Lego Royal Knights Retrospective

After over 15 years of Lego Castle, a king emerged bringing with it a brand new lion faction. Lego castle started to change with the introduction of the Dragon masters, which were a replacement to the black knights. To replace the Lion Knights, Lego released the Royal Knights which came with the first Medieval Lego King. Lets dive into the history and lore of this faction on this episode of Tavern Talk!
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[@DavyJones2259]

I’ll never forget that intro. ❤

[@BrickingUpBrad]

It’s my favorite!

[@StudframeAnimations]

Thanks! Glad you like it!😄

[@cikarica3521]

Glad to see Royal Knights get some love and respect.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

It has been long overdue for sure!

[@Jack-i7x4t]

The castle is my favorite set of all time. I remember my grandma got a bucket of 90s LEGO at a yard sale and this set was in it. I build the castle and I played with it for hours and hours without getting bored.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Oh that’s so cool!

[@hoyer]

HE DID IT! BRAD HAVE COME HOME! :D Love that faction. Would be awesome if they made more cameos in future lego castle sets. And a fun thing about the lions, Denmark have the 3..."lovely" lions in thier crest, Sweden have 2 pompus lions, Norway a dancing lion and Finland....well....they have a "special" lion. Again, awesome work! The best faction now have representation.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I figured it was time that some positive stuff was said about the royal knights! Definitely and underrated faction! Hope we see a remake of the king someday!

[@JuliusCheeser223]

Honestly one of my favorite things of this era of Lego is the variety of soldiers, from factions and prints. Having three torso prints for a faction is crazy tbh

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Oh 100 percent!

[@lavishbricks]

I would love for a wave of castle sets like these to come out nowadays! Great vid!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I know right😭😭😭 like just anything!

[@KnightofHyrule26]

This is the first faction I got as a kid. So many great memories came from playing with the Royal Knights! I'm only missing one set: the blue catapult.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s probably the he hardest one to get at this point lol!

[@KnightofHyrule26]

@@BrickingUpBrad just my luck lol

[@joshuabutler5905]

The sight of the castle fitting into the drawbridge so neatly made me inexplicably happy - would love to see that in modern Castle sets!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Right it’s so good! Just in general I love when sets can go together. I wish they had don’t that with the new castle!

[@saltytbone]

I never knew the drawbridge connected to the castle. That's really fun!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Right! A friend told me about it and when I finally did it I was like this is amazing!

[@Fire_2000]

Great video like always. Still waiting to see a video showing off your collection. There's so many cool sets behind you and I'd love to see them up in a video

[@BrickingUpBrad]

At some point I want to do that but probably won’t be any time soon

[@egonjensen6506]

the drawbridge was the biggest set I ever had. Getting my hands on the royal castle was my biggest dream that never came true.

[@NetStrider]

Really in depth lore discussion, great work. I wasn’t aware of some of those old video games and comics - cool finds.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you so much! I love trying to pull from all Lego media! Glad to know the research is appreciated!

[@flg92]

Did you change your style of thumbnails? I love it. Never actually thought of the Royal Drawbridge being connected to the Royal Knights Castle. Great research.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Honestly just been trying some different thumbnail styles to see how the video will do! Also trying to find a way to make mine stand out. A friend told me about that and I had to include it because it’s so cool!

[@DragonMasterSubo]

Absolutely love the Royal Knights. Such a cohesive theme. 6090 (Royal Knights Castle) has so, so much going on in it. Awesome video!! This was a fun one! Love that people are discovering the drawbridge thing.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I wouldn’t have known that if it wasn’t for you😂

[@DragonMasterSubo]

@@BrickingUpBrad Can't wait for friiiiiiight kniiiiights

[@JohanJakobsen-d6p]

Every LEGO castle fan should see your videos! They are amazing 🎉

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Wow thanks!! I appreciate that a lot!

[@babo314]

Best castle before the lion knights castle (10305). I still have mine displayed and it is amazing.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s awesome!

