2011 Kingdoms + US prices

[vlai23]

All these new Kingdoms sets indeed look fantastic, and I am excited to pick them all up. However, I find it a bit strange that the Dragons now have a second prison, but still no castle! Hopefully that means they're saving it for 2012!

[sinjid]

um im new i registered about 2 hours ago and im not sure what the 2 figs on the bottom row all the way left are

[Jargo]

looks like the male is about to cudgel the female in the bottom left. I'm guessing it's a bride and groom eloping.

[Haltiamieli]

looks like the male is about to cudgel the female in the bottom left. I'm guessing it's a bride and groom eloping.

I'm pretty sure he's a classic chimney sweeper, with the characteristic brush and ladders. The woman on the other hand might still be a bride: according to Wikipedia, "in parts of Great Britain it is still considered lucky for a bride to see a chimney sweep on her wedding day. Many modern British sweeps hire themselves out to attend weddings in pursuance of this tradition."

[VBBN]

If it doesnt become available in the US, is there anyone who could import some here? Really digging it, would love a copy or two.

[muscleman]

Nice!!! great new adds!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

[I Scream Clone]

Nice!!! great new adds!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

I'm glad you are excited but please tone down on the use of the emoticons muscleman. Looking at your last 12 posts or so you seem to go a bit overboard. Thanks.

[CommanderFox]

These Fairytale and Historic Minifigure Sets look exciting!

Nice find L@go!

CF

[Jargo]

I'm pretty sure he's a classic chimney sweeper, with the characteristic brush and ladders. The woman on the other hand might still be a bride: according to Wikipedia, "in parts of Great Britain it is still considered lucky for a bride to see a chimney sweep on her wedding day. Many modern British sweeps hire themselves out to attend weddings in pursuance of this tradition."

I wasn't aware of that custom. I am now. I suppose I'd never thought of a sweep wearing a topper. In my minds eye they wear less ostentatious head gear. cloth cap perhaps. brides in white and sooty chimneys don't immediately seem like happy pairings to me either. possibly that's a custom made up by out of work sweeps once gas and electric fires put them out of business.

[Cutty]

I wasn't aware of that custom. I am now. I suppose I'd never thought of a sweep wearing a topper. In my minds eye they wear less ostentatious head gear. cloth cap perhaps. brides in white and sooty chimneys don't immediately seem like happy pairings to me either. possibly that's a custom made up by out of work sweeps once gas and electric fires put them out of business.

In Germany we have a similar custom, only that it requires to actually touch that chimney sweeper. This would be the classical attire people associate with the profession.

Stylised versions are ubiquitous symbols of good-look-wishing and present on greeting cards, holiday cards and new year's decoration. The top hat IS A MUST! ;-)

edit: As I'm honing my English-skills back to the level they once had, this post underwent some rectifying procedures...

Edited December 27, 2010 by Cutty

[Erynion]

I guess no one was really seeking out the minifigures set, as compared to the Kingdoms 2011. In any case, Kingdoms should have at least one more wave in 2012, because they haven't give us a Dragon Knight's castle yet. But I hope there will be 4 or more waves this time round. In the 80s & early 90s, classic castle and pirates have longer cycles. It makes the theme more valuable and complete.

Another thing, they can't just give us 2 civilian sets and stop there. We want to build a whole medieval town, with medieval farms and shops. I prefer to think that the mill and blacksmith are just the beginning of a medieval civilian theme. You see, MMV is more connected to the Kingdoms theme than the 2007 Castle theme. Reason: If you look at Kingdoms Advent Calendar, you see many of MMV's minifigures and accessories reappearing. The existence of the 2 Castle soldiers appearing in MMV doesn't mean much, I would say that TLG doesn't want to reveal Kingdoms' design at Jan 2009.

So, I am guessing & hoping that TLG will make Kingdoms a longer theme, with more civilian sets, maybe some TRU exclusive sets and one more 10xxx set. Seriously, I can't wait till July. My 4x (King's castle) wall needs to surround something, I can't have a magnificent castle wall without anything inside to protect.

Maybe, just maybe, we shall be able to find another Trade catalogue in June 2011, that show us a Winter wave for Kingdoms. I shall spy on my regular shops for future leaks. Oh man, I'm obsessed!

OR... civilian Castle sets could be non-theme-oriented... eg, unlike sets that involve soldiers with uniforms that are specific to a certain Castle theme, peasants and villages could go with ANY Castle theme. So perhaps we could see the civilian 'theme' going on through many different LEGO Castle themes.

Just a thought,

~Erynion~

[Baylego]

Awesome! The minifigure collection looks like a great buy, if it were in the US. Does anybody have a guess at the US price? I am thinking $40 or $50.

