i loved the new wolfpack marauder (and i do hope that signals more sets that include this wonderful faction) but i must say that the tax collector is my favourite. it's just so detailed and, as you said, matches the story behind him so well
The upgraded version, while a bit different, seriously looks way more like a rogue / bandit indeed. The tax collector is almost perfect as is. It is a bit strange to me, that they went all out on those 2 characters by adding cloaks, while they were clearly the best and most interesting figures already.
I think the Tax collector fig would actually be great to army build and make into a faction. Not a full kingdom in my eyes, but more of a noble house that has sworn fealty to the Lion Knights, but they would still have their own goals and aspirations. I think the torso and legs would look fantastic with some simple flat silver armor pieces to denote guards, men-at-arms, etc.
Yes! Purple and silver is such a great combo. I always said if lego was to make a brand new faction i'd wanna see a purple and silver themed griffon faction
@@Goldfyre A griffin is a great sigil for a medieval faction! I think, assuming the parts are on pick-a-brick, I’m going to get maybe 8-12 of the torsos and legs to outfit in different armors. Maybe one to be the lord of the house, and this tax collector would be his son. Kind of House Lannister vibes. Loyal but also a bit mischievous. The arrogant expression in the tax collector, plus purple being historically seen as a royal color, lends well to the house having a high standing/outlook on themselves
Not to nitpick too much but the wolfpack maurader might as well get a musket because pants pockets werent really a thing until the 17th century. Great vid as always!
Lore for the Town Square (Based on the Mini-figures): The Town Square is actually part of a Lion Knight village. Like most buildings in Lion Kingdom, it is built using the quality lumber from the Queenswood. It’s actually built near the Black Falcon border, hence the Wolfpack activity.
I think the Goat Herd could be the Cheese maker as the Cheese maker's daughter is in the set but not him. Also he comes with another goat and goat Cheese so it makes sense that he is the cheese maker
The tax collector and the Wolfpack are the best in the set! But the other figs are still good, even if you don’t like them they are still good for parts.
The hood of that red dress lady is one of the best pieces. I'm glad Lego is bringing back head covers for females (also different one in lion knights castle), which were almost mandatory in medieval times. It would be great to see some head covers for male figures as well, but fot the ladies it's way better than random weird hair pieces.
I like the headress’ son soem figures ( inn keeper is a good example ) but I think I personally just prefer hairpieces ( as long as their nothing too fancy ). But to each their own!.
I think the gray legs on the Wolfpack fig were chosen because the OG gray legs Wolfpack variant appeared in the most sets. While I agree printed or dual molded legs are a big improvement, I don't think they have to be black/brown.
If I ever decide to buy this set, the Tax collector will be the Emperor of the Castle land. With some custom loros (tunic, robe) it will look a lot like a Byzantine Emperor.
Thoghts on the tax collector: use the legs on a viking lamellar torso with either purple or light blue gray arms and black, brown, or light blue gray hands (lbg only if you use purple arms). Add black or lbg armor accessories. Now you have an alternate medieval Roman soldier to compliment or to oppose the dark red version (gotta love civil wars). The torsos can be used for light troops or as a bambakion (gambeson) under a breastplate for extra heavy elites.
The adventurer girl is great, I need that BTS hair piece. I'm sad that her torso print has yellow because I use realistic skin tones, buuuut this body works for my tieflings that use the horns from the Faun CMF
Some nice work, weird though how you said the shield painter was your least favourite and then you never upgraded her haha. There’s even a perfect set of legs with paint drips on them
I'm looking forward to picking up the new wolfpack mini, though I prefer the original as it's blankness gives a lot more customization options. My annoyance with the belt is that a lot of nice printed legs have belts ON them, so we're "forced" to double belt a bit. I wonder what a grey cape or the grey hood would look like with that grey fur collar.
