms.
Man I love castle so much.
Castle 2 is by far my favourite theme! My first ever set was the dwarf catapult on wheels that my mum always called 'the pie thrower' and so the sets are core memories of childhood. Not only that but it led fairly directly to my love of warhammer and orks now so I have a lot to be thankful for from this theme!
9:52 - Good ole 6090. My favorite set ever as a kid. Got so much use out of that.
okay the castle revival is underrated here. it had a lot more progression then just being a short stint, it went on for a few years and had many many sets. it was the the main focus for the first lego movie, the one before 'the lego movie'.
I got the King's castle (6080) for Christmas when i was a kid, definitely one of my favorite gifts I ever got, I spent countless hours playing with it
I have one of those walls in yellow with the black printing. I always loved how strange it is.
I love that this video was able to help me work out which set I was given. I must have been given or inherited the firebreathing fortress set when I was 4 or 5
My favorites were always the falcon faction. Maybe it was that they had a smaller castle and seemed like the underdog or maybe it was just the colour scheme. But yeah the 6073 castle was awsome!
I personally used to own kings castle from 2013, I gave it away at a garage sale when I was young (so much pain). I used to love the 2013 castle series, I had so much fun with it
i got the lion knights castle this christmas and it was hands down the most entertaining build ive ever experienced
The castle sets in lego look really cool
I always loved the fright knights even though I didn't grow up with them. Basil the batlords helmet has always been my favorite piece and the spooky theme stands out from the rest of the castles themes.
Not even mentioned Kingdoms?! I love that line.
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For real!
I had Lego set 70404 when I was 6 still have it somewhere at home but sadly all in many parts watching this braught back many memories I got this set as a birthday present from my parents one of the best presents I have ever got
I remember getting 6073 for Christmas the year it came out. It was cool. We had gone to New York City for the Macy's Parade that year and in Gimbels they had a HUGE castle build set up that was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.
That knights kingdom set was my favourite 😆so many happy memories playing with that
My brothers had some of these... This is bringing up my childhood
I loved the fright knights when I was a kid, the lego magazines featuring the fright knights were lit
I remember when I got 6071 for Christmas when I was 5. Loved that set, especially the river feature on the baseplate.
brushing over high fantasy 2007-2009 is criminal, they are SO cool.
The funny thing is... I feel like the older sets of most things are just so much better than whatd available today.
I never had a Lego castle set. But castles were one of the things I built most often. To me it is core to what you do with Lego
I miss my lego castle 😢 Great video!!
omg yesss i still have soo many pieces from a lot of these sets ! like ogs
The dwarf mine castle set I managed to get back in 2022, always wanted it for years since I was a kid 🙏❤️🔥
Thank you!
The castle 2 at 12:53 was my first ever large Lego build, remember it very fondly.
Lego Castle and Pirates were my childhood! I doubt I could pick a favorite set.
i have never clicked on anything remotely adjacent to LEGO on this site and yet the algo dropped this on me
well im glad it did because this was absolutely mesmerizing. incredibly well presented. guess im binging your channel now 😂
Thank you! I hope you enjoy my other videos.
Those platforms just unlocked a memory. My babysitter growing up has like three of those platforms and me and the other kids would take each other's miniatures prisoner and put them in that lowered portion in the middle
I was born in 1983. I had so many of these old sets. Still do somewhere at my folks place.
I had a bunch from the early-mid 90’s which I loved. You’re the only person I’ve seen cover the Castle line who mentioned Fright Knights. I remember that but everyone forgets to mention it. Technically, Ninja was also a Castle theme in the late 90s, which I loved way more than the later Ninjago. Especially the Minifigs
I'd totaly watch a series with the lego castle lore. It would be awesome
Castle and city are by far my favorite
very insterestiing, nice vid
set 6097 was one of my first lego sets and i loved it.
I would definitely buy a new castle set if they come out with a 50-80 dollar price tag. I love Lego Castle but the cheapest Castle set you can buy now is for $100! Lego really needs to make some smaller sets, some medium sets, and then one big banger $400 set like Lion Knights Castle. Keep up the great work!❤
i had all these sets as a kid my 2 brothers had legos and then i got them there was about 15 years apart so i had all the og stuff and the new stuff this brought me back
Loved the fantasy focused Castle 2007 theme, I had the dwarve’s mine and two of the princess’ tower. Being a lotr nerd as a kid who loved Lego, it was the closest thing to Lego lotr I could get at the time.
Remember building the Fright Night's castle (12:28) when I was a young boy in the 90s. Still have the pieces mixed up in plastic tubs back in my parents' house. Wonder if I'll ever be able to reconstruct it...
I love this video and content, but I could hear this slightly weird creepy music in the background? I think you should consider something more on theme, I felt kinda weirded out and played some medieval ambient music so I could properly focus and enjoy the content. I really appreciated how you went into detail about the different factions and changes throughout the years!!
Visually I like the Mountain Fortress the most, it looks very atmospheric!
Thank you so much for a great, informative, detailed video. Could you possibly do one on the first knight's kingdom sets, please?
I remember owning several knights kingdom sets a long with the bionicle like knights. Real banger product line
So cool
12:52 I had this one. Brings back so many memories
I’m so glad I grew up playing with the Knight’s Castle, King’s Castle, and Black Falcon Fortress. I feel like I caught the Lego wave at exactly the right time. I even went back a few years ago and pulled all my old Legos out to combine them into one Mega Castle.
The Black Falcons were my favorite. I’m surprised you didn’t mention the iconic Black Falcon Siege Tower. I’m all about magic and dragons, but it looks like the castle series went downhill after these sets. The later sets lack the visual appeal and clean ascetics of those early castles.
The new castle is honestly one of the most fun sets I've ever built
Awesome video! As a kid I had some of the first castles (one with the gray panels with windows in each), but later owned the 2nd release of the theme in the early 2000s (namely the wizard’s tower with the dragon). I didn’t own any of the Fright themed sets, but Basil the Batlord rings a bell either from Lego Island 2 or Lego Racers. If I recall correctly, Lego did have a similar theme to Castle (Knight’s Kingdom) that had bionicle-sized figures as well as minifigure sets
Please make a series of this
Set 6082. Still have it, still love. I also loved the wolf pack so boo when you say "not very interesting", I loved those renegades :P
Being born in 2000, I've grew up with the fantasy era and was one of my favourite lego theme with power miners, atlantis and pharaoh's quest
great video! thanks a lot!
3:51 tiny mistake, 6086 Black Knight's Castle has them as well
I feel like "bases" were always by far the best lego sets. For a kid it instant creates a platform for playing out stories and adventures.
playing legos with the og set at my cousins really made me wish I had them as a kid, but honestly I had the lego mini figure greed lol
I think if LEGO will reintroduce the Castle theme that it will be one of the best sold themes.
The newest castle they released shows that with modern techniques Lego castles can be gorgeous builds, way more than just 4 walls with a draw bridge.
Add to the inherent beauty also the nostalgia factor of all the people who grew up with castles between the 1980s and the 2010s (we're talking about two generations) and you have a lot of potential fans for a new wave of Lego castles.