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prices seem to be based on weight and not piece count. some sets have higher piece counts yea, but like 20% of the pieces will be cheese slopes, horns , and technic pins. Which might not be that useful as bricks and plates. Depends on what each lego fan wants out of the set. But I definitely notice an increase emphasis on minifigures. Although some are more expensive. Like NinjaGo Spinners. And look at Pirates and Pharoah's Quest Battlepack. They contain less minifigures than the Castle 2007, Kingdoms, and Alien Conquest battlepacks for the same price. And the Star Wars battlepacks are even cheaper and contain an mini vehicle or structure. Collectible minfiigures are a nice price 3 USD each. But the fact that it is random (which you can bypass of course but it would have been more convenient to be able say 20 spartans, samurai, or elves instead of hunting them down via barcodes/feeling them up or buying them in bulk and hope to get some by luck. Then you compare it to some of the small sets which have a dollar to minifig ratio of around 3-3.5 dollars per minifigure. For that extra 30-50 cents per minfigiure you get a whole bunch of bricks. and in some cases horses which are around a dollar value (making prison carriage resuce an effective army builder in price to minfigiure ratio, 3 per minfigure and 1 for the horse, and the rest of the bricks and minfiigure accessories = free). Sorry for the long post. And as some random wise man says "Don't dwell on the past." So even if lego sets are not more expensive than the past sets, you can still realize that some sets seem to be more price effective than others.

I get the feeling he is one of those top % minifigure owners. I mean most lego fans probably have like .00000001%. Madoka probably has like .000001%

Yea! I would have bought so many if they actually sold the set. Well I think the set is 3.99 at Target. That 1.29 price on the receipt is weird. Goods news everyone, yet .This one had 3 Escape from Dragon's Prisons 2 Prison Carriage Rescue. Making my 5th and final Target Practice. Still waiting on pick a brick orders though.

Got yesterday.Ninja ambush 3 Prison Carriage Rescue 2 Escape from Dragon's Prison

I think he just meant the visor helmet was only vailable in the advent calendar, instead of say a cheap set like an impulse to amass for lion knights.

Nice fence, and the well is sweet. The roofing is great too.

Nope those are my only pictures of the creation. those pictures are 1280x720. I did not take any more pictures of it.

Yep. This set is a great way to stock up on Dragon Knight Fortress pieces and a nice army builder too. They should make more sets like this. It's a nice combination of pieces, and troops. The horse barding really sweetened the deal too.

WOW. That is absolutely incredible. I hope you win the contest.

I got One of my pick a brick orders. I guess this went through faster because there was less pieces. The first order is still in customs. =(. Mostly skeleton bodies and limbs, and 40 gray knight helmets!

Yea That would certainly be nice. Thanks a lot. Yea I decided to make use of all of my horses for the dragon knights. I was hoping to have the entire army be mounted but I ran out of horses. Plus the quivers don't exactly fit with the saddles, I could force it but didn't want to risk any damage. Later on when my saddleless horses come in, I can put my entire draogn knight army on horses.

@Ogre Definitely agree. Make impulses as army builders and the special minifigures in sets. It's too bad they can't have the battlepacks on sale for a long time like they do for the star wars ones. @ UsernameMDM yea that is great. I would eagerly buy that by the dozens. And those sets you listed would be great. Man it would be so cool if they focused on army builders for various types. Like archer impulse with bow, crossbow, maybe spear as a defense spike. And infantry impulse like with a sword/spear/shield and armor and helmet. Then a knight impulse with the armor, horse, horse armor, helmet, etc. That would mean tons of sales! Or even make more knight pieces available in pick a brick!

hard to find means a set only found in select stores. And also it might be discontinued soon if not already.

I get the feeling if I made a topic it would get merged here so I will post it here instead.

I wish. The Good Knight was an amazing impulse. 2 weapons, 2 helmets, shield (i think), printed torso and an armor piece. Excellent army builder. Troll Warrior was underwhelming compared to that, but still a better army builder than the dragon wizard or court jester. I was going to get a legion of wizards to make regiment of battlemages but never did. Similar impulses to the Good Knight would be ideal, and a cheap joust set like The Final Joust for Castle 2007 would be amazing. Knight's Showdown, Prison Carriage Rescue, and Escape from Dragon's Prison are pretty good though. Blacksmith Attack would have been great if there was another minfigiure. How come they don't make more army builder sets? AFOL's would buy them by the dozens, and I am sure children would like to buy a few to have a small army of their own. I can't imagine too many children demanding their parents to buy them the court jester. but I could be wrong? I know the wizard was a top seller (maybe someone out there did make an army of mages). And man, I was hoping they would make another tic tac toe set and chess set like they did for castle 2007. And the past few themes all had chess sets! But none for kingdoms. =(. But at least there was an international release (I am from US so I only assume other countries got it as well?) of the advent calendar this year.

Discontinued. As in Lego stops selling them and no stores carry them anymore.

What I do is just open the bag with the minfigiures and accessories and take those out, then leave the rest of the bags in a container with the rest of my unopened sets.

I only have like 2 bows, but have lots of crossbows. What I do not like is whenever I put the bow/crossbow into a minifigure hand, it gets scratched up. Although it is not that noticeable especially in a sea of soldiers. Still waiting on my pick a brick orders of like 40 or more white horses. No saddles though. I only buy online pick a brick or official sets. Because A) to support Lego and B) sets like Prison Carriage Rescue and Escape from Dragon's Prisons are similar in price to bricklink once you break down the components, the minfigures, the weapons, the shields, the horses, and any other accessories like the horse barding. Plus free shipping from amazon and sometimes lego.com, and guaranteed excellent customer service. I guess if when the sets get discontinued, I might consider buying from bricklink to continue building my Lion and Dragon knight armies.

50 Lion Knights. Not nearly as much as I hoped. It is going to be a while before I update my Lion Knight Army. I hope to get at least 100 Lion Knights.

Helm's Deep over Hobbit? Does that mean LOTR is guaranteed?

Nice me too. I have bought so many sets lately, that pieces are just lying unsorted on my desk. As soon as I sort some of them, I have already bought more sets hah. I think I am going to order nothing but more Prison Carriage Rescues and Escape from Dragon's Prisons for more troops and cavalry!

I would not mind the Hobbit if it meant orcs, elves, and dwarves!

Nice buy! Have you posted any pictures of your Kingdoms armies yet? Looks like you are building up your lion and dragon knight forces!

My is my third target practice!

Is one of the crusader's shield missing part of its emblem?