2025 Castle [wishlist/speculation]

[GreenhouseBricker]

12 hours ago, Aanchir said:

Omigosh, a LEGO Friends ren faire would make such a neat set or range of sets! I could imagine it having food stands, an archery area, an arena for mock jousts/duels, fun medieval costumes and accessories, arts and crafts vendors… definitely lots of neat possibilities!

One other possibility that occurs to me for including castle scenery in a modern-day theme like City/Friends would be a film set or studio. I've also thought for a while that Nancy Drew "teen detective" type scenarios could be neat to see in the Friends theme, and a castle is one of several settings that could potentially fit with that sort of concept (though that might be better suited to a dedicated subtheme of its own rather than part of a castle-inspired range).

I really like this concept of a renaissance fair. It would be really interesting to see how LEGO would do it and I’m sure we would get a ton of Case parts and printed pieces. I don’t care for the mini dolls but seeing some classic factions in that style would certainly be interesting. It may also help us get more variations of horses and barding.

[SpacePolice89]

If it was up to me the next wave of Castle sets would be the Black Knights vs Forestmen and it would get a full lineup of sets. I'd avoid to position the factions as good guys and bad guys and instead let the customers choose that themselves. It worked great in the past with Forestmen vs Knights and Pirates vs Imperial Soldiers/Guards. 

[Lion King]

Eh, I’m not all into noglasia when it coms to Lego. I’m open to something ew around in-house theme or subtheme like they are doing Space subtheme. So I say, I don’t ind new Castle theme or subtheme something different, such as new faction for knights and their enemies. 

[zoth33]

12 hours ago, GreenhouseBricker said:

I really like this concept of a renaissance fair. It would be really interesting to see how LEGO would do it and I’m sure we would get a ton of Case parts and printed pieces. I don’t care for the mini dolls but seeing some classic factions in that style would certainly be interesting. It may also help us get more variations of horses and barding.

There is a renaissance fair set in idea's I'm not sure if it's at 10,000 yet but it is a nice looking set.  

[sporadic]

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

There is a renaissance fair set in idea's I'm not sure if it's at 10,000 yet but it is a nice looking set.  

Drat.  After I mentioned it and people jumped on it, I was starting to think about doing it as an Ideas set of my own.  Might still, just not for Ideas. 

[zoth33]

58 minutes ago, sporadic said:

Drat.  After I mentioned it and people jumped on it, I was starting to think about doing it as an Ideas set of my own.  Might still, just not for Ideas. 

It's been on Idea's for awhile.  Maybe try BDP for series 5 is coming up for entries to start soon.  

[sporadic]

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

It's been on Idea's for awhile.  Maybe try BDP for series 5 is coming up for entries to start soon.  

Nah.  It's a good idea and if I can come up with something really cool, I might give it a go.  Otherwise, I can't see that I'd do much better than Farmfarm has in that Ideas entry, just different.

[Lion King]

It might be an unpopular opinion but I would like to see a Casle subtheme “Ninja” makes it some back into a standalone set or CMF. Sure we have Ninjago. Sure, Ninja is not exactly “Castle” subtheme. But so what? It’s my unlikely wishlist.

[zoth33]

3 hours ago, Lion King said:

It might be an unpopular opinion but I would like to see a Casle subtheme “Ninja” makes it some back into a standalone set or CMF. Sure we have Ninjago. Sure, Ninja is not exactly “Castle” subtheme. But so what? It’s my unlikely wishlist.

It would be nice to see but with Ninjago around it's highly unlikely.  It would be nice to get some Ninja outfits that aren't Ninjago.  Also some Samurai would be great.  

[sporadic]

1 hour ago, zoth33 said:

It would be nice to see but with Ninjago around it's highly unlikely.  It would be nice to get some Ninja outfits that aren't Ninjago.  Also some Samurai would be great.  

True enough.  I think it's unlikely.  But maybe there's potential in other non-European Castle.  Middle Eastern and its fantasy friend Arabian Nights would be amazing, for example.

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

It would be nice to see but with Ninjago around it's highly unlikely.  It would be nice to get some Ninja outfits that aren't Ninjago.  Also some Samurai would be great.  

 

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

It would be nice to see but with Ninjago around it's highly unlikely.  It would be nice to get some Ninja outfits that aren't Ninjago.  Also some Samurai would be great.  

I mean I did say “unlikely wishlist”. But I agree it would be nice to see non-Ninago characters, such as Shogun, Ninja, Samurai and ohters in proper outfits. It’s pretty a long overdue for CMF to do that. 

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, sporadic said:

True enough.  I think it's unlikely.  But maybe there's potential in other non-European Castle.  Middle Eastern and its fantasy friend Arabian Nights would be amazing, for example.

Agree, I’m pretty tired of seeing Lego European castle sets. It might be my unpopular opinion but it’s true. 

[zoth33]

9 hours ago, Lion King said:

 

I mean I did say “unlikely wishlist”. But I agree it would be nice to see non-Ninago characters, such as Shogun, Ninja, Samurai and ohters in proper outfits. It’s pretty a long overdue for CMF to do that. 

