Before you can vote for cool new LEGO sets, or submit your own you'll need to sign in with or register for a LEGO ID: You're currently signed in to LEGO ID as . Would you like to sign in to LEGO Ideas with this LEGO ID? LEGO Ideas is designed for older builders. We’re sorry, but based on the birth date we have on file for you, this means we can't let you have an account here. Create and Share Galleries as a place to share your models with other LEGO builders like you. Are you sure you want to log out of LEGO Ideas? Official LEGO Comments 2 Kingdom Hearts: Guard Armor Encounter A scattered dream like a far-off memory. A far-off memory like a scattered dream. I want to line the pieces up-- yours and mine. Kingdom Hearts and LEGO were just meant to be. From its creation in 2002, this Disney crossover game has captured the hearts of many young and old. The game follows a boy named Sora, the Keyblade Master, in his travels to many Disney worlds, alongside Donald Duck and Goofy, ridding the worlds of dark creatures called Heartless.
The game's lighthearted and colorful worlds yet deep themes are accessible to all ages, and would make a great theme for a LEGO set. This set depicts the Guard Armor battle at Traverse Town, an early scene from the game and the first boss Sora fights alongside Donald and Goofy. The Guard Armor has articulation in arms, legs, fingers, and has a rotatable head. Included in this project would be an alternate build instructions and head for the Reverse Armor, a transformed version of the Guard Armor boss fought in the game. The Gizmo Shop includes multiple functions. The top purple gear turns the face of the clock, changing the time; the blue gear rings the bell, and the green crank turns the giant gear on the side. There is also a flick-launcher for the Red Nocturne, where you can launch it over the Gizmo Shop. There are two boxes outside the Gizmo Shop: one with HP orbs and the other with MP orbs. Also included is a brick with the red trinity symbol blocking the bell, for Sora, Donald, and Goofy to team up and perform a trinity move to knock down the wall.
The Keyhole plate turns from a painting of two trees, to coincide with the ringing of the bell as in the game. Sora's Keyblade is a gold 18673 piece, used as the Inquisitor's lightsaber in Star Wars: Rebels. This set would make a great toy to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts III. This set with both playable features and good-looking and fun builds would make a great addition to anyone's LEGO collection, appealing to fans of LEGO and Kingdom Hearts young and old. And check out my other projects:LEGO Castle fans have been feeling neglected lately as the last LEGO Castle theme released was back in 2010. Since then the only LEGO Castle set have been the #10223 LEGO Kingdoms Joust (a beautiful set by the way that I highly recommend!), kind of like an afterthought of the LEGO Kingdoms theme. So let’s see what 2013 will bring to LEGO Castle fans! I guess LEGO felt like they can get away without any Castle sets for a while with LEGO Lord of the Rings and LEGO The Hobbit, hoping that Castle fans would be satisfied. L
ord of the Rings and The Hobbit are certainly castle-ish, but they are nothing like a good old-fashioned LEGO Castle theme with good-knights, bad-knights, wizards and dragons. Besides, they are licensed, which means they cost more than LEGO’s own in-house product lines. Rumors have been circulating for a while now about LEGO Castle coming back in 2013. LEGO forums and blogs were talking about 5 possible sets being released next summer, with at least one of them being a re-release of a Classic LEGO Castle set – a unique twist. Since then the validity of the 2013 LEGO Castle sets have been solidified a bit more with set numbers and names. H It is still not clear if these are actually going to be re-releases of the 1980s and ’90s sets – like Forestmen and Wolfpack – some fans are really hoping for. Personally I doubt that any of the sets will be an exact replica of sets that old. Re-releasing classic minifigures as novelty collectibles is one thing, but re-making full sets from the past is an entirely different matter. T
he elements, minifigures and building-techniques in those sets were wonderful in their time, but seem quite crude compared to the possibilities today. It is likely that today’s generation would not be able to appreciate them nearly as much as older fans who grew up in the Classic Castle era. (If you want to check out what LEGO Castle looked like in the past, you can browse the Bricklink Catalog: LEGO Castle Sets 1978-2012) Others say that the 2013 LEGO Castle sets are likely going to be new designs, but with some reference to LEGO Castle sets from the past; this way satisfying both older Castle fans who have sentimental feelings towards the classics, and young fans who prefer the newer LEGO Castle sets. Kind of like how the LEGO Alien Conquest theme’s color-scheme and other details were a nod towards LEGO Classic Space from the 1980s and adult fans in general, but also built with today’s generation in mind. If you were a Classic Space fan you were happy, and if you were a younger fan, you could still enjoy the sets even without knowing the reference to the past.
What do you think? Does the 2013 LEGO Castle set names give you any insights? Would you like Classic Castle sets to be re-released? Which past LEGO Castle set would you love to see again? Would you like it enhanced with newer features, or exactly as it was in the past? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! Would love to hear your thoughts! 😉 For currently available LEGO Castle sets (yeah, it is a measly selection, but with two of the best LEGO Castle sets ever made!) see here. And if you are interested in other 2013 LEGO sets and themes check below: To end the celebration of the 50 years of the LEGO brick, here are the best sets in history. Handpicked from Lugnet—the biggest LEGO database—based on their popularity, these 229 sets belong to the most iconic lines—LEGOLAND Space, Town, Castle and Pirates—plus three of the most popular ones—LEGO TECHNIC, Star Wars and Racers. From the most significant to the most amazing and complex, from the late '70s to today.
We can't get ourselves to pick the Best of the Best. Jump, see them all and decide for yourself (plus the official LEGO video of 50 years of the brick). I remember the first time I played with LEGO bricks. Shiny, perfectly smooth and with that unique smell of plastic, which back then I imagined was probably captured by magic elves in Denmark. Today it's almost the same—shiny and perfectly smooth, except the elves are now blue-eyed buxom Danish Valkyries in skimpy LEGO swimsuits.As someone who grew in the Golden Age of LEGO, I just can't decide on any particular model as the Best LEGO Set EVER. I have to confess a soft spot for LEGO Space, yes, but also for TECHNIC. And of course, although this is way later in my LEGO career, Star Wars. But the soft spot for all those old models from the late '70s and early '80s is the key here: even if I sound like a total nerd, seeing some of these give me a warm, fuzzy feeling in my tummy—some even make me teary. It's not like the Galaxy Explorer, the Space Command or the big TECHNIC Helicopter were all that special.
It's what happened around them what makes them special, the countless hours I spent with my brothers and father building a thousand combinations of vehicles and weird buildings. It's all that fun, all those days of complete and most absolute happiness which comes back just by looking at the box photos of those sets. And that's what makes them so special, so emotionally charged. They bring back the best in me.Today I marvelled again at the popularity of that simple LEGO brick timeline, and I guess this, the emotional link, must be the reason why LEGO stories are so popular among all our readers. Not because LEGO bricks are cool, which they are, but because they are inevitably linked to intimate memories, to happy memories, the best memories, shared with family or friends or completely personal.For all that: happy birthday LEGO, and thanks for all the bricks. So what's your favorite set? If you can't find it, what are we missing? Tell us in the comments (and don't forget to check Lugnet for all the LEGO sets in all lines in history.