When you realize that the castle is just as high as your Blacksmith at home, the incentive to buy the castle and place it next to the smith dramatically declines.
Well...Blacksmith looks just a little smaller. if u put Blacksmith a little bit away and/or lower in landscape, it could work just fine. However Blacksmith really doesn't fit to any medieval set so far due to height (except Tower of Orthanc and Disney castle, conditionally also new Lion castle).
i kinda want the blacksmith but everytime i look at the set i feel like it is oversized compared to the minifigs. Especially the dinning room area with those giant chairs. No doubt they did a great job in details but the overall size just does not fit with what i consider "proper minifig scale" ... still thinking about buying it though xD maybe i'm wrong and it's an overwhelmingly awesome set... if not, i could still take the bricks and moc something cool with them.
I bought Blacksmith on the first day. After I was done building it, and having seen people spend $10k on just a big castle, and more for the town, I knew that I had to build an epic castle layout, a combination of MOC's and double-sized sets. I went through great cost & shipping delay to get 2 copies of 10193 to double-size the market buildings and get those old minifigs. I'm glad to pay new prices; you get a lot of bricks compared to vintage sets. I'm not sinking any more money into vintage. Especially with VIP points & GWP with new sets. After a double Barracuda Bay (insane build - Barracuda Shipyard) I got a second Blacksmith and rebuilt it double size; 2 forges, 2 windows up top, 2 staircases, and a back door. It's so satisfying because it's more symmetrical now! I combined one of the 3-in-1 castles with my daughter's Disney Belle Castle. I am currently parting out 3 more to build the blue roof tall castle from Rebrickable that Bricksie & Duck Bricks both just completed. I want to set up a forest outside the eventual castle town with 2 or 3 Forest Hideouts hidden among tall trees. Going to re-MOC the Treehouse into a Forest Defender main base. I don't have space to build the whole layout, but I can display some on a shelf and some on the table for now!
for some reason, I like the smaller one better. It's modular, more colorful and doesn't look like a concrete brick. Plus it has the obvious "cooler" knight faction for 1/4 of the price
That's exactly why I like Lions Castle, because I've never seen a castle look so colourful and I like the realism of Lions Castle just looking like a block of concrete.
To me the Medieval Blacksmith house looks to be the nicest designed. The color scheme, the fully enclosed design like the modular building sets, and tiny details inside and out. Nicest doesn't have to be biggest though some may argue it isn't a castle which of course it isn't.
I already have multiple 3-in-1 castle sets and I plan on getting at least one of the Lion Knight's Castle sets. My plan is to use 10305 to build a central keep, similar to the set as designed, and use the 3-in-1 sets to build an outer wall with multiple towers. I don't have any more details than that in my planning yet.
I recently built the Black Falcon Knights Castle alternative build/ MOC on rebrickable - my first time doing a build this way. Was very impressed with the build and final result. Got the three sets on sale and would definitely recommend this as an option. Am still interested in the new big castle, but yes… quite expensive.
The 3 in 1 is a good purchase. Not only do you get the default 3 builds, and if you buy 3 of them you can have all 3 simultaneously connected, there are also MOC's out there that utilise 3 sets. I've seen one MOC that has details on par with the Lion Knight's Castle. No doubt as the LKC becomes more common there will be MOC's for it as well, but for someone on a budget getting 3 of the 3 in 1 over time could still be a better purchase.
Right now the medieval blacksmith set is my most favorite one that I own because of how detailed it is. Absolutely love all the little details throughout the entire build. The next one I must absolutely get is the lion nights castle just because I can see from all the reviews it is equally or more detailed but on a bigger scale. Just need to save up a little more to get it.
Thank you for comparing these. 👍 I bought the blacksmith set as a display piece and am very happy with the display. It’s good to see what the other sets would offer to my display. 👌
I've still got tons of classic Castle Lego from childhood! These modern sets are much more colourful and detailed of course. The prices make me glad I haven't got kids though 🙂
Don't forget that the having 3x 3-in-1 contains A LOT of spare parts to build on more castle. Much better value. Use the savings to get desired minifigs.
If I was going to buy 3 of the 3-in-1 castle, I'd use them to build one of the MOCs I've seen because they look better than combining the 3 individual versions.
I did that and built the mocscout Fortress and it's amazing. It's massive and you get a lot of good parts leftover to build other stuff. It looks way better than 3 of the official ones pieced together
I was set on buying the new castle but seeing it next to the little one shows how dull it is. I like the $100 one the best. I already have the blacksmith
I was considering the Lion Knight’s Castle, so this was very helpful. I might go for the Medieval Blacksmith instead. Keep up the great work and useful content!
Great review! I got the 90th anniversary castle few weeks ago. I thought it was really well designed. With lots of great minifigs. Only real disappointment were the textile banners that only had prints on one side :/ really expected both sides to be printed ... Will buy the 3in1 castle for christmas :) maybe twice. The alternative builts look nice. And about that creature in the 3in1-High Tower, i think it is a baby dragon. :)
Though I will get the Lion Knights' Castle set , the Creator 3-in-1 is the best value. I was fortunate to find them on sale at Costco for a "regular" price of $75/each. Having multiple sets can be fun for MOCs or rebrickable variants.
yeah bricktype has instructions on rebrickable for a larger version of the original $100 castle build by combining 2 sets and overall its a pretty nice build
One thing about the $399.99 castle, if you are using VIP and buy through the Lego store. That one purchase is almost enough to get $20 Reward point savings.
