Knights' Kingdom II
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Knights' Kingdom II was a Castle subtheme. It was introduced in 2004 and its last new sets were released in 2006 and the theme was eventually superseded by Castle (2007).
Contentwise it has no connection to the first Knights' Kingdom theme from 2000, other than the general medieval-like setting.
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This second Knight's Kingdom line from 2004 was a radical departure from any previous Castle themes. It featured several colorful knights (in red, green, purple and light blue) as main characters who resembled a super hero team like the Power Rangers and were pitted against the evil dark knight Vladek (dressed in black). The conflict takes place in the fictional kingdom of Morcia.
Each knight had a unique crest. Another peculiarity was the fact that the good side initially did not feature any grunts and consisted only of the four heroes and the king until 2006 when Sir Kentis lead a group of four unnamed knights against a small army of foes in 8813 Battle at the Pass. The bad guys on the other hand already had some unnamed minions at their disposal when the theme was launched in 2004.
The normal LEGO System sets were accompanied by the release of canned action figure versions of these new characters in a style similar to BIONICLE.
Knight's Kingdom II was all in all more action oriented and also introduced some new helmets, swords and shields.
Plastic Figures released in 2004 were Nestle Promotionals. The figures were like Minifigures because they had studs, and had 4 parts. They also had stickers to put on the shield and body. They were almost twice as big as LEGO Minifigures.
Featured castles
The kingdom of Morcia was in possession of several castles, most of which where released with the first wave in 2004. The largest of these castles was the royal Castle of Morcia itself. Other fortifications included the Citadel of Orlan and Jayko's castle of Talonjay. The antagonist faction led by Vladek had three larger buildings at its disposal which were all released in 2005. Their main stronghold was Vladek's Dark Fortress itself, which was also the largest of all Knights' Kingdom II sets. Other buildings included a fortified port included in 8802 Dark Fortress Landing and Scorpion Prison Cave.
In 2006 a range of other buildings was released. The Mistlands Tower being the largest and the only one that featured characters from the previous years. The other buildings from this year included the Gargoyle Bridge and a large wall featured in 8813 Battle at the Pass, but these sets only included the newly introduced characters and had actually little connection to the original setting.
Characters
Six characters were introduced in 2004. They were featured as normal minifigures in the sets as well as canned action figures.
- Jayko (initially called "the rookie", he became king in 2006): light blue armour, falcon/eagle crest
- Danju (initially called "the wise veteran"): purple armour, wolf crest
- Santis (initially called "the strong"): red armour, bear crest
- Rascus (initially called "the joker"): green armour, monkey crest
- King Mathias: golden armour, lion crest
- Vladek: black armour, scorpion crest
Four other knights were added in 2006.
- Sir Kentis: green and silver armour, unicorn crest
- Sir Adric: red and silver armour, bull crest
- Karzon: dark armour, snake crest
- Dracus: dark armour, dragon crest
Sets
Regular Sets
- 2004
- 8777 Vladek Encounter
- 8778 Border Ambush
- 8779 The Grand Tournament
- 8780 Citadel of Orlan
- 8781 Castle of Morcia
- 8799 Knights' Castle Wall
- 8800 Vladek's Siege Engine
- 2005
- 5994 Catapult
- 5998 Vladek
- 5999 Jayko
- 8801 Knights' Attack Barge
- 8802 Dark Fortress Landing
- 8873 Fireball Catapult
- 8874 Battle Wagon
- 8875 King's Siege Tower
- 8876 Scorpion Prison Cave
- 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress
- 2006
Figure sets
Large figures
- 2004
- 8770 Danju
- 8771 Jayko - The Rookie
- 8772 Rascus - The Joker
- 8773 Santis - The Strong
- 8774 Vladek - The Dark Knight
- 8782 Danju
- 8783 Jayko
- 8784 Rascus
- 8785 Santis
- 8786 Vladek
- 2005
- 2006
Plastic Figures
- 2005
Special sets and Bonus Packs
- K8800 Vladek's Attack Kit (2004), contained 8799 Knights' Castle Wall and 8800 Vladek's Siege Engine
- 65642 Limited Edition Bonus Pack (2004), contained 8779 The Grand Tournament bundled with foam toys of Vladek's sword and shield.
- 65767 Attack from the Sea (2005), containded 8801 Knights' Attack Barge and 8802 Dark Fortress Landing