I had actually expected a review of the village, and part of me still wants you to do one. But that’s turned out great!, my favourites are the Wolfpack, adventurer, and wannabe Wolfpack, all 3 have some great personality!, when you’re able to get more Wolfpack torsos maybe try the wolf mask head ( the one you used in your berserker ) on the new torso!, should transition well because of the scarf! 🐺🗡️. My least favourite of the customs is the tapestry maker, for some reason I just think the mando legs didn’t work too well, but I think the rest turned out great!. Have a good day man😌
Oh don't worry a review will be coming :) I wanted to get a purist custom video out today so that i can focus on the review and others. (i haven't even built the set yet lol)
Despite the price increases on Minifig torsos for PAB, I also plan on getting a ton of them from this set. Absolutely plan on making a small Wolfpack gang as well, probably 10-12 guys. I'm still very torn between this and the A-Frame to get for my b-day.
Goldfyre, I'm not sure if you know this already, but the helm with nasal piece fits with a bandanna. I have used it in a few custom figs, I think it could look really cool for a soldier in cold weather or a bandit.
very nice! It has been fun playing around with some of the new CMF 25 minis and doing swaps... the barbarian with the bat helmet... ooo I liek this..... then use goar herders head with the purple hair on the bat knight. I deceided they are going to be vegetarians... fruit bats... and throw a wrench in the expectations list. A scary but peaceful loving group.
Always cool with new unique figs. We got dealth a heavy blow this month by Lego when it comes to armybuilding though as the prices has increased quite a bit.
Very. I also feel it's unacceptable that they didn't announce that anywhere. I figure it was a sneaky way to A: get more money and B: to decrease the amount of PAB orders that flood in to mitigate strain on workers.
@@arbitrary2868 The lack of information ticks me off too, we had no way to prep for it. When I emailed them about it I only got this answer (and mind you it was only the torsos that went up in price not the legs). "Like many businesses, we’ve continued to see increased raw material and operating costs. For some time now, we absorbed this impact in an effort to keep our pricing stable and consistent. However, in recent months these costs have rapidly increased, so we have made the difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price (RRP) and wholesale prices across some of our global portfolio of products. Finding the right price for a product isn’t easy and depends on a lot of factors. When deciding a price for each region, other factors come into play, such as statistical data about a region's population, transportation costs, currency exchange rates, local laws and taxes and the prices of other toys.".
Lovely ideas! I especially love the reuse of the goatherd legs. But am I the only one who likes the new hood better? Just wish there was a good way to get it in black, red, blue, tan in quantities.
@@Goldfyre I am not saying I hate the old one, I like it - but it feels to me like an odd peasant hood or some such - as opposed to evil stalker / criminal / traveler / ranger hood.
Don't buy it for the minifigure parts though, buy it for the fun building experience and having a ton of parts for medieval buildings. Seriously while building this, with opening every bag I encountered many pieces that were on my Bricklink wanted lists for my own ideas. The new printed minifig parts are great, but this set is mostly worth it for the buildings.
The only thing I don't like is that you gave the wolf pack dude legs with pockets (There is a reason why medieval people used belts with bags, pockets on pants weren't invented yet)
can we just title this guy the minifig master, its a shame he only has 14k subs but if he ever gets more i hope he doesnt pull a td bricks or b3 and turn to a really snappy editing style to grow a gen alpha audience
Nice work. Very inspiring. Great video as always. Sorry to read the negative feedback. Suppose that's the way of things. Curious as to legs used for 'wolfpack wannabee'. Thanks, friend.
The Wolfpack torso looks really good under that hood and cape. I thought it was much simpler. I will be getting those from PaB once they're out. The tax collector also looks nice but like you said as a singular character rather than an army. Did he came damaged though? It looks like he has a scratch on the golden rim of the cape print.
Wolfpack and tax collector are the best.😊 Your new legs doesn't fit on Wolpack 'cause those pockets are modern looking. New BTS hair on farm girl is too much boyish. Other improvements are great. :D
Lego is definitely dropping the ball when it comes to minifigures for castle. Lion Knights Castle has way too many repetitious knights, a lame magisto, and no king. This set, again, only has that one tax collector as a standout figure.
