UPDATE: 10193 Medieval Market Village is now available from the LEGO Shop online!
LEGO Castle fans have wanted more civilians, more women, and more non-equine animals for a very long time — something a little more like this:
Box art for 10193 Medieval Market Village
With the announcement of 10193 Medieval Market Village last night during opening ceremonies at BrickCon 2008, there should be no doubt in anybody’s mind that LEGO listens to fans like us.
The Brothers Brick, Classic-Castle.com, and Klocki are proud to bring you exclusive high-resolution pictures of this upcoming set, scheduled for release in January 2009.
Click each photo in this post for full-size, high-res versions:
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- Turkey dinner in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
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- Minifigs and accessories in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
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- Box art for 10193 Medieval Market Village
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- Tavern in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
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- Blacksmith at work in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
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- Blacksmith’s shop in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
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- Market stall in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
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- Overall shot of 10193 Medieval Market Village.
Here’s the full description (my bolding, for emphasis):
Expand your LEGO® Castle kingdom!
This classic medieval village with marketplace is a perfect match for any LEGO Castle. Full of authentic features, fun accessories and all-new animals to expand and enhance your kingdom; it includes two complete buildings with detailed interiors like a blacksmith’s shop with waterwheel-driven hammer, a food stand, tree, table, cart, cows, horse, chicken, rooster, duck, peasants, knights, rare elements and colors, and more!
- Includes 8 minifigures: blacksmith, 2 soldiers, 2 male peasants, 2 female peasants and a boy minifigure!
- Play inside! The 2 two-story buildings feature a hinge system that allows you to open and close them as you wish!
- The yellow building contains the stables, blacksmiths shop and his home upstairs! Help the blacksmith forge the swords with the working water powered trip hammer! Don’t forget to close the stable gates and feed the horse some carrots!
- Blacksmith’s home features pictures on the walls, opening windows, table and fireplace!
- The classically European styled blue building features a cozy tavern on the first floor and welcoming bedroom on the top floor!
- Lots of authentic touches: fireplaces in the bedrooms, pictures on the walls, dressing tables, working doors and windows and other interior details!
- The soldiers and peasants alike shop and eat in the marketplace filled with baskets of fish, apples and flowers. Sit at the table for a meal of ale, cheese and whole turkey but stay out of the way of the soldiers carrying the king’s treasure!
- Buildings measure over 7.5″ tall and over 9″ long when open wide!
The set contains 1,601 pieces, and the price varies by country:
- Australia: $149.99
- Canada: $149.99
- United Kingdom: £84.99
- United States: $99.99
Reaction by LEGO Castle fans attending BrickCon was ecstatic (click the picture for more 10193 pictures from BrickCon):
A few observations of my own:
- New feather/fire piece in red and trans-orange
- New table leg/column piece
- New fish and cows
- Whole turkey (it bears repeating)
- New torsos for the three male peasants, blacksmith, and tavern wench
- Peasant girl otherwise available only in 7979 Castle Advent Calendar
- New faces on the blacksmith and senior-citizen peasant
Finally, one more look at the minifigs and accessories:
Minifigs and accessories in 10193 Medieval Market Village.
Wow. January can’t come fast enough!
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Ooh, that looks awesome.
Definitely getting it when it comes out.
That price will go up before it’s released, $100 is a great deal. The Space Factory sets had half the pieces, sticker tursos , and were the same price.
Nice job LEGO, very nice.
The turkey is big news, but that tree is lovely too. The close up of the cows is nice, but cows face looks a little too round and overly cute. That’s most likely because I’m use to the flat headed horse. :)
I love TLC! I haven’t wanted a set this much for a really long time.
Awesome news! Thank you so much for sharing this information and the wonderful picks. This makes me want to break out every one of my Castle sets in preparation for this outstanding set. Lego deserves a round of applause for listening to AFOL and giving us this set. I’m really impressed!
@TLC XOXOXOXOXO I’m in love :D.
Squeeeee!