I was in agreement with you.  I was just saying it's highly unlikely because of Ninjago.  

 

7 hours ago, Lion King said:

Agree, I’m pretty tired of seeing Lego European castle sets. It might be my unpopular opinion but it’s true. 

I agree here also it would be nice to get other settings like middle eastern, asian, south american and african sets.  This would be a nice change of pace something like the mayans or inca's would be nice.  Even some buildings in a Turkish style or something from the persian empire would be interesting.  

[Lion King]

15 hours ago, zoth33 said:

I was in agreement with you.  I was just saying it's highly unlikely because of Ninjago.  

 

I agree here also it would be nice to get other settings like middle eastern, asian, south american and african sets.  This would be a nice change of pace something like the mayans or inca's would be nice.  Even some buildings in a Turkish style or something from the persian empire would be interesting.  

Ohh I apologize for my response. 

And agreed with you

[GreenhouseBricker]

What do you think will be the next official LEGO Castle set? (Not including the Bricklink designer program) Personally, I think it will be some sort of medieval joust set inspired by some of the previous tournament and joust sets LEGO has released over the years. However, one of the IDEAS sets that are now in review could be selected and released before then.

[Aanchir]

1 hour ago, GreenhouseBricker said:

What do you think will be the next official LEGO Castle set? (Not including the Bricklink designer program) Personally, I think it will be some sort of medieval joust set inspired by some of the previous tournament and joust sets LEGO has released over the years. However, one of the IDEAS sets that are now in review could be selected and released before then. 

I think a medieval farm village set could be nice as a follow-up to the town square — it'd be a good opportunity to focus on features like a windmill, horse stable, henhouse, wheat field, vineyard, haystack, etc. which wouldn't have been as good a fit for that set. Maybe also a big hay wagon with a hiding place for fugitives/stowaways, similar to Crusader's Cart and Smuggler's Hayride.

But a festival/tournament set could definitely also be a lot of fun, and I'd be interested to see how today's designers approach structures like tents, now that we've gotten some really nice 18+ castles, trees, and houses!

And of course, once the Lion Knights' Castle finally retires, it would create a prime opportunity to introduce another big castle in its place— perhaps a darker-looking one inspired by the Black Knights or Dragon Masters. I'm not sure how soon that's expected to be or how soon after that LEGO would be keen on introducing another castle.

For future GWP sets, I feel like it'd be neat to see one modernizing a more vehicle-focused classic Castle set, such as Wolfpack Renegades, Viking Voyager, or Sea Serpent. Alternatively, Knights' Stronghold seems like it could be a good size for a more castle-focused GWP, especially if LEGO does end up making a larger black castle for it to accompany.

Edited April 19, 2024 by Aanchir

[Lion King]

Oh I Competely forgot about this thread! I was just talking about molded dragon somehwere. I love collecting molded creatures no matter if they are realistic, fantasty, sci-fi or prehistoric. 

Anyways… if 2025 is indeed a “Year of the Castle”, then I would love to see a small or medium molded dragon showing in some of Castle sets. I just don’t know which long-retired theme that had dragon molds in the past.  There are two new dragon molds in one year - both of them are baby dragons. One shows in the recent Hagrid’s Hut (Harry Potter theme) and another will show in Dungeon & Dragon CMF Seriess later this year. Also, we have Riku the baby dragon showed up in Ninjago sets last year. We had old molded dinosaurs in early 2000s but now we hae modern dinosaur molds from Jurassic World. We had old dragon molds, so….

However, on other hand, there are large dragons that are made out of pieces in both Ninjago and Harry Potter themes, yet they only contribute introducing new molds (head, wings, etc). Just no dragons made out of molded pieces yet. As @Aanchir mentioned in seperate thread somewhere,  the large sets that target adults - dragons might give AFOLs some fun building experiences, which it’s quite true.  Several buildable dragons in Ninjago are targeting young audience, it seems. 

 

[Black Falcon]

On 4/19/2024 at 3:56 PM, GreenhouseBricker said:

What do you think will be the next official LEGO Castle set? (Not including the Bricklink designer program) Personally, I think it will be some sort of medieval joust set inspired by some of the previous tournament and joust sets LEGO has released over the years. However, one of the IDEAS sets that are now in review could be selected and released before then.

My guess would be a GWP based on the Wolfpack Renegades 6038 similar to last years Majisto-Set. And since they don´t need to use the budget on new torso-prints, I would hope they would include a Wolfpack-Shield in the set.

As for big Sets, I wouldn´t be surprised if we wouldn´t see a new Set next year (but wouldn´t be surprised if we get one either). I still think a wolfpack tower (6075) wouldn´t be that unlikely. Or maybe they will go the civilian route further and create a mill.Though I don´t think they would make that so close to the Village.

 

[GeoBrick]

I wouldn't mind a medieval farm hamlet... With a goat farm!

But I wouldn't mind a medieval town gate either... With drawbridge, gate house, and city guard.

