One CMF figure had a (different color) Mjolnir with a print previously. Looking forward to comments about this large & highly detailed 2100+ piece set!
Interesting, personally I really like the rope bridge as it removes the normal cluttered and flat perspective and adds a level of height and space which is often hard to achieve in sets of this size. Personally I really like the added dimension it brings. This is a beautiful little set.
I am a big fan of this scale and I love the idea of building small villages like this. I am more than happy to add a custom boat build and I am lucky enough to have other vikings to go with this so overall I am quite happy with this one. Nice to get a substantial set at a reasonable price too.
Good review. I really like that they kept the color scheme reasonably bleak and woody, not all kinds of erroneous blue tiles and what not, no gaudy colors. Nice set!
Your reviews are always a joy, Jang. I’m in full support of you slowing down the reviews if it leads to you enjoying the hobby more, but it’s always fun to see you review these more ‘special’ sets. Thanks for all your hard work!
I would have loved if they had thrown in a small long boat (laketown style) and a couple more figures and bumped the price up to $150. As it is, I'll happily fork over $130 and add my own longboat.
One thing I love about this set - and similar with Pirates of Barracuda Bay and nearly all of the Monkie Kid sets - is that it isn't repetitive, or a mirrored set. I find this particularly valuable. Though I love Lego cars, Star Wars ships etc. and even Concorde, it often feels like they're one set done twice, flipped down the central axis.
Seems every fall I get the urge to splurge on all the sets I’ve been eyeing since last winter. And consequently, my Jang consumption goes way up. Love the channel, been coming back here for years as needed lol
I think this set looks wonderful and it's the set I'm most excited about getting this year from everything they've released. This is my Lion's Knight Castle in that it's going to be my big, centerpiece display set and that I can afford it. :D Also, it feels like it will pair great with the 3 in 1 Viking Ship I was fortunate enough to have already picked up.
Loving the review, Jang! Got the set in the mail on Tuesday and can’t wait to get building! I promised myself I would ‘t build any more sets before I’m done redecorating our LEGO-room, but have a feeling that’ll be hard…😬
very good and detailed review, thank you! I bought this set (for less than 100) and it really is a step in the right direction... eves though i keep explaining to my kids, that vikings have never been stupid enough to wear horns on their helmets ;) greetings from europe!
That is a really well-done, nice and cozy little Viking village. I love how that window is done on the back of the longhouse, using a short lattice fence piece sideways to make a narrow window. I never would've thought of that. I love the rope bridge and watch tower and I'm glad it's there. I'm surprised it's only $130! Yeah extra figures or even a small boat would've been nice.
For me this is an absolute buy. Minifigure placement points, good size at a reasonable price and I know it will look great with my Blacksmith set. This is what we want Lego! And as always a great unbiased review.
This is a really cool set with great figures and a good value. It’s just, not really much of a village. There’s not just a home. One of the three building is just an empty tower. It looks great, it just doesn’t really offer much.
Great review 👍, thanks! I got this on day one at the LEGO store but I’ve been putting off building it but now I’m gonna definitely have to get on this. Thanks for giving me the initiative!
Best companion set for this would be 7016. And I know most people won't have it. But the boat is small. Has a small Wyvern with it that you can perch on the tall tower. I got all of the Viking line from back in the day so I have no problem adding more inhabitants. But you are right that 4 figures is too few. If you don't have any vikings then you are really looking at the bare minimum. And for such a beautiful set that is a shame.
Cant wait for the moc creators publish a instructions for bigger villages build with 2x or 3x this set, i already bought the boat, have like 7x CMF viking, just must buy more helmets and shields from lego bricks and pieces
Lovely details, but I would've personally liked the set a lot more if they'd left out the tower/watchtower part and used those parts to make a bigger longhouse. A viking longhouse is supposed to be BIG, and this one feels just too small for a building that should house a lot of people having a feast.
I need this set asap, I'm slacking, I need the other viking set and those castle medieval sets. That's my goal, to have as much of those themes as I can by the end of the year.
Absolutely gorgeous set. I hope this leads to some smaller Vikings sets in the future, I'd happily buy one of the buildings in this as its own small set.
