2025/26 Castle [wishlist/speculation]

[Renny The Spaceman]

2 hours ago, hikouki said:

Lego mainline will not give us a substantial castle, but hopefully BDP will. 

BDP always does massive Castles, feels like that's not a hopefully, it's very likely 

[DonQuixote]

13 hours ago, Roebuck said:

It is probably Lego trowing us a bone, but there is no meat on the bone..
This looks like something we typically can use insider points on, but I never do. How hard is it to make a GWP carriage set? Classic Castle are full of them, 1 horse or cow, a small carriage, 1-2 minifigures; it's a no-brainer!  

No gwp please. I am sick of them. Just give us small sets.  A carriage, a Sea Serpent, siege tower, trebuchet, a Forestmen ambush....Just regular small sets with decent budget.  I am not gonna pay an expensive set just to get a Majisto Sea workshop or Sea Serpent gwp without those long iconic wyvern shields

[Roebuck]

10 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

No gwp please. I am sick of them. Just give us small sets.  A carriage, a Sea Serpent, siege tower, trebuchet, a Forestmen ambush....Just regular small sets with decent budget. 

One can dream, but the last Castle wave was in 2013, Pirates in 2015, Space got a more resent one, so you might wait a long time

On 11/3/2025 at 7:48 AM, hikouki said:

Lego mainline will not give us a substantial castle, but hopefully BDP will. 

Of course BDP will make big Castle sets, but without back up of parts from normal sets, the minifigs will look like this:

[Lion King]

Agreed, I don’t like GWPs at all. Just give us damn small sets!

[DonQuixote]

16 hours ago, Roebuck said:

One can dream, but the last Castle wave was in 2013, Pirates in 2015, Space got a more resent one, so you might wait a long time

Of course BDP will make big Castle sets, but without back up of parts from normal sets, the minifigs will look like this:

The designer of this set works for Bluebrixx now. You can buy this set with an ad on set at the Bluebrixx site. 

[SpacePolice89]

6 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

The designer of this set works for Bluebrixx now. You can buy this set with an ad on set at the Bluebrixx site.

What happens when a set gets chosen as a BDP set, who owns the design, Lego or the designer?

[GeoBrick]

6 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:

What happens when a set gets chosen as a BDP set, who owns the design, Lego or the designer?

I'd say the designer. To me it looks like its more of an agreement between the designer and the LEGO group that the latter act as an intermediary for producing a limited amount of the design.
Of course, the Löwenstein Castle was designed in another initeration of the BDP program, so the small print was likely quite different regarding ownership.

[Lordhelmet]

I miss the $10 (less back in the day) castle sets.  They would be a total win for Lego to have something small that has decent imaginative play options.  Lego is missing something like this in their line up, everything with minifigures in that $10 range feels like a car, a mech, or a spinning thing (maybe true, maybe not just feels like that when I see Lego in stores).   They all feel like one off buys for kids, limited variety, and they all have some named character.   Having a few faction sets with one or two minifigures and a small build (wall, cart, catapult, etc.) would be a nice alternative to the normal $10 stuff.  

[Renny The Spaceman]

13 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

I miss the $10 (less back in the day) castle sets.  They would be a total win for Lego to have something small that has decent imaginative play options.  Lego is missing something like this in their line up, everything with minifigures in that $10 range feels like a car, a mech, or a spinning thing (maybe true, maybe not just feels like that when I see Lego in stores).   They all feel like one off buys for kids, limited variety, and they all have some named character.   Having a few faction sets with one or two minifigures and a small build (wall, cart, catapult, etc.) would be a nice alternative to the normal $10 stuff.  

I wish they'd at least do a creator set that's price was closer to ten quid than a hundred 

[SpacePolice89]

6 minutes ago, Lordhelmet said:

I miss the $10 (less back in the day) castle sets.  They would be a total win for Lego to have something small that has decent imaginative play options.  Lego is missing something like this in their line up, everything with minifigures in that $10 range feels like a car, a mech, or a spinning thing (maybe true, maybe not just feels like that when I see Lego in stores).   They all feel like one off buys for kids, limited variety, and they all have some named character.   Having a few faction sets with one or two minifigures and a small build (wall, cart, catapult, etc.) would be a nice alternative to the normal $10 stuff.  