Let's put it this way, if you got me the big castle as a kid, I could literally go years without getting bored of it, just like I did with my lego castles when i was younger. so for me at least, it's worth it lol.
The standard 3-in-1 castle is gorgeous, but it is a victim to the same problem most of the 3-in-1 sets have. The alternate builds have some really ugly compromises as far as color and part usage goes. I would probably find a custom alternate build or just do three of the regular castles. My Lion Knight’s Castle is on the way, and I’m excited, but I have to say I am disappointed by how much the Blacksmith is going to make it less grand looking. I may have to figure out a way to elevate the castle next to the Blacksmith
Thanks for sharing this! I guess I never considered that all three builds of the Creator set could be combined to create one large model. That is very neat!
I have boutht 2 of the 3 in 1 castles for €150 new when it was on discount. There is a great MOC you could get from rebrickable with Just 2 castles and it is cooler than the 3 combined in this video but it doesn't have parts left for the dragon. Anyways... Very cool video as always! Really cool that you compare the 3... Ik always wondered how they look next to eachother en you did it!
Good review, although I would go for multiples of the Creator set as that sets overall appearance is more appealing and functionally it's much more versatile.
I can't wait to get the Lion's Castle!! I was waiting to see someone upload a video with a clear size comparison to all these builds as I thought the blacksmith would fit right in with all its unique details. I'm shocked and disappointed that the blacksmith is on a larger scale than the castle, but I hope that maybe if I combine it with that village set from multiple years ago it might blend together a little better? Who knows. I'd love to see more videos comparing the lion knight's castle to older sets and seeing what fits if you're up for that!!
If I were to display the blacksmith set next to the big castle, I would go to rebrickable and get instructions to rebuild the blacksmith into a smaller house that doesn't dominate the landscape as much. There's a pretty nice chapel to be built, for example.
I think you should combine the new lion knights castle with the blacksmith, maybe scale it a bit. Of course you can also add the 31109 inn as a medieval building. Maybe multiple of them, delete te mast on the roof. Maybe moc them here and there. Which will grand you a small town. And by adding the farm barn (animals and vegetables) of city, without the modern minifigs, and change the roof colour to tan or yellow and the village can be build better.
For me, the Creator 3 in 1 is by far the best. The Blacksmith's doesn't feel like Castle; the Lion Knights' Castle just isn't nostalgic enough (as someone who grew up with the original Castle theme). It looks more like the later Castle sets (except the lack of black walls, I guess) and feels way over complex in it shaping.
To build a medieval minifigure at 'pick a Brick' costs between 2,5 and 5 €, depending on the figure design, the amount and sort of accessories and hair/headwear. So if you buy the 3in1 version three times to build the big one with all three builds, you could still buy between 20-50 minifigures for the same budget of 400€. Again: depending on the parts you buy.
Here in northern Poland real castles are usually build of red bricks. Red brick 🧱 castle would be much more appealing to me. Also Creator castle will go up in price soon so 3x will also cost 400 Euros.
I will never see the big castle in a store near me & the Creator Castle went onto Clearance this week, so I got 4 of the Creator sets and replaced the large gray pieces with more slit windows.
Great video, thanks for showing all these together! I love the blacksmith set, and I'm really on the fence about the big castle - but only because of the price, I love absolutely everything about it. I also enjoyed the creator castle at the time, but it just looks messy with way too much fantasy colours and decorations that don't belong on a medieval castle, and also don't match the classic castle style of Lego...especially if you add the extra builds.
I was very much considering the smaller castle until I saw it next to the Medieval blacksmith. It would just look silly having them next to each other on a shelf.
Imma just get all 3. Black falcons and lion knights are my 2 favorite factions in the whole thing. I definitely think they did a lot better on the blacksmith because of how much smaller it is. But the giant castle has so many different play features that makes it live up to the price. Not to mention you also get a couple forestmen.
sigh i legit just went and bought (this Sunday) the Castle Creator 3-1 and the Blacksmith to get in before the Price Hike hits with intention to buy the Lion Knight Castle and call it "quits" :)
That was a one time purchase possibility, and even if you were avare of the set you had to be lucky to get one. And now you can pay double of the price of the Lion Knights' Castle for a set which has half the size.
the creator castles, in scale, would be more of a Keep or a Stronghold, which really means all three sets can exist in your Lego fantasy universe. The Keep can be guarding the pass leading to the village that sits at the foot of the big Castle. Everything is to minifigure scale here after all.
Medieval Blacksmith is my favorite build from last year. I'm more of an 18+ fan, so the other two are more play sets compared to the display piece of Blacksmith which looks stunning.
