Lego Icons 10332 Medieval Town Square Discussion Thread

[zoth33]

12 hours ago, Lion King said:

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Thank you. 

You asked if the LKC is true to it's original version.  The LKC is a new set just with easter eggs within the set to other older lego sets like the little yellow castle the kid is playing with and somethings like the black trees etc.  

[chris6507]

Not sure if there's someone who follows these things more closely than me that might know, but is it likely that the wolf pack minifigure parts are likely to come to bricks and pieces? And if so, any idea how long this usually takes after a set has been released? Cheers!

[GeoBrick]

26 minutes ago, chris6507 said:

Not sure if there's someone who follows these things more closely than me that might know, but is it likely that the wolf pack minifigure parts are likely to come to bricks and pieces? And if so, any idea how long this usually takes after a set has been released? Cheers!

Usually a non-exclusive sets' parts (minifig parts too) come at some point to PAB. I'd say 3-6 months after the set goes to retail.

[unclejeffie]

They’ll be sold out quickly at the start

[GeoBrick]

No doubt about that. Usually I like to wait a bit before ordering minifig parts/accessoires until its fairly sure no new set comes out with the same minifig prints.

[Black Falcon]

I would say it might take till end of the year before they are avaiable without selling out right away. But also possible they are moved to bestsellers faster then it is possible that happens already a bit earlier. 

[iragm]

On 4/27/2024 at 2:09 AM, chris6507 said:

Not sure if there's someone who follows these things more closely than me that might know, but is it likely that the wolf pack minifigure parts are likely to come to bricks and pieces? And if so, any idea how long this usually takes after a set has been released? Cheers!

One of the Pick a Brick developers posts to on Reddit on r/legocastles and r/lego, he confirmed that it usually takes 5-6 months for stuff to become available.  There's a 100% chance the Wolfpack torso will be available, Lego will make a ton of money from people army building it, and they're not going to pass up that chance.  As others mentioned, expect it to sell out quickly for the first couple months, then it'll be in stock more often as time goes on.

[Yoggington]

I picked up this set for birthday, and have now finished the first booklet (Carpenter/Weaver/Cheesemonger side) across two relaxed evenings of building. I'll save the other half for a week or so.

It's pretty top notch, without being anything stunning. Like there's no techniques as per the LKC where I've been blown away or inspired - but there is just a lot of very solid thoughts and design put in. Small things like the trapdoor to the loft, or the detail in the side-builds are perfectly clever. I am most impressed by the compact scaling of the whole thing. As with the LKC, they have achieved a feel of larger scale by keeping it small.

[GeoBrick]

3 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I am most impressed by the compact scaling of the whole thing. As with the LKC, they have achieved a feel of larger scale by keeping it small.

Like with the LKC, I feel its *just* a little too small. This time, while progressing on the build, I added the for me necessary space and features: closing up the open rooms of the inn and knights' room, making the carpenter tower 2 studs wider and adding wood tiles to the roof, adding 6 studs to the width of the inn/painter 'block', incorporating 2 staircases in the inn, making the entrance stair of the guard tower a stud wider and an easier slope, fixing a ladder in the tower and making the top wider so there's a crawl whole to enter the platform. Even the shield painter now has a sort of exit when the block is closed

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[Roebuck]

Looks like the shield smith can get some new shields from Harry Potter and Disney

[BERSERK]

Welcome to Lion knights kingdom 🙌 

[Khargeust]

On 5/2/2024 at 2:27 PM, Roebuck said:

Looks like the shield smith can get some new shields from Harry Potter and Disney

I hope it's all printed. Can't see it.

[Mopasali]

On 5/3/2024 at 11:46 PM, Khargeust said:

I hope it's all printed. Can't see it.

Apparently the HP ones on the ship are stickers, but I'm hoping not.  They're really good designs!

[mark1991t]

2 hours ago, Mopasali said:

Apparently the HP ones on the ship are stickers, but I'm hoping not.  They're really good designs!

They are all stickers. Reviews have comfirmed that. 

[Classic_Spaceman]

13 hours ago, mark1991t said:

They are all stickers. Reviews have comfirmed that. 

I thought as much; they looked like stickers. At least we get a new colour for plain triangle shields (dark bley). 
 

[Ruthin Road]

I see the retirement date for this set appears to have been brought forward two years, to the end of this year. While I felt it tried to fit in too much in one set, I was slightly surprised that it seems to have been such a sales failure. I suspect this may not bode well for the prospects of future civilian Castle sets, or that they will now be confined to the Bricklink Designer Programme.

[JohnTPT17]

54 minutes ago, Ruthin Road said:

I see the retirement date for this set appears to have been brought forward two years, to the end of this year. While I felt it tried to fit in too much in one set, I was slightly surprised that it seems to have been such a sales failure. I suspect this may not bode well for the prospects of future civilian Castle sets, or that they will now be confined to the Bricklink Designer Programme.

The issue with BDP sets is that they have to use parts that are currently in-production. When MTS (and Lion Knight's Castle and Viking Village, which also both retire this year) retires, then those parts will no longer be available. The only ones that could potentially be available will be whatever's in the Creator Horse Castle and the faction winner for Ideas, so unless there's new sets planned for 2026, there could be a squeeze for Castle parts in BDP.

