REVIEW: Hidden Side 70437 Mystery Castle

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 70437 Mystery Castle:

THE GOOD:

• Looks awesome and very massive when view from front.
• Great Observatory!
• Nehmaar Reem is my new favourite minifigure, the lower part of this minifig is great.
• Rarely I like stickers but the decorative windows are great.
• Love the throne chair.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• A few areas a bit bland.
• May be a little bit more roof for the main part of the castle?

Overall, this is an excellent set and definitely will recommend to everyone.  The look of this is just stunning, it looks massive from the front.  The back is a big shallow just like other facade type sets but the two towers gave this a lot more depth than most similar builds.  The Observatory is one of my favourite part if the set.  Smart design on the dome and the telescope.  Even the set is heavy on stickers, the 2 stickers as a decorative windows look very good.  Once again like other Hidden Side sets, the minifigures are excellent especially the villain.  The lower body part is my new favourite part now.  Although it's not without flaw (like interior a bit empty on several areas) the pricing is very good in my opinion, I thought this gonna be like close to $200NZD but no, it's $159.99 and I got it with 20% so I am a very happy man.  

[TeriXeri]

Certainly looks like a proper castle, having studs to put figures on the walls , stairs to get up there, and the 2 prison make the outside more then just decoration.

I did like Knighton Castle which had a courtyard that could open as well, so this has a similar feeling.

With the grey/black/trans-lightblue color scheme I can certainly see this work as a place where some Nexo Knights Stone Monster villains would live as well, as the ghost colors really work with the lightning colors having the same blue tint.

Figures like Lord Krakenskull or General Garg especially fit really well with those shadow walkers and Nehmar Reem.

 

 

Edited June 20, 2020 by TeriXeri