Thanks for that interesting comparison approach. I would have loved to see some sort of Forestmen hideout or enchanted forest castle adaptation in the 100-150 Euro price range as an addition to the simple GWP and the big new Castle. But the blacksmith building is also worth thinking about.
i bought 2 little castle sets for 160€ together and builded the MOC, which combines 2 Castels, from this and its a very good castle for playing and display.
I did the 3 x 31120 build and it looks great but the build of just 1 of the Blacksmith set is far superior. I can’t wait to build the 10305 Castle and compare them all.
By the way, my experience, from the regular stores are, Lego in reality is really increasing the prices in the new sets and leaving much of the old ones alone. Not on paper nor based on the official Lego prices but this is the real market experience imho. So at the moment if you can buy still existing more than half year old aviable sets the price difference will be a lot even if you compare very similar style and sized sets.
Well, if you want to have an impressive castle, that looks like a castle and not like a toy, I recommend overcoming brand boundaries and buying Burg Blaustein from Bluebrixx. You can start for 200$ with a Fortified Keep and upgrade it as desired and as budget allows to a really massive castle complex (with a total of 22k bricks). Biggest Downside: it comes without minifigs but I just bought a bunch of them on Bricklink. Second Choice for me would be Lion Knight's Castle. It's heading the right direction with its non-rectangular footprint. I don't like the Creator set at all. At least not as a display set. For kids I has its value. I just don't see what it has to offer to adults. The blacksmith is a great and wonderful buliding but looks oversized next to all of the other sets mentioned, including Castle Blaustein. A great display set but nothing for your medeival diorama/village.
The idea castle if you buy three of them, there are lot of nice build on the internet. Tho may not as big as the lion knight castle but still big and beautiful. Personally my favorite is the black falcon fortress.
I'd buy all three sets, if i could afford them. But i can't, so i'll stay with my big Playmobil castle with lots of custom Knights and Romans and Vikings and whatnot. It's bigger and better (and already paid for....)
I already have black falcon knights one and the forest hideout. I just need the big Lions one and I'll have three fractions for my three kids to argue over :)
Something I would recommend is buying the castle set (officially made by Lego ideas) to buy it from th Netherlands it’s cheaper you pay €99,99 instead of $299,99
All 3 builds (meaning, the 3 ways to build to the Creator Castle) can be combined. Or, one could use all the pieces for a larger MOC build. HOWEVER: those options fall victim to minifig repetition. (not much variety of figures for the additional structures/pieces)
I bought 4 of the 3-in-1 Creator castle sets and flanked the main build castle with two towers built in mirror image fashion with the gargoyles facing outward, but rotated the top halves of the towers so the telescopes face out as well, so they're not staring at each other, as well as being able to build the other secondary builds and incorporate them in with the main castle and the two towers. Looks pretty cool, but I ordered the Lion Knight's Castle because it looks much more substantial, as well as for all the minifigs. The Creator castle only comes with 4 minifigs I think, which is pretty sad in my opinion.
Yes, a fun build, but to get anything approximating the knights and forestmen in the Lions castle (which is the only true lure for me in that set) would cost far more (and not even be possible to get as several items are unique to the new set) than the $100 you would save by building a smaller castle with 3 of the creator sets.
@@singsongcindy8865 it depends where you live. Here in Canada, this new castle is $500 + taxes ($575, almost $600). The 3-in-1 castle is $140 + taxes (if you are lucky, you can even get it even cheaper from other toy/book stores, like Costco, who sells some LEGO sets often $50-100$ cheaper here) = 3 x $140 price = $420, so you already saved at least $80 without the taxes. The piece count is pretty close (4278 pieces vs 4514)
I have the opposite opinion: I think, the 3in1 castle is the worst of the 3 set. That has small "holes" as interiors, small in every scale (narrow towers, low walls), and it looks more like kid's colorful toy than a lifelike castle. You can build big castle when you buy more boxes? That's bullshit, because this is true by the other 2 sets also: with 2 or 3 Lion Castle I can build a more huge one... I think the blacksmith is a very good, very detailed in- and outside set. It has high playability but also fit to any medieval diorama. The new Lion Castle looks also good, and it has proper interior sizes with proper furnitures, so it looks promising to me. I like lifelike things more than cartoonish things, so the new Lion Castle is more like a real castle for my eyes than the 3in1 set. It has proper wall heights, real towers and the whole structure is more similar to a real castle than any other castle set in the past. So on my top list the blacksmith is the first, the new Lion Knight's Castle is the second and the 3in1 set is the 10th... :)
I bought 3 of the 31120 set, so I could build the MOC that requires 3 sets. It's quite a big castle with lots of details, on par with building techniques of official lego sets. Didn't cost me €300 either, bought them all at a €25 discount, so I saved €75. Nevertheless, I'm still going to buy the Lion Knights castle, Lego Castle was my childhood
@@darkroy610 Specific store in the Netherlands (Intertoys), which had a 90 year Lego sale Had to visit two stores in my area, because they only had 2 left in one store
Why would a non-official MOC be a more fair comparison than an official combined build? There are many MOCs out there already, it'd be also a tough choice to pick a single one for the comparison.
