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This is a subversion of the “black” part of their name, not Animal Motifs


* AnimalMotifs: The various heraldic creatures of the different factions. Wolves, lions, bulls, dragons, bats, you name it. A subversion were the Black Knights, who used a blue-colored wyvern in their coat of arms, despite their name.

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* AnimalMotifs: The various heraldic creatures of the different factions. Wolves, lions, bulls, dragons, bats, you name it. A subversion were the Black Knights, who used a blue-colored wyvern in their coat of arms, despite their name.
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* GreenAndMean: The 2010 Dragon Knights, the antagonist faction of ''Kingdoms'', had green as a secondary color alongside [[DarkIsEvil black]].
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* ChestInsignia: Sometimes, knights had their factional coat of arms printed on the center of their torsos.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Black Monarch’s Castle]]
The original Franchise/{{LEGO}} castle theme. Along with Toys/LEGOSpace and Toys/LEGOCity, this is one of the longest-running of all Toys/LEGOThemes.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Black Monarch’s Monarch's Castle]]
The original Franchise/{{LEGO}} castle theme. Along with Toys/LEGOSpace ''Toys/LEGOSpace'' and Toys/LEGOCity, ''Toys/LEGOCity'', this is one of the longest-running of all Toys/LEGOThemes.
LEGO themes.



It received a {{Spinoff}} in the early 2000s, titled [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom]], even though it had little to do with the original Knights' Kingdom subtheme. Another spinoff called ''Toys/NexoKnights'' began in 2016.

The Castle line has been out of circulation for a few years, with Franchise/HarryPotter being the main source of castle buildings, although the Lego Ideas 21325 Medieval Blacksmith and Lego Creator 31120 Medieval Castle have provided at least a small revival (with both sets having soldiers in Black Falcons heraldry).

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It received a {{Spinoff}} in the early 2000s, titled [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 ''[[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom]], Kingdom]]'', even though it had little to do with the original Knights' Kingdom ''Knights' Kingdom'' subtheme. Another spinoff called ''Toys/NexoKnights'' began in 2016.

The Castle line has been out of circulation for a few years, with Franchise/HarryPotter ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' being the main source of castle buildings, although the Lego Ideas ''LEGO Ideas'' 21325 Medieval Blacksmith and Lego Creator ''LEGO Creator'' 31120 Medieval Castle have provided at least a small revival (with both sets having soldiers in Black Falcons heraldry).



* ThirteenIsUnlucky: The story book Knights Kingdom Medieval Mischief and Mayhem reveals that Cedric the Bull is actually the 13th son of a king from a distant land. But when the king died the land was divided up to be ruled by the king's sons. However all parts of the land were taken before Cedric got his share leaving him with no land left to rule. Although we don't actually get a proper scene of when it happened it's easy to assume Cedric didn't take this very well at all.
* AdaptationalHeroism[=/=]AdaptationalVillainy: Basil the Bat Lord and the Fright Knights. In North America, Basil and the Fright Knights were ObviouslyEvil and worked for Willa the Witch. In Europe, [[DubNameChange Count Batlord]] and the Fright Knights were [[DarkIsNotEvil heroes]] who defended their kingdom from the evil WickedWitch (whose name varied from region to region, including Hubble Bubble, Izralda, and Hylia).

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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: The story book Knights ''Knights Kingdom Medieval Mischief and Mayhem Mayhem'' reveals that Cedric the Bull is actually the 13th son of a king from a distant land. But when the king died the land was divided up to be ruled by the king's sons. However all parts of the land were taken before Cedric got his share leaving him with no land left to rule. Although we don't actually get a proper scene of when it happened it's easy to assume Cedric didn't take this very well at all.
* AdaptationalHeroism[=/=]AdaptationalVillainy: Basil the Bat Lord and the Fright Knights. In North America, Basil and the Fright Knights were ObviouslyEvil and worked for Willa the Witch. AdaptationalHeroism:
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In Europe, [[DubNameChange Count Batlord]] Batlord and the Fright Knights were [[DarkIsNotEvil heroes]] who defended their kingdom from the evil WickedWitch (whose name varied from region to region, including Hubble Bubble, Izralda, and Hylia).Hylia).
** In most story materials from the ''Dragon Masters'' subtheme, Majisto was portrayed as the villain. Since then, he's more likely to be portrayed as a hero these days.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In North America, Basil the Bat Lord and the Fright Knights were ObviouslyEvil and worked for Willa the Witch.



* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: The 2007 ''Castle'' line features green-skinned humanoid monsters that are rivals of dwarves, with red eyes and prominent tusks on their lower jaws, and they are about the size of a human. Fans often refer to them as orcs and goblins. Officially, however, they're trolls.



