Castle (2007)

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Castle (2007)
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Years:

2007 - 2009

Subtheme of:

Castle

Related themes:

Kingdoms


Castle (2007), also known as Fantasy Era, refers to the 2007 relaunch of the LEGO Castle theme. It is often called "Fantasy theme" or "Fantasy Castle" by fans to distinguish it from the original Castle theme that started in 1978. This theme is the successor to Knights' Kingdom II and ran until 2009. It was replaced by the new Kingdoms theme in 2010. Castle (2007) also appears in My LEGO Network as Sticker and Backgrounds.

Details

The new Castle series from 2007 was the first LEGO theme to feature classic fantasy creatures such as trolls or dwarves.

Unlike the earlier Castle theme and its subthemes, this new theme doesn't focus on a war between different medieval kingdoms, but between humans and fantasy creatures like skeletons, dark wizards, and trolls.

Most sets contained warriors from two opposing factions and not just one single group, in order to increase playability.

The first antagonists of the human faction, represented by the Crown Knights, were the Skeleton Warriors, led by the Evil Wizard, that appeared in the first year of this theme.

2008 introduced the Troll Warriors as new foes, which were apparently also enemies of the newly added Dwarves.

In 2009 only four new sets were released, including 10193 Medieval Market Village which is the biggest entirely civilian Castle set ever, it also included the first LEGO cow-figures.

Factions

Crown Knights

10193 Medieval Market Village is one of the most realistic medieval themed sets ever released.

The Crown Knights are the faction that represents the humans and were introduced in 2007. They are lead by a king and their coat of arms is a crown on a blue background as seen on their shields, flags and uniforms. The faction is in possession of a large castle, 7094 King's Castle Siege. Other buildings include a tower (7037 Tower Raid), a fortified port (7029 Skeleton Ship Attack) and another fortified tower (7079 Drawbridge Defense). The Crown Knights don't have any other vehicles than 7078 King's Battle Chariot and have two siege engines, the 7091 Knights' Catapult Defense and the 7090 Crossbow Attack.

The Crown Knights not only use horses as mounts, but dragons as well, as seen in 7048 Troll Warship.

This faction features a complete royal family with a king, a queen and a princess. The court also encompasses a wizard and a Court Jester as well as a General


Skeleton Warriors

The Skeleton Warriors were the first adversaries of the Crown Knights and appeared in 2007 as well. They were basically living skeletons that occasionally also use horse skeletons as mounts. Their leaders are the Evil Wizard and his servant The Black Skeleton. Their symbol is a skull which is featured on their round bucklers and oval shields.

The only building of this faction is the Skeleton Tower, which is also the evil wizard's lair. They also own a sailing ship and a carriage but not any siege engines.

Troll Warriors

The Battle Wheel is one of the many ingenious siege engines of the trolls.

The trolls are light green monsters that were introduced in 2008. They have a huge and varied complement of siege engines at their disposal, as well as a large ship. But they are only in possession of a single building, 7097 Trolls' Mountain Fortress.

There are two versions of trolls, small ones that are minifigure-sized and larger ones that consist of special pieces. Their symbol is an elongated skull which is also featured on flags and their rectangular shields.

Dwarves

The Dwarves are a race of miners and are constantly attacked by the Trolls. They appeared in 2008 as well. Their symbol is a winged helmet, which seems to be their version of a crown, on a blue background and is featured on their round shields.

Only two sets have been released so far, including a large mine and a battle machine. In all of these sets the dwarves are pitted against the Troll Warriors. A lonely dwarf is also included as a prisoner in the set 7048 Troll Warship.

The dwarves' crest is similar to the one of the Crown Knights but includes their own version of a crown, a winged helmet, on blue background. The symbol is featured on round shields.

Their weapons are battle axes that consist of two axe blades from Vikings attached to a brown stick. They also use regular axes made by the same method but using only one axeblade. Dwarves use large warhammers as well.

List of Sets

File:7079 Drawbridge Defense.jpg
7079 Drawbridge Defense is one of the new sets released in 2009

Regular sets

Crown Knights
The Skeleton Tower illustrates that Castle 2007 is indeed a fantasy theme.
Skeletons
Crown Knights vs. Skeletons (2007)
Crown Knights/Dwarves vs. Trolls (2008)

Other sets

Collections
  • K7029 Complete Castle Collection - Skeleton Warrior X16, Crown Knight X15, Skeletal Horse X5, Crown Horse X4, Dragon X2, Evil Wizard, Crown Princess, Crown King, Skeleton Captain.
  • K7094 Castle Collection - Skeleton Warrior X13, Crown Knight X12, Skeletal Horse X5, Crown Horse X4, Dragon X2, Evil Wizard, Crown Princess, Crown King.
Special sets
Magnets and key chains
Toys

See also

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