@@RacingBrick Because official creator set sucks. Set is amazing, value for money spent is maybe best at the moment, but build is just not worth of commenting. And if you check around, those mocs already got allot of attention among other youtubers who are doing lego reviews
For me is no doubt, Lion Knight castle any time. It's for adults and the smaller "dwarf" castle is for kids. It just oustand both other sets. So big, so many details, features, minifigs... and also it has this nostalgia touch. Just awesome set. And grey walls suppose to be grey - it represents rocks lol. Surprisengly Blacksmith is almost as big as Lion castle, not a perfect ratio to be next to each other, but not so close can fit in the medieval landscape just fine I believe😁
Wow! You had to be the first guy to do this much awaited comparison 🙏🏼🤗 (please correct me if I'm wrong afols ☺️👍🏼)...the blacksmith's scale looks way off compared to the new lion knights castle🤦🏻♂️...also I forgot to mention it in your earlier video 🤦🏻♂️...but i do think that Lego missed the opportunity to have a small royal throne room in the new castle as well... we've kinda got two armouries, a small one at the entrance and a larger one at the top, but no throne room 😟, just the queen's royal chambers 🙏🏼 ...we just need to wait for the mocs now I guess 🙏🏼, but as this set's pricey, we gotta have a li'l more patience 🙏🏼
Personally I don't think this is priced bad at all... Considering all the playability that you would get out of that and The three to four hours that it would take to put it together, that's a pretty good time. I mean if you gave this to a kid who was into Legos chances are they play with it for years...
When you realize that the castle is just as high as your Blacksmith at home, the incentive to buy the castle and place it next to the smith dramatically declines.
what do you mean “as high as your black smith”? do you mean anvil? blacksmith is a title not an item
@@DeductedSpy the building obviously, lego set 21325
Well...Blacksmith looks just a little smaller. if u put Blacksmith a little bit away and/or lower in landscape, it could work just fine. However Blacksmith really doesn't fit to any medieval set so far due to height (except Tower of Orthanc and Disney castle, conditionally also new Lion castle).
@@darkroy610 oh, my bad. didn’t know that was a set
This completely caught me off guard as well
The medieval blacksmith is one of my all time favorite sets.
Same
Unfortunately it's not as detailed as it should be, it's much better to buy moc instructions or sets.
@@LukaDedic-bl1vz it’s detailed as what are you on
i kinda want the blacksmith but everytime i look at the set i feel like it is oversized compared to the minifigs. Especially the dinning room area with those giant chairs. No doubt they did a great job in details but the overall size just does not fit with what i consider "proper minifig scale" ... still thinking about buying it though xD maybe i'm wrong and it's an overwhelmingly awesome set... if not, i could still take the bricks and moc something cool with them.
@@rumpelpumpel7687 the chairs aren’t that big
I bought Blacksmith on the first day. After I was done building it, and having seen people spend $10k on just a big castle, and more for the town, I knew that I had to build an epic castle layout, a combination of MOC's and double-sized sets. I went through great cost & shipping delay to get 2 copies of 10193 to double-size the market buildings and get those old minifigs. I'm glad to pay new prices; you get a lot of bricks compared to vintage sets. I'm not sinking any more money into vintage. Especially with VIP points & GWP with new sets. After a double Barracuda Bay (insane build - Barracuda Shipyard) I got a second Blacksmith and rebuilt it double size; 2 forges, 2 windows up top, 2 staircases, and a back door. It's so satisfying because it's more symmetrical now! I combined one of the 3-in-1 castles with my daughter's Disney Belle Castle. I am currently parting out 3 more to build the blue roof tall castle from Rebrickable that Bricksie & Duck Bricks both just completed. I want to set up a forest outside the eventual castle town with 2 or 3 Forest Hideouts hidden among tall trees. Going to re-MOC the Treehouse into a Forest Defender main base. I don't have space to build the whole layout, but I can display some on a shelf and some on the table for now!
for some reason, I like the smaller one better. It's modular, more colorful and doesn't look like a concrete brick. Plus it has the obvious "cooler" knight faction for 1/4 of the price
It also is really great to create mocs.
Knight faction is the same lol, only difference is helmet colour and additional arm shield.😁 By the way Lion castle is modular also.
Cooler knight fraction? I don't see the Dragon Knights anywhere. 😢
@@umbrellaoli well, the cooler of the two :)
That's exactly why I like Lions Castle, because I've never seen a castle look so colourful and I like the realism of Lions Castle just looking like a block of concrete.
To me the Medieval Blacksmith house looks to be the nicest designed. The color scheme, the fully enclosed design like the modular building sets, and tiny details inside and out. Nicest doesn't have to be biggest though some may argue it isn't a castle which of course it isn't.
I think the best alternative is some of the great fan made Rebrickable models that use 2 or 3 of the Creator sets to make one huge castle.
As someone that owns all 3 the blacksmith is such a blast to build and display. That thing's beautiful.
I have 6 blacksmiths and the variety of medieval buildings you can construct is pretty stellar
Woah sounds massive
I already have multiple 3-in-1 castle sets and I plan on getting at least one of the Lion Knight's Castle sets. My plan is to use 10305 to build a central keep, similar to the set as designed, and use the 3-in-1 sets to build an outer wall with multiple towers. I don't have any more details than that in my planning yet.
