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Last January, Lego promised its 90th anniversary would be one to remember: the company agreed<\/a> to revive one of its classic Lego themes (like Space, Castle, and Pirates) with a new, adult-grade Lego set. <\/p>\n

But it turns out we\u2019re not just getting one nostalgia bomb today \u2014 the company has decided to bring back classic Space and classic Castle at the same time. <\/em>First, Lego is revealing the Galaxy Explorer, a $100 upscaled version of the original iconic Lego spaceship that\u2019s up for pre-order today<\/a>. And second, it\u2019s announcing the Lion Knights\u2019 Castle, which \u2014 at $400 and 4,514 pieces<\/a> \u2014 is easily the most intricate and impressive castle playset the company\u2019s ever produced. <\/p>\n

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For days now, I\u2019ve been pouring over the high-resolution photos of each set you\u2019ll find below, marveling over the details and hidden play features. But I didn\u2019t have to do it by myself: I also got to speak to their lead designers Mike Psiaki (also see: Titanic<\/a>, Saturn V<\/a>, Aston Martin DB5<\/a>) and Milan Madge (Space Shuttle Discovery<\/a>, Pirates of Barracuda Bay<\/a>, Central Perk<\/a>). I even got to speak to Niels Milan Pedersen, a 44-year veteran who co-created Lego Pirates and Forestmen, worked on many classic Space themes, and designed many of the most iconic forts, castles, and ships including the Black Knight\u2019s Castle<\/a>, the Royal Knight\u2019s Castle<\/a> I was lucky enough to own as a kid, and the legendary Black Seas Barracuda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll be damned if the new castle doesn\u2019t outdo them all. <\/p>\n

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Trapdoors and secret passages. Raise-and-lower drawbridge and portcullis, now with hidden chains and counterweights built right into the set, instead of the exposed strings I had as a kid. The most fortified-looking towers from a Lego castle yet, complete with arrow slits. A waterwheel geared to a grindstone so the baker can grind flour for his bread. A royal bedchamber and<\/em> an armory bristling with weaponry and<\/em> a dungeon and<\/em> a tiny banquet hall and enough ladders and staircases to actually connect most of the levels. Lion Knights and Black Knights and Forestmen and mini-stables and an ox-and-cart and an outdoor food stand. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe really wanted to evoke the feeling you got when you opened the catalog as a kid and you saw this enormous landscape with the market village and the peasants,\u201d says Madge. As a result, the set has over 20 minifigures, more than all but the biggest Star Wars, Marvel, and sports sets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, and did I mention a lady with a crown is ruling the whole thing and many<\/em> of these minifigs are women?! <\/p>\n

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But perhaps the most incredible part to me is how the whole set transforms. I wish I had a video to show you, because it took a sec to wrap my mind around it with still images alone \u2014 from the outside, it looks like an enclosed castle even when the set is swung open, and doubly so when it\u2019s closed. As a thought exercise, take a look at the waterwheel in the pictures above. Does the river flow next to the castle, or does the river run through it? The answer is both<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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One room inside the new set seems to pay homage to Daniel Krentz\u2019 original yellow castle.<\/em><\/figcaption>Photo: Lego<\/cite><\/p>\n

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Designer Milan Madge says the enclosed\/open design was the goal from the start. His team\u2019s primary influences were the original yellow Lego castle from 1978, which similarly swung open on hinges<\/a>, and the 6086 Black Knight\u2019s Castle<\/a> with its asymmetrical, castle-on-a-hill design. \u201cWe want this to be something you can play 360 degrees around it, we wanted to make it fully enclosed so you had walls on every single side.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Madge and Psiaki also shared a love of 6066 Camouflaged Outpost<\/a>, the Forestmen\u2019s hideout, and decided to hide the merry men and women inside the new castle too. And when I say \u201cinside,\u201d I mean it literally:<\/p>\n

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It took me several minutes to figure out where this room exists. It\u2019s inside the wall.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re on the drawbridge at the wrong time, you get thrown into the dungeon, but the forest men have a sneaky little system of caves to break you out \u2014 there\u2019s a hidden network underneath the castle which you can only find by kind of taking the model apart,\u201d explains Madge. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe figured out there\u2019s only one spot in the whole model that isn\u2019t occupied by some sort of story,\u201d he adds. \u201cYeah, there\u2019s very little empty space underneath, everything is being used for something,\u201d chimes in Psiaki. <\/p>\n

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Speaking to Niels Milan Petersen, who designed many of the sets that inspired the new castle (including the Black Knight\u2019s Castle and Camouflaged Outpost), I get the sense the longest-tenured Lego designer is quite proud \u2014 but maybe also a teensy bit jealous of what his fellows can do on a budget designed for adult fans of Lego?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would always put so much into them that we had to take out again,\u201d says Pedersen. \u201cThe price points weren\u2019t so high because people didn\u2019t spend so much on toys in those days and that was always the concern for us.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was much more thought to be just for kids because in those days, you know, grownups wouldn\u2019t admit if they played with Lego, that\u2019s quite a new thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

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He remembers how one of his original castle models had a blacksmith and a little kitchen before he had to remove them. Another had staircases leading up to the towers that were deemed too complicated and expensive \u2014 and he thought kids would surely care! \u201cNo, they didn\u2019t, but they noticed there was a chimney on one of the buildings and there was no fireplace connected to the chimney. That was what they actually noticed! Kids are sometimes funny that way \u2014 the figures could just fly up to the towers.\u201d <\/p>\n

The other things he had to forgo in those days were catapults and trebuchets \u201cbecause they were considered weapons,\u201d but Lego designers slowly won the battle there. By 1989, he and the late Jens Nygaard Knudsen, creator of the Lego minifigure and Lego Space, had convinced the higher-ups to allow not only a pirate captain with his own distinct face (instead of the smiley), but projectile shooting cannons (though not in the USA), pistols and muskets, and a skull and bones pirate flag. All of those were battles with then-owner Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, he says. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jolly Roger… he really didn\u2019t want me to put a skull on that, that was the limit, he didn\u2019t want to see that.\u201d They tried countless versions without, but it didn\u2019t look right. \u201cSo Jens and I went over one evening to his private home, we went in for a cup of coffee and we talked a long, long time. Finally, he gave in and said yeah, okay, make your skull on that flag but you have to make it smile somehow.\u201d <\/p>\n

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And they did<\/a>. In 1995, they let him leave a trebuchet in, too: my childhood Royal Knight\u2019s Castle<\/a>, designed by Petersen, has a tiny rock flinger on the battlements you can flick with one finger.<\/p>\n

These days, the former fisherman mostly sculpts new parts for Lego for other designers\u2019 sets. He\u2019s designed minifigures like the original skeleton and more recently Muppet Show<\/em> figures like Kermit the Frog, as well as multipurpose elements like the feathers in the Forestmen\u2019s hats and knight helmets \u2014 which he says were originally conceived as quills for minifigs to hold, too. \u201cIn the old days, when you were going to make an element, it was demanded you should foresee that element could be used for at least 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Lion Knight\u2019s Castle goes on sale August 3rd for Lego VIPs (it\u2019s a free signup) and August 8th for everyone else. Which, strangely, means you probably won\u2019t get the new Forest Hideout set (a remake of Petersen\u2019s Forestmen\u2019s Hideout<\/a>) for free with your purchase since it\u2019s available through June 22nd. For now, here\u2019s one last image of the new castle.<\/p>\n

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