2025 Castle [wishlist/speculation]

[imposter]

Lion Knight's like also Black Falcon both come from Britain. They have this "England" emblem (red/white).

[Agent Kallus]

While I understand putting them to specific countries and kingdoms and the like, to me they were always fully fictional kingdoms.

Edited April 20 by Agent Kallus

[Renny The Spaceman]

27 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

While I understand putting them to specific countries and kingdoms and the like, to me they were always fully fictional kingdoms.

I was the same tbh, but I get why pwoplw do this so much

[Khorne]

On 4/18/2025 at 6:45 PM, DonQuixote said:

We get 4 new factions from LEGO. Horse and Snake from creator set and Griffin and Kraken from Ideas gumball machine 

What's the Ideas gumball machine? Is it also an actual castle set, or is it a gumball machine like the name says and the figures are just accessories to the gumballs?

On 4/19/2025 at 3:45 AM, DonQuixote said:

It all depended in what country you lived in. In Belgium ,the Lion Knights were depicted as Flemish and the Black Falcons as supporters to France. And the Forestmen were just called Robin Hood and his men. Black Knights were just Black Knights. Even the names of the castles had different names. Lion Knights castle was called castle Clauwaert in Belgium and in the Netherlands it was called castle Wittemburg.

Wow, really? Did not know that. Was the name of the faction shared via catalogues, or how did it work then?

How times have changed. Lego wouldn't get away with that in Belgium nowadays, I think, seeing how everything is super politicized now.

On 4/19/2025 at 10:22 AM, ARC2149Nova said:

I always thought of the Kingdoms' Lions as being England. The tournament knight CMF feels more Germanic to me, and the Black Falcons seem more French. I also imagine the Fantasy Era and 2013 knights being Scotland, though I have absolutely no historical basis for that. 

You might think of Fantasy Era as being Scots, because there was once a visual depicting them in a battle together with Scottish Highlanders. If my memory serves me right. Did a quick Google search and didn't immediately find the image, but I distinctly recall seeing something like that way back.

[Agent Kallus]

11 minutes ago, Khorne said:

What's the Ideas gumball machine? Is it also an actual castle set, or is it a gumball machine like the name says and the figures are just accessories to the gumballs?

 It's a gumball machine but rather than gumballs it dispenses Lego minifigs parts in brickbuilt gacha pods. They're making a few new minifigs just for it, there was a vote a little while back which is why we know that the options are ( And the winners of the choices are has been shared less legitimately as well).

[MAB]

5 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

While I understand putting them to specific countries and kingdoms and the like, to me they were always fully fictional kingdoms.

Same here.

[SpacePolice89]

6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

While I understand putting them to specific countries and kingdoms and the like, to me they were always fully fictional kingdoms.

Also the same for me.

[GeoBrick]

For me they were always counties and duchies, with a number of lieges.
The one and only kingdom bears the crown standard.  

[ARC2149Nova]

6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

to me they were always fully fictional kingdoms.

I mean, yes, they still are.

I personally did my country-matching for uses in more real world historical projects, figuring which figures fit best where.

As a purely LEGO matter, of course they're all uniquely their own.

But where's the fun in that? 

[imposter]

I'm starting to think that CASTLE was discontinued because it is difficult to "make it a game" ... It would be a WAR game.

The 2016 launch of Nexo Knights saw a larger focus on storytelling and digitalization than seen before in a Castle theme, creating an elaborate universe of good and evil characters. -LEGO

[DonQuixote]

7 hours ago, Khorne said:

What's the Ideas gumball machine? Is it also an actual castle set, or is it a gumball machine like the name says and the figures are just accessories to the gumballs?

Wow, really? Did not know that. Was the name of the faction shared via catalogues, or how did it work then?

How times have changed. Lego wouldn't get away with that in Belgium nowadays, I think, seeing how everything is super politicized now. 

The gumball machine is not a castle set but an Ideas set with also castle minifigs. 

The name of the factions were shared through catalogues. Nowadays it would be too political to do it it in Belgium. As a kid, it was the first time I came in contact with Flemish nationalism. 

