Favourite Castle Faction.

[Dr Leg O Brick]

Hello, I was shocked to see that, after a search of the Historic forums, that nothing like this existed. If I have missed the topic, could a MOD please merge/delete this existing one. Right, this is going to be a long list, any explanations as to why I've done what I've done will be under the factions name if needed, and I will post my opinions later on. Here are the options, with a link to respective Brickset pages, I've only listed Castle stuff, but for the sake of this being a Historic Forum I'll add the Ninjas, Wild West and Vikings groups at the end to please every one. I've missed LOTR as I'm not familiar with the factions, if a MOD wants to add them in I'm fine with that, If I've missed anyone out, please do say. So, without further ado,

Yellow Castle era:

There where, by my count, six or seven different factions from this era. As they don't have names, I've put them into one group, as calling them “the Purple Crown Guys” or “the red Triangle guys” will make it just a bit more confusing. If the MODs think I should separate them, I will.

http://www.brickset....ubtheme=Classic

The Lion Knights aka the Lion Crest

http://www.brickset....e&subtheme=LionKnights

The Black Falcons aka the Eagle crest aka Guardians of the Grey Castles

http://www.brickset....e=Black Falcons

The Forestmen

http://www.brickset....theme=Forestmen

The Black Knights

http://www.brickset....e=Black Knights

The Wolfpack

http://www.brickset....btheme=Wolfpack

The Dragon Knights aka The Dragon Masters

http://www.brickset....=Dragon Knights

The Royal Knights

http://www.brickset....e=Royal Knights

Dark Forest

http://www.brickset....eme=Dark Forest

The Fright Knights

http://www.brickset....=Fright Knights

King Leo's knights

http://www.brickset....' Kingdom I

Cedric the Bulls Motley crew of three

http://www.brickset....' Kingdom I

The Power Rangers, Defenders of Moria

http://www.brickset....#39; Kingdom II

Vladek's Scorpion Knights

http://www.brickset....#39; Kingdom II

Crownies

http://www.brickset....eme=Fantasy Era

Skeleton Army

http://www.brickset....eme=Fantasy Era

Trolls

http://www.brickset....eme=Fantasy Era

Dwarfs

http://www.brickset....eme=Fantasy Era

The New Lion Knights

http://www.brickset....btheme=Kingdoms

The New Dragon Knights

http://www.brickset....btheme=Kingdoms

The Newer Lion Knights/Crownies

http://www.brickset....astle&year=2013

The Newer Dragon Knights

http://www.brickset....astle&year=2013

And, as I guess they count, splattered throughout the various themes,

The Peasants

Vikings

http://www.brickset..../?theme=Vikings

Cowboys

http://www.brickset....ubtheme=Cowboys

Union Men

http://www.brickset....ubtheme=Cowboys

Native Americans

http://www.brickset....ubtheme=Indians

Ninja

http://www.brickset....&subtheme=Ninja

Samurai

http://www.brickset....&subtheme=Ninja

Few, so, that’s it folks, who are your favourite castle faction/s? Credit goes to: Brickset, the 2013 Castle thread for giving me the idea to discuss are favourite castle factions and Steve's LEGO Blog.

Edited November 15, 2013 by Dr Leg O Brick

[LegoPanda]

Black falcons, and vikings are ok to

[Captain Settle]

Well Indians, cowboys and Union men are hardly castle factions. Western is a historic theme, but not a castle one.

Despite that fact, I'd still go for Union soldiers.

[Alfadas]

Well, I can't really choose between the Vikings, the Crownies or the Black falcons. I don't own anything from the Black falcons, but they are amazing. The Vikings is the theme that really got me into Lego. Before that there was some city and creator stuff, but when I went to Legoland Billund for the first time, there were the Viking and I fell in love with them and the other Castle themes. The vikings are just great!

Ok, the Vikings are my favorite

[Deathleech]

Definitely the Fantasy Era stuff, and specifically the trolls. While not new in other mediums by any means, it was something different LEGO did with Castle which was refreshing imo.

[josykay]

The "New Dragon Knights" from Kingdoms (2010-2012)...

The dark green looked amazing and they were the only castle faction, using dark pearl grey for their armor, which is sadly gone now during Castle II, replaced with regular black...

[Mr. Elijah Timms]

I have so many favorites, but if I have to pick one, it's not even close.

