Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 12/26: We add thatched roofs to each half of the child’s room. This half of the castle is nearly complete.
Month: December 2022
Castle Bag 11
Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 11/26: We build the other half of the child’s room with bed, desk, and fireplace on the second floor above the banquet hall. The white and black walls are quite handsome. There’s also an extremely clever mechanism that warrants a gif to demonstrate it.
Castle Bag 10
Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 10/26: We add half a child’s bedroom on the second floor above the music room and also a section of wall with a bit of tiled roof on the first floor above the hideout. The pile of yellow blocks is an Easter egg for the very first castle set from 1978.
Castle Bag 9
Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 9/26: We finish the first floor of the mill section, which holds a banquet table, and then attach it to the other two sections. The castle now opens on hinges like a dollhouse and closes with a satisfying click.
Castle Bag 8
Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 8/26: We build a water wheel that uses gearing to turn the mill stone as it spins. We finish off the ground floor level. A birds nest with an egg up on a shelf in the storage room is a whimsical touch.
Castle Bag 7
Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 7/26: We start our third section with what appears to be the beginnings of a water mill.
Blacktron Cruiser Source
The original set upon which that Blacktron Cruiser is based: Invader (6894) from 1987.
Blacktron Cruiser
LEGO definitely knows how to part me from my money. This is a remake of a 1987 Blacktron set, the Invader. Blacktron is one of my favorite Space factions (after Classic, naturally).
Castle Bag 6
Lion Knight’s Castle, Bag 6/26: We roof off the music room and add crenellations to the outer wall. The arrow slits were satisfying to build as is the way the angled sections fit together. Comes with a lady/nun and a lion knight who is also a woman.
Castle Bag 5
Lion Knight’s Castle, Bag 5/26: The two sections are attached and a music room with a fireplace is built above the kitchen. Above the hideout you get some straw to obscure the trap door and some wooden stairs.