Review 7078 King’s Battle Chariot

[Asuka]

Thanks for the review, Cardinal Brick.

I guess the set works fine for getting some pretty good MFs for a smaller price.

Especially the King looks really good, his armor and that dark blue plume´re just excellent.

Poor horse...

[gogobig]

I liked your realistic approach to this set. Even though I liked the chariot idea (reminds me of ancient Roman and Egyptian chariots) I dont find it appealing as much whatsoever. The figures are ok. I dont like the king being part of this set, no crowny shields, and wooden spears for orcs...My troll's fortress and drawbridge got shipped today, I gladly passes up on this one.

[Paul cantu]

Is it just me or are lego sets getting more expensive? This set is basically $20 for the king minifigure because nothing else is really offered. It is a shame

[posades]

I liked your realistic approach to this set. Even though I liked the chariot idea (reminds me of ancient Roman and Egyptian chariots) I dont find it appealing as much whatsoever. The figures are ok. I dont like the king being part of this set, no crowny shields, and wooden spears for orcs...My troll's fortress and drawbridge got shipped today, I gladly passes up on this one.

Those dark brown wooden spears are kind of appealing, though I agree they aren't very troll-like weapons.

[daxflame680]

Is it just me or are lego sets getting more expensive? This set is basically $20 for the king minifigure because nothing else is really offered. It is a shame

As I once mentioned before, it's not about making people happy anymore, it's about what they can get away with.

People, don't buy this set. It only encourages TLG to make sets extra-expensive

Edited May 27, 2009 by daxflame680

[Corvus]

I honestly don't get what you guys are complaining about.

The figs are great- We get the great new king for a relatively cheap price, one of the newer soldier torsos (which I still don't have) and two different troll figs with different helmets and shields! I don't have them either... There aren't any fig clones in the set- the minifigure value in this set to me is great. I can get all the Castle figs I don't have in one $20 box.

The chariot isn't that bad- we've had worse. It looks fairly royal in my opinion, and we get two large wheels out of the deal. My only complaint is that we could've used at least two horses.

[Clone OPatra]

I have to disagree with all of you who say that this set blatantly sucks. I bought it, and my review is still inside the academy, but will be out here soon for everyone to read.

Yes, there are only 103 pieces for $20, but LEGO has done things like this for many, many years, it isn't a new development. This set is great for people with limited budgets, they can get two different orcs, a completely awesome king, and a crowny. There are a bunch of nice parts in interesting colors like dark blue as well, and a horse, which many people do not have many of. There are lots of plusses to this set, and although there aren't too many pieces, the model itself is still the size expected in a $20 set.

Maybe when my review comes along, a few people will be able to better see the positive parts of this set and not just the negative.

EDIT: Mr. Mandalorian beat me to praising this set by two seconds, and I definitely agree with what he has to say.

Edited May 28, 2009 by Clone O'Patra

[SWMAN]

I am pretty disappointed with this set. Other than the new King, it is pretty boring.

[Natman8000]

This set to me is a disappointment. I think the castle line needs to evolve from great minifigs to great minifigs and great sets. because the set part here is really bad.

[calebexo01]

great review, average set. way too expensive. the toy fair said it would be 10.99$. they were wrong. it needs more horses and some more minifigs to make it worth the price. the chariot itself is good though so if i were to get it i would modify it to hold more horses. i dont have many horses though... and the set is kinda pointless. there are no other vehicles for the knights to attack with so the king would have a hard time fighting the trolls on his own. also im not wiling to pay $20 for a set this small so im not going to get it.

[user]

This looks like a positively dreadful set ist has absolutely no play features and does'nt look atractive at all who ever made this is a few gears short of a mechanizm if you know what I mean.

[Lordofdragonss]

Hmm let's see

+We have four diferend minifigs including new print on king

+Two orc shields

+ Gold trunk

+Chrome saber

-Price

-Just one horse? If they would put another one- I will buy this set

-No cape on King

-Crappy Design

[Lockt]

I am not a big fan of the design of the chariot. Like said before it is to big compared to the single horse BUT...

... I can remember a lego designer explaining why the skeleton horses cannot move their heads, like the horses can. A single horse with moving head is as costly as three skeleton horses (hence the three horses in the skeleton prison set).

From a price point of view, this set is amazingly cheap. 4 minifigs for this price is making this set worth its price. So I am still a bit mixed up if I want this set or not, but I just believe the price argument mentioned several times is valid. Minifigs and horses are the most expensive parts and we got 5 of those in this set

[gogobig]

Those dark brown wooden spears are kind of appealing, though I agree they aren't very troll-like weapons.

Posedes, they might be eye appealing, but what I did to my minifig armies, I took away those wooden spears and gave'em to forestmen minifigures. The royal knights, dragon knights, scorpions, bulls, elves, vikings and even orcs have those lonk pikes ( a bit customized), but they look much better then old, small wooden spears....

[SeaKing61]

I just feel sorry for that poor horse. I think the problem with this set is the chariot isn't a very mediaeval style and it's too big for one horse. Make it smaller and add a roman legionary or two and we'd be buying these in droves! Maybe lego is starting a new Roman theme and the chariot designs got mixed up somewhere

Laurie

[posades]

Posades, they might be eye appealing, but what I did to my minifig armies, I took away those wooden spears and gave'em to forestmen minifigures. The royal knights, dragon knights, scorpions, bulls, elves, vikings and even orcs have those lonk pikes ( a bit customized), but they look much better then old, small wooden spears....

That's actually what I was thinking of using them for, they seem perfect for forestmen, so if anyone wants to send them my way feel free. The shields are appreciated but I think one of each color scimitar would have more suited the trolls.

[The Green Brick Giant]

... I can remember a lego designer explaining why the skeleton horses cannot move their heads, like the horses can. A single horse with moving head is as costly as three skeleton horses (hence the three horses in the skeleton prison set).

The other set had three skeleton pieces AND 90 more pieces!