bold of you to assume I've seen your other videos, and what a missed opportunity to onboard a new subscriber when you don't show the other designs you've made, even briefly without commentary
Aside from the bandit, which clearly looks better and more menacing, I think it is more a sidegrade video than an upgrade video. They have become largely different minifigs for the most part, or were ignored as they were either boring or already good. Having more animals in de set definitely is needed. I like the goat and there are a bunch of smaller animals like a kitten, a squirrel, 2 birds, a bat and a snail. However, I would have forgone any of them except the goat and the nesting bird, to get some extra farm animals like a cow (for the cart that currently has nothing), a bunch of pigs or sheep (or both) would have also worked. Also, any larger medieval set really needs horses, as it is the primary way for people to get around in those times. Having two, or at the very least one horse in the set would have helped make it more lively and less stale. Overall, while I'm fine with the minifigs that came with the set, they aren't spectacular and there are a bit too few for what the set costs and how busy a town square should look. For 10-20 bucks more, they could have added at least some farm animals and 2-3 extra villagers, even if tbey weren't including new prints. That would have made the set much better, even though the value in this set comes from the buildings and the ton of detailing parts that have been included for those. Compared to the Lion Knight's Castle and the Viking Village, this is probably the least value for money, but it is still well designed overall and a ton of fun to build and display. Out of all of them, this is also the one that is easiest to upgrade yourself, by adding the animals and minifigs and maybe some more market stalls to fill up the town square.
I spent hundreds of bucks on medieval lego stuff because of you. I hope you’re proud.
i loved the new wolfpack marauder (and i do hope that signals more sets that include this wonderful faction) but i must say that the tax collector is my favourite. it's just so detailed and, as you said, matches the story behind him so well
really looking forward to your custom purple faction too!
The upgraded version, while a bit different, seriously looks way more like a rogue / bandit indeed. The tax collector is almost perfect as is. It is a bit strange to me, that they went all out on those 2 characters by adding cloaks, while they were clearly the best and most interesting figures already.
I think the Tax collector fig would actually be great to army build and make into a faction. Not a full kingdom in my eyes, but more of a noble house that has sworn fealty to the Lion Knights, but they would still have their own goals and aspirations. I think the torso and legs would look fantastic with some simple flat silver armor pieces to denote guards, men-at-arms, etc.
Yes! Purple and silver is such a great combo. I always said if lego was to make a brand new faction i'd wanna see a purple and silver themed griffon faction
@@Goldfyre A griffin is a great sigil for a medieval faction! I think, assuming the parts are on pick-a-brick, I’m going to get maybe 8-12 of the torsos and legs to outfit in different armors. Maybe one to be the lord of the house, and this tax collector would be his son. Kind of House Lannister vibes. Loyal but also a bit mischievous. The arrogant expression in the tax collector, plus purple being historically seen as a royal color, lends well to the house having a high standing/outlook on themselves
Nice! I think the old battle ready lucy legs would work even better for the Wolfpack dude.
Ooo great call. They're super cheap too
Right? Goldfyre’s cookin
My problem with 'Lucy' legs is that they have a belt. And the wolfpack torso also has a belt.
I love this new Wolf Pack torso, but that shouldn't be surprising ;)
Tax Collector is brilliant too
1:25 The leg pockets don't feeling medieval to me, but apart from that tiny detail I really love your new composition of the figure!
Not to nitpick too much but the wolfpack maurader might as well get a musket because pants pockets werent really a thing until the 17th century.
Great vid as always!
Thanks for saying that
Lore for the Town Square (Based on the Mini-figures):
The Town Square is actually part of a Lion Knight village. Like most buildings in Lion Kingdom, it is built using the quality lumber from the Queenswood. It’s actually built near the Black Falcon border, hence the Wolfpack activity.
Huge upgrades! Love this!
Keep it up!
Im loving your videos rn cant wait for more
I think the Goat Herd could be the Cheese maker as the Cheese maker's daughter is in the set but not him. Also he comes with another
goat and goat Cheese so it makes sense that he is the cheese maker
awsome upgrades as always! cant wait for these parts to hit pab and start army building
You did an amazing job with these upgrades, cant wait to try them when I eventually pick this set up.
really cool upgrades !
Great upgrades. Wolfpack is back. Love the new torso.
I love the guy in blue, the legs go surprisingly well with the torso!
Absolutely! Was gonna comment the same thing! Going to definitely do that for mine
Same!