Thank you for the review, JANG, i was allready in the mindset of liking this set, but i love it now. So much going on, and the Mjolnir and he prints and the details and and and. I do miss a boat but that is in printform on the exoforce shield. THe set is build open enough but still comes acros ass dense instead of empty, which i like aswell.
I'm super optimistic for the dark blue legs. They might be a viable add-on to the Crown knights. It's also interesting to see pteruges printed on them. They're similarly ahistorical to the horned helmets, but instead of being a relatively modern anachronism they're a medieval one (classicizing in art often brought ancient Hellenic/Hellenistic styles into contemporary artwork, with pteruges being one of the main culprits). This set is one I've been looking forward to getting my hands on. I've been planning to get it once the Majisto GWP goes live. The lamellar torso makes for an excellent core for a medieval Roman soldier, and the included spectacle helmet is a decent piece of headgear for the same. Just swap in some dark red arms and legs and give the minifig a mace, spear, or recurve bow and you've got a surprisingly authentic medieval Roman.
You know they really invested in prints lately. Especially when it comes to Castle as well as Vikings. I am betting that there is more coming be it as a Castle theme or some Icon sets. Look at the Blacktron cruiser. It is all stickers. So there is hope that they do it. And make more of the themes.
Already built this set. I love it and was my favorite build by far. The value of $130 was well worth it, especially compared to other sets I have like the Great Pyramid which was the same price. I would say that adding a kid would have made this an A+ tier set. Or even a small version of a boat as pictured in the instruction manual's preamble would have elevated it even more. Love love love this set.
Amazing value for this set. I don’t usually get non-licensed sets as I don’t really have any nostalgia for classic Lego themes but I got this one. It can pass as a $200 set, amazing it’s only $130. There’s nothing really like this set at that price point. Thinking how this would look with the Medieval Blacksmith or Viking Ship set.
tbh i think not having a second face on the redhead is good for being able to put a helmet on her. the vikings included are very swappable, as you mentioned, and having only one alternate face between them actually heightens that
Seems like a great set, but it's sorely in need of a small-to-medium sized boat to go with it. Even the one piece boat mold with a basic bench in it would have done nicely.
This is AU$210, and yet I really feel it's worth it. I think I will endeavour to track this down somehow for sure, and consider it a Christmas present for myself.
I would've liked some more living space but that's a nitpick, I just like Lego living quarters. this looks really nice, the exteriors are super satisfying I've also unfortunately come across a bunch of missing pieces recently, relatively speaking. About one or two a year for the last few years, and I buy two-ish sets of varying size each month, so, that's not a great track record. when i bought the Office i had a full duplicate bag instead of the bag that i needed. before like, 2019, i'd only ever had one missing piece, and that was from the Clone-Wars-era Clone Turbo tank.
Great set! Great review! Maybe could've used 1 or 2 more figs. And MAYBE a small fishing boat, or even a longship would have been a great addition to it!
I mightve gotten your missing 1 by 2 because I have an extra one that looked and looked and couldn't figure if I missed it somewhere. Also mine was missing bag 14 altogether but every bag since bag 5 had all the pieces from bag 14 in them, first time anything like that has had happened to me.
It’s a very nice looking set with wonderful details but from my liking, it’s simply too small. I think I would preferred one larger building like a long house with more interior space. The watch tower is kind of pointless.
Got the viking ship earlier this year. Its a lovely thing, and I woulrnt mind getting kore viking figures for it. But the village isnt really grabbing me. Looks lovely though
This set looks bigger in person, and for my money is one of the best valued sets LEGO has made in a long time. With how much there is in the set, exclusive prints, and with over 2,100 parts, LEGO could have been justified in charging $150-$175 USD but it's only $130.
One CMF figure had a (different color) Mjolnir with a print previously. Looking forward to comments about this large & highly detailed 2100+ piece set!
i like how The Viking Village costs $10 more than The Viking Ship, but has 1000 more pieces including tons of printed pieces.
Interesting, personally I really like the rope bridge as it removes the normal cluttered and flat perspective and adds a level of height and space which is often hard to achieve in sets of this size. Personally I really like the added dimension it brings. This is a beautiful little set.
