LEGO 10305 Icons Burg der Löwenritter, 22 Minifiguren, Jede Menge Details

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Did he die? Is he reincarnated? Did he possess some old peasant? Very disturbing the more you think about this sentence.

The build of 10305 Lion Knights’ Castle was nothing short of breathtaking. This is a LEGO castle true and true, but upsized and benefiting from the plethora of new parts, and techniques that you’d expect in a 4000+ piece set in 2022. Includes 9 minifigures: king, queen, princess,, lion knight, falcon knight, young squire, nobleman and 2 soldiers!The designers Mike Psiaki, Milan Madge and Ashwin Visser have done an incredible job here, taking a LEGO Castle into 2022, and infusing it with insane amounts of new techniques that will impress even the most seasoned builders. Take a look at how the exterior wall is attached with hinges, but the flooring is a solid surface thanks to an expert-level understanding of the LEGO selection and geometry of angled plates. Even the size of the latrine, squeezed as it is into the third floor with little room to fit between, is accurate to how toilets were generally designed in castles, when space was at a premium. Arguably, the only room missing is the biggest – a great hall of sorts. Something for customisers to create as an add-on build, perhaps. You’re treated to a walk down memory lane. If you’re a fan of Classic Castle, these sets that they’ve curated, detailing the evolution of LEGO Castles, from the original Yellow Castle, to Nexo Knights to the current 10305 Lion Knights’ Castle is a wonderful read.

In the chest is a 1×1 cheese slope in transparent orange. Apparently, that’s a deep cut to something that my casual google searching wasn’t able to explain. The Wizard has a bit of commentary in the instructions: If you watched really closely, you might have spotted another one of the castle’s treasures. Hidden behind the sliding wall is a golden frog! This secret is only unveiled when the castle is opened up; it’s completely enclosed otherwise. (And later, it’ll be hidden even further behind a ladder!) And those portcullis and drawbridge play features are way more fun than you would expect, particularly because –inadvertently – there is a way to set it up so as to drop the gate down and have it automatically pop the drawbridge up into a defensive position. As it is in considering the intended functionality of being able to ratchet up the portcullis and drawbridge separate to each other, both work so smoothly and sit as excellent examples of the all-round care and attention that has gone into creating the ultimate LEGO castle in 10305 Lion Knights’ Castle. — LEGO ICONS 10305 Lion Knights’ Castle characters —Again, attention to detail and geometry comes into play, as the roof features a gapless join along that odd angle.