“Great Job” GoldFyre 🥳🥳🥳
Love the upgrades! I actually just finished my black falcon, lion knight, and dragon knight armies. I’m excited to make more!
Very thoughtful mods, I dig it.
Nice work
Amazing video! Well done
Wolfpack looks great. The others arent much like an upgrade but a complete change
Great vid
This is awesome, keep at it brother, we can't wait for more.
Thanks! More videos will be coming of the set very soon
Good choice
I cannot wait to army build with the wolf pack body
I always thought the legs of the wolf pack figure were its weak point, looks great now
These are great, please keep up the incredible videos!
Thanks! :)
Nice video love the wolf pack artcher upgrade,speaking of new custome armys I've been makeing an army of the desert warrior (from series 16 I think)
Cool vid. I think a purple faction could work. It would just be a bit tricky to find purple parts.
Nice video
The Wolfpack is back!
Can't wait to make a wolfpack squad
Hopefully lego brings that torso to Pick a Brick
You really nailed it with the Wolfpack and Weaver figures! Now you’re making me regret not having one of those sand blue Mando legs…
Nice
The use of the Mando legs is brilliant, it reminds me of the long leather aprons from Game of Thrones
The tax collector and the Wolfpack are the best in the set! But the other figs are still good, even if you don’t like them they are still good for parts.
I'm going to pick up some dark bluish grey copies of the collar/birds nest piece (26066) for the wolfpack torso, I think it'll look perfect.
Cargo pants didn't exit in medieval times!! Sorry i had too say this
We don't give a shete
Really like your videos. keep them up please
Thanks man! :)
Wow, you are really talented! How did you come up with all these combos from so many diverse sets?
Honestly just mix and match stuff until something looks decent 😅
The hood of that red dress lady is one of the best pieces. I'm glad Lego is bringing back head covers for females (also different one in lion knights castle), which were almost mandatory in medieval times. It would be great to see some head covers for male figures as well, but fot the ladies it's way better than random weird hair pieces.
I like the headress’ son soem figures ( inn keeper is a good example ) but I think I personally just prefer hairpieces ( as long as their nothing too fancy ).
But to each their own!.
I think the gray legs on the Wolfpack fig were chosen because the OG gray legs Wolfpack variant appeared in the most sets. While I agree printed or dual molded legs are a big improvement, I don't think they have to be black/brown.
If I ever decide to buy this set, the Tax collector will be the Emperor of the Castle land. With some custom loros (tunic, robe) it will look a lot like a Byzantine Emperor.
Yes!! The colors are perfect for a Byzantine character
Bro is underted asf!
Thoghts on the tax collector: use the legs on a viking lamellar torso with either purple or light blue gray arms and black, brown, or light blue gray hands (lbg only if you use purple arms). Add black or lbg armor accessories. Now you have an alternate medieval Roman soldier to compliment or to oppose the dark red version (gotta love civil wars). The torsos can be used for light troops or as a bambakion (gambeson) under a breastplate for extra heavy elites.
The adventurer girl is great, I need that BTS hair piece. I'm sad that her torso print has yellow because I use realistic skin tones, buuuut this body works for my tieflings that use the horns from the Faun CMF
Some nice work, weird though how you said the shield painter was your least favourite and then you never upgraded her haha. There’s even a perfect set of legs with paint drips on them
Oh what I meant was that the original fig from the set was my least favorite in the set. I've made customs with that torso before and love it.
I'm looking forward to picking up the new wolfpack mini, though I prefer the original as it's blankness gives a lot more customization options. My annoyance with the belt is that a lot of nice printed legs have belts ON them, so we're "forced" to double belt a bit. I wonder what a grey cape or the grey hood would look like with that grey fur collar.
Yeah i'm always fighting the double belt problem with my customs. Sometimes you can just do a hip swap but that's a bit tedious
I had actually expected a review of the village, and part of me still wants you to do one.
But that’s turned out great!, my favourites are the Wolfpack, adventurer, and wannabe Wolfpack, all 3 have some great personality!, when you’re able to get more Wolfpack torsos maybe try the wolf mask head ( the one you used in your berserker ) on the new torso!, should transition well because of the scarf! 🐺🗡️.