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

Hello - it's my first time around this part of the forum, but it doesn't seem anyone has pointed this out yet, and I thought you might like to know: I spotted #9349 Fairytale and Historic Minifigure Set on lego.com today. Contains 227 pieces and 22 minifigs, including two skeletons. It's only available in Europe for now, and you can find it under the Minifigures theme in the Lego shop. Price GBP 39.99, NOK 407.50, EUR 47.50. This is probably DACTA stuff, but I'm guessing it will be of interest for a lot of Castle fans as well. For some reason the zoom doesn't work on the pictures in the online Lego shop, but here's a small picture for you:

There's much more than castle minifigs in there, but that does seem to be the main focus.

1. Meh, pretty bland

2. Same

3. Interesting parts assortment

4. Lame

5. Lame

6. Magiiiiic!

7. More magiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!

8. Decent

9. I never say no to more pirates

10. Too British

11. Redcoats!

12. Yee-haw! The best build among this!

13. Aw, this one's cute

[WhiteFang]

I am really very pleased and excited with the upcoming 2011 Kingdoms. A dream worth waiting for it to come true! Finally, another new medieval civilian set.

[kermit]

From looking at the pics i noticed something that is very weird in that the windmill has very strange legs instead of a flat base.

[Gryphon Ink]

From looking at the pics i noticed something that is very weird in that the windmill has very strange legs instead of a flat base.

It's a post mill, like this one:

The whole structure rotates to face the wind. It looks funny, but it's historically accurate.

[indyman09]

Sets are getting better and better. The accesories too. That mill set is awesome. It includes 3 peasants, 2 goats, a pig and 2 chickens. Can it get any better?

[Ralph]

There's much more than castle minifigs in there, but that does seem to be the main focus.

It does look heavy on the castle figs, but then again many fairytales are from the middle ages. I like the fact there are 2 "merpeople" in it. The redcoats are nice as well, but most of these are "lame"... don't see myself getting.

Ralph

[muscleman]

I'm glad you are excited but please tone down on the use of the emoticons muscleman. Looking at your last 12 posts or so you seem to go a bit overboard. Thanks.

Sorry, but some time is hard for me to say and explain, what I want in no my mother language, but I'll try to don't use it.

Edited December 27, 2010 by muscleman

[CorneliusMurdock]

The new Kingdoms sets are pure greatness! I will definitely pick up a few of the blacksmith sets and at least one mill. And Buckets! Time to make a working well. I already had a mechanism worked out and was contemplating purchasing an old belville bucket for it but now I don't have to! And these are in the perfect colors, too.

Kudos, Lego, for awesome civilian sets.

[Gatekeeper]

So, if we are first seeing the leaked images now does this mean that it may be slated for a June/July release? Is this the general way the waves are set up?

[Kumpelkante]

So, if we are first seeing the leaked images now does this mean that it may be slated for a June/July release? Is this the general way the waves are set up?

Yes it is, it even says so on the shot taken from the catalogues. Maybe some of us (hopefully including me) will get the sets a bit earlier... maybe april/may. you just have to keep an eye open and know your good friend google

[Sirens-of-Titan]

Killjoy. You might be right about it being a way to dispose of overstocked parts, but wow, what parts! A great many of us mere mortals haven't been able to get all the Castle, Kingdoms and/or Pirates sets (among others) these figures come from (among others; I see elements from City stuff in there, too), and it's quite cool to be able to get them all at once.

Actually, another thing this looks like to me is a fantasy / historical equivalent of 9247 Community Workers. It has more "regular bricks" and fewer minifigure elements and accessories, but on the whole it looks pretty much like the same kind of thing. You could still be right about it being just a way to dump inventory on parts they don't need as many of right now, but whether it is or not it seems quite cool to me. I just hope I can get it...

You are right of course that this is a great parts pack if you have missed the first wave of Kingdoms, the pirates theme and the castle theme before that. I was simply remarking that there is nothing original or specifically designed for this set; it's a random grouping of parts, that doesn't make it a poor set, but it's nothing revolutionary.

[Matn]

So the nice Fairy tale & Historical pack is an education set is seems. I think we never see those kind of sets (Dacta) in stores, right? Anyway, here is the box art from bluemoose over at Flickr. I hope he'll provide us with some more information.

[Derfel Cadarn]

I think that Mill Raid set could be my most wanted set of the year, unless a new modular town building is unvieled. I'm still hoping for a adult castle like the big colectors starwars sets, or even a civilian battle pack would be a great idea, as they always do knight battle packs but one with five peasants and some pitchforks would suit me down to the ground!