So when I walked into the toyshop last Saturday I was crossing my fingers!! I was lucky the new knights were in, I couldn’t resist and got the 4873. I am planning to use the Falcon Coat of Arms for the biggest (human) city in the Nentir Vale, so yeah I just had to get some!
While looking at the back of the Falcon castle box I think it looks like the castle is done in pieces. This could mean that it might be suitable for customizing. Has anyone already bought and assembled a castle…I really want to know. But I am optimistic at the moment.
On to the review of 4873, here is the box front:
I really like the scene; the mountains in the back, the lake, the dark forest and the moon really give it an ominous feeling, which suits these knights very well.
Here is a picture of the box back:
For some reason I always find it annoying when they have one of the weapons in the hand of a klicky. Either showcase them all separately or put them all in the klickies hands but this half/half business annoys me. Other than that it is a fair representation of what’s inside
Lets open this thing up!
Inside we find: two bags, instructions and a new booklet with the castle on the cover. Let’s not suffocate them.
Here we see all the separate pieces. I have an extra one of those annoying sword holder thingies. Lets take a closer look what’s in the set:
It features a Grey/Black horse. I really like this colour combination. It’s going to be covered anyway so the horse cannot be ALL black and this still has that dark edge! The horsecoat is great as it features the new crest and I am very impressed with the heraldry on the new sets! The head cover is all black which is great so it can be used with
4841. And there is also a saddle in leather brown which makes it very realistic.
The shields are very nice and I like that there are already four different designs available at this point. Great for custom armies I say!!! I am not very impressed with the new wide open helmet for some reason it just doesn’t to it for me. The closed helmet included in this set is on I really like and I will want a ton of these for various custom jobs. The arm greaves are also of new design (AFAIK) and the shoulder spikes are a very nice detail.
The klickies themselves are really nice IMO. The squire has the falconhead on his torso and has nice dark grey armoured arms. These have only been available in two sets so far. One of which is the take a long shield/sword set. So having him in such a useful set is really great! He also has a dark chainmail collar which is also very useful IMO.The Knight is really a very generic black knight, on the one hand this is great on the other hand I think it would have been nice to get some sort of printing on him. His plate armour is the same as the 3315 famous knight as are his legs. However there is no printing on the black part so these ones are much more suitable for customizing. These legs only have been in that same take along shield/sword set so it’s great to have easier access to them. What I don’t like about the knight figure is the fact that his torse is dark grey instead of black because that way the torso and legs don’t blend as well. Overall I think he’s a great klicky with lots of useful parts! Both klickies have a belt for the clip on sword holders, I like the other ones better but have had much trouble with them falling of yet.
The weapons are also great: Two great swords, a double axe and a big axe, all in dark grey. I know “someone” was waiting for these swords.
Here is a picture of them fully dressed and ready for action!
I really like this set a lot and I am sure this will not be the only one I buy!
Thanks for reading!