BLACK FALCONS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

[Artizan]

Black Knights!

[Dragonfire]

Trolls. Too bad I missed the Fantasy Era sets.

[Dr Leg O Brick]

Well Indians, cowboys and Union men are hardly castle factions. Western is a historic theme, but not a castle one.

Despite that fact, I'd still go for Union soldiers.

Yes, but still I thought that if I excluded them (the union guys), some people might complain as they are after all in the banner for the Historical forum. As for mine, its really tough to choose between them, for me it'd be between the cowboys (you've got to love those broken teeth and huge moustaches) , the Black Falcons, the original Lion knights, and the Black Knights. After much deliberation, IMHO, the Black Falcons. They are the most distinctive, most unique faction out of Castle. You can immediately tell its a Black Falcon when you see either the minifigures or the crest. Unlike the Lion knights and particularly the Black knights, they have never lost their identity, never had the shield reused on another Castle faction or their colors, so they really stand out among the crowd so to speak.

[The_Cook]

Black Falcons or Fantasy Era Trolls, impossible to decide between the two...

Edited November 15, 2013 by The_Cook

[kabel]

Fantasy era Trolls and Wolf Pack!

[Nightstalker]

Samurai and Ninja factions for the win!

After that, we never got another Eastern castle theme again (I wouldn't count Ninjago in this line up since it's more of an action theme).

[Palathadric]

Too many of them. I'd go for Dragon Masters, I think, but it's impossible to decide really.

[SheepEater]

Rohan

(....And that's only because Lego hasn't done Gondor yet)

[songwm]

If I only get to choose one, it would be Black Falcon.

If I can choose another one, it would be the Crownies.

[TheLegoDr]

As much as I love the black falcon insignia, the black knight and wolf pack were always my go to groups. It helps that the black knights have my favorite lego castle. (As seen in miniature form in my signature)

Edited November 16, 2013 by TheLegoDr

[Hive]

Green Dragons, Crusaders and Black Falcons. Closely followed by Forestmen.

Man, there are so many awesome ones.

[Mencot]

Gonna be so boring with my answer but The Black Falcons, of course. Is there any cooler more slick kind of dudes in Lego Castle

Guardians of the Grey Castles never heard the slogan/name before

I like also the Kingdoms Lions, they have a nice design with the dark red and gold and silver mixture armors.

[Dr Leg O Brick]

Gonna be so boring with my answer but The Black Falcons, of course. Is there any cooler more slick kind of dudes in Lego Castle

Guardians of the Grey Castles never heard the slogan/name before

I like also the Kingdoms Lions, they have a nice design with the dark red and gold and silver mixture armors.

In some US catalogues of the time they where called "Guardians of the Grey Castles", not very catchy is it? Still, some still call them that, like the eagle crest and the Lion crest, so I put it down on the list.

[Brickadiergerard]

There are some wonderful factions here, but for me, without question it's ...... Black Falcons.

[Ridge Montante]

I've always been partial to the Royal Knights. With the Forestmen coming in at a close second.

[BrickG]

Forestmen just because of Nostalgia. Plus I like the Robin Hood vibe.

[Haltiamieli]

I too favour the Black Falcons. They are nicely ambiguous on good or evil scale and have distinctive heraldry and colours. And pretty good sets too, like possibly the best siege engine Lego has ever produced - it's so beautifully grotesque and utilitarian, and shoots rather well. I'm a bit too young to have really experienced the heyday of Black Falcons, I was more concerned with being born, learning to walk and all that stuff, but luckily I have a five years older brother so my childhood collection included/includes quite a few of them. Maybe that's part of the reason why I favour them so high, they were sort of "stuff of the legends" for me even back then.

Other great factions from the days of yore are Forestmen and Wolfpack. Of the numerous lion factions my favourite is Kingdoms lions. In the dragon category, on the other hand, I can't pick a clear favourite, there's too many good ones.

[Dr Leg O Brick]

I think as many have noted, Lego really have done some simply fantastic factions, they all have their pros and cons, their castles, parts, colours, figures etc. I shamefully forgot about the Forestmen in choosing The Black Falcons, so I'd have to say the Forestmen would come second, I hardly have any but the ones I do have I love. Just some wonderfully executed designs with them, as well as their forestly domains.