I am a big fan of this scale and I love the idea of building small villages like this. I am more than happy to add a custom boat build and I am lucky enough to have other vikings to go with this so overall I am quite happy with this one. Nice to get a substantial set at a reasonable price too.
Good review. I really like that they kept the color scheme reasonably bleak and woody, not all kinds of erroneous blue tiles and what not, no gaudy colors. Nice set!
Your reviews are always a joy, Jang. I’m in full support of you slowing down the reviews if it leads to you enjoying the hobby more, but it’s always fun to see you review these more ‘special’ sets. Thanks for all your hard work!
I would have loved if they had thrown in a small long boat (laketown style) and a couple more figures and bumped the price up to $150. As it is, I'll happily fork over $130 and add my own longboat.
Those staggered natural stone stairs near the right are so clean and well-done 👌
This is a really nicely detailed set! And it’s nice to see studs on the floor for minifigs!
I always enjoy watching your Lego reviews while building Lego myself. Thanks for making such enjoyable content!
It would be a nice surprise to see expansions released so the village grows. I love the set!
What a lovely set. Especially for fans of the Vikings tv show. Definitely looks like kattegat was used for some inspiration
One thing I love about this set - and similar with Pirates of Barracuda Bay and nearly all of the Monkie Kid sets - is that it isn't repetitive, or a mirrored set. I find this particularly valuable. Though I love Lego cars, Star Wars ships etc. and even Concorde, it often feels like they're one set done twice, flipped down the central axis.
Been waiting for this one! Great set! Kind of reminds me of the mk team hideout with the blacksmith and taller structure.
Seems every fall I get the urge to splurge on all the sets I’ve been eyeing since last winter. And consequently, my Jang consumption goes way up. Love the channel, been coming back here for years as needed lol
I think this set looks wonderful and it's the set I'm most excited about getting this year from everything they've released. This is my Lion's Knight Castle in that it's going to be my big, centerpiece display set and that I can afford it. :D Also, it feels like it will pair great with the 3 in 1 Viking Ship I was fortunate enough to have already picked up.
The bridge would make more sense if the tower it goes to was on a little island and there was a stretch of water underneath it.
1:46 that's the same serpent print that's on the :Viking Ship challenges the Midgard Serpent" set from 2005
I adore the natural rock staircase. The detail and scale for 130 is amazing!
i love how the lady viking in blue is literally LAGERTHA from Vikings😂white hair, shield, axe and everything
Those prints on the reddish brown 1x4 tiles would make nice substitutes for anyone eager to recreate the Green Grocer modular.
looks awesome, I skipped on release as I decided to secure my holidays sets, think I'll get this on Black Friday or something, great review!!
Always love your detailed reviews❤
So keen for this set! Might even MOC it into a Rohan-style build from LOTR
Perhaps the copper from the mine is what the blacksmith uses to add details to weapons and armor.
Hey Jang, thank you for your continued efforts on your content. Always a pleasure to watch.
Loving the review, Jang! Got the set in the mail on Tuesday and can’t wait to get building! I promised myself I would ‘t build any more sets before I’m done redecorating our LEGO-room, but have a feeling that’ll be hard…😬
I’m in the middle of Battle for Skandia (Ranger’s Apprentice), and want this set so much more than I usually would because of that.
I had so many fun experiences with the Viking sets as a kid. So happy it’s back
It looks like a pro level Moc very interesting design.
Wish Lego would make a 1x4x6 double door/window; would be so useful.
very good and detailed review, thank you! I bought this set (for less than 100) and it really is a step in the right direction... eves though i keep explaining to my kids, that vikings have never been stupid enough to wear horns on their helmets ;) greetings from europe!
That is a really well-done, nice and cozy little Viking village.
I love how that window is done on the back of the longhouse, using a short lattice fence piece sideways to make a narrow window. I never would've thought of that.
I love the rope bridge and watch tower and I'm glad it's there.
I'm surprised it's only $130!
Yeah extra figures or even a small boat would've been nice.
I really like the right side with the rope bridge, that’s my favorite part
Fascinante set. Thanks for the enjoyable review, Jan!
For me this is an absolute buy. Minifigure placement points, good size at a reasonable price and I know it will look great with my Blacksmith set. This is what we want Lego!