My least favourite of the customs is the tapestry maker, for some reason I just think the mando legs didn’t work too well, but I think the rest turned out great!. Have a good day man😌
Oh don't worry a review will be coming :)
I wanted to get a purist custom video out today so that i can focus on the review and others. (i haven't even built the set yet lol)
Nice video 🎉❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤😆😁😁😁😁
I stayed up all night for this video
:)
Despite the price increases on Minifig torsos for PAB, I also plan on getting a ton of them from this set. Absolutely plan on making a small Wolfpack gang as well, probably 10-12 guys. I'm still very torn between this and the A-Frame to get for my b-day.
Goldfyre, I'm not sure if you know this already, but the helm with nasal piece fits with a bandanna. I have used it in a few custom figs, I think it could look really cool for a soldier in cold weather or a bandit.
very nice! It has been fun playing around with some of the new CMF 25 minis and doing swaps... the barbarian with the bat helmet... ooo I liek this..... then use goar herders head with the purple hair on the bat knight. I deceided they are going to be vegetarians... fruit bats... and throw a wrench in the expectations list. A scary but peaceful loving group.
Always cool with new unique figs. We got dealth a heavy blow this month by Lego when it comes to armybuilding though as the prices has increased quite a bit.
Yeah... it's pretty disappointing.
Very. I also feel it's unacceptable that they didn't announce that anywhere. I figure it was a sneaky way to A: get more money and B: to decrease the amount of PAB orders that flood in to mitigate strain on workers.
Total BS that the price increase was specifically on a lot of castle pieces. They know what they are doing.
@@arbitrary2868 The lack of information ticks me off too, we had no way to prep for it. When I emailed them about it I only got this answer (and mind you it was only the torsos that went up in price not the legs).
"Like many businesses, we’ve continued to see increased raw material and operating costs. For some time now, we absorbed this impact in an effort to keep our pricing stable and consistent.
However, in recent months these costs have rapidly increased, so we have made the difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price (RRP) and wholesale prices across some of our global portfolio of products.
Finding the right price for a product isn’t easy and depends on a lot of factors. When deciding a price for each region, other factors come into play, such as statistical data about a region's population, transportation costs, currency exchange rates, local laws and taxes and the prices of other toys.".
In what way did they increase prices? I didn't see any increases afaik.
Lego has to start putting the slimmer mandalorian cape in more medieval sets
Lovely ideas! I especially love the reuse of the goatherd legs. But am I the only one who likes the new hood better? Just wish there was a good way to get it in black, red, blue, tan in quantities.
I'm a big fan of the old hood and I really love it on the new Wolfpack because it shows more of the print
@@Goldfyre I am not saying I hate the old one, I like it - but it feels to me like an odd peasant hood or some such - as opposed to evil stalker / criminal / traveler / ranger hood.
Wolf pack is my favorite
Lego plain legs strike again!!
Amazing bro. I need this set…
Aight, time to rob the nearby Lego store
Don't buy it for the minifigure parts though, buy it for the fun building experience and having a ton of parts for medieval buildings. Seriously while building this, with opening every bag I encountered many pieces that were on my Bricklink wanted lists for my own ideas. The new printed minifig parts are great, but this set is mostly worth it for the buildings.
The only thing I don't like is that you gave the wolf pack dude legs with pockets (There is a reason why medieval people used belts with bags, pockets on pants weren't invented yet)
True!
Yay
can we just title this guy the minifig master, its a shame he only has 14k subs but if he ever gets more i hope he doesnt pull a td bricks or b3 and turn to a really snappy editing style to grow a gen alpha audience
I'm personally not a fan of that hyper-style so don't worry.
OH THANK GOD@@Goldfyre
cool
Nice work. Very inspiring. Great video as always. Sorry to read the negative feedback. Suppose that's the way of things. Curious as to legs used for 'wolfpack wannabee'. Thanks, friend.
I believe the legs are from an old viking cmf :)
I liked most of the minifigures as they were in the set. I just like simple minifigures.
Fair! they all look really solid as they come but i love trying to upgrade them to my liking.
