Is LEGO Forestmen's River Fortress 6077 DEFENSIBLE?

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

This fortress’s strongest defense is being so unusable the enemy wouldn’t see taking it as a strategic advantage.

[@thegoodtimegroup]

Ha! A technique later mastered by the Fright Knights!

[@jameswestman4745]

Has to be one of the funniest videos you guys have made! Great job as always

[@thegoodtimegroup]

Thanks, that means a lot! Keep the Good Times Poppin'!

[@hotshot8365]

I think this is more of an abandoned ruin of a castle (that flooded) that the forest men took over.

[@DamonNomad82]

This was the only Forestmen set sold during my active Lego collecting days that I never got. I preferred the Forestmen's Crossing, though that might not have been very defensible either, it had a very unique base plate featuring both a small river AND a pool!

[@thegoodtimegroup]

that has always been one of our favorite painted baseplates; we keep our eyes open to get our hands on one someday! Keep the Good Times Poppin'!

[@Gameprojordan]

Can you guys do a defensibility check for the official bricklink set that's a remastered version of this one called "castle in the forest"? Set number is 910001

[@thegoodtimegroup]

That seems doable. Always love an homage to the jolly Forestmen! Keep the Good Times Poppin'!

[@odgersh]

FORESTMENNNNNN BABYYYYYYY we’re branching outttttt

[@thegoodtimegroup]

Its funny cause... there are trees in the tower... and... *branching* out... forest-men. Keep the Good Times Poppin'!

[@DirtyDan77]

Is it just me or is the audio really quiet? great videos otherwise, just gotta work on the audio mixing.

[@jolunrohthocoudis526]

I’d like to add a few things in defense of this. 1- living trees are exceedingly hard to set on fire , especially ones growing out of water 2- in defensibility the fact it’s a river castle I think needs to her given more heed. Needing a navy to attack a castle is such a significant problem for most armies that I think it really adds to its overall defensive features. Most medieval armies couldn’t afford to stop and build ships and then have well trained people for their River boat navy. Is it impossible? No. But certainly much more difficult then regular castles. 3- it could our last most sieges because it had near infinite fresh water and could simply blow the bridge and live off of supplies seeing as how it has all they need. I don’t think it should be like a radical score change, but probably at least a +2 or +3

[@thegoodtimegroup]

These are pretty fair. Thanks for your interest! To 1. Living trees, while fire retardant, also disrupt masonry to a great degree, so we stand by that score. To 2. Flotillas were fairly common, while river navies and siege ships were not, allowing bridge building and even floating siege weapons as historical possibilities. We gave positive for moat, but don't want to give more for a river since a dry moat may be better than wet. To 3. Great point; maybe even worth a revision. There's a monastery in Spain that had a stream diverted through the kitchen for fresh fish daily. It is a source of food and water in sieges too, which we did not mention. These could make the score closer to passable. Keep the Good Times Poppin'!

[@domonkosscheiling5809]

i watched a few of your videos and first i found them funny, but something felt off. if it's about defensibility, none of the lego structures are defensible. if we force logic, the people living in those structures would be sleep deprived or starve to death way before doing anything else. not to mention having legs without joints, so they can't climb stairs or ladders. these toys are made for imagination, and kids (or even adults) make their own rules if these buildings are defensible or not. if the walls are high enough and the trees look cool, that's plenty enough. at least, it was enough for me 30 years ago, and still is. cheers!

[@thegoodtimegroup]

Well, in the toy debate about realism and idealism, we are certainly imaginative idealists like you, but as to the LEGO castles being unlivable with starving people, that's not the whole story. Castles were often about the size and shapes of LEGO castles, but were surrounded by homes and farms and outbuildings for miles (many of which which come in other sets). Further, classic castles could be augmented with expansions that made them livable more. Most of their drawbacks are due to being great play-sets, which we admit, but that doesn't bar us form playing with them in a new way: as if they really were real. That is how we are honoring the toys here; treating them like real. But hey, def-check doesn't have to be everybody's cup of tea! Keep the Good Times Poppin'!