[@ducktheseraph]

Man the new intro goes so hard. Love this series glad I jumped to see this new one so quick. Keep it up!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@colonelklorik4102]

Hi, great video as always ! I really think Lego missed something in the Royal Knights minifigures, especially the knights. As a kid I felt quite a disappointment after Dark Knights and Dragon Masters to have what : A king apparently going into battle with just a shirt instead of an armor ? A champion with just a tabard ? A third knight with just a Hauberk ? yuk ! for a total of only 3 mounted knights for the whole faction. IMO, the castle is the best designed of all Lego castle before the 2020ies : no dead angle, two main gates and a secret way, the well... (I remember the well in the Black Knight's castle and a fountain in the middle-size Dark Forest set, but that was so rare !). As for the ghost, its cache is much more similaire to the one in the Crusader's castle. I see it as the last standing parts of a former building the castle was build on the ruins. And the outpost... I find it terribly lame and ill-designed, nothing to save ! What's the logic at all to give your ennemies the opportunity to hide and protect just under your feet, then undermine your walls ? Oh, and skeletons were as many lost opportunity for an additional real minifigure (prisonner, princess, civilian, maybe even a magician). Looking for your next videos !

[@paulblom3730]

Love your videos, thank you!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@wafagdplqs4421]

Long live the King !

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Long Live The Royal King!

[@wafagdplqs4421]

True ​@@BrickingUpBrad

[@Josh_Greathouse]

These were my castles. I had the dark forest and the main castle. I don't know if I still have it, but this makes me smill so much. I miss these, and loved them so much. I don't know if I want this faction again, but I am happy to see them again.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s so cool! This era definitely had some really cool stand outs!

[@benparker1822]

I take umbrage that the Dragon Masters are considered the replacements for the Black Knights. Especially when the two were in conflict. The Black Knights will never be replaced in this Castle Lego fan's heart. Never!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I agree black knights are there own thing. But at that time Lego put out dragon masters to phase out the black knights just like how the black knights phased out the black falcons. Lego then phased out crusaders with royal knights and Wolfpack/forestmen with dark forest, and fright knights was also sort of a replacement to dragon master and the other “bad guy” factions. Like was trying to make a new era of castle that was almost an updated darker version then the original era

[@loreescape47]

Always ready for a new Tavern Talk! :) In the two German audio dramas, a LEGO club board game and internal LEGO story documents, the land where the two castles stood on opposite mountaintops was called "Tarenta".

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Oh that’s so cool! I was having issues when trying to do research into the audio dramas so I didn’t learn much from them. Now I feel like I missed important information 😂

[@hanzocloud]

That intro is next level wow

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@StudframeAnimations]

Appreciate that! ❤

[@szops9285]

0:19 Bricking Up Brad what is that??? No human would be able to drink a dwarf under the table.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

It depends on how long before the human that the dwarf started drinking😉😂

[@TX_Blake]

I don’t even like the Royal Knights, but this was still great, Brad. The comparison of the crowned lion to the Denmark coat of arms is a genius bit of research.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I can’t take full credit for that bit of info😂 I remember seeing it when reading comments on a video a while back and has stuck with me since then! Just been waiting for the right video to put it into😂

[@TX_Blake]

@@BrickingUpBrad you still get credit from me for bringing that tidbit to the people. :)

[@beartraptree]

The Royal King was one of the first castle minifigs I owned. I lost his original head over twenty years ago & had to make do with De Martinet pulling double duty. Luckily I picked up an extra at a flea market, so now the og is back in charge and can once again lead his men in many a diorama.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s really cool!

[@MichaeldeSousaCruz]

I had to watch this one. What a blast from the past. I completely LOATHE the royal knights. This was the beginning of my “dark ages”. What an awful design, in my opinion. This theme knocked me right out of Lego for over a decade. Got back in with 2012 kingdoms. I can’t stand these Lion factions. Unfortunately I missed out on dark forest and fantasy castle because of this. Oh well, no regerts, we’re in the golden age of Lego right now. Good vid. Keep up the good work.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@elipetrou9308]

Diabolical opinion

[@MichaeldeSousaCruz]

@@elipetrou9308 indeed

[@benparker1822]

A brother in-law got the Royal Knight's Castle for Christmas, and I had the pleasure of helping him assemble it. I had the smaller sets, including the royal king. I gave that away, a long time ago. Kinda wish I hadn't, now. Nobody I know actually got the river tower, though.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s really cool!

[@MayoHosko]

Until now I completely overlooked the connection between the castle and the drawbridge post sets

[@andreafranzen7088]

The 697 Idea Book, released in 1997, features building instructions for a Royal Knights fort. It's in a kind of 2D style and uses a skeleton as decoration. I really like that "set" and how it somehow resembles real medieval art.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Yeah it’s a pretty cool build!