I was really hyped up for MTS - but it was overall a miss for me. Lots of details and animals lacking, buildings that don't flow very well together... Lots of things just didn't quite meet expectations. I'll try to keep an eye out for a discount around Black Friday, but I'm honestly (and, sadly) not really rushing to get it either.

[KristinnK]

I too have always been very lukewarm on the Medieval Town Square despite being very invested in civilian medieval builds and figs. Especially when I compare it to the Medieval Market Village, which has literally only half the number of pieces, but still looks better. The buildings in the MMV are logically proportioned, while the buildings in the MTS are these weird cobbled-together minibuilds that are neither seem satisfying to build nor lend themselves to creating a realistic town/village setting.

When the MTS was still a rumor with only that low-res photo from the big leak a couple of years ago I never imagined such a set wouldn't be an instant buy for me, but the designers just made too poor a job of it, and I hope TLG doesn't jump to any conclusions of people not wanting to buy civilian medieval sets.

[kuzyabricks]

2 hours ago, KristinnK said:

I too have always been very lukewarm on the Medieval Town Square despite being very invested in civilian medieval builds and figs. Especially when I compare it to the Medieval Market Village, which has literally only half the number of pieces, but still looks better. The buildings in the MMV are logically proportioned, while the buildings in the MTS are these weird cobbled-together minibuilds that are neither seem satisfying to build nor lend themselves to creating a realistic town/village setting.

When the MTS was still a rumor with only that low-res photo from the big leak a couple of years ago I never imagined such a set wouldn't be an instant buy for me, but the designers just made too poor a job of it, and I hope TLG doesn't jump to any conclusions of people not wanting to buy civilian medieval sets.

Personally a huge disappointment of a set. Was looking forward to it but lost all interest and I don't think it's worth $200+.Would rather get the 2008 one used for the same price.

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, KristinnK said:

When the MTS was still a rumor with only that low-res photo from the big leak a couple of years ago I never imagined such a set wouldn't be an instant buy for me, but the designers just made too poor a job of it, and I hope TLG doesn't jump to any conclusions of people not wanting to buy civilian medieval sets.

I do not think the designers is much to blame, if we have gotten something close to the leaked picture most fans would probably be very happy, but the set was butchered budget-wise and we ended up with MTS in its current form.
I finally bought the minifigs on PAB today and will probably buy the set in P-shop later this year, if it was better I would probably have bought a copy or two already.
What TLG should learn from this is that since we only get a Castle set every 3rd year, we want a premium product like the LKC not a low budget one..

[JohnTPT17]

25 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

What TLG should learn from this is that since we only get a Castle set every 3rd year, we want a premium product like the LKC not a low budget one..

I do think that it's possible to have low budget, premium Castle products. MTS just didn't quite hit the right balance and ended up being compromised, IMO.

Though I fully agree that the original leak would have been a much better received set and probably far more popular, even if it was closer to $300 MSRP. 

[sonofasubmariner]

I bought MTS (I had to buy a medieval villager set - I've been waiting for one), but I broadly agree on the points here. I give them a lot of credit for trying to incorporate so many professions, but most of the constituent buildings ended up feeling incomplete. I incorporated the inn and the tapestry weaver's house (with a new first floor) to my little medieval town, but the rest is with the kids or just being used for parts.

[Black Falcon]

18 hours ago, kuzyabricks said:

Personally a huge disappointment of a set. Was looking forward to it but lost all interest and I don't think it's worth $200+.Would rather get the 2008 one used for the same price.

The Medieval Market Village and the Mill Village Raid are both Sets I would like to have, though they are just way to expensive. But if I think about it, I don´t really care about the sets themselves, it is just the minifigures and animals I do care about - and the medival town square is just so much better - but sadly lacks animals. That and the high expectations we got from the leaked images are probably the biggest flaws for this set.

[Ruthin Road]

15 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I do think that it's possible to have low budget, premium Castle products. MTS just didn't quite hit the right balance and ended up being compromised, IMO.

Though I fully agree that the original leak would have been a much better received set and probably far more popular, even if it was closer to $300 MSRP. 

The set would have had to be huge and expensive to do justice to all the buildings and trades included. I would have preferred a focus on one building, for example the inn, creating a set which is both more detailed and more affordable.

21 hours ago, KristinnK said:

When the MTS was still a rumor with only that low-res photo from the big leak a couple of years ago I never imagined such a set wouldn't be an instant buy for me, but the designers just made too poor a job of it, and I hope TLG doesn't jump to any conclusions of people not wanting to buy civilian medieval sets.

With the sales failure of Eldorado Fortress as well, Lego can conclude that remakes of old sets are not a sure fire success. I hope they also conclude that this was due to the cost and flaws of the sets rather than a lack of interest in the subject matter. It is much easier to find reasons not to buy a set when it costs £200.

[Yperio_Bricks]

23 minutes ago, Ruthin Road said:

With the sales failure of Eldorado Fortress

Was the set a sales failure? How do we know?