LEGO Duplo: Knights' Castle Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a fantastic set -- ideal for the youngster who has long interest in the traditional brightly-colored Duplo sets, but is still a bit young to manage standard Lego sets. I got this for my four-year-old, and he was able to assemble the castle shown in the picture above by following the instructions, with very little help. We then had fun playing with it together for a while, and then he tore it down and made up his own castle. With the elements in this set, you can make a wide variety of structures, from wide and flat to very tall towers. We have repeated this build-play-destroy cycle many times since then.
The set has a lot of really neat pieces in it, including a catapult, a portcullis that slides up and down in grooved blocks, a stonework arch, and some small plates with handles that can be used to make a drawbridge or dump a pot. The pot can also be used as a cooking pot, which goes well with the round table. There's also a neat ladder that hooks into a holder so that it's not constantly falling out of place.
My only disappointment with this set is that it's pretty violent for its age range -- all four figures have angry faces, and it includes swords, axes, and a mace. That was unnecessary; kids this age are happy just playing visit-the-castle. But I started play-acting the knights with good attitudes, and my son accepted it despite the mean faces, so this is a minor drawback.
As value goes, this set is hard to beat. The castles you build with it are enormous -- a regular Lego set this size would be $200. And most of these pieces are rare and highly valuable in the Lego aftermarket (just try to find someone selling gray Duplo bricks, for example).
Overall, these new Duplo Knight sets are a real winner -- way more fun than the standard Duplo sets, but big, sturdy, and easy for small hands to use. I highly recommend any of them, but if you're going to get one to start with, make it this one.

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