And as always a great unbiased review.
Another really excellent review! I'm happy to watch these to appreciate the sets I have even more.
This is a really cool set with great figures and a good value. It’s just, not really much of a village. There’s not just a home. One of the three building is just an empty tower. It looks great, it just doesn’t really offer much.
Great review 👍, thanks! I got this on day one at the LEGO store but I’ve been putting off building it but now I’m gonna definitely have to get on this. Thanks for giving me the initiative!
Just finished my build. Have to say there were some great building moments and some wonky stuff I’m not thrilled with. Overall pretty cool
Best companion set for this would be 7016. And I know most people won't have it. But the boat is small. Has a small Wyvern with it that you can perch on the tall tower. I got all of the Viking line from back in the day so I have no problem adding more inhabitants. But you are right that 4 figures is too few. If you don't have any vikings then you are really looking at the bare minimum. And for such a beautiful set that is a shame.
Cant wait for the moc creators publish a instructions for bigger villages build with 2x or 3x this set, i already bought the boat, have like 7x CMF viking, just must buy more helmets and shields from lego bricks and pieces
Cool set, and great review. Would be a extra special one, if shown with that 3-1 Longboat together.
Lovely details, but I would've personally liked the set a lot more if they'd left out the tower/watchtower part and used those parts to make a bigger longhouse. A viking longhouse is supposed to be BIG, and this one feels just too small for a building that should house a lot of people having a feast.
I need this set asap, I'm slacking, I need the other viking set and those castle medieval sets. That's my goal, to have as much of those themes as I can by the end of the year.
I bought it on day 1. Awesome set for display, I wish there was more sets to create a bigger village
Great set and great review...thanks for all you do Jang!
With the lodge prints, I could see them used for a LOTR Golden Hall...
Absolutely gorgeous set. I hope this leads to some smaller Vikings sets in the future, I'd happily buy one of the buildings in this as its own small set.
Thank you for the review, JANG, i was allready in the mindset of liking this set, but i love it now.
So much going on, and the Mjolnir and he prints and the details and and and.
I do miss a boat but that is in printform on the exoforce shield.
THe set is build open enough but still comes acros ass dense instead of empty, which i like aswell.
Just a frienfdly reminder, the viking helmets (hornless) are curently available on PAB - a part of Lego site where you can order pieces!
I'm super optimistic for the dark blue legs. They might be a viable add-on to the Crown knights. It's also interesting to see pteruges printed on them. They're similarly ahistorical to the horned helmets, but instead of being a relatively modern anachronism they're a medieval one (classicizing in art often brought ancient Hellenic/Hellenistic styles into contemporary artwork, with pteruges being one of the main culprits).
This set is one I've been looking forward to getting my hands on. I've been planning to get it once the Majisto GWP goes live. The lamellar torso makes for an excellent core for a medieval Roman soldier, and the included spectacle helmet is a decent piece of headgear for the same. Just swap in some dark red arms and legs and give the minifig a mace, spear, or recurve bow and you've got a surprisingly authentic medieval Roman.
hi jang
do you think there will be more viking village ?
i.e. regular houses, barn, small fishing boat, etc ?
Who knows as he's said on stream Lego is unpredictable however this was Lego Ideas so at this point a one off.
Im not Jang but I dont think they will make more. There is already a viking ship to add to the village though
You know they really invested in prints lately. Especially when it comes to Castle as well as Vikings. I am betting that there is more coming be it as a Castle theme or some Icon sets. Look at the Blacktron cruiser. It is all stickers. So there is hope that they do it. And make more of the themes.
Already built this set. I love it and was my favorite build by far. The value of $130 was well worth it, especially compared to other sets I have like the Great Pyramid which was the same price. I would say that adding a kid would have made this an A+ tier set. Or even a small version of a boat as pictured in the instruction manual's preamble would have elevated it even more. Love love love this set.
Pretty cool build. Kids would love it, but without a boat, it seems lacking as a playset.
the nexo knights printed shield you first pointedd out is a homage to set 7018-1 " viking ship challenges the midguard serpant".