I recently built the Black Falcon Knights Castle alternative build/ MOC on rebrickable - my first time doing a build this way. Was very impressed with the build and final result. Got the three sets on sale and would definitely recommend this as an option. Am still interested in the new big castle, but yes… quite expensive.
Do you mean the Black Falcon Castle? Or could you please share the rebrickable link? :)
@@darkroy610 Maybe he means the Medieval Fortress that uses 3 sets of 31120...
Yep, got mixed up there, Black Falcon Knight’s castle using three of the 31120 sets.
I am doing the same, I have 3 sets ready to build.
I might buy the official 90th anniversary castle later on
@@Starfield-Guy Think im doing same but im worried about the availability of lions castle like the titanic as its never in stock..
The 3 in 1 is a good purchase. Not only do you get the default 3 builds, and if you buy 3 of them you can have all 3 simultaneously connected, there are also MOC's out there that utilise 3 sets. I've seen one MOC that has details on par with the Lion Knight's Castle. No doubt as the LKC becomes more common there will be MOC's for it as well, but for someone on a budget getting 3 of the 3 in 1 over time could still be a better purchase.
That's one of my favorite aspects of the 3 in 1 and what I did, you can literally just keep buying it over and over to upgrade it over time
Its on sale for $80 on amazon right now, kinda crazy
Right now the medieval blacksmith set is my most favorite one that I own because of how detailed it is. Absolutely love all the little details throughout the entire build. The next one I must absolutely get is the lion nights castle just because I can see from all the reviews it is equally or more detailed but on a bigger scale. Just need to save up a little more to get it.
Thank you for comparing these. 👍
I bought the blacksmith set as a display piece and am very happy with the display. It’s good to see what the other sets would offer to my display. 👌
I've still got tons of classic Castle Lego from childhood! These modern sets are much more colourful and detailed of course.
The prices make me glad I haven't got kids though 🙂
They would sell for very high
Black smith is best in my opinion
I really like the rebrickable options when you have 2 or 3 creator 31120 castles, Definitely value for your money.
Don't forget that the having 3x 3-in-1 contains A LOT of spare parts to build on more castle. Much better value. Use the savings to get desired minifigs.
Where can i buy Some more black knight minifigs?
@@Leonvanbergen Try Bricklink or Brick Owl. I've used Bricklink to buy figures in the past, though admittedly not the Knights
@@Leonvanbergen you can buy the torsos and legs for like 40 cents each on lego pick a brick
@@myman8278 which country? Do you have a link? I couldn't find them on Australian Lego pick a brick
@@stefanmorton9155 I’m in the US, if you go to the lego site they have a page listed called pick a brick
You can also build a lot of different castles when you look at rebrickable. There is a nice version of the old 6086 made out of just two 3in1 castles.
If I was going to buy 3 of the 3-in-1 castle, I'd use them to build one of the MOCs I've seen because they look better than combining the 3 individual versions.
I did that and built the mocscout Fortress and it's amazing. It's massive and you get a lot of good parts leftover to build other stuff. It looks way better than 3 of the official ones pieced together
Agreed!!
@@empire0 yes also there is a Rebrook able mov combining just 2 3in1’s that is just the original but everything is bigger.
Eheh you aslo saw the black falcons castle moc?
I wonder if anyone has done an alternate build of the blacksmith shop to reduce the size & make it fit in with the castles.
I was set on buying the new castle but seeing it next to the little one shows how dull it is. I like the $100 one the best. I already have the blacksmith
This video makes me want to buy two more of the 3-1 castle set. I didn't realize you could connect all three builds and make one awesome display.
that can be done with pretty much any 3-in-1 structure. I'm sure with the Pirate Ship, but I'm not sure how good the 'connectivity' is.
I was considering the Lion Knight’s Castle, so this was very helpful. I might go for the Medieval Blacksmith instead. Keep up the great work and useful content!
Great review! I got the 90th anniversary castle few weeks ago. I thought it was really well designed. With lots of great minifigs. Only real disappointment were the textile banners that only had prints on one side :/ really expected both sides to be printed ... Will buy the 3in1 castle for christmas :) maybe twice. The alternative builts look nice. And about that creature in the 3in1-High Tower, i think it is a baby dragon. :)
Though I will get the Lion Knights' Castle set , the Creator 3-in-1 is the best value. I was fortunate to find them on sale at Costco for a "regular" price of $75/each. Having multiple sets can be fun for MOCs or rebrickable variants.
yeah bricktype has instructions on rebrickable for a larger version of the original $100 castle build by combining 2 sets and overall its a pretty nice build
One thing about the $399.99 castle, if you are using VIP and buy through the Lego store. That one purchase is almost enough to get $20 Reward point savings.
Let's put it this way, if you got me the big castle as a kid, I could literally go years without getting bored of it, just like I did with my lego castles when i was younger. so for me at least, it's worth it lol.
