Lego Icons 10332 Medieval Town Square Discussion Thread

[Classic_Spaceman]

2 minutes ago, Black Feather said:

Would really suck if they have a shieldsmith’s workshop and no new shield prints.  Not saying they wouldn’t do it, but after not having one in the GWP…  Well, that would be more than disappointing.

We could still get new shield prints, just not a new Dragon Masters shield. 
 

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, Black Feather said:

Would really suck if they have a shieldsmith’s workshop and no new shield prints.  Not saying they wouldn’t do it, but after not having one in the GWP…  Well, that would be more than disappointing.

They could include the basil one, but unsure if they will do it since it is not from the same time as the other fractions. LKC used a lot of the budget on shields so maybe they will not use any here or if there is new prints my guess is that it is some of the shields we got in LKC made in a other mould however from a quick look on Brickset they showed up in 1992 and those fractions never had them If the shield smith rumour is right maybe it is just a way to include some shields in the set 

5 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

We could still get new shield prints, just not a new Dragon Masters shield. 
 

We are missing the yellow black falcon -, black knight - and also the grey round shield from that time period, anyone else?
Is the combined yellow/blue lion knights shield from LKC a new design that did not exist in the 80ties? I must say I really like it and it is my favourite of the 3 lion ones

[Black Falcon]

6 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

We could still get new shield prints, just not a new Dragon Masters shield. 

Sure it is possible, but if they are going to do more remake shields, they would likely have the one included they need for the GWP. So I think it will be either no new shields at all, or just no new remake shields of other factions.

45 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

They could include the basil one, but unsure if they will do it since it is not from the same time as the other fractions. LKC used a lot of the budget on shields so maybe they will not use any here or if there is new prints my guess is that it is some of the shields we got in LKC made in a other mould however from a quick look on Brickset they showed up in 1992 and those fractions never had them If the shield smith rumour is right maybe it is just a way to include some shields in the set 

I don´t actually think the basil one would be that much cheaper than making an other one. The only cost you would be saving is the one for the print. 

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We are missing the yellow black falcon -, black knight - and also the grey round shield from that time period, anyone else?

Well actually we are missing both the blue and yellow black falcon, but I like the reimagined design better anyways, so there is no need to bring back the same shield with two new colours IMO. The grey shield is just plain but got I don´t think the mould for that one still exists - and just adding a plain grey shield would be kinda boring, however I could see them adding it for the blacksmith as unfinished shield. Aside from that we are missing the shields from 383 Knight's Joust

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Is the combined yellow/blue lion knights shield from LKC a new design that did not exist in the 80ties? I must say I really like it and it is my favourite of the 3 lion ones

It is new and actually my favourite too. If it was for me they could have skipped the other two and used the budget for something else, like Prints on Majisto. ;)

[GeoBrick]

10 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

We could still get new shield prints, just not a new Dragon Masters shield. 
 

Most likely its going to be a selection of existing shields... of which a whole load are in production at the moment.
But I wouldn't say no to tricolored shields to fit with the guards in this set.

[Sebbl]

20 hours ago, Retrocity said:

There is a Merlok figure from a Nexo Knights book that has a resemblance to Majisto as well. I didn't know this figure existed and randomly found the book with it last year in a buyout store and scooped it up for like $5. 

https://nexoknights.fandom.com/wiki/The_Book_of_Knights

OMG, this minifigure is so awesome. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know it exists and always found that it is a pity that Nexoknights didn't include a minifgure version of him.
In my opinion, the new beard is not as good as the classic or the Vitruvius beard.

Here's the link to spare others the search 😊 https://brickset.com/minifigs/nex059

[Aanchir]

5 hours ago, GeoBrick said:

Most likely its going to be a selection of existing shields... of which a whole load are in production at the moment.
But I wouldn't say no to tricolored shields to fit with the guards in this set.

Yeah, that could be quite nice! It's also possible that we could get shields from some of the established factions in different shapes. After all, even if the classic Lion Knights and Black Falcons never got any shield shapes other than the classic triangular ones, I don't necessarily see that as a reason that they implicitly shouldn't.

All that said, if the designers DON'T include any new printed shields, it will probably be because they decided to put that budget for new printed elements towards other sorts of parts — for example, minifigure parts, animals, flags, signs, food elements, etc. And I can't say I'd be at all bothered by that. After all, the Lion Knights' Castle already had way more variety of shield patterns than I'd ever expect to see in just one wave of sets, let alone one singular set! So I would hardly feel cheated if this set focuses more on other sorts of medieval stuff, particularly stuff more geared towards the lives of civilian peasants and merchants.

