KristofBD

So this set did turn up at last! I like it a lot as it shows the current line's broader emphasis. It is not all about the fighting. I like the tree and the accessories. Hope it turns up in Europe as well!

Simply amazing! I also agree that this series is probably the best so far: lots of new ideas and good accessories! I like the hockey player (great in all details!), the soccer player, the garden gnome (face, beard, fishing rod), the professor (test tube!) and the Geisha the most, but the Musketeer, the punk (great hair!), the safety suit guy, the surfer girl and the skater also look great. I've never bought more than three figs of one series, but this may be an exception!

Good job! This MOC looks like the work of an expert builder. I like the shape of the house and the creative use of the bricks. I also like the scenery and the fact that it shows a little scene (not just a house). Great work!

I opened mine already in October, but was able to stick to opening just one present a day. It was great fun, and I'm always surprised with the great quality of the content. I actually don't think lego makes that much profit on them given the content and the large quantity of minifigs included. It's more like a special treat for its fans. PS Regarding the plume and extras for the dark knight: every other set including one green plume, comes with one extra, so that's easily fixed. The overall deficit of Dragon knights is indeed a shame, but I guess that the upcoming wave will include more dragons, possibly even a dragon castle (that would be great!). Fingers crossed.

Good to see that the theme is finally confirmed. Hopefully some preliminary pictures will be available soon!

Having seen the pictures, I must say the figs have grown even more on me. Great to see that back printing appears in the collectable series (I especially like the gorilla suit zipper! ). The samurai torso and the Hula girls hair also look far better than expected. The Elf bow is also a nice surprise. All in all, it seems that my impression based on the preliminary pics seriously underestimated the coolness of the actual figs. Great job TLG

Great news! I was pleasantly surprised by two things: 1. the new bow looks more different from the old one than I imagined from the preliminary pics (which makes the elf even more desirable) 2. The trousers of the 'Rapper' look great, and seem very useful for City mocs Overall I think I'm as satisfied with this series as with the others

Interesting, but it's hard tpo judged them without pictures. With most figures in these series I like the accessories or the hairpieces and faces. So this is a "wait and see" for me. PS The viking and the musketeer sound good though.

I never liked Atlantis in the past, but I actually think that these sets look really nice.

Same here: the advent calender is top quality. It's an excellent set with great creative details. I hope the 2011 wave will be of the set quality.

Good to see that they are moving to other countries. If they open a store in the Netherlands, I will probably spend zillions of euros there, so I'm still in dubio whether that is a good thing

Good point about the sack It seems like the windmill could be a treasure of interesting parts. I'm confident that TLG put as much effort in this set as the MMV, so I'm pretty excited about what the result will be!

That's simply amazing news! This will be a great addition to my medieval village.

The real deal looks veery good. I love the detail and all the nice colours. Very nice MOC indeed!

I agree with Skafte. I have creationary and Monsters $. Creationary is excellent to get other people interested in lego. I play it with a variety of people, mostly adults. It's fun and for me the lego part really has an added value. The smaller games loose their novelty fairly easy though. Best, K.

one more medieval set is an option. In the advent calender, we get two citizens and a pig, similar to the castle line where we also got a civilian just before the MMV. Additionally, the MMV is still one of the top 25 sellers even one and a half year after its release. Hence, there is clearly some demand for it, though may be not amongst children there is at least a sufficient demand amongst the AFOL's for a decent mediveal village set.

Great - though a bit too far for me. I'm also interested in the castle.. so I would love to see what the set is! Best, K.

Imprerssive MOC There are many nie details and I love how you mixed both old and new. Great creative work!

Excellent fortress. It has a nostalgic feel, and though I like the newer medieval lego better, your use of clever building techniques makes this one a very nice MOC to loook at. Good job!

Impressive set, great exclusive minifigs, Olivander's looks nice but especially Borgin and Burkes is truly amazing. A really big

Nice review, thanks! Impressive set, albeit somewhat more difficult to mod for my medieval village, so I remain in dubio about whether to buy it. The figures are great. I am especially in love with Bellatrix (great hair, great torso!), though Ginny is a close second

Yep I found that strange also. Is there any other lego fig that has fingers?

I agree with the roof colour: the sand green would definitively given it a better look. Then again, it would probably still look rather bland I guess. Unfortunately, I don't have the pieces needed to modify it in that way, but I welcome (future) owners of the set to try it. In any case, here are the pics. I still had my modified version... ...But replaced the modified parts on this side with its original version. This side is not as bad as the side with the window, but it is still a bit too light bley for my taste. It looks like this: If you remove the light brick, you see the red technic piece, which is used to attach the light brick... I actually like the chimney. Especially the upper part is nice (four black round bricks with the dark bley piece added on). All in all, this side is a bit better in my opinion, though you should ignore the red piece attached to the light brick. Best, Kristof

Thanks for all the nice comments! Actually during the writing of the review I fell more and more in love with the set. Now I've been modding the hut a bit. I wanted to give the roof the patchy feel as if Hagrid built the hut himself with leftover wood. I decided to keep one of the green bricks just for fun. This is the result: Aragog can also easily be improved by adding to bricks in order to extend the 'head' (I used a simple 2x1 piece and a short 2x2 roof-piece): In any case, all of this just to let show that this is the kind of set that actually inspires you to work with it. For Castle-lovers like myself it is definitively a useful addition that can feature in any medieval village with just a few modifications. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Best, Kristof

Yep it is a nice face. I added a picture in the review. Best, K.