The standard 3-in-1 castle is gorgeous, but it is a victim to the same problem most of the 3-in-1 sets have. The alternate builds have some really ugly compromises as far as color and part usage goes. I would probably find a custom alternate build or just do three of the regular castles. My Lion Knight’s Castle is on the way, and I’m excited, but I have to say I am disappointed by how much the Blacksmith is going to make it less grand looking. I may have to figure out a way to elevate the castle next to the Blacksmith
Thanks for sharing this! I guess I never considered that all three builds of the Creator set could be combined to create one large model. That is very neat!
I have boutht 2 of the 3 in 1 castles for €150 new when it was on discount. There is a great MOC you could get from rebrickable with Just 2 castles and it is cooler than the 3 combined in this video but it doesn't have parts left for the dragon.
Anyways... Very cool video as always! Really cool that you compare the 3... Ik always wondered how they look next to eachother en you did it!
For kids i would prefer 3 of the 3 in 1 set personally. The new castle looks more like concrete and it's a bit bland.
Good review, although I would go for multiples of the Creator set as that sets overall appearance is more appealing and functionally it's much more versatile.
There's a fourth option: none, because I'm broke
Thank you for this upload.. seeing them together really helps with display scale
I just bought a brand new Blacksmith Shop. It’s by far the best set I’ve personally built.
I can't wait to get the Lion's Castle!! I was waiting to see someone upload a video with a clear size comparison to all these builds as I thought the blacksmith would fit right in with all its unique details. I'm shocked and disappointed that the blacksmith is on a larger scale than the castle, but I hope that maybe if I combine it with that village set from multiple years ago it might blend together a little better? Who knows. I'd love to see more videos comparing the lion knight's castle to older sets and seeing what fits if you're up for that!!
Got to MOC that blacksmith and scale it down a bit!
If I were to display the blacksmith set next to the big castle, I would go to rebrickable and get instructions to rebuild the blacksmith into a smaller house that doesn't dominate the landscape as much. There's a pretty nice chapel to be built, for example.
I think you should combine the new lion knights castle with the blacksmith, maybe scale it a bit. Of course you can also add the 31109 inn as a medieval building. Maybe multiple of them, delete te mast on the roof. Maybe moc them here and there. Which will grand you a small town. And by adding the farm barn (animals and vegetables) of city, without the modern minifigs, and change the roof colour to tan or yellow and the village can be build better.
Great video! I now have all 3 and am thinking about combining them all.
For me, the Creator 3 in 1 is by far the best. The Blacksmith's doesn't feel like Castle; the Lion Knights' Castle just isn't nostalgic enough (as someone who grew up with the original Castle theme). It looks more like the later Castle sets (except the lack of black walls, I guess) and feels way over complex in it shaping.
To build a medieval minifigure at 'pick a Brick' costs between 2,5 and 5 €, depending on the figure design, the amount and sort of accessories and hair/headwear. So if you buy the 3in1 version three times to build the big one with all three builds, you could still buy between 20-50 minifigures for the same budget of 400€.
Again: depending on the parts you buy.
Here in northern Poland real castles are usually build of red bricks. Red brick 🧱 castle would be much more appealing to me. Also Creator castle will go up in price soon so 3x will also cost 400 Euros.
Yeah, went to poland recently and the architecture is definitely lego worth
I will never see the big castle in a store near me & the Creator Castle went onto Clearance this week, so I got 4 of the Creator sets and replaced the large gray pieces with more slit windows.
Great video, thanks for showing all these together! I love the blacksmith set, and I'm really on the fence about the big castle - but only because of the price, I love absolutely everything about it. I also enjoyed the creator castle at the time, but it just looks messy with way too much fantasy colours and decorations that don't belong on a medieval castle, and also don't match the classic castle style of Lego...especially if you add the extra builds.
I quenched my thirst for nostalgic Castle by purchasing a single 31120. This plus the Galaxy Explorer 10497 is money well spent!
I was very much considering the smaller castle until I saw it next to the Medieval blacksmith. It would just look silly having them next to each other on a shelf.
Imma just get all 3. Black falcons and lion knights are my 2 favorite factions in the whole thing. I definitely think they did a lot better on the blacksmith because of how much smaller it is. But the giant castle has so many different play features that makes it live up to the price. Not to mention you also get a couple forestmen.
I remember spending $5 as a kid to get a castle set. It’s a shame that kids these days don’t have that option
sigh i legit just went and bought (this Sunday) the Castle Creator 3-1 and the Blacksmith to get in before the Price Hike hits with intention to buy the Lion Knight Castle and call it "quits" :)
Dude. Blacksmith all the way
You missing the bricklink set. Castle in the forest. Amazing Set!
That was a one time purchase possibility, and even if you were avare of the set you had to be lucky to get one. And now you can pay double of the price of the Lion Knights' Castle for a set which has half the size.
@@RacingBrick Still a way better set that all the others
the creator castles, in scale, would be more of a Keep or a Stronghold, which really means all three sets can exist in your Lego fantasy universe. The Keep can be guarding the pass leading to the village that sits at the foot of the big Castle. Everything is to minifigure scale here after all.
Medieval Blacksmith is my favorite build from last year. I'm more of an 18+ fan, so the other two are more play sets compared to the display piece of Blacksmith which looks stunning.