Seems obvious that the price’ll go up in the US but it’s already gonna be tough for me to purchase it as is, let’s hope it doesn’t go up in Canada.
They’re bringing back the farmer’s cowl, too!
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Turkey :O
This is disgustingly awesome news. Really goes to show how much TLG is listening (and knows how much we’ll eat this up). $100 price tag is awesome, I just hope it doesn’t change.
Awesome
Awesome
Awesome.
yes…..Yes……YES,YES,YES!!!!!!
Lego fans (including myself) have been doing this sort of set for years, now Lego does it with flair. Not only are the fundamentals great- 2 well-designed buildings, food stand, tree; but it also includes amazing new pieces- new figures, 2 cows, fire/feather pieces, whole turkey and fish! It just keeps getting sweeter!
My only complaint is it seems lately Lego has produced many “must have” sets in the the $60 to, well, $400 range. What ever happened to the great sets in the $10 to $50 range. I don’t want to have to go broke just to get all the great sets and pieces.
It’s worth it just for the turkey and that new maiden.
Set of the forever.
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You had to guess that the peasant woman minifig would have to get wider use, since it’s so excellent… but this is just a stunning set to consider. Wow.
YES! YES! YES! YES!!!
OMG. this is very cool. thank you LEGO for bringing this set, really golden years for LEGO ahead.
I think I remember seeing that whole turkey on bricklink for like $20.
It does Tim, or did last year.
And they still make great $10 sets, the IJ sets, the City $10 sets, even the cheaper Castle sets are great.
Stupid Canadian prices.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!
Okay, I’m asking my parents for money for Christmas, so I can have a chance at getting this set. It’s just too awesome to pass up.
Must have it!
Yay! Good thing I didn’t buy that Xbox. =)
Dang it. This is awesome. Must find a way to scrape together fundz.
awesome, i am so getting it. my wants are
1.medieval market village
2.flying wing
3.clone turbo tank (releasing it in 2009)
Do you know, if this set comes to germany?
that, i must have :)
look at all the cool parts and part usage! this one is definitely mine
New column/leg is the same part as telescope in new Pirates sets.
I have to come back from the dead to say: Wow! This is my most anticipated set ever.
anyone else note the new mermaid and orc queen minifigures in the flickr photostream? castle theme is getting awesome
A real shock and surprise. Why didn’t they do this years ago?
Sure, nooooow they make cows.
I’m not really into Castle but there is so much potential here I gotta buy this set. I’m glad we all have a couple months to save too.
That “table leg/column” piece is the new Telescope from the pirates sets.
This is GGGRREAT!!! The Lego Group listens! Now I must find 2nd job to pay for all this!
oh man, stop it Lego.
Stop making me want castle, when Pirates are coming next year.
Oh my God. Oh my GOD!
Crimmeny jim-jam!!
This is the one LEGO set that will keep me hook-line-and-sinker into LEGO for the next 15-20 years. It’s like having a brand new baby I’m so full of joy.
Awesome. Canadian dollar is nearly on par with the American yet we get a 50% markup. This is why it’s been so long since I actually purchased lego.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA–
*pants, out of breath*
–AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNTTT!
I just thought of something, LEGO made a new fish piece for this and Pirates, why not just make a chicken piece for Castle and City Farm?
So often LEGO sets seem to be juniorized or simpy on the parts. It’s terrific to see LEGO getting this kind of thing right and doing a castle set that surely any experienced Castlehead would be proud of building.
Thanks so much LEGO!
The reveal was great.
“… and here’s peasant girl number two-”
“You misspelt ‘busty wench’!”
How can there be anything after that? I mean anything…
This is the best news since they announced Bioni…… just kidding. But really this is freaking awesome!
Is it a Shop at Home Exclusive?
Now, I´m not a fan of castle / medieval themed sets at all, but this is amazing. I´m really glad to see Lego is going back to its roots of a set consisting of many parts, instead of a wall being a single piece, for instance.
