LEGO 10305 Lion Knights’ Castle’s “impossible” new feature

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There have been many LEGO castles over the years. Misty-eyed fans recall 6090 Royal Knight’s Castle, the yellow Castle from 1978, the many variants of King’s Castle and from 1992, the Black Knights Castle. Each will have provided countless hours of play for children (and, no doubt, more than a few adults) over the years, but it’s fair to say that in their design, playability always came first.

The new 10305 Lion Knights’ Castle, created to coincide with the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary celebrations this summer, is likely to join that pantheon of legendary Castle sets. In a recent interview with Brickset, the two designers that worked on it, Milan Madge and Mike Psiaki, talk about how they tried to combine playability with as much architectural detail as possible including the drawbridge, portcullis and dungeon. They also touched on the features that they weren’t able to include.