[@jmstudios8920]

Yes, the king himself is here!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

The one and only!

[@romanhimmelhan8741]

I gave Richard's torso black arms, dark grey gloves, a black waist and dark grey legs. Added an old dark grey helmet and it became a cool looking lineman. Just like a new faction.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Nice!

[@Jerry_Best_Boi]

I honestly love this faction, they've always been my top 3 favorite along with the Crown and Black falcon factions!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s awesome!

[@joaquimvilargunter7994]

On of the best castles Lego ever released. And the faction was so cool. The only flaw was that mounted knights didn't have any armor, as we were used to see for Black Knights, Crusaders, etc.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I do agree about the armor. It would have been nice if they had added some!

[@natef15]

My favorite castle and... my only castle. Excellent video!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brenlc1412]

1:43 And one sheriff

[@BrickingUpBrad]

True

[@EpicoNubletto]

And the rebel technician in the original X Wing. Widely used face 😂

[@elipetrou9308]

Their castle is really underrated, it’s a really impressive and grounded design even if some lego liberties were obviously taken

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Oh 100 percent!

[@fulcan3rd]

That's interesting, I always imagined Majisto was on the side of good and always have him helping the Lion knights, especially vs the fright knights.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Maybe he changed his ways later but at first he was against the royal knights

[@kunu1990]

This was the era I grew up in, while definitely not as good as the themes before but there is some great sets, namely the Castle, it's one of the best from the classic era.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

The castle is really solid! Owning it definitely gives me a great appreciation for it!

[@kunu1990]

@BrickingUpBrad good deal, glad to hear that. I've been keeping an eye out for that one or the 1st knights kingdom one if I can find either for s solid price

[@jesus_84_]

Nice talk, as always!!!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@EpicoNubletto]

Great work!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@anangryhessian]

We definitely need a tavern talk about the lego chess video game

[@BrickingUpBrad]

How about a Tavern Talk about old Lego games? Something like “The Golden Era of Lego Games”? Because that sounds like a lot of fun to make!

[@FrozZzenFury]

It bothered me(for some reason) getting multiple kings, so used my extra crowns and king torsos, with swapped arms/legs, to create a royal family.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I can see how it would suck to get the same figure over again. But I feel like he has some great parts to make more knights!

[@mikepalmer392]

First baught of the king with his trusty stead I've baught the set probably 4 times but wish I could have gotten more to build up a small garrison of spearmen the boat wuld be perfect

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s awesome!

[@MikeyJProductions]

Great video Brad 👍👍

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@StudframeAnimations]

Really cool faction! The castle is amazing.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Yeah the castle is sick!

[@skithunter8990]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lordsjaak]

i do like the ghost because it was glow in the dark version and so fun to play

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Oh yeah the ghost has always been really cool because of that!

[@highlightboy23]

You inspired me to buy this set and now I got it assembled. Only if I can send you a photo here but KZbin can't.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That’s awesome!

[@Durahan82]

The Lions knights became Royal after claiming the Throne , while the Black knights were too busy fighting the Dragon Masters and the Wolf packs.

[@MurderousMuirdris61]

in skeleton surprise the goblet I think is knockoff because there is a ring at the bottom where lego never had that, might want to check for ID and lego logo

[@jaythealchemist]

i love the intro!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Thank you!

[@turtlefinland]

BELOW is short a VIDEO about the COMIC book!

[@robonaught]

So German localisation for Knights Kingdom 1 they had King Leo called King Richard. So I guess in Germany King Leo and his Lions faction are supposed to be King Richard and the Royal Knights but when he's older and having a slight change in coat of arms. Though I think there probably is family relation between King Leo and King Richard. Like they could be brothers or cousins who went their separate ways off to rule their own kingdoms or King Richard could be Leo's father (this would explain Princess Storm's red hair).

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I could see that but I think they are different people

[@robonaught]

@@BrickingUpBrad That's what I mean I think its more likely they might be brothers or cousins or King Richard is Leo's father.

[@TheDoughboy1917]

Royal Knights are my second favorite behind the Crownies! I don't know what it is, maybe I just like sticking up for the thing that's commonly disliked. I don't mind there being an unambiguously "good guy" faction in Castle themes!