I’m looking at getting the blacksmith to add to my Lego city. How do you like it for display?
@@lawlorbricks It wouldn't work in a Lego city, the dimensions are too big. However, as a display piece and build, it's one of my favorites.
@@lawlorbricks And the price is increasing to 180 dollars from 150 in August. So worth it if you get it before the increase.
@@joshramirez7 Thanks for the heads up!!
Yeah it was my 2nd fav from last year after the ninjago City Gardens
Thanks for that interesting comparison approach. I would have loved to see some sort of Forestmen hideout or enchanted forest castle adaptation in the 100-150 Euro price range as an addition to the simple GWP and the big new Castle. But the blacksmith building is also worth thinking about.
i bought 2 little castle sets for 160€ together and builded the MOC, which combines 2 Castels, from this and its a very good castle for playing and display.
I did the 3 x 31120 build and it looks great but the build of just 1 of the Blacksmith set is far superior. I can’t wait to build the 10305 Castle and compare them all.
Still definitely going for the $400 one.
I built a 31120 castle using 2 sets from rebrickable it just supersizes the original gonna look good next to the lion knights castle!
By the way, my experience, from the regular stores are, Lego in reality is really increasing the prices in the new sets and leaving much of the old ones alone. Not on paper nor based on the official Lego prices but this is the real market experience imho. So at the moment if you can buy still existing more than half year old aviable sets the price difference will be a lot even if you compare very similar style and sized sets.
Blacksmith had a descasting colore but 33120 is way better❤
Awesome content as always!
i really want to buy the castle but seeing how small it is compared to the black smith
Well, if you want to have an impressive castle, that looks like a castle and not like a toy, I recommend overcoming brand boundaries and buying Burg Blaustein from Bluebrixx. You can start for 200$ with a Fortified Keep and upgrade it as desired and as budget allows to a really massive castle complex (with a total of 22k bricks). Biggest Downside: it comes without minifigs but I just bought a bunch of them on Bricklink. Second Choice for me would be Lion Knight's Castle. It's heading the right direction with its non-rectangular footprint. I don't like the Creator set at all. At least not as a display set. For kids I has its value. I just don't see what it has to offer to adults. The blacksmith is a great and wonderful buliding but looks oversized next to all of the other sets mentioned, including Castle Blaustein. A great display set but nothing for your medeival diorama/village.
I went and looked it up, it’s awesome. I love most all other brands, I like Enlighten more than Lego most times.
Or you could just MOC a castle yourself which is a lot more satisfying and creative.
Nice review, thanks!
I bought 3 of the raven castles and did an alt build from rebrickble because it’s cheaper to get three than one lion knight castle
I own the first two and now I have to buy the third one, thanks a lot
"Medieval LEGO battle - which Castle set should you buy?"
Me: "Yes."
The idea castle if you buy three of them, there are lot of nice build on the internet. Tho may not as big as the lion knight castle but still big and beautiful. Personally my favorite is the black falcon fortress.
We all know Black Knight's Castle from the 90s is the best castle. There's no competition.
OG Yellow Castle for the win.
I'd buy all three sets, if i could afford them.
But i can't, so i'll stay with my big Playmobil castle with lots of custom Knights and Romans and Vikings and whatnot. It's bigger and better (and already paid for....)
Great Reviews!!
I already have black falcon knights one and the forest hideout. I just need the big Lions one and I'll have three fractions for my three kids to argue over :)
Exactly what I was looking for
Something I would recommend is buying the castle set (officially made by Lego ideas) to buy it from th Netherlands it’s cheaper you pay €99,99 instead of $299,99
Hhahahaaha! He meant that 3 of them will cost 300 together, not 300 for one!
I have 5x blacksmiths, 9x creator castle, and 3x lion knight castle. What should i build?
I love the castle and the blacksmith, the only real shame is that the castle would need to be absurdly large to match the blacksmith
I don't like the Blacksmith set, but the minifigure I LOVE
All of them
I don't see a point in getting 3 of the same set over the big castle. I think the single $99 castle is a nice alternative to a big $400 set.
All 3 builds (meaning, the 3 ways to build to the Creator Castle) can be combined. Or, one could use all the pieces for a larger MOC build.
HOWEVER: those options fall victim to minifig repetition. (not much variety of figures for the additional structures/pieces)
Not gonna lie, my favorite castle remains Burg Blaustein by bluebrixx
Tetszett a videód! Az egyik részen elszóltad magad😉. Így tovább!
Mivel is szóltam el magam? :)
@@RacingBrick Eddig azt hittem külföldi vagy. Amúgy jó az angolod.
I bought 4 of the 3-in-1 Creator castle sets and flanked the main build castle with two towers built in mirror image fashion with the gargoyles facing outward, but rotated the top halves of the towers so the telescopes face out as well, so they're not staring at each other, as well as being able to build the other secondary builds and incorporate them in with the main castle and the two towers. Looks pretty cool, but I ordered the Lion Knight's Castle because it looks much more substantial, as well as for all the minifigs. The Creator castle only comes with 4 minifigs I think, which is pretty sad in my opinion.
Any opinions if its a good idea to pair: blacksmith set (2021) with medieval town square (2024) ?
