Castle: Medieval Market Village

The Medieval Market Village was part of the Castle series from a few years back, a theme which had a lot more fantasy elements than the usual Lego fare. This village set does not have any skeletons or trolls to worry about, but is a wonderful collection of civilian buildings and people otherwise going about their business. It is made up of two main buildings which are a blacksmith and a tavern, a tree, and a small market.

This set has a large number of pieces and the two buildings take quite a while to assemble. But as you can see from the finished work, they look wonderful.

The above pictures were taken during assembly. Since I only recently started collecting Lego, I did not realize that earlier sets did not have clearly numbered and sorted bags... so I suppose I shouldn't be so critical of Oxford eh? In any case, it was quite awkward and messy trying to get the pieces sorted for easy access.

And now, bask in the greatness that is the completed set!

Love that tree!

Lovely interiors!

Sharpen up your weapons at the smith!

Have a drink after a hard day of defending the realm.

This is certainly one of Lego's best sets ever. I really can't recommend it enough if you want to make a great castle town!