[Alexandrina]

54 minutes ago, Aanchir said:

After all, the Lion Knights' Castle already had way more variety of shield patterns than I'd ever expect to see in just one wave of sets, let alone one singular set

There were so many different shields that it almost felt like the designers taking advantage of the anniversary set's budget to get a whole load of designs into production for when they needed them.

[Black Falcon]

4 hours ago, Sebbl said:

OMG, this minifigure is so awesome. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know it exists and always found that it is a pity that Nexoknights didn't include a minifgure version of him.
In my opinion, the new beard is not as good as the classic or the Vitruvius beard.

Here's the link to spare others the search 😊 https://brickset.com/minifigs/nex059

I would have been hape to have that kind of print for Majisto. Maybe with an little bag added on the cord, and I would be perfectly happy

[Classic_Spaceman]

12 hours ago, GeoBrick said:

Most likely its going to be a selection of existing shields... of which a whole load are in production at the moment.
But I wouldn't say no to tricolored shields to fit with the guards in this set.

My predictions for new shields are the Classic tricolour, Classic checkerboard (both types), and Black Knights; LEGO seems to be reviving factions in the order in which they were first released and including Classic Castle shields as Easter eggs, so the Black Knights are the next in line. 
 

5 hours ago, Alexandrina said:

There were so many different shields that it almost felt like the designers taking advantage of the anniversary set's budget to get a whole load of designs into production for when they needed them.

If that were the case, though, then why were most of the new shields just Classic Castle Easter eggs, and not factions that LEGO might actually make in the future? 
 

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

My predictions for new shields are the Classic tricolour, Classic checkerboard (both types), and Black Knights; LEGO seems to be reviving factions in the order in which they were first released and including Classic Castle shields as Easter eggs, so the Black Knights are the next in line. 

From those my preferred one would be black knights one, however that is rather similar to the dragon knight one. So then they could used that in the Majisto GWP, but maybe they did not want all the negative feedback of mixing black knights and dragon knights so I guess it is possible.. Depends on the budget and how much is left after all the animals and civilians have taken their share of it, could end up with a blank one, maybe some vikings ones from the Ideas set and the rest are from the LKC

[Classic_Spaceman]

5 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

So then they could used that in the Majisto GWP, but maybe they did not want all the negative feedback of mixing black knights and dragon knights so I guess it is possible.. 

The backlash to using a Black Knights' shield for a Dragon Master would have far eclipsed the criticisms that the set has already received! 😬
 

[Roebuck]

1 minute ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

The backlash to using a Black Knights' shield for a Dragon Master would have far eclipsed the criticisms that the set has already received! 😬
 

Yes probably so that was not a very good argument of why the black knight one was not included in the MTS from my side I would really like it since I have fond memories of the black knights form my childhood, and most of the minifigs are rather general right so the shield is the most import thing to get from them, barding next

[Sir Dano]

2 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

The backlash to using a Black Knights' shield for a Dragon Master would have far eclipsed the criticisms that the set has already received! 😬
 

Wouldn't be the first time, actually.

https://brickset.com/sets/6078-1/Royal-Drawbridge

Or even the second time.

https://brickset.com/sets/6079-1/Dark-Forest-Fortress

 

[HothFan1987]

40 minutes ago, Sir Dano said:

Wouldn't be the first time, actually.

https://brickset.com/sets/6078-1/Royal-Drawbridge

Or even the second time.

https://brickset.com/sets/6079-1/Dark-Forest-Fortress

 

How have I never seen that Dark Forest Fortress before? I don’t remember that even being in the UK, was it only released it certain countries or did I really let myself down as a kid?

[Alexandrina]

9 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

If that were the case, though, then why were most of the new shields just Classic Castle Easter eggs, and not factions that LEGO might actually make in the future?

Many reasons. They could have been planning for future throwback sets (though I suppose this doesn't explain the lack of Dragon Masters shields) or perhaps they have an idea of expanding out one of the generic early Castle shields that never really had a faction associated with it.

1 hour ago, HothFan1987 said:

How have I never seen that Dark Forest Fortress before? I don’t remember that even being in the UK, was it only released it certain countries or did I really let myself down as a kid?

