Royal Knights

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Royal Knights
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Years:

1995-1998, 2003-2004

Subtheme of:

Castle

The Royal Knights were one of the factions of the Castle theme, that was introduced in 1995.

Details[edit | edit source]

Royal Knights poster.jpg

Most sets of this theme were released during its launch in 1995. The following year saw only two new sets. The Royal Knights had also two minor guest appearances in sets of Dark Forest and Fright Knights.

Although the presence of kings has already been implied on earlier occasions, Royal Knights was the first theme that introduced a minifigure portraying a king with a real crown. However, the faction comprised only one single castle (6090 Royal Knight's Castle), which was quite large nonetheless), a fortified bridge (6078 Royal Drawbridge), a small, lonely building (6036 Skeleton Surprise), and a big luxurious carriage (6044 King's Carriage). Apart from a small catapult included in 1843 Space/Castle Value Pack the king didn't own any noteworthy siege engines. They aren't known to have any enemies, but in the poster picture it is showing the Royal King fighting Majisto from Dragon Masters, although the Dragon Masters theme was discontinued the year the Royal Knights theme came out.

The royal coat of arms consisted of a crowned lion head on a red and white background. The same lion head reappeared later on the royal crest of Knight's Kingdom and Castle (2013) which both have a blue background with a yellow cross.

New pieces[edit | edit source]

The king's crown was a newly introduced piece, and his long silver sword was new as well.

The skeleton made its debut in three sets of this theme.

Sets[edit | edit source]

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Image # Set Pieces Figures Price Released
1752 Box.jpg 1752  Crossbow Boat  21  Royal Knight     1996 
1804 Package.jpg 1804  Crossbow Boat  21  Royal Knight   $2.00  1996 
1843-2 Box.jpg 1843  Space/Castle Value Pack  104  Spyrius AstronautRoyal Knight   $8.00  1996 
2892-1.gif 2892  Thunder Arrow Boat  17  Royal Knight     1998 
6008 Box.jpg 6008  Royal King  12  Royal King   $3.50  1995 
6036 Box.jpg 6036  Skeleton Surprise  72  SkeletonRoyal Knight Guard   $8.00  1995 
6044 Box.jpg 6044  King's Carriage  124  Royal King + 3 others   $16.50  1995 
6078 Box.jpg 6078  Royal Drawbridge  251  4 (+1 skeleton)   $30.00  1995 
6090 Box.jpg 6090  Royal Knight's Castle  743  11   $95.00  1995 

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