Castle (2007)
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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 Kingdoms theme in 2010 by the fans who wanted just knights fighting against knights, rather than having a full fantasy war. Castle (2007) also appears in My LEGO Network as Sticker and Backgrounds.
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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
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 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
Regular sets
- Crown Knights
- 5373 Knight and Catapult (2008) - Crown Knight
- 5614 The Good Wizard (2008)- Good Wizard
- 5615 The Knight (2008) - Crown Knight
- 10193 Medieval Market Village (2009) - Crown Knight X2, Blacksmith, Peasants (Two Male, Two Female), Boy
- 7078 King's Battle Chariot (2009)
- 7079 Drawbridge Defense (2009)
- Skeletons
- Crown Knights vs. Skeletons (2007)
- 7009 The Final Joust - Skeleton Warrior, Crown Knight, Skeletal Horse, Crown Knight Horse
- 7029 Skeleton Ship Attack - Crown Knights X3, Skeleton Warriors X3, Skeleton Captain.
- 7090 Crossbow Attack - Crown Knight X2, Skeleton Warrior, Skeletal Horse
- 7092 Skeletons' Prison Carriage - Crown Knight X2, Skeleton Warrior X3, Knights Horse, Skeletal Horse X3.
- 7093 Skeleton Tower - Dragon, Evil Wizard, Crown Knight, Crown Princess, Crown Horse, Skeleton Warriors X2.
- 7091 Knights' Catapult Defense - Skeleton Warrior X2, Crown Knights X2
- 7094 King's Castle Siege - Crown King, Crown Knight X4, Skeleton Warrior X4, Crown Horse, Dragon
- Crown Knights/Dwarves vs. Trolls (2008)
- 5618 Troll Warrior - Troll Warrior
- 7036 Dwarves' Mine - Dwarf X4, Troll Warriors X2, Giant Troll
- 7037 Tower Raid - Troll Warriors X3, Crown Knights X2
- 7038 Troll Assault Wagon - Troll Warrior, Giant Troll, Crown Knight X2
- 7040 Dwarves Mine Defender - Dwarf, Troll Warriors X2
- 7041 Troll Battle Wheel - Troll Warrior X2, Crown Knight X2, Troll Captain.
- 7048 Troll Warship - Troll Warrior X6, Crown Knight, Dwarf, Giant Troll, Dragon
- 7097 Trolls' Mountain Fortress (2009)
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
- 7979 Castle Advent Calendar - unknown.
- 852001 Castle Chess Set - Crown Knights X8, Skeleton Warriors X8, Skeleton Bishop X2, Skeleton Rook X2, Crown Rook X2, Skeleton Knight X2, Crown Chess Knight X2, Skeleton Queen, Crown Princess, Crown King, Evil Wizard, Crown Bishop.
- 852132 Castle Tic Tac Toe - Crown Knight X5, Skeleton Warrior X5
- 852271 Knights Battle Pack - Crown Knight X5
- 852272 Skeletons Battle Pack - Skeleton Warrior X5
- 852293 Castle Giant Chess Set - Giant Troll X2, Crown Horse X2, Skeletal Horse X2, Dragon X2, Crown Knight X4, Good Wizard X2, Crown King, Crown Princess, Dwarf X8, Skeleton Warrior X4, Evil Wizard, Evil Witch, Troll Warrior X8
- Magnets and Key Chains
- 852009 Castle Minifigure Magnet Set - Crown King, Crown Knight, Skeleton Warrior
- 852194 Dwarf Key Chain - Dwarf
- Books
- Brickmaster Castle - Skeleton Warrior, Crown Knight
- Toys
- 851894 King's Sword
- 851895 King's Cape with Fur
- 851896 King's Crown
- 851949 King's Shield
- 852003 Castle Skeleton Sword
- 852005 Knight Hero Helmet
- 852007 Knight's Shield
- 852008 Knight Hero Armour
- 852088 Castle Skeleton Armour
- 852198 Dwarf Foam Axe
- 852231 Castle Coin Bank
- 852294 Dwarf Helmet EVA
- 852394 Sword Hero
- 4268591 Small Knight Shield
- 852512 Archer Set