** The Evil Dragon Wizard in the 2013 theme could be a visual reference to Willa, as both have quite similar color schemes.
* CaptainErsatz: While RobinHood himself [[PublicDomainCharacter appeared as the leader of the Forestmen]], the leader of the Dark Forest merry men was named Rob 'N' Hood instead.

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** The Evil Dragon Wizard in the 2013 theme could be a visual reference to Willa, as both have quite similar color schemes.
* CaptainErsatz: While RobinHood himself [[PublicDomainCharacter appeared as the leader of the Forestmen]], the leader of the Dark Forest merry men was named Rob 'N' N. Hood instead.



** Count Batlord and the Fright Knights, [[AdaptationalHeroism but only in the European version of the story]].

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** Count Batlord and the Fright Knights, Knights may look scary despite being the heroes, [[AdaptationalHeroism but only in the European version of the story]].



** The WizardClassic of the Dragon Masters is named Majisto in North America, Merlin in the United Kingdom, Cerlin in Germany, and Pokus in the Netherlands.



** The Bat Lord is named Basil in North America and Count Batlord in Europe.

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** The Bat Lord is named Basil in North America and America, Count Batlord in Europe.the United Kingdom, Count Bat in various European countries, Count Batluck in France, and Floris the Batknight in the Netherlands.



** Majisto the Wizard, Basil the Bat Lord, and even Cedric the Bull.

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** Majisto the Wizard, Basil the Bat Lord, and even Cedric the Bull.Bull are all known to ride dragons.



* TheEvilPrince: An interesting case with Cedric the Bull. He's not related to King Leo but instead the 13th son of a completely different king unrelated to Leo. Now while Cedric is after Leo's throne due to him being left with no land to rule back in his home kingdom he has no intention of killing Leo and his family, just banish them into exile. Also Cedric had no plot to try and overthrow one or all of his 12 other brothers he just left his homeland and traveled as a bandit until he came to Leo's kingdom.

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* TheEvilPrince: An interesting case with Cedric the Bull. He's not related to King Leo but instead the 13th son of a completely different king unrelated to Leo. Now while While Cedric is after Leo's throne due to him being left with no land to rule back in his home kingdom kingdom, he has no intention of killing Leo and his family, just banish them into exile. Also Cedric had no plot to try and overthrow one or all of his 12 other brothers brothers; he just left his homeland and traveled as a bandit until he came to Leo's kingdom.



* TheGoodKing: King Richard, King Leo, and King Revet. In fact, before ''WesternAnimation/LEGOTheAdventuresOfClutchPowers'' revealed his name, King Revet was only known as the "Good King" on the LEGO Castle website.

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* TheGoodKing: King Richard, King Leo, and King Revet.Revet are all portrayed as benevolent kings for the heroic factions. In fact, before ''WesternAnimation/LEGOTheAdventuresOfClutchPowers'' revealed his name, King Revet was only known as the "Good King" on the LEGO Castle website.



* LoveableRogue: The Forestmen. The Wolfpack were a more sinister bunch of outlaws.

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* LoveableRogue: The Forestmen. The Wolfpack were a more sinister bunch of outlaws.Forestmen are your typical dashing RobinHood-esque rogues that you want to root for.



* MarketBasedTitle:
** As was the case with many other early LEGO themes, many ''Castle'' sets had completely different names in different markets. For example, set 6082 was named "Fire Breathing Fortress" in North America and "Castle Carreg" in the United Kingdom.
** The ''Dragon Masters'' theme is known as ''Dragon Knights'' in Europe.



* PublicDomainCharacter: The leader of the Forestmen was RobinHood himself.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Fright Knights, the Bull Knights, Mallock the Malign's army, and the 2013 Dragon Knights all use this color scheme.

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* PublicDomainCharacter: PublicDomainCharacter:
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The leader of the Forestmen was RobinHood himself.
** In the United Kingdom, the Dragon Masters' WizardClassic is Merlin.
* RecycledTitle:
** The 2000 and 2004 subthemes are both titled ''Knights' Kingdom'' but share no story connections.
** The 2007 and 2013 subthemes are simply known as ''Castle''.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Fright Knights, the Bull Knights, Mallock the Malign's army, and the 2013 Dragon Knights all use this red and black color scheme.schemes to show that they're villainous.