I agree. Those small sets are very important. My first Castle sets were all small sets that got me interested in the Castle theme. Then I  wished for the larger sets like castles for Christmas or birthdays.

[Lion King]

6 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

I miss the $10 (less back in the day) castle sets.  They would be a total win for Lego to have something small that has decent imaginative play options.  Lego is missing something like this in their line up, everything with minifigures in that $10 range feels like a car, a mech, or a spinning thing (maybe true, maybe not just feels like that when I see Lego in stores).   They all feel like one off buys for kids, limited variety, and they all have some named character.   Having a few faction sets with one or two minifigures and a small build (wall, cart, catapult, etc.) would be a nice alternative to the normal $10 stuff.  

I feel the same way.  But as I read this, it makes me think. I don’t’ think Lego would do a small set if they introduce us to several Icon sets like Fort Elorado, Galaxy Explorer, Regeneade, Lion Knights’ Castle instead of introducing us to a new theme.  I think Lego opted to do those GWPS. Take an example, Boutique Hotel was released in 2022 and there was a GWP - Vinteage Taxi  - to accompany it.  Of course, it’s a different story from classic sets but still, it’s Icon. 

[MAB]

6 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

I miss the $10 (less back in the day) castle sets.  They would be a total win for Lego to have something small that has decent imaginative play options.  Lego is missing something like this in their line up, everything with minifigures in that $10 range feels like a car, a mech, or a spinning thing (maybe true, maybe not just feels like that when I see Lego in stores).   They all feel like one off buys for kids, limited variety, and they all have some named character.   Having a few faction sets with one or two minifigures and a small build (wall, cart, catapult, etc.) would be a nice alternative to the normal $10 stuff.  

I guess the issue is how such a cheap set fits in with other similar cheap sets. Why would kids or parents buy a castle set when there are no other cheap castle sets for them toplay with alongside it? And it wouldn't fit in with City or Ninjago. Those cheap sets also get mass marketted in many retail stores. They want the popular ranges that kids are going to want.

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, MAB said:

I guess the issue is how such a cheap set fits in with other similar cheap sets. Why would kids or parents buy a castle set when there are no other cheap castle sets for them toplay with alongside it? And it wouldn't fit in with City or Ninjago. Those cheap sets also get mass marketted in many retail stores. They want the popular ranges that kids are going to want.

I think the idea is for Creator to do like a smaller castle set in 10-40 range instead to supplement the big castles

[MAB]

31 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I think the idea is for Creator to do like a smaller castle set in 10-40 range instead to supplement the big castles

At least this year, Creator has gone away from small minifigure based sets. I think the smallest one they are doing now is the haunted house. And I don't mind that, as Creator should be about the build rather than the minifigures. I like that the smaller Creator sets focus on building with fairly basic parts, especially as there are small minifigure based sets containing cars, helicopters, etc in City and other ranges.  A small wagon and a couple of soldiers, for example, is not really the idea of Creator especially if it only turns into another wagon and a different type of wagon and it doesn't fit with any other kid aimed sets. Creator (especially small sets) seems to be more about building again rather than there to supplement other themes.

Now figures are easily purchased through PAB, adults have plenty of army building parts to supplement the big sets and similarly castle specific parts are easy to get that way too. 

[Renny The Spaceman]

On 11/6/2025 at 12:17 AM, MAB said:

At least this year, Creator has gone away from small minifigure based sets. I think the smallest one they are doing now is the haunted house. And I don't mind that, as Creator should be about the build rather than the minifigures. I like that the smaller Creator sets focus on building with fairly basic parts, especially as there are small minifigure based sets containing cars, helicopters, etc in City and other ranges.  A small wagon and a couple of soldiers, for example, is not really the idea of Creator especially if it only turns into another wagon and a different type of wagon and it doesn't fit with any other kid aimed sets. Creator (especially small sets) seems to be more about building again rather than there to supplement other themes.

