![]() One can certainly use the secret door as a way for the attackers to enter the castle. Since many other Lego castles and fortifications have some kind of gate, I intentionally designed this set to represent the part of the castle away from the gate - the place where the princess would have her room. I also agree with what you wrote about medieval conflict - it often involves storming the castle. In my view, that can be an advantage of this product idea. Since castle sets are in many ways oriented toward boys, I thought it would be interesting to add some elements to this set that are appealing to the girls also. Many Lego sets have a number of play features, but they always find a good way to show all that on a box. So they will choose the best way to communicate the idea to the buyers, they will probably modify some features of the set and the story behind it (based on their market research), and they will choose what will appear on the box. If the idea gathers enough votes and gets chosen by the Lego, their designers and marketing department will take over the product development. ![]() But this is a just a first phase, where each author pitches the product idea to the public and to the Lego Group in the best way he can. You are right about the constraints of a real Lego set and its box. Thank you all for your nice comments and for your useful feedback. If you do want stairs consider turning them to face the opening so that they are more accessible. Our logical adult brains need stairs but children don't they just move the minifigs up and down as they need to play. Are little hands capable of reaching in? My gut instinct is that the lower tower rooms are difficult to access the position of the Princess minifigure on the lefthand side of the Hatch Access image would be really hard in real life there's no room to get the figure in. Can you actually play in the rooms? This is where a physical prototype is going to be beneficial the electronic builds can't test this. A gate to storm and defend would allow more play here. Medieval conflict often became seige warfare, storming the castle. Is that market going to go for the "Boy meets Girl" storyline? I would suggest that the "Good vs Bad" conflict might sell better but in true 80's style it would be nice not to dictate which side is good or bad it could be the forestmen it could be the falcons. ![]() Germany being one of the biggest Lego markets in Europe and the Germans perferred the medieval period since early 20th century conflicts didn't exactly cover them in glory. Is the storyline going to resonate with the target market? Historically Lego's target market for Castle were 8yr old German boys. Do you think the storyline is going to sell? Here is a forum thread you can communicate the ideas through lots of pictures but what if you were constrained to just two or three "windows" on the back of the box would that be enough to communicate your intent? ![]() I'm going to be ultra-critical here please take it in the spirit of improving what I think is a good idea rather than me dismissing the idea (I will be supporting it over on ideas). The color palette is limited intentionally so that it reflects the style of the classic Castle sets, because my goal was to give this MOC a strong "retro feel".Ī really nice build it certainly captures the ambiance and style of the classic 80's castle. It can be connected to any Castle building from that period (by using Technic pins at the ends of the castle walls). At the same time, I made sure that it fits nicely with classic Lego Castle sets, by using styles and standards of modular castle design from the 80s. I designed this MOC to be an interesting model as a standalone set, with excellent play value. But will castle guards notice him? And will he return safely home through the dark forest, where outlaws are preparing an ambush? He came all the way from his castle to see her, bringing her flowers from a forest. Since they come from warring factions, their love must stay secret for now. The prince and the princess are in love with each other. If enough Historic-themed projects get a large amount of supporters on "Lego Ideas", maybe the Lego Group will realize there is enough interest in those kind of themes and they will finaly release some new historic-themed sets. I submitted it to "Lego Ideas" two days ago, so if you like it you can support it there: I was inspired by the 35th Anniversary of Black Falcons and Lion Knights / Crusaders (1984 - 2019), and I wanted to celebrate it by creating this MOC. I want to share my classic castle creation " Secret of the Castle".
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