Sadly the Dark Forest line seems to have been a US-only release. (I remember reading once that the sets were included in retailer catalogues in the UK but not directly available; no major retailers stocked them but theoretically there could have been small independent outlets that had them. No idea how much truth there is to this.)

[HothFan1987]

Ah, thank you, it’s a cool looking set,  cheers for the context @Alexandrina and for sharing @Sir Dano

Edited November 6, 2023 by HothFan1987

[Classic_Spaceman]

4 hours ago, Sir Dano said:

Wouldn't be the first time, actually.

https://brickset.com/sets/6078-1/Royal-Drawbridge

Or even the second time.

https://brickset.com/sets/6079-1/Dark-Forest-Fortress

 

True; that does not mean that I am wrong, though! 
 

2 hours ago, Alexandrina said:

Many reasons. They could have been planning for future throwback sets (though I suppose this doesn't explain the lack of Dragon Masters shields) or perhaps they have an idea of expanding out one of the generic early Castle shields that never really had a faction associated with it.

I doubt that LEGO would flesh out any of the Classic Castle shields before doing all of the well-known factions first. 
 

[Alexandrina]

1 hour ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

I doubt that LEGO would flesh out any of the Classic Castle shields before doing all of the well-known factions first. 

Honestly though that depends. I doubt we'd get one of those factions expanded in a single large set a la 10305/the village set, but equally if Lego are considering a more expansive line of sets they might decide to make four or five sets expanding a classic faction rather than four or five Wolfpack sets, for instance.

[Roebuck]

The prelim has several trees made of the new fern piece and now it seems a second bigger fern piece show up in Friends so I am sure the set will include that as well
There is even another new plant piece in the Friends sets it looks like a lot of the small leaf part close together, that I believe would make a great tree also. My guess it that we will see both in MTS

[jodawill]

7 hours ago, Roebuck said:

The prelim has several trees made of the new fern piece and now it seems a second bigger fern piece show up in Friends so I am sure the set will include that as well
There is even another new plant piece in the Friends sets it looks like a lot of the small leaf part close together, that I believe would make a great tree also. My guess it that we will see both in MTS

I sure hope that new leaf piece isn't in this set. It looks cartoonish. It fits better with things like Mickey Mouse and Fabuland. I will be really sad if it replaces the original leaf mold.

[Lyichir]

2 minutes ago, jodawill said:

I sure hope that new leaf piece isn't in this set. It looks cartoonish. It fits better with things like Mickey Mouse and Fabuland. I will be really sad if it replaces the original leaf mold.

So far it seems to be used in tandem with the classic leaf mold, so I wouldn't worry about the older one going away. The old one is good for when you need a lot of connection points whereas this new one seems to be focused more on shaping and coverage.

[zoth33]

3 hours ago, Lyichir said:

So far it seems to be used in tandem with the classic leaf mold, so I wouldn't worry about the older one going away. The old one is good for when you need a lot of connection points whereas this new one seems to be focused more on shaping and coverage.

Yeah I don't see the old leaf piece going anywhere it's too useful and they are still using it in several sets.  The new flat leaf piece that is made of the smaller 3 bladed leaf pieces is interesting.  The new bigger fern is a nice addition.  I can't wait to get some of these new parts for landscaping.  Just got my order last week with the new fern pieces they are quite nice.  

[DaleDVM]

Just wanted to say, I love reading all of the speculation.  I will be excited to see actual pics in the new year.  

Now I just need to figure out what to buy to get my GWP Majisto set.  Another Rivendell?  I need a couple of the new modulars too?

 

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, DaleDVM said:

Now I just need to figure out what to buy to get my GWP Majisto set.  Another Rivendell?  I need a couple of the new modulars too?

Yeah, I am pretty undecided what to buy yet too. - Also when to buy. Last year they had some discounts on Sets using VIP-Points, so would guess we will see that happening again. So might depend on if I am looking for one of those sets. Same goes for Black friday, there will be discounted sets - but you never know which ones will be there, so I guess I need a Crystal Ball lol...

[zoth33]

3 hours ago, DaleDVM said:

Just wanted to say, I love reading all of the speculation.  I will be excited to see actual pics in the new year.  

Now I just need to figure out what to buy to get my GWP Majisto set.  Another Rivendell?  I need a couple of the new modulars too?

 

Did you get the viking village set yet that's what I'm going to do and get some christmas gifts and maybe some PAB cups.  There also some nice Ninjago sets with dragons in them.