They won't look very proportional as the Blacksmith is much taller, but otherwise they should be fine
All. All is good. Gotta get them all.
there ' s also the viking ship dreki , the vikings rise is in middle ages , so the viking dreki comes from the Lego Castle theme
on Rebrickable, you can build an alt. castle with 3x the 31120 sets (3-in-1 medieval castle) by Madewithbrix called the Black Falcon Knight's Castle
Yes, a fun build, but to get anything approximating the knights and forestmen in the Lions castle (which is the only true lure for me in that set) would cost far more (and not even be possible to get as several items are unique to the new set) than the $100 you would save by building a smaller castle with 3 of the creator sets.
@@singsongcindy8865 it depends where you live. Here in Canada, this new castle is $500 + taxes ($575, almost $600). The 3-in-1 castle is $140 + taxes (if you are lucky, you can even get it even cheaper from other toy/book stores, like Costco, who sells some LEGO sets often $50-100$ cheaper here) = 3 x $140 price = $420, so you already saved at least $80 without the taxes. The piece count is pretty close (4278 pieces vs 4514)
I have the opposite opinion: I think, the 3in1 castle is the worst of the 3 set. That has small "holes" as interiors, small in every scale (narrow towers, low walls), and it looks more like kid's colorful toy than a lifelike castle. You can build big castle when you buy more boxes? That's bullshit, because this is true by the other 2 sets also: with 2 or 3 Lion Castle I can build a more huge one...
I think the blacksmith is a very good, very detailed in- and outside set. It has high playability but also fit to any medieval diorama. The new Lion Castle looks also good, and it has proper interior sizes with proper furnitures, so it looks promising to me. I like lifelike things more than cartoonish things, so the new Lion Castle is more like a real castle for my eyes than the 3in1 set. It has proper wall heights, real towers and the whole structure is more similar to a real castle than any other castle set in the past.
So on my top list the blacksmith is the first, the new Lion Knight's Castle is the second and the 3in1 set is the 10th... :)
I bought 3 of the 31120 set, so I could build the MOC that requires 3 sets. It's quite a big castle with lots of details, on par with building techniques of official lego sets.
Didn't cost me €300 either, bought them all at a €25 discount, so I saved €75.
Nevertheless, I'm still going to buy the Lion Knights castle, Lego Castle was my childhood
wow where did you get them for 25% discount? Never saw it lower than 90€
@@darkroy610 Specific store in the Netherlands (Intertoys), which had a 90 year Lego sale
Had to visit two stores in my area, because they only had 2 left in one store
Cheapest I could have it would have been 63,85 € on 15.02.2022 in germany but still not my theme.
great video, thanks
I wonder if I could build a fort for my Pirate theme out of these kits.
Castle "Burg Blaustein" from BlueBrixx 🥰
7:56 mark...I heard you mentioned The Black Knight's Castle for 400$.
As a Black Knight Fan, I approved.😁
Lol, the Black Knights secretly took over the castle while I was filming :D
Great video man !!!
I love the look of the castle but idk if I will be able to justify the 400 bucks... Why did I pick such an expensive hobby 😭
Where can i spend the 100 on minifigs? I can’t find black knights anywhere..
Bricklink is your friend
Why dont you compare one of mocs made by 3 creator castles, with new Lion castle? Thats more fair-ish.
Why would a non-official MOC be a more fair comparison than an official combined build? There are many MOCs out there already, it'd be also a tough choice to pick a single one for the comparison.
@@RacingBrick Because official creator set sucks. Set is amazing, value for money spent is maybe best at the moment, but build is just not worth of commenting. And if you check around, those mocs already got allot of attention among other youtubers who are doing lego reviews
I got the the Creator 31120 for €75. Now THAT was a sweet deal. I bought 3 right away (x
Can you compare the new castle with the latest 31120 3x1 moc?
For me is no doubt, Lion Knight castle any time. It's for adults and the smaller "dwarf" castle is for kids. It just oustand both other sets. So big, so many details, features, minifigs... and also it has this nostalgia touch. Just awesome set. And grey walls suppose to be grey - it represents rocks lol. Surprisengly Blacksmith is almost as big as Lion castle, not a perfect ratio to be next to each other, but not so close can fit in the medieval landscape just fine I believe😁
Wow! You had to be the first guy to do this much awaited comparison 🙏🏼🤗 (please correct me if I'm wrong afols ☺️👍🏼)...the blacksmith's scale looks way off compared to the new lion knights castle🤦🏻♂️...also I forgot to mention it in your earlier video 🤦🏻♂️...but i do think that Lego missed the opportunity to have a small royal throne room in the new castle as well... we've kinda got two armouries, a small one at the entrance and a larger one at the top, but no throne room 😟, just the queen's royal chambers 🙏🏼 ...we just need to wait for the mocs now I guess 🙏🏼, but as this set's pricey, we gotta have a li'l more patience 🙏🏼
Personally I don't think this is priced bad at all... Considering all the playability that you would get out of that and The three to four hours that it would take to put it together, that's a pretty good time.
I mean if you gave this to a kid who was into Legos chances are they play with it for years...