The Wolfpack torso looks really good under that hood and cape. I thought it was much simpler. I will be getting those from PaB once they're out. The tax collector also looks nice but like you said as a singular character rather than an army.
Did he came damaged though? It looks like he has a scratch on the golden rim of the cape print.
Seems like it was a speck of dust. I don't see it on the fig in person just in that one clip.
0:24 Only figure I want to buy from this set.
Hey did you see the new dnd lego set? Do you think you might add some of that to your lore
I haven't seen any good pictures of it yet. Did it get officially revealed?
@@Goldfyre no but it till looks cool in the leaked photos
Henlo it is me. I enjoyed this video. Bye
Whe did the set comes out?
It came out for lego insiders on march 1st. You can sign up as a lego insider for free online
Wolfpack and tax collector are the best.😊 Your new legs doesn't fit on Wolpack 'cause those pockets are modern looking. New BTS hair on farm girl is too much boyish. Other improvements are great. :D
What’s wrong with boyish hair on a girl 😂.
Realistic or not, this set is still fantasy as is Goldfyre’s world, I do kinda agree on the pockets though!
Yeah I wish I had some plain black and brown legs but I don't.
5:49 I think the original was better. The plain dress on this figure specific is a good modest peasant vibe. The Elron skirt has too much going on.
I was here
4:26 still kind of looks like an adult
Ps comments
Maybe use the newspaper boy from 24. Make them a little bit shorter just an idea still like it though.
This was fun to watch… but not good. I like the Wolfpack guy as he is in the original set.
Lego is definitely dropping the ball when it comes to minifigures for castle. Lion Knights Castle has way too many repetitious knights, a lame magisto, and no king. This set, again, only has that one tax collector as a standout figure.
Are peasants really supposed to “stand out”?, they didn’t really have the luxury of doing so
2:39 Wouldn’t red and yellow work better?
Is this the Saturday video
Nope! Tomorrow will be the top 10 MOCs of February :)
Have you gotten monetized yet? If not then hope you do soon.
I am :)
@@Goldfyre awesome!🎉
@@Goldfyremultiple sponsorships and monetized!, congrats!
Day 1 of asking for Lord of The Rings content
>"Upgrading the medieval town square"
>Only upgrades the figures and doesn't even mention the actual build
Minifigure-centrism is sickening
So true!
First!
Your mom was my first!
I'm earlyy
Good job you discovered time.
bold of you to assume I've seen your other videos, and what a missed opportunity to onboard a new subscriber when you don't show the other designs you've made, even briefly without commentary
You've commented on my other videos though lol what are you talking about
Kai
Hot take: Wolfpack is SO overrated
That is not a hot take, it’s a obvious but unfortunate fact
not really, they are just a cool marauder faction
@@Zombxst that is heavily overrated
Aside from the bandit, which clearly looks better and more menacing, I think it is more a sidegrade video than an upgrade video. They have become largely different minifigs for the most part, or were ignored as they were either boring or already good.
Having more animals in de set definitely is needed. I like the goat and there are a bunch of smaller animals like a kitten, a squirrel, 2 birds, a bat and a snail. However, I would have forgone any of them except the goat and the nesting bird, to get some extra farm animals like a cow (for the cart that currently has nothing), a bunch of pigs or sheep (or both) would have also worked. Also, any larger medieval set really needs horses, as it is the primary way for people to get around in those times. Having two, or at the very least one horse in the set would have helped make it more lively and less stale.
Overall, while I'm fine with the minifigs that came with the set, they aren't spectacular and there are a bit too few for what the set costs and how busy a town square should look. For 10-20 bucks more, they could have added at least some farm animals and 2-3 extra villagers, even if tbey weren't including new prints. That would have made the set much better, even though the value in this set comes from the buildings and the ton of detailing parts that have been included for those.
Compared to the Lion Knight's Castle and the Viking Village, this is probably the least value for money, but it is still well designed overall and a ton of fun to build and display. Out of all of them, this is also the one that is easiest to upgrade yourself, by adding the animals and minifigs and maybe some more market stalls to fill up the town square.
You made all the minifigures worse. Each of them. It's even impressive.
Thanks! That's what I was going for