I bought it together with the Viking ship to have more mini figures and looks amazing together
I just picked this set up. So glad to see a review from the great Jang
Amazing value for this set. I don’t usually get non-licensed sets as I don’t really have any nostalgia for classic Lego themes but I got this one. It can pass as a $200 set, amazing it’s only $130. There’s nothing really like this set at that price point. Thinking how this would look with the Medieval Blacksmith or Viking Ship set.
This set is gorgeous!
I want to buy this almost solely for the price! Just to show LEGO that for the right price, everyone can still be happy!
Been waiting for this video ever since I saw this set announced
They really need to continue the Viking theme with sets of this quality. Perhaps a few $20 small sets of lower quality.
Hopefully I can find this in a Target alternative shop (don’t have Target in my country). It looks so refined and spacious.
YAY! New Jang content! :)
A gorgeous set, and the price is ridiculously good. I'm only bummed I don't have the space for it
tbh i think not having a second face on the redhead is good for being able to put a helmet on her. the vikings included are very swappable, as you mentioned, and having only one alternate face between them actually heightens that
Seems like a great set, but it's sorely in need of a small-to-medium sized boat to go with it. Even the one piece boat mold with a basic bench in it would have done nicely.
Going to put this with the longboat even though it's a creator set.
I’m in love with it. But crikey! In Australia it’s AU$209.00.
This is AU$210, and yet I really feel it's worth it. I think I will endeavour to track this down somehow for sure, and consider it a Christmas present for myself.
Is nice to see the Super Star Destroyer in the background again.
I would've liked some more living space but that's a nitpick, I just like Lego living quarters. this looks really nice, the exteriors are super satisfying
I've also unfortunately come across a bunch of missing pieces recently, relatively speaking. About one or two a year for the last few years, and I buy two-ish sets of varying size each month, so, that's not a great track record. when i bought the Office i had a full duplicate bag instead of the bag that i needed. before like, 2019, i'd only ever had one missing piece, and that was from the Clone-Wars-era Clone Turbo tank.
As a self-professed Viking buff, the historical inaccuracies pain me, especially since Lego is a Danish company!
Nice shields, though.
“Somehow JANGBRiCKS returned”
Great set! Great review! Maybe could've used 1 or 2 more figs. And MAYBE a small fishing boat, or even a longship would have been a great addition to it!
I mightve gotten your missing 1 by 2 because I have an extra one that looked and looked and couldn't figure if I missed it somewhere. Also mine was missing bag 14 altogether but every bag since bag 5 had all the pieces from bag 14 in them, first time anything like that has had happened to me.
Looks fantastic awsome review jang
I like the bridge, 10 year old me would definitely have figures sword fighting each other on it.
I would’ve liked a few of Odin’s ravens like in the original ideas set. There’s a few brick built ones on the creator longboat at least.
This is a slam dunk of a set, gimme gimme gimme!
Fantastic set. So full of character. A triumph in design.
It’s a very nice looking set with wonderful details but from my liking, it’s simply too small. I think I would preferred one larger building like a long house with more interior space. The watch tower is kind of pointless.
This is the best LEGO set in years. It's nice looking (which many are), but also reasonably priced, which almost none are.
Спасибо за обзор🙂👍
I was literally looking for this video, 30 minutes before it was released lol
been very eager to hear your take on this one, sir
The viking longhouse is so short and small, it hurts my eyes. Other than that good set for its price.
This is so good. I’m absolutely gonna save up for this one .
I love your video content, i truly enjoy it
This set is great, feels like a MOC.
a wonderful set, presented in an informative and nice review.
Thanks for a great vid!! Thinking of getting this set for sure. Also where did you get that T-shirt?
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Great review as always!
Thank you
Really weird to not include any kind of Viking boat in a set with so much water.
Got the viking ship earlier this year. Its a lovely thing, and I woulrnt mind getting kore viking figures for it. But the village isnt really grabbing me. Looks lovely though
Very cool set!
This set looks bigger in person, and for my money is one of the best valued sets LEGO has made in a long time. With how much there is in the set, exclusive prints, and with over 2,100 parts, LEGO could have been justified in charging $150-$175 USD but it's only $130.
This set kind of reminds me of Dale from the Hobbit