Grab your sword, it’s time to reclaim the abandoned village from the zombies! Battle the zombie villager at the blast furnace, seize the zombie farm and capture the abandoned house. Now you can rebuild the village in your own awesome style! Clear the cobwebs, combine the different buildings, and add furniture and tools for work. Finally, build a campfire – and plan your next adventure!

A beautiful archway joins the gatehouse and the bailey, with a vine stretching around the arch. While simple, the projecting 4x4 curved tiles and 1x4 bows look wonderful and both shades of grey are cleverly combined. Careful use of wedge plates on the floor is also significant, closing potential gaps where the two halves of 10305 Lion Knights' Castle unite. Many other beloved lines were also showcased and had some exciting new updates of their own. During the show, new LEGO Art Floral Art sets and LEGO DOTS Stitch-on and Adhesive Patches were revealed and from Games we heard about LEGO Brawls, which will soon be landing on your preferred gaming platform.Fortunately, the other minifigures seem very confident and I am particularly delighted with the bearded knight's laughing expression. Despite these soldiers all sharing the same torso, their differing helmets, armour and other equipment provide ample options to differentiate between these nine generic Lion Knights. Moreover, LEGO® MINDSTORMS® revealed Machine Learning: a new extension in the Robot Inventor app, which uses the camera or microphone on your device to identify different images or sounds such as voice commands. Fans of LEGO® Marvel™, meanwhile, were treated to a first-look at a new Doctor Strange set showcasing the Sanctum Sanctorum as featured in a number of films, giving them a chance to open up their very own multiverses. LEGO Minecraft® builders were spoilt with two brand new sets to add to their collection: LEGO Minecraft The Abandoned Village and LEGO Minecraft The Skeleton Dungeon. Celebrating LEGO’s 90th anniversary, a fan vote saw resounding demand for all things Castle, and LEGO well and truly delivered one of the best castles of all time. I love the inclusion of all the various shields, even from that seventies Yellow castle set, which I never had, and only knew from photos. All the different coat of arms on the shields always intrigued me as a kid.

Beneath her bedroom is a banquet hall, with a large dining, and most importantly, printed shields on display. If these sigils and logos look familiar, you might recognise them from 375 Castle, which is a lovely nod to the heritage of LEGO Castle. And on the towers, fly flags bearing the Lion Knights sigil. So glad to see these make a return too. Ladders and staircases are strategically placed throughout the model, including one to access the guard tower beside the Queen's bedroom. However, the bigger bell tower is not accessible and nor are the ramparts above the gatehouse. A comprehensive network of steps and ladders would be ideal, but omitting those leaves room for internal features, such as the pearl gold bell outside the bedroom door. The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author. Box and Contents The double-sided head displays two smiling expressions and an alternative hair component is provided, originating from 7079 Drawbridge Defence. Also, removing the breastplate reveals a unique torso underneath, with metallic gold designs distinguishing the Queen from her soldiers. Her attractive sword and shield are distinctive too, appropriately.I'm not going to reiterate the discussion that got out of hand. Suffice to say, 1) our toys need not adhere to historical (deeply problematic) standards, 2) such standards are very unlikely to adhere to any strict standard of science, but are based on a male-white-centric fantasy. At one point, you’re asked to lay down a whopping 42 1 x 1 tiles, with only a single diagram for reference And then there’s the impressive collection of shields that come in this set. Do you recognise them all? Detaching the stall reveals a trapdoor underneath, providing another method of surreptitious access for minifigures. Also, viewing the bailey from this angle reveals a wooden staircase to reach the wall, with a platform on top. The staircase is cleverly assembled to avoid obstructing the arrow loop in the tower, so minifigures could fire arrows from two levels.