BrickJagger Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, I'm technically new but I've been reading content from this site for several years. Recently we learned that there will be no Castle sets in 2015. Knowing this, I went to my local Lego store and tracked down the store manager. I asked him if he knew if there were any Castle related products coming out that he knew of, and, to my surprise, he did. He said that Lego had sent him a memo recently that said they were working on a new Castle line due out late 2015- Mid 2016 at the latest. When I asked him what kind of Castle theme it would be, he said "It's a lot like the Castle theme from a few years ago, the one with the Dwarves and Trolls." I believe that this is referring to the 2007-2009 Castle line. He also said that the current Castle line will receive no further products and should be off the shelves soon. I am not sure if this is true, but it sounded like it was and the man seemed to know what was going on at Lego. If this is true....... Please discuss. Nexo Knights Fans BrickJagger CM4Sci NotMegalodon Puffle Pal26 Rayskull Aanchir amazingbricks DraikNova legoromania 70310 Knighton Battle Blaster Pieces - 76 Minifigures - Ash Attacker, Knighton Knight Price - $9.99 70311 Chaos Catapult Pieces - 93 Minifigures - Crust Smasher, Knighton Knight Price - $9.99 70312 Lance's Mecha Horse Pieces - 237 Minifigures - Lance, Lance Bot, Flame Thrower 70313 Moltor's Lava Smasher Pieces - 187 Minifigures - Moltor, Aaron 70314 Beast Master's Chaos Chariot Pieces - 314 Minifigures - Macy, Beast Master 70315 Clay's Rumble Blade Pieces - 367 Minifigures - Ash Attacker, Scurrier, Clay, Clay Bot x2 70316 Jestro's Evil Mobile Pieces - 658 Minifigures - Jestro, Book of Monsters, Sparkks, Lance, Scurrier 70317 The Fortrex Pieces - 1140 Minifigures - Ash Attacker, Scurrier x2, Merlok 2.0, Axl, Aaron, Clay, Chef Éclair 70324 Merlok's Library 2.0 Pieces - 288 Minifigures - Crust Smasher, Lance, Ava 70325 Infernox captures the Queen Pieces - 253 Minifigures - Queen Halbert, Aaron 70327 The King's Mech Pieces - 375 Minifigures - Flame Thrower, King Halbert, King's Bot 70330 Ultimate Clay Pieces - 72 Minifigures - Clay (Ultimate) 70331 Ultimate Macy Pieces - 101 Minifigures - Macy (Ultimate) 70332 Ultimate Aaron Pieces - 82 Minifigures - Aaron (Ultimate) 70333 Ultimate Robin Pieces - 75 Minifigures - Robin (Ultimate) 70334 Ultimate Beast Master Pieces - 65 Minifigures - Beast Master (Ultimate) 70335 Ultimate Lavaria Pieces - 69 Minifigures - Lavaria (Ultimate) Edit by Hinckley: Pics! Summer Wave 70318: The Glob Lobber 70319: Macy's Thunder Mace 70320: Aaron Fox's Aero-Striker V2 70322: Axl's Tower Carrier 70323: Jestro's Volcano Lair 70336: Ultimate Axl 70337: Ultimate Lance 70338: Ultimate General Magmar 70339: Ultimate Flama Edited January 29, 2017 by BrickJagger Updated with pictures! Quote
Cwetqo Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 It might be true... I know that 1h 2016 sets are already being discussed with mayor retailers, so it is possible that LBR employees (or at least manager, who do the ordering) got some info. It would certainly be nice to have castle back. Quote
Robert8 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) SWEET BABY JESUS! Are they bringing Fantasy Era back???????? LEGO, this is why I love you Edited January 25, 2015 by Robert8 Quote
BrickJagger Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 SWEET BABY JESUS! Are they bringing back Fantasy Era???????? LEGO, this is why I love you I know! I was losing hope until heard this. I am looking forward to new faction possibilities: Goblins, Elves, Forestmen..... Quote
Sinthoras Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) This is really great news and I'm still hoping for an UCS Castle. I really like to see what a LEGO designer can do with 4000 pieces or so. Edited January 25, 2015 by Sinthoras Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Maybe Lego are going to rotate castle and pirates every two years or something......who knows Roman and wild west might appear down the track as well ? Though looking at the new pirate sets as compared to the 2009 ones - they don't look as detailed in construction so hopefully castle still has a lot of building.....no juniorisation ! Quote
Hive Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Fantastic news if true. And thank heavens that we'll be rid of the current theme soon as well. Two good news at once. Quote
Shroffy123 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Great news if true. Can finally buuld up orc dwarf and elf armies without those horrible flesh heads Quote
BrickSev Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 It would be amazing to have a new Castle/Fantasy theme. The recent Castle theme was a little, well, "undertone" and with LOTR sets no longer produced I truly hope to see a new Fantasy theme Quote
Robert8 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 new faction possibilities: Goblins, Elves, Forestmen..... Quote
Master_Data Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 I know! I was losing hope until heard this. I am looking forward to new faction possibilities: Goblins, Elves, Forestmen..... Oh yeah! I hope they incorporate all of the new molds from the CMF line into the sets. They also had better reintroduce this piece in this exact color. Quote
just2good Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Man, I hope you're right. There's been a new Castle theme every 3 years, so it makes perfect sense. Quote
Borador Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Fantasy Era is coming back? YES! YES! YES! Oh gosh, this is so exciting! I've still got all my orcs and dwarfs from back then, and I would LOVE to expand their ranks and add a bit of variety. Oh wow, I'm thrilled, I cannot wait! Hoping for some mythical monster fights like the Vikings line. A Cerebus-type creature, maybe a Kraken, a Leshy, etc. The possibilities are endless! Maybe we can finally get a three-headed dragon mold, or some other monsters. Best news I've heard all day! Quote