* SiegeEngines: Featured as early as the second and third generation (''Crusaders'' and ''Black Falcons''), but Cedric the Bull from the Knights' Kingdom era took this up to eleven (to the point of it being his gang's hat). The Dragon Masters also had a large trebuchet-like catapult with ''[[RuleOfCool stylized dragon decorations]]''.
* {{Spinoff}}: First the Ninja theme (regarded as the main theme's Asian cousin), then ''[[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom 2]]''.
* WickedWitch: Willa the Witch from the Fright Knights line.
* WizardBeard: Introduced as a minifig accessory with Majisto in the Dragon Knights sets.

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* SiegeEngines: Featured as early as the second and third generation (''Crusaders'' and ''Black Falcons''), but Cedric the Bull from the Knights' Kingdom ''Knights' Kingdom'' era took this up to eleven (to the point of it being his gang's hat). The Dragon Masters ''Dragon Masters'' also had a large trebuchet-like catapult with ''[[RuleOfCool stylized dragon decorations]]''.
* {{Spinoff}}: First the Ninja theme (regarded as the main theme's Asian cousin), then ''[[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom 2]]''.
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* WickedWitch: Willa the Witch from the Fright Knights line.
''Fright Knights'' line is your archetypal evil witch, dressed in all black with a pointed hat, an ugly face with missing teeth (and, in ''Toys/LEGOTimeCruisers'' comics, a long pointed nose), and an evil cackle as she brews potions and rides a broomstick.
* WizardBeard: Introduced A long white beard was introduced as a minifig accessory with Majisto in the Dragon Knights sets.sets.
* WizardClassic: Majisto has a long white WizardBeard, a black cape, a blue pointed hat, and a magic wand in his hand, making him the archetypal wizard.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: The theme as a whole invokes this. But in particular King Leo and the crusaders.
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* SiegeEngines: Featured as early as the second and third generation (''Crusaders'' and ''Black Falcons''), but Cedric the Bull from the Knights' Kingdom era took this UpToEleven (to the point of it being his gang's hat). The Dragon Masters also had a large trebuchet-like catapult with ''[[RuleOfCool stylized dragon decorations]]''.

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* SiegeEngines: Featured as early as the second and third generation (''Crusaders'' and ''Black Falcons''), but Cedric the Bull from the Knights' Kingdom era took this UpToEleven up to eleven (to the point of it being his gang's hat). The Dragon Masters also had a large trebuchet-like catapult with ''[[RuleOfCool stylized dragon decorations]]''.

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* {{Spinoff}}: First the Ninja theme (regarded as the main theme's Asian cousin), then ''[[KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom 2]]''.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Cedric the Bull was the thirteenth son of a king in an unknown land, and ended up as the only one who didn’t get any land, as the other twelve got all the land before him when it was divided.

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* {{Spinoff}}: First the Ninja theme (regarded as the main theme's Asian cousin), then ''[[KnightsKingdom2 ''[[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom 2]]''.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Cedric the Bull was the thirteenth son of a king in an unknown land, and ended up as the only one who didn’t get any land, as the other twelve got all the land before him when it was divided.
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* NobleDemon: Cedric is surprisingly civil; with his only intention upon capturing King Leos' Castle and securing land for himself to rule over, he will choose to have King Leo, his family, and his Lion Knights sent into exile without any harm as opposed to imprisonment or execution.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Black Monarch’s Castle]]
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The Castle line has been out of circulation for a few years, with Franchise/HarryPotter being the main source of castle buildings, although the Lego Ideas 21325 Medieval Blacksmith and Lego Creator 31120 Medieval Castle have provided at least a small revival (with both sets having soldiers in Black Falcons heraldry).
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Cedric the Bull was the thirteenth son of a king in an unknown land, and ended up as the only one who didn’t get any land, as the other twelve got all the land before him when it was divided.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The ''Dragon Masters'' and ''Fright Knights'' lines.
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* ''Toys/NexoKnights'': A crazy sci-fi spinoff of the classic Castle, with six knights trying to stop the evil Jestro from attacking with his lava monster army.

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* ''Toys/NexoKnights'': A crazy sci-fi spinoff of the classic Castle, with six five knights trying to stop the evil Jestro from attacking with his lava monster army.armies.

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* BlackKnight: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Black Knights]], natch, who were characterized by the dark color schemes in both their uniforms and sets.

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* BlackKnight: BlackKnight:
** In the UK, the Black Knight was the leader of the Black Falcons faction (though his armour was [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red]] rather than wholly black).
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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Black Knights]], natch, who were characterized by the dark color schemes in both their uniforms and sets.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In 1980's [[https://brickset.com/sets/1592-1/Town-Square-Castle-Scene Town Square Castle Scene]] the castle and horse are in the original LEGOLAND castle style, but the men-at-arms are wearing the lion badges that wouldn't come to prominence until 1984.
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It received a {{Spinoff}} in the early 2000s, titled [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom]], even though it had little to do with the original Knights' Kingdom subtheme. Another spinoff called Toys/NexoKnights began in 2016.

