which castle type is best?

[cowabounga]

Hey Linda!
Steck.
Arnaud.

[PrimusPilus]

And what about Red Eagle Keep (#4866)? Is it Steck or System-X?
And can you add walls and other parts with System-X like you can do with Steck?

[Lindama]

Hi Luciano. The eagle keep is system X, however I believe it is a new style. You can modify system x. Some fabulous customs have been created using system X, but as you can see, there are advocates for both (with steck lovers being dominant!).

Steck is not easy to come by in my neck of the woods, so it will have to be a slow process. There was a seller on ebay.au recently who was selling a 3666 for $350au - a bit out of my budget. I do live in hope of gathering pieces over time.

[Giorginetto]

Then I really envy your lack of problems, as I've had quite different experiences, unfortunately. 

I have had too but i carefully select the best of steck joints for large constructions. With the passgae of time i have found that really old ' original' steck can become a bit loose on the 3 way connectors , even angle connectors sometimes and also that the first type of steck fortifications can have problems klicking into place. Mind you out of perhaps 100 old type fortifications i have only about 2 have this problems and out of quite a few hundred of connectors about 3-4 i think. Not a significant number though. To be more presice on your valid concern i builf steck in such a way so that  torsional rigidity ensures solid desings ie max number of internal walls....

[PrimusPilus]

Hi Luciano. The eagle keep is system X, however I believe it is a new style. You can modify system x. Some fabulous customs have been created using system X, but as you can see, there are advocates for both (with steck lovers being dominant!).

Steck is not easy to come by in my neck of the woods, so it will have to be a slow process. There was a seller on ebay.au recently who was selling a 3666 for $350au - a bit out of my budget. I do live in hope of gathering pieces over time.

Thanks Linda!
For me it's also easy to get the newer System-X then Steck. Well, I can get Steck if I don't mind paying a LOT, so Sys-X makes much more sense to me. If I ever get into castles, I definitively will not try to make a huge fortress, but it's nice to know that I can build on and expand a simpler set like Eagle's Keep.