BrickJagger Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 Fantasy Era is coming back? YES! YES! YES! Oh gosh, this is so exciting! I've still got all my orcs and dwarfs from back then, and I would LOVE to expand their ranks and add a bit of variety. Oh wow, I'm thrilled, I cannot wait! Hoping for some mythical monster fights like the Vikings line. A Cerebus-type creature, maybe a Kraken, a Leshy, etc. The possibilities are endless! Maybe we can finally get a three-headed dragon mold, or some other monsters. Best news I've heard all day! I would really like to get Elves in wave 1. I've been waiting for Elves for years, and my one poor CMF elf looks lonely among my ocean of various lion themed knights Quote
Robert8 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 I think trolls will be replace by goblins. And we'll get elves instead of dwarves Quote
legopiratelord Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 I would LOVE to see a return to the fantasy era castle, so I hope this is true. The fantasy ear castle was during my dark ages, so I missed out on them. But I've browsed the sets online and they look wonderful; that perfect mix between detailed, handsome models, fun play features, and exciting minifigs. It seems reasonable, as the Castle 2013 and Hobbit/LOtR lines are almost certainly finished. I'd be very surprised if we went all of 2015 and 2016 without seeing SOME kind of Castle/fantasy line. Quote
SirValiant Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Don't want to get too excited but if they do that would be awesome. Not only for the figs but also because the set designs were great as well as the parts selection in the theme. Guess well have to wait and see. By the way if they do alternate pirates and castle that would be awesome!! Sir Valiant~ Quote
just2good Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Maybe they'll do those Elves theme hairpieces but with more neutral colors and yellow ears. Quote
Robert8 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Maybe they'll do those Elves theme hairpieces but with more neutral colors and yellow ears. Don't you have preliminaries of these already? Edited January 26, 2015 by Robert8 Quote
Faefrost Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 This is really great news and I'm still hoping for an UCS Castle. I really like to see what a LEGO designer can do with 4000 pieces or so. Does anyone know how the Joust set did D2C? Honestly I think if we ever see a "UCS Castle" it will be Disney's. Maybe Lego are going to rotate castle and pirates every two years or something......who knows Roman and wild west might appear down the track as well ? Though looking at the new pirate sets as compared to the 2009 ones - they don't look as detailed in construction so hopefully castle still has a lot of building.....no juniorisation ! Castle, Space and Pirates are considered Evergreen just in semi regular rotation, so yeah that makes sense. Although I would expect something closer to 3 year rotation. Wild West is a past theme but not one that they consider an absolute recurring Evergreen one. We will probably see it again at some point. But I would not expect a steady or predictable rotation. SWEET BABY JESUS! Are they bringing Fantasy Era back???????? LEGO, this is why I love you It would make sense. Figure there was a bit of if not a non compete a discouragement from doing Fantasy Era type sub themes while the Middle Earth stuff was still ongoing and in effect. Quote
Robert8 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Castle, Space and Pirates are considered Evergreen just in semi regular rotation, so yeah that makes sense. Although I would expect something closer to 3 year rotation. Wild West is a past theme but not one that they consider an absolute recurring Evergreen one. We will probably see it again at some point. But I would not expect a steady or predictable rotation. As I said on another thread, Pirates is a classic, but hardly can be considered as evergreen. The only truly evergreen theme would be City, IMO Space and Castle are on the middle. Quote
BrickJagger Posted January 26, 2015 Author Posted January 26, 2015 As I said on another thread, Pirates is a classic, but hardly can be considered as evergreen. The only truly evergreen theme would be City, IMO Space and Castle are on the middle. Castle seems pretty evergreen to me. Since 1983, the only years that we have not had a single Castle set were 2003 and this year. Space is less so, as there was a stretch from 2001-2007 that there weren't any because of Star Wars. I think this new theme could have a long run because there is nothing in the near future to compete with it. Quote
just2good Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Don't you have preliminaries of these already? I wish! Quote
Artanis I Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Although "evergreen" means more along the lines of always present, when TLG used the term they kinda meant that they'll continue to go back to it regularly, unlike 1-off themes that never return, or have many years between iterations (like agents, dinosaurs etc) and are basically just rehashes of what was released for a younger "generation". So the only true evergreen themes at the moment are City & Star Wars, and perhaps Friends. Quote
Phyre Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 Not at all surprised by this news. With LotR/Hobbit done and with no Castle theme this year, it should be only a matter of time before we see a new Castle theme of some sort. And if it's a return to fantasy, all the better. The 2007-2009 line was what got me into collecting Castle sets in the first place and now that's the majority of what I collect. Hopefully we'll see some nice new factions in this line. Quote
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