Also, some of the new pieces, like the turkey, are really cool. Definitely have to get my hands on some of those through BrickLink.
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I am going to be broke next year with pirates AND castle coming up!!!
Wow this is amazing, it is about time LEGO showed people that medieval times were not just killing undead skeletons and trolls… The previous war machines and structures were great and all but its so hard to make a town. Now the kingdom can realisticly survive!
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So why couldn’t they do this sort of excellence for space? Pah! Jellybean aliens!
This is a fantastic deal… like getting 2 1/2 of Dan Siskind’s 3739 Blacksmith Shop (original retail $40 USD) 3 of the 3.49 Castle impulse sets… only cheaper! Slap the word Star Wars on the box and this would be at least $160-180 USD for the same piece/figure count.
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I’m not a huge Castle fan, but for $100 I would buy this day 1. It’s absolutely awesome. I hope LEGO keeps the prices down, especially with the current economic conditions.
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Is there a way we can get another economic stimulus check?
I was afraid to look at the price at first, but that’s an incredible price for a set this awesome! I might get more than one!
Of all of the new stuff in there, the part I’m most excited by is the 1×4 tile in dark brown. Does that make me weird?
ARRGGHHH!! I’m gonna go broke in 2009! Mustn’t touch the college fund, nonononono… YES!! At this rate of awesomeness and expensiveness I just may have to.
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OK, I guess I will have to add a third job to make sure I can afford everything coming out soon.
Um, not to be a spoil sport, but why is there *TURKEY* in a *MEDIEVAL* village?? Are there also going to be dinosaurs in the medieval village?
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^ LEGO parts are generally named for their initial usage, rather than their current usage. The three elements that constitute the “turkey” in this set were indeed released as a turkey about 10 years ago (and haven’t been seen since; thus the excitement).
In this context, however, I’m sure the turkey elements represent a goose. You’re right, of course — turkeys are uniquely North American.
About that turkey. You do know that turkeys didn’t exist in Medieval Europe?
It could have been a goose.
^ Isn’t that what I said? :)
^ considering the historical accuracy throughout the LEGO Castle theme this could easily be a roasted little dragon baby.
@ Brian Carnell, I don’t know–it could be a turkey. I hear some African swallows can carry coconuts.
I like how we are debating a turkey in a set when all the people are yellow…
:P
I like to think of LEGO Castle as existing outside our reality…so Turkey’s are legit in medieval LEGO times :)
When they unveiled this at BrickCon it was amazing this set is absolutely made with AFOLs in mind.
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I completely FREAKED when I saw this set!
I’ve been begging for something like this for YEARS and LEGO has exceeded my every hope! Good on ya, LEGO!
GREAT the first figures with the old farmers hat in years
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wow~ i love it!!!
but, so many sets did’t comes to Taiwan, my country.
so sad…..
i think, i can’t see this set in taiwan too! : (
sorry, wrong word
” come ” to Taiwan
Yeha, look at that hood that the man with the walking stick is wearing. They used to be fairly rare i believe? Also the tree looks sweet.
Holy Cow i allready love this set first the advent calender now this i hope it comes out in my country unlike the advent calender
LOL found it
Any word on who designed this set for the LEGO Group? Did Castle fans have a hand in designing this? Did Jamie (of Green Grocer and Cafe Corner fame) work on this ridiculously awesome set?
bmwlego
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I’m personally not going to believe Lego will price themselves away by increasing the value too much more than the King’s Castle Siege… I think the price listed will stay and be more accurate.
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I have to have that set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When will it be issued!? Almost the first of january!
is it me or is the horse wanting to eat the turkey
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For those of you following this thread via e-mail, 10193 Medieval Market Village
is now available from the LEGO Shop online. Merry Christmas!
Just got this, Love it! Cows are a little small (smaller than horse and only male, no dairy cows…yet.) But who cares, we got cows! *the turkey is great too* The tree has flowers! -bought from LEGO Shop online.
cool
amazing i have the castle siege set and this set will be great to have get a town in my castle
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