The Chaotic Evolution of LEGO Castle...

If they release a castle theme that consists fully of remakes of old 80/90s sets with modern building techniques, I would def buy em all

The Castle lore runs surprisingly deep

i love how despite looking badass, these early minifig knights were just smiling away

The black knights with their dragon plumage was mind blowing when I was a kid and I always wanted there to be more wolf pack sets...

Castle 2 was my childhood. I had so many crazy potlines, my main story was about medieval England and Spain uniting and warring against the orcs and skeletons. I made my own castle from a bunch of different smaller sets. I took it very serious, even forcing the peasants to pay taxes. Then I turned 12 and my little siblings destroyed everything, it was a fine age to stop.

In the mid 90s, I was saving up to buy the 5590 Model Team set. My older brother sort of said that for my birthday, he would give me the rest of the money I needed. I mean, I had catalogue photos of 5590 taped up in my room, I wanted it so bad. In my birthday, my brother hands me a tiny box. I unwrapped it and it was that Wolfpack one with the ghost and tree. I thought THAT was the gift so I feigned gratitude and a little later I opened the box, and he had already slipped the rest of the money into the box, and I went to Toys R Us that night and bought it. It was the best lego buying experience of my life!

I was a bit surprised to find out that LEGO Kingdoms wasn't even mentioned, I grew up with that one and managed to get every set from that lineup, I guess that line was not so focused in Castles themselves.

I love that charm and simplicity of the older sets.

Those old dragon molds are so sweet! I hope they re-release them. Maybe modernize the look somewhat, like what they did with the oldschool shark and alligator pieces

One of my birthday gifts when I was a child was the 6073 castle. I still have it stuffed away, assembled. The original cord for the drawbridge is gone and I had to replace a green plate, but it still looks like my childhood. We had a lovebird that loved to play in that castle. Everytime we lowered the drawbridge, he would run in and out. I got some other knight themed sets from that era as well, like the armor shop. Not sure if that's still complete though, you tend to lose stuff in 35-40 years.

Knight's Kingdom has a special place in my heart because of the narrative that was told throughout the sets. It wasn't necessarily good but it was charming for what it was.

Without a doubt, even with all the licensed stuff Lego has made that I love very dearly, Lego Castles/Kingdoms and Pirates are easily my favorite lines of sets with Castles barely beating out Pirates. I love history already, and being able to play with Legos that directly connect to my lifelong passions is so awesome I can’t even describe. Someday I hope to amass a great collection of Castles sets so I can gaze upon my plastic kingdom in reverence and satisfaction after years of searching and building

The Castle sets were actually my first Legos. I acquired three small sets from the early 1990s. Since my family was struggling financially at that time, I highly valued these small sets. Although I often admired the larger castle sets in toy stores, I knew my family couldn't afford them. Thank you for creating this recap; it has reignited my passion for LEGO.

Fantasy was short lived but it really popped off in czech republic. Me and my friend almost had every set. For us the fantasy era was our childhood and best sets we ever had

I loved the Wolf Pack! Didn’t realise they only ever had 3 sets. I remember the Christmas when I got their hideout! I was building it while eating my Christmas dinner! 🐺💚

I still have so much of the grey castle set from the 80s, absolutely loved that you could join all the different buildings together as a giant fort

i love the lion knights castle, i hope we could get a whole wave from it tbh

The Wolfpack may have only had a few sets, but it did also get a foam shield prop in the Legoland Windsor gift shop around the millennium. Still got mine somewhere, was pretty neat.

I honestly wish they'd release a fantasy era throwback or two, that was my main castle line as a kid. I kind of caught the end of Knights' Kingdom but never owned any myself, mostly cousins and friends that were a year or two older

i wish they would release more lego castle sets