I thought that I would share every Lego set that I owned way back when. If you chose anything other than the Castle themed set as a child, you sicken me. My favorite sets were the ones that allowed you to build multiple variations of the construction.
This one was excellent because the variation was incredibly different from the image on the box if you so desired to go that route. I also loved the forestmen more than the knights, and they always won.
This set always confused me somewhat because it was part tree/part stone, and yet still managed to be located in the MIDDLE OF A BODY OF WATER.
Even though I did not care for or respect the knights, the day I received this set was quite the glorious day and definitely the crown jewel of my medieval world. I love the jiggly skeleton that came with this set.
I never really loved this set. It didn’t seem to lack the charm and charisma of the other forestmen headquarters; therefore, I made all the rogue forestmen live in this locale.
A boat. Thrilling.
A DRAGON boat. Even more thrilling.
Jail!!! The women always seemed to end up in here. Usually for public drunkenness after too many swigs from the chalice that came with one of the forestmen sets.
A working catapult. I think I made them fling gold from the treasure chest which doesn’t make much sense in hindsight.
Oh, don’t mind me forestmen, I just happen to be strolling through with this clearly marked treasure chest.
The beauty of this set that can’t be appreciated in the image is that where the ghost was hiding actually had a moving door that would conceal him! The picture is very deceiving however, because the ghost never shone that brightly. You had to put him under the light of a flashlight for like 20 minutes and then go into a pitch black dark room in order for him to really glow in the dark. The unfortunate part is you can’t really see everything else at that point so it’s hard to have a functional glowing in the dark ghost interact with the rest of your Lego world.
I loved when shit came with horses.
I feel like these Lego sets shaped who I am today and should be required toys for any child. Unfortunately, I checked out the Lego website and they don’t even offer any of these old school sets anymore but these new hip cool Castle sets which are too bright and focus too much on weaponry. All I had was a damned catapult and some swords and I got along fine.
THIS is not necessary:
And the forestmen don’t even exist anymore.
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