These are the items I procured for myself via the Internet. Two of them are retired sets from an older Castle line. The third is the awesome Hulk promotional minifigure that I know some of you love so much. I got in trouble with my fiancee for getting this stuff. The boxes were waiting when we got home, and there was nothing I could do to hide them. "I hope you didn't buy more LEGO!" Oops.
They're everything I could've dreamed of and more. As much as the Lord of the Rings sets helped draw me back to LEGO, the aesthetic of the trolls and yellow-toned figures of Classic Castle is infinitely better in my mind. So I got two of the sets that feature conflict between the trolls and the dwarves. They were expensive. Really expensive. But I got them with boxes, instructions, and complete. Just display sets, adult owned, never played with. And even though I'm in hot water ... I don't regret it. They're so totally worth it. The green dragon that came with the boat is AWESOME. So much cooler than the red one we just got in the new Castle series. I think the general shape is the same, but the armor and mounted knight, plus the smaller flame and coloring, are so much more appealing. Every time I go after something new with LEGO, I feel like I'm opening an additional Pandora's box. Now I feel like I need the Troll castle, and the knight's castle with the black dragon.
Please, God, save my marriage.
