When I was a little boy, there was almost nothing that made me happier than getting together my LEGO stones and building things with them. Since my interests always have been mainly about historical themes, especially around the Middle Ages, the knights theme was by far my most favorite.
I also enjoyed reading about that topic, stories about King Lionheart were my favorite here. Of course my parents were well aware about that. And then, once Christmas Eve, I got the coolest LEGO set ever:
The 6090 Royal Knight's Castle!!!
Years and years this was the toy I had the most fun with. But then, puberty hit me and my interests shifted - Now, the thing I needed the most was an iPod Classic. So I sold a lot of my LEGO on a flee market to get money. And unfortunaly, the castle was one of the things that got sold. Im not regreting the sell, even though it was a awful deal from today's perspective.
his favourite LEGO pieces. I commented what my favourite set was and I looked on "Willhaben" (a German selling site, willhaben means "wanttohave") how much it was. And as if destiny wanted me to get it, 15 miles away from my home a woman was selling it for a more than fair price. So I didn't hestitate and got that masterpiece again! So now, let me walk you through my Royal Knight's Castle:A little bit over a weak ago, I saw a post by @bafi where he was talking about
Front view:
The beautiful castle is built on an unique baseplate and is mainly built out of grey and black stones, the blue rooftops add a noble touch. As you can see, there is a main entrance with wooden doors and a portcullis that you are able to lift up when King Lionheart and his knights are coming home, as well as a second entrance protected with a drawbridge. One of the highlights in my childhood was that little ghost outside the castle, as he really is glowing in the dark.
A view at the sides:
While the left side (when viewed from the front) is rather unspectacular, a lot of stuff is happening at the right side. On the one hand, we have the drawbridge of the side entrance (more details below), on the other side we have the keep with the royal throne. One of the details I loved most was the trapdoor in front of that throne - many enemies of my beloved King Lionheart left there lives there ;)
The drawbridge
Built up with a crank mechanism piece and some cords, the drawbridge was exactly as open as you wanted it to be. That's one of those things I love about the older LEGO sets: The mechanics were way cooler and more detailed!
The back:
In the back you can see the mechanism opening the trapdoors mentioned above, it's that little LEGO Technic part directly behind the throne. Draw it out and your king is save. Right on the left of it is the crank drive needed for the drawbrigde. The little cord hanging outside on the bottom right can awaken the skeleton inside the castle an scare enemies away - check the next picture to see what I mean!
I definitely had tons of fun building that castle and reliving those childhood hours. One of most interesting things is the fact that kids were expected to be way more exact and detailed back in 1995 when the set was originally released. One year ago, I had the instructions from a current LEGO model for age 14+ in my hands - Compared to the castle from above, the instructions are way easier nowadays. While children back then had to look what changed from one step to the next, today everything is written in great detail. The other great difference can be found in the quality of the parts. While the parts in above set are printed with the graphics, nowadays stickers are used even in the sets for hundreds of dollars. Textile flags also are plastic flags nowadays. Sad development if you ask me :/
Now let's check if you have that detailed look kids in the 90's were supposed to have! One part is missing in the above pictures - Can you find which one? The first one to comment the right part will receive a 100% upvote
And if you played or play LEGO: What's your favorite set?
Greets,
Martin
Da kommt das Kind im Mann durch 😁
Definitiv :D Die nächsten Teile sind schon im
Visier :)
großartig Martin, tatsächlich war das 6082 mein erstes "großes" Legoset <3
Ich kann dir nur den Besuch im "the Lego House" in Dänemark empfehlen. Die haben ua. eine gigantische Enzyklopädie, jedes Set was je herausgekommen ist virtuell mit allen Infos und Ansichten und ein Haufen Features und und und... ich fand das großartig !
Grüße, Benny
Hm, die Drachenfestung sieht ja auch geil aus! wär ein guter „Gegner“ für meine Ritter :P
Danke für den Tipp!
That's from the generation of Castle sets I remember!
That LEGO is absolutely stunning! The ghost and the skeleton looks amazing!Hey @theaustrianguy! thanks for mentioning me.
How much did you payed for it?
It seems I'm unable to find the missing part as well, which is... unfortunate!
ADDENDUM it might be the brown door on the last image!
Around 140 US$ - Good deal I think, there is nothing missing in the set plus very well kept original instructions. :)
Great price! I thought there were a part missing in the picture, it seemed completed to me as well at first glance ✌️
In the pictures a small part is missing :P
No, the part is missing on all images ;)
Damn, that's an hard one!
Endlich mal ein Steem-Post, den ich gemeinsam mit meinem Sohn anschauen kann! Eine Kinder-Kategorie bräuchten wir noch...
Geil! :D
Oh, das lässt Erinnerungen wach werden!
Meine Eltern hatten leider nie genug Geld, um mir so eine große Burg zu kaufen, aber ich erinnere mich noch gut, wie ich bei einem Freund mit dieser Ritterburg gespielt habe!
Er hat mir dann sogar einen Ritter geschenkt mit Schwert und Helm (das war mein erster Ritter damals) und ich hab den überall hin mitgenommen :D
Meine Eltern hatten die Burg auch vom Flohmarkt, da gibts manchmal echt Schnäppchen :) Auch wenn ich daran denke, um wieviel ich meine Sets verkauft habe!
Ja LEGO war das beste was es so in der Kindheit gab, der moderne Nachfolger von LEGO heute wäre wahrscheinlich dann Minecraft.
awesome!!! you are lego fan too?? I built the disney castle (the massive one) and took me around 13-16 hours!!
Yes I am! Built that one last year, a huge project :D
Da sind wir ja bei meinem Thema.
Hatte früher leider nie das Geld mir als Kind Lego zu kaufen, dafür schlage ich jetzt zu.
Und die Anleitungen sind wirklich für den letzten Idioten gemacht, diese Entwicklung hat um das Jahr 2008 angefangen und wurde immer schlimmer, nur die Architecture Serie ist noch anspruchsvoller gestaltet.
Auch ein schönes Teil :)
Wow! This is awesome.
I'm surprised you were describing each parts of the castle. Seems you must really be a lover of LEGO Toys.
I'm happy for you. Congrats on achieving your childhood dreams 😊
Cheers :)
Thank you so much for participating in the Partiko Delegation Plan Round 1! We really appreciate your support! As part of the delegation benefits, we just gave you a 3.00% upvote! Together, let’s change the world!
I always loved the Classic Castle sets. My younger brother went for a lot of those while I went for the Classic Space (to make sure we could always tell who's sets were who's?).
Thank you for helping to grow the Lego tag on Steem.
Ritterlego war das Beste. Hab es geliebt. Piraten waren aber auch sehr toll :-)
So eine große Burg hatte ich aber leider nicht :-)
Sup Dork! Enjoy the upvote!!!
You got a 74.90% upvote from @ocdb courtesy of @theaustrianguy! :)
Discord channel for more information.@ocdb is a non-profit bidbot for whitelisted Steemians, current max bid is 60 SBD and the equivalent amount in STEEM. Check our website https://thegoodwhales.io/ for the whitelist, queue and delegation info. Join our
ocd-witness through SteemConnect or on the Steemit Witnesses page. :)If you like what @ocd does, consider voting for
There was a gray castle in the 1992 shop-at-home LEGO catalog that I always wanted. I can't recall the name of the set, but I am sure I still have that catalog somewhere.
As for the missing piece, is there a gap in the band of black bricks above the gray drawbridge arch? It's a bit hard to see in your image resolution.