New KK2 previews

[Nannan]

Cheesy, isn't it. JK
I think i see silver shadow knight helms in the big set. Can anyone corroborate this?

[TheQ]

Umm.. Look at that BIG shield in the set number 8875!

Building Mecha using that as part of it.. hmm..

Or better: Using that in the Space ship?

- Q

[J1A3L5]

Well, I wrote a semi-lengthy post about these on LUGNET already, so I'll just transcribe it to here:

In lugnet.castle, Timothy Carl Buchheim wrote:
> Brickset has pictures of next year’s Knights’ Kingdom sets. (The minifig sets, not the big guys.)

Indeed, I was checking these out earlier. I’m...well, I wouldn’t say happy, but I’m not disappointed either.

> The scorpion guys are getting their own castle!

Yes! In my opinion, the Shadow Knight figures are the best thing to happen to Castle in a while: I’m very glad to see there’s an abundance of them in these sets!

> A black castle after how many years? It’s very cool.. definitely old school. I wonder if it can connect to classic castle sets. (if not, it could easily be modified to do so)

> Lots of black castle walls (the good old 1x5 ones), red window bars (for arched windows) and other goodies

While I dislike those wall pieces, and never use them, I am glad to see them. At least they looked okay and were usable - Unlike those rounded tower-things of late. Another step in the right direction.

More importantly, the return of triangular shields! While the newly shaped ones were cool, having more variety is even cooler! Even cooler, try checking out the shield in Vladek’s hand in both 8876 and 8877. I just was examining the pictures closed and realized: It looks like it’s an oval shield!

> The other sets include lots of various siege weapons, but it’s the big set which has me excited.

I’m skeptical about these two new ones. I prefer the look of 8800 to either of these new ones. That said, I don’t own 8800 either, so I can’t properly judge them.


While I’m not “happy” with these new sets, they definitely are a step in the right direction.

-John “J1A3L5” Langrish.

If you wish to read it, you can view the my post, and the thread, here.

I'll also add that if you follow that link, Brickset has larger images of these sets.

-John "J1A3L5" L.

[Jamit]

These sets are much better then the first ones. The best thing about these sets are the classic sheilds and classic walls coming back!

[Nannan]

Jamit said:

These sets are much better then the first ones. The best thing about these sets are the classic sheilds and classic walls coming back!

I agree, LEGO is doing things right for the first time in a while

[Jamit]

Nannan said:

I agree, LEGO is doing things right for the first time in a while

Well I think that last years was good (but not good for MOCs). It got kids into Castle LEGO.

[Nannan]

Jamit said:

Well I think that last years was good (but not good for MOCs). It got kids into Castle LEGO.

yeah, with the reintroduction of castle themes