Now figures are easily purchased through PAB, adults have plenty of army building parts to supplement the big sets and similarly castle specific parts are easy to get that way too. 

No-one said wagon with a bunch of figures, no-one said figures being a focus at all. I mean what people want would be like a 40ish small themed building that could rebuilt all the same. Also a catapult or wagon or whatever could be rebuilt just as easily as like the creator defense drone and such. They have moved away from that this year and that's kinda an issue with LEGO making their whole range too expensive recently, something they're beginning to correct by 2026 rumours.

[Triceron]

Hot off the presses

Looks like we're getting a Medieval gardens in January.  ~1.1k+ pc set.

No pictures of it so far, so not sure what this will look like at all.  I'm not even entirely sure if this is a real 'Castle' line set, since it looks priced and pieced similarly to Fountain Gardens.  We will see.

Edited November 12, 2025 by Triceron

[Aurore]

8 minutes ago, Triceron said:

Looks like we're getting a Medieval gardens in January.  ~1.1k+ pc set.

No pictures of it so far, so not sure what this will look like at all.  I'm not even entirely sure if this is a real 'Castle' line set, since it looks priced and pieced similarly to Fountain Gardens.  We will see.

Ooooh, interesting! Thank you very much for the info.

I guess it will be part of the "'Gardens of the World" series then (according to Brickset's categorisation of its set number). I certainly hope for some kind of medicinal garden with distinct plant beds enclosed with lattice work...

[MAB]

14 minutes ago, Aurore said:

Ooooh, interesting! Thank you very much for the info.

I guess it will be part of the "'Gardens of the World" series then (according to Brickset's categorisation of its set number). I certainly hope for some kind of medicinal garden with distinct plant beds enclosed with lattice work...

Yeah it looks like it could well be the same line. I find those sets a little boring though, the plants in them are rather simple. 

[Triceron]

42 minutes ago, Aurore said:

Ooooh, interesting! Thank you very much for the info.

I guess it will be part of the "'Gardens of the World" series then (according to Brickset's categorisation of its set number). I certainly hope for some kind of medicinal garden with distinct plant beds enclosed with lattice work...

Good call.  I didn't even realize that was a theme, but this seems to fit.

[Black Falcon]

46 minutes ago, Aurore said:

Ooooh, interesting! Thank you very much for the info.

I guess it will be part of the "'Gardens of the World" series then (according to Brickset's categorisation of its set number). I certainly hope for some kind of medicinal garden with distinct plant beds enclosed with lattice work...

On reddit it is especially mentioned that it would be that line, so nothing really interesting for castle fans in genereal I guess, though I wonder what exactly it will look like and what it makes look "medieval".

[DonQuixote]

7 hours ago, Triceron said:

Hot off the presses

Looks like we're getting a Medieval gardens in January.  ~1.1k+ pc set.

No pictures of it so far, so not sure what this will look like at all.  I'm not even entirely sure if this is a real 'Castle' line set, since it looks priced and pieced similarly to Fountain Gardens.  We will see.

Not a real castle set. I saw the picture. 

[zoth33]

2 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

Not a real castle set. I saw the picture. 

How did you see a pic there is no pic online?

[Roebuck]

13 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

though I wonder what exactly it will look like and what it makes look "medieval".

Me too, what makes a garden "medieval"? lots of animals hopefully, like a Dovecote for pigeons  
Maybe it's a another set that has a new shield or similar part to give us something without giving us a proper Castle set

[MAB]

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

Me too, what makes a garden "medieval"? lots of animals hopefully, like a Dovecote for pigeons  
 

I imagine the architecture, but then the existing fountain garden feels a bit medieval like if you remove the fountain.

[RichardGoring]

To those reading a castle thread, I suspect the upcoming garden will be extremely disappointing. I would imagine it being a northern European (UK, France, Germany area) manor house garden in a similar style to the Fountain Garden but with different wall styles and plants.