[imposter]

Does helmet of minifigure tell what type it is? In my own Castle Universe there are for example:

1. Scout
2. Archer | Spearman
3. Pikeman
4. Swordman
5. Knight
6. Bodyguard
7. King | Queen

Their helmets, accessories and weapons differ each other. If soldier gets upgrade, it can have RED/BLUE/YELLOW plume. Then its weapons also change. Only King or Queen can have WHITE plume. Other soldier types are:

• Drummer
• Stableboy
• Man-at-arms
• Lord

This is my ranking system with Lion Knights and Black Falcons. Factions I collect and develop. Both factions have also SPECIAL type of ally.

• Beast Master
• Wizard
• Witch
• Bird-Man
• Rat-Man
• Pig-Man

Also both factions have animals. Lion Knights have brown dog and horse, frogs, birds, cows, goats, and so on... Black Falcons have tan horse, grey dog, cat, wolf, falcon, rats. Their armor and weapons differ a bit. Falcons have mostly BLACK. Lions SILVER. There must be 3rd faction. So I'm currently making it from Dreamzzz... they have for example Nightmare King and other powerful SPECIAL soldiers.

[Mopasali]

With some leaks on the Unicorn Castle, we're getting molded horses - 2 foals and a unicorn!  Awesome for a fantasy build!  I think my Orions from CMF 26 will live in this affordable castle in the cloud.  

[SpacePoliceIII]

1 hour ago, Mopasali said:

With some leaks on the Unicorn Castle, we're getting molded horses - 2 foals and a unicorn!  Awesome for a fantasy build!  I think my Orions from CMF 26 will live in this affordable castle in the cloud.  

The foal is from series 21 of the CMF!

[Roebuck]

2 hours ago, SpacePoliceIII said:

The foal is from series 21 of the CMF!

Yes, but not the unicorn Even so it's shocking to get moulded horses like @Mopasali say in a Creator set

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Yes, but not the unicorn Even so it's shocking to get moulded horses like @Mopasali say in a Creator set

As other people have pointed out, it‘s hilarious to see moulded horses in his Creator set and then brick-built horses in the Creator castle

And not only is it weird to have moulded animals in a Creator set to begin with, but a currently exclusive one at that with the new unicorn! Of all the potential themes to introduce a unicorn (like Dreamzzz, Harry Potter, Pokémon, or Friends even), I never would‘ve thought it‘d be Creator

[imposter]

Well some say that Creator is NEW Castle theme. Also Pirates and even Space.

[Agent Kallus]

I'd say city is the new home if the space theme! It's latest space sub theme is less grounded and more fantastical which (while it doesn't really suit city thematically) is really cool.

[imposter]

Well, 1 thing is sure we will NEVER see "year of Castle". Those will be only CITY subthemes. (Space and F1).

[Lion King]

For some reasons,, I’m surpsied that there is a unicorn foal coming in Creator castle and I’m greatly pleased! I enjoy collecting fantasty molded creatures. 

[Lion King]

I wonder if this Creator set with molded horses would be potential for a future girl-oriented minifigure theme, like we had minidoll-world Elves?

[Mopasali]

Do you all think we get pricing and final designs for BDP Series 5 tomorrow?  That series includes Tortuga, which can serve as a tropical/Mediterranean medieval village, and a Gothic castle in Adventure in Transylvania. 

We saw sneak peeks of the final designs a few weeks ago, but BDP's timeline has finalizing designs until May 1.

[GeoBrick]

54 minutes ago, Mopasali said:

Do you all think we get pricing and final designs for BDP Series 5 tomorrow?  That series includes Tortuga, which can serve as a tropical/Mediterranean medieval village, and a Gothic castle in Adventure in Transylvania. 

We saw sneak peeks of the final designs a few weeks ago, but BDP's timeline has finalizing designs until May 1.

Its more likely the pricing and final design of the sets will be shown once the voting for series 8 is done.

[Cyprinus]

In a shocking twist the Horse Knights actually get two sets of prints. And the Snake feels very useful.

 

Edited May 1 by Cyprinus

[RichardGoring]

The primary build looks good, but the alternate builds don't seem as good as the Black Falcon's castle, although I like the variety and storytelling they offer.

The figures are great and I look forward to getting a load of them from PAB.