[MOC] Knights' Kingdom II: Border Ambush Redux

[LordDan]

“The quest of the Knights has led them to the border of the Desolate Moorlands! Santis has discovered a rickety vine bridge and an evil Shadow Knight who guards the Key to the Citadel. The only way across is to hurl a boulder with all of the mighty Knight's strength! Can Santis prevail, or will the Shadow Knight be victorious?”

 I incorporated the trapdoor feature from the original set

and here's the dungeon where the heroic knights formerly stationed at this outpost met their end. ( I guess this is where all the missing generic knights were throughout the sets )

Notes: Everyone knows that Knights' Kingdoms II is objectively the best LEGO Castle theme ever () , but there are very few MOCs set in this theme. This is a reimagining of set 8778 Border Ambush from 2004. It was one of my favorite sets as a kid, but looking back it was a little... lackluster. I recently built a micro version of this set, and saw the bridging the gap category for the Summer Joust, and I decided " Why don't I build this set the way I always imagined it looked like?"

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Edited July 31, 2022 by LordDan

[mrcp6d]

Nice work with the AFOL'ing of this set LordDan!  The staircase is nicely done with the white boarder/railing winding along on either side, and I'm totally going to have to use that samurai helmet torch technique as it's genius. 

[Feuer Zug]

Interesting recreating of the set. I like your attention to detail with the run down appearance to the bridge and stonework.

[Hive]

A very nice improvement on what I see as one of the best sets from the KKII theme.

[LordDan]

  On 7/31/2022 at 11:50 PM, mrcp6d said:

Nice work with the AFOL'ing of this set LordDan!  The staircase is nicely done with the white boarder/railing winding along on either side, and I'm totally going to have to use that samurai helmet torch technique as it's genius. 

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Thank you! I'm super happy with the samurai helmet torches, I had the idea from a previous scrapped MOC and finally got around to using it! I even added some lighting to the torches now!

  On 8/1/2022 at 12:46 PM, Feuer Zug said:

Interesting recreating of the set. I like your attention to detail with the run down appearance to the bridge and stonework.

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Thanks! I tried to make the "evil side" feel like it was originally owned by Morcia, but became run down and neglected once Vladek's forces took over.

  On 8/1/2022 at 1:12 PM, Hive said:

A very nice improvement on what I see as one of the best sets from the KKII theme.

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Thanks! I definitely agree it was one of the better sets from KKII! 

[LegoAUT]

 What ist that library in the back?? 

[LordDan]

  On 8/13/2022 at 7:38 AM, LegoAUT said:

 What ist that library in the back?? 

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It's another MOC I made recently

[LegoAUT]

  On 8/13/2022 at 11:47 PM, LordDan said:

It's another MOC I made recently

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Super nice! :)

[LordDan]

  On 8/14/2022 at 7:32 AM, LegoAUT said:

Super nice! :)

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Thanks!

[MengMeng]

Any chance of some instructions? This MOC is amazing and I found this looking for advance MOCs that are Knight's Kingdom II my childhood theme and the best.