[@MultiverseOfBrickness]

Thank you for Information greetibgs from Multiverse

[@eldoradopirates]

The Royal Knights don't deserve the hate they get online. The 6090 castle is great and criminally underrated. It's my oldest son's current favorite set.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Oh 100 percent. Just like KK1, 2013 castle and fright knights they are way over hated!

[@arno_nuehm_1]

My brother, my captain....my king.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Here here!

[@DUNDOM5]

Royal and Fright knights are best Lego castle factions imo. They get undeserved hate in castle community.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I can understand why people hate on them. But I do agree they get more hate than they should! Especially fright knights! I may be biased but basil the bat lord is top five original Lego characters!

[@CastleManiaX7]

Hell yeah! Comment then watch, excited for this one

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Let’s go! Hope you enjoy it!

[@wanderer953]

Don't know why but when I see the king with blue legs I can't help but see it as him wearing blue jeans.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

😂😂😂

[@szops9285]

0:15 what is a music in intro

[@octav1600]

HAHA ! even more proof for my theory that the lion knights and black knights intermarried (there is a wedding and a feast as alternate models to the black knights vs Lion Knights joust set)! The proof is in the scale mail torsos! and because the lion knights were the dominant / maybe richer faction, they took most of the lion design, but kept stuff like this in - and most importantly, the colors - blue and red with black. The fact that they use the Black Monarch's ghost is even more reason to believe that the black knights married into the lion knights and made a special royal house with their combined resources and manpower. That's what usually happened in real life as well after a war, or 2 - especially when one faction was getting desperate because their "monarch" died - and now have to find a replacement mid war with invading dragon masters - it tool a while, but they married, and consolidated power, and won against the dragons, just to get mind controlled and bamboozled by Wila the witch later on as antagonists for the Frightknights. Regarding the sets, I always loved the drawbridge (and I am sure I saw it somewhere, in one of the old old LEGO booklets. connected to the side entrance of the huge castle. On the big castle, the more I see it, the more I start to love it. I never liked this faction much (mostly due to the ugly lion head htat didn't seem to fit the rest of the heraldry) but the castle itself is a really good castle, not as iconic as dungeon master's castle, but I daresay equally well built. Also I love those corner machiculation prebuilt huge pieces from the Dactaca set. I really wish there was a good way to recreate those in a more detailed way. Alas, I've been trying, and failing - for now. The king's barding would have been so much better without the lion head, and just the red and white with dots part.

[@jmstudios8920]

And it would be cool if you made your intro in real LEGO stop motion!!

[@BrickingUpBrad]

That would be awesome but it will probably never happen lol!

[@alexgeorge501]

Will you be covering the Lions and Bulls in the next video of this series?

[@BrickingUpBrad]

Probably not for a bit. I want to get those sets and figures first. I will be doing fright knights next. But I don’t know when that will be.

[@robonaught]

@@BrickingUpBrad Can't wait when you get to Fright Knights and Knights Kingdom 1. Especially with KK1 and all the tiny bits of lore explained in Creator KK's manual and the story book Medieval Mischief & Mayhem.

[@Goldenbane]

I never collected any of the Royal Knight sets besides the king. I thought they were ugly and too wide open-looking. The Fright Knights had a similar problem. The sets that came before, and after were much better.

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I would disagree. I think all eras had there issues. Personally the era of dragon masters to fright knights had a lot going for it and I don’t think it makes it worse then other eras of Lego castle.

[@dantefajfer9529]

My faction 🦁 My castle 🏰

[@BrickingUpBrad]

😂

[@turtlefinland]

Hello, Is it possible that you will read a COMIC BOOK? 16 pages... (Lego City magazine issue 75). It is about CITY/Space (2024). Lot of lore, characters, aliens, world. It would be interesting to hear your opinion. Also in new issue 81. is Space related. This SPACE subtheme is continuing 2025!

[@BlackFalcon-ov8cn]

Hello Lego friend, did you know that Lego pieces from the 80s can contain toxic substances cadmium?

[@mattacus-g6g]

Is frostholm dead :(

[@BrickingUpBrad]

I plan on doing one more video on it but have had many other videos I want to do first!

[@caninecurry5823]

Denmark? Really?.. I guess it's just a coincidence how closely the lion knights, crusaders, royal knights coincide with English history. Nah, definitely quiet old Denmark, that didn't do a single thing worth talking about during the medieval period. Lmao