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It received a {{Spinoff}} in the early 2000s, titled [[Toys/KnightsKingdom2 Knights' Kingdom]], even though it had little to do with the original Knights' Kingdom subtheme. Another spinoff called Toys/NexoKnights ''Toys/NexoKnights'' began in 2016.



* Toys/NexoKnights: A crazy sci-fi spinoff of the classic Castle, with six knights trying to stop the evil Jestro from attacking with his lava monster army.

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* Toys/NexoKnights: ''Toys/NexoKnights'': A crazy sci-fi spinoff of the classic Castle, with six knights trying to stop the evil Jestro from attacking with his lava monster army.
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* ''[[http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=lego/system/castle/crusaders Crusaders]]'' (1984-1992) - the first somewhat more specific theme that evolved from the original, the Crusaders were a heroic faction locked in battle against the Black Falcons; their heraldic figure was a lion

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* ''[[http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=lego/system/castle/crusaders Crusaders]]'' (1984-1992) - the first somewhat more specific theme that evolved from the original, the Crusaders were a heroic faction locked in battle against the Black Falcons; their heraldic figure was a lionlion.
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The original Franchise/{{LEGO}} castle theme. Along with Toys/LEGOSpace and Toys/LEGOCity, this is by far the longest-running of all Toys/LEGOThemes.

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The original Franchise/{{LEGO}} castle theme. Along with Toys/LEGOSpace and Toys/LEGOCity, this is by far one of the longest-running of all Toys/LEGOThemes.

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Alphabetical order ("Ye" is an article).


* YeGoodeOldeDays: Granted, this is MedievalEuropeanFantasy for kids, so despite some obligatory level of grittiness, don't expect any DarkerAndEdgier hyper-realistic portrayals of the Middle Ages.



* YeGoodeOldeDays: Granted, this is MedievalEuropeanFantasy for kids, so despite some obligatory level of grittiness, don't expect any DarkerAndEdgier hyper-realistic portrayals of the Middle Ages.
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* FeudalOverlord: The rebellious Cedric the Bull.
Uhhhhh no the guy is a bandit who lives in the forest surrounding Leo's castle and is constantly trying to take over Leo's throne but can never succeed, he doesn't rule over a small town or village with an iron fist. This might apply to the Lego Island 2 version of Cedric but NOT the original version of him.
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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/5/5d/nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour]]'' consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The chrome pieces themselves were sold separately in 4 sets.

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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/5/5d/nice ''[[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4esOHqqVYBM/T1n0-6-0tFI/AAAAAAAAArs/VBeRNIu7m58/s1600/nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour]]'' consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The chrome pieces themselves were sold separately in 4 sets.
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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The chrome pieces themselves were sold separately in 4 sets.

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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/5/5d/nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour armour]]'' consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The chrome pieces themselves were sold separately in 4 sets.
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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet.

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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The chrome pieces themselves were sold separately in 4 sets.
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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The 4 pieces themselves you had to

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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The 4 pieces themselves you had to
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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The 4 pieces themselves all came separately in 4 separate sets.

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* LightIsNotGood: Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The 4 pieces themselves all came separately in 4 separate sets. you had to
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* LightIsNotGood: ''Knights Kingdom 1'' had 4 sets which included a sliver chrome piece. A sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The idea was you collect all 4 pieces to put on one minifig. Guess who that minifig is? One of the heroic Lions like Richard the Strong or Sir John Of Mayne? Nope Cedric the Bull gets to wear the heroic looking shiny armour

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* LightIsNotGood: ''Knights Kingdom 1'' had 4 sets which included a sliver Cedric the Bull surprisingly gets some nice shiny silver heroic looking chrome piece. A armour consisting of a sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The idea was you collect all 4 pieces to put on one minifig. Guess who that minifig is? One of the heroic Lions like Richard the Strong or Sir John Of Mayne? Nope Cedric the Bull gets to wear the heroic looking shiny armour themselves all came separately in 4 separate sets.
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* LightIsNotGood: ''Knights Kingdom 1'' had 4 sets which included a sliver chrome piece. A sword, shield, breastplate and helmet. The idea was you collect all 4 pieces to put on one minifig. Guess who that minifig is? One of the heroic Lions like Richard the Strong or Sir John Of Mayne? Nope Cedric the Bull gets to wear the heroic looking shiny armour

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