[GreenhouseBricker]

On 4/20/2024 at 4:50 PM, Black Falcon said:

My guess would be a GWP based on the Wolfpack Renegades 6038 similar to last years Majisto-Set. And since they don´t need to use the budget on new torso-prints, I would hope they would include a Wolfpack-Shield in the set.

As for big Sets, I wouldn´t be surprised if we wouldn´t see a new Set next year (but wouldn´t be surprised if we get one either). I still think a wolfpack tower (6075) wouldn´t be that unlikely. Or maybe they will go the civilian route further and create a mill.Though I don´t think they would make that so close to the Village.

 

Yeah I doubt they would make a mill or farm so close to the town square.

On 4/20/2024 at 4:50 PM, Black Falcon said:

My guess would be a GWP based on the Wolfpack Renegades 6038 similar to last years Majisto-Set. And since they don´t need to use the budget on new torso-prints, I would hope they would include a Wolfpack-Shield in the set.

As for big Sets, I wouldn´t be surprised if we wouldn´t see a new Set next year (but wouldn´t be surprised if we get one either). I still think a wolfpack tower (6075) wouldn´t be that unlikely. Or maybe they will go the civilian route further and create a mill.Though I don´t think they would make that so close to the Village.

 

I definitely agree, a small Wolfpack set is probably the most likely candidate to be released next. We already have the torso and it would be a very popular set or GWP. I know I would try to pick up a couple.

[iragm]

On 4/19/2024 at 11:30 AM, Aanchir said:

I think a medieval farm village set could be nice as a follow-up to the town square — it'd be a good opportunity to focus on features like a windmill, horse stable, henhouse, wheat field, vineyard, haystack, etc. which wouldn't have been as good a fit for that set.

As others mentioned, this seems unlikely, it would directly compete with the town square for people who are interested in the "civilian" side of castle.  Peasant life is already a pretty niche interest, and we're already pushing our luck.

On 4/19/2024 at 11:30 AM, Aanchir said:

And of course, once the Lion Knights' Castle finally retires, it would create a prime opportunity to introduce another big castle in its place— perhaps a darker-looking one inspired by the Black Knights or Dragon Masters. I'm not sure how soon that's expected to be or how soon after that LEGO would be keen on introducing another castle. 

Lion Knight's castle is set to retire at the end of 2025 per the r/legoleaks spreadsheet.  (This, combined with the release of the town square, speaks highly of the sales numbers!)  Fingers crossed on a new Black Knight's castle.

[Aanchir]

2 hours ago, iragm said:

As others mentioned, this seems unlikely, it would directly compete with the town square for people who are interested in the "civilian" side of castle.  Peasant life is already a pretty niche interest, and we're already pushing our luck.

Fair point, fair point. In that regard I suppose it'd make more sense for the next big set to be someething else knight-focused (like a tournament scene, another castle, a town gatehouse, etc) before dipping back into more civilian-focused subject matter.

On 4/20/2024 at 4:50 PM, Black Falcon said:

As for big Sets, I wouldn´t be surprised if we wouldn´t see a new Set next year (but wouldn´t be surprised if we get one either). I still think a wolfpack tower (6075) wouldn´t be that unlikely.

So far none of the big Castle throwback sets have been remakes of specific sets, and tbh I don't particularly expect that to change. Of course, there's nothing stopping LEGO from including signature features from older sets in a new medieval-inspired build, like how the Lion Knights' Castle includes a secret entrance in the rock face similar to the one from 6066 Camouflaged Outpost.

[Black Falcon]

35 minutes ago, Aanchir said:

So far none of the big Castle throwback sets have been remakes of specific sets, and tbh I don't particularly expect that to change. Of course, there's nothing stopping LEGO from including signature features from older sets in a new medieval-inspired build, like how the Lion Knights' Castle includes a secret entrance in the rock face similar to the one from 6066 Camouflaged Outpost.

I still wouldn´t rule a wolfpack tower out, though I would agree that I don´t think they would make a remake in the sense like they did with Eldorado or Galaxy Explorer (and even less like the two Castle GWPs we got before). But I could see them creating a nice looking ruin where the wolfpack is based.

In the end I think another castle or an other civilian Set are the least likely options for the next big Set and some kind of hideout for either forestmen or wolfpack doesn´t seem that unlikely. I wouldn´t rule a joust out either and actually we already got many of the parts needed there. We have two factions with Bardings and shields and I could see them including a king and maybe a princess so we would get a royal family and not only the queen from the Castle. 

But well, maybe Lego surprises us with something completely different next time and we will actually get something smaller for a change, like a Attack on a carriage for instance. Or a witch and a dragon, there are so many possibilities. 

[PaleozoicBricks]

25 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

I still wouldn´t rule a wolfpack tower out

I'm scared that if the do a wolfpack set and it's a remake of set 6038 Wolfpack Renegades, it will be a GWP. I just want sets on retail shelves again. Also 6038 is my most wanted set to be remade from the line up of wolfpack.

[Khargeust]

Will LEGO produce a Wolfpack shield for the occasion ? Not so sure, see 40601 Majisto Magical Workshop.