Becoming an AFOL, I knew nothing of post-Classic castle sets. My Seventies yellow Castle was bought and built, but I wanted more. I then discovered the greatest Lego set ever released.

It was pricey to get hold of once retired, but it was worth every penny. Again, hinged buildings hark back to the yellow castle, but here the result is much, much better. Closed, we have the much-desired complete building (no open backs here). Open, we have a considerable length of medieval street-front.

Everything about this set shines, but the focus should rightly remain on the two buildings. There is delightful contrast between the grey and earth tones of the industrial mill and the gorgeous dusty blue of the posher tavern. The windows in both buildings are simply beautiful, and the differences again add to the interest of the whole scene - the roofs run in different directions, and the external staircase of the tavern bridges the external to the internal.

As for the interiors... This was my first experience of what have become very common furniture builds, and I am still knocked out by them. The patchwork quilt and sideboard are delightful, as is the anvil. They bring joy through their economy of pieces, and through lack of specialist piece use. I love them.

Together with the Mill Village Raid, this creates the perfect town and country combination for your medieval Lego world. I can't stress enough how fabulous the Medieval Market Village is.

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The Medieval Market Village (10193) is a LEGO Castle set which came out in 2007. It comes with 8 minifigs and 1601 pieces. This set does include a few decals and there're no mistakes in the instructions and no missing pieces.


Minifigures:

Knight 1: The first knight comes with a very basic blue uniform with grey pants, grey arms and a grey helmet. He has a double-printed face. On the one side, he's happy and on the other one, he's scared. The knight also comes with a spear.

Knight 2: The second knight comes with the same uniform as the other knight except the face is different. He has a basic LEGO City face and he has a nice flag.

Boy 1: The first boy comes with a chicken, a glass, a blond Harry Potter hair a smiley face and a double-printed torso which has a nice medieval look, and he also has got dark grey pants.

Boy 2: The second boy comes with the same torso as the other boy, but his legs are smaller and don't move. He is smiling and has long blond hair.

Old man: The old man comes with a brown hood, a stick, brown pants, brown arms, a dark grey belt and a brown backpack. On his face is a grey beard, and he has the same torso as the two boys.

Blacksmith: The blacksmith comes with a brown hood, yellow arms, black hands, black pants, a double-printed torso, a beard and a silver crystal which we've seen in the LEGO Power Miners and LEGO Rock Raiders theme a lot.

Woman 1: The first woman comes with a tan torso which has some cool markings on it, white arms, a brown dress, brown hair and a double-printed face. On the one side, she's happy and on the other side, she's scared.

Woman 2: The second woman comes with a black dress, a double-printed torso, yellow arms, black hair, and a double-printed face. She also got a happy and a scared face. This minifig is also my favourite minifig in this set.

Medieval Market Village:

The medieval market village is one of my favourite sets I've owned, and it's also a nice addition to your LEGO City. It comes with a treasure chest which has some gold in it, a weapons cache, 2 cows which appeared in this set for the first time, 3 birds, a rat, a white horse with a waggon which is full of hay, 3 buckets (one with flowers, one with apples and the other one has fish) and a sign. The market stand is also very nicely done and very sturdy. The tree is very detailed, but the leaves are going to fall off very easily. I used to fix it with the extra studs which comes with this set. There're enough of them to fix it a little bit.

This set also has two buildings which can be opened. The tan building is the one for the blacksmith. The water mill turns a full 360° and if you turn it the hammer on the inside of this building moves up and down. There's also a nice fireplace in that building and a nice horse stable with two gates which open and which has a bucket with a carrot. The windows on the next level are open and on the inside you can see a table, a chimney with a fireplace, 2 pictures and a stool. The top of the table can be opened, and you can hide some gold inside the table, which is a nice play feature.

The last building is the pub, which has a door which does open. On the outside, you can see a big sign with a crown and there's also a stairway to the blue building. The pub has a nice table on the inside which has some chalices, and you can see a beer barrel. On the second level, you can see a very detailed bedroom with an awesome bed, a stool and a table with some make-up bottles.

All in all, it's an awesome set, and it was a real challenge to build the building. This set is a MUST-HAVE, and I'm sure that the LEGO Indiana Jones set 'Ambush in Cairo' might fit in this scene too.

Positive:

Great pieces which you can use for brickfilms or MOC's
Minifigs
Nice addition to your LEGO City
Comes with rare pieces
Gold coins
Lot's of play features


Negative:

Leaves of the tree fall off easily
It has a few stickers

All in all, this set is a great model and I would highly recommend you to get this. You can find this set on eBay and BrickLink for sure. Here is the link where you can check out the full gallery I made for this set on my website:www.klokriecher.de

Videos I made of this set:

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Review

Speed Build

I came out of my dark ages early in 2013, and I have to admit that while Lego has a lot more themes available then in my collecting hayday in the 80's, I wasn't very impressed with what they offered. Although I didn't have many Castle sets as a kid, I liked the theme a lot. I had the 6085 Black Monarch's Castle, 6066 Forestmen Camouflaged Hideout, and a few smaller sets. I wanted more, but my family could only afford so much Lego and Space was my #1 theme. The current Castle theme was the "fantasy era" which for some reason didn't impress me. I love my fantasy, but in my mind Castle Lego is all about the knights, historically accurate looking castles (by Lego standards, anyway), and maybe a very few fantasy elements for flavor (like Black Monarch's Ghost). The stuff I was seeing was a bit over the top. Then I saw a review of the Medieval Market Village online and I knew I had to have it, it was unlike anything I've seen come out of Lego. Unfortunately, the set was retired by this point, but I managed to find one online pretty close to retail so I grabbed it. Enough with my personal history, let's get to the set.

Firstly, my favorite part of this set is the fact that it's all about the civilians! Out of the 8 minifigures only 2 soldiers are included, and it looks like they're just in town collecting taxes and keeping the peace. The rest of the figures are civilians. There's an old beggar with a walking stick, a peasant woman with her two children selling vegetables, a blacksmith, and a tavern wench in a green dress (she's probably meant to the a working class tavern owner, but she's a wench in my town!) You also get a bunch of animals. Two brown cows, a horse (glad to see the design is the same after all these years), and brick built birds: a chicken, rooster, and duck. These birds are cleverly designed and look great.

The two buildings are architecturally distinct. The blacksmith shop has a plainer, more utilitarian look, while the tan and blue inn looks more ornate. It has a working hammer that is connected to the water wheel on the outside of the building. The stables are next to the shop, and has two stalls for horses. The 2nd floor includes the living space for the blacksmith. It has a neat looking wood-burning stove and some pictures hanging on the wall. There's also a table on a barrel, with a gold coin hidden inside. Hope the tax collectors outside don't find out!

The tavern has a bar with golden cups and a barrel of ale on the first floor, and a bedroom on the 2nd complete with a quilt over the bed, and a perfume bottle and hairbrush on the dresser. This could be the tavern owner's personal quarters, or a room at the inn that travelers can rent.

The little extras fill out the scene nicely. I've noticed that some larger Lego sets are simply a bunch of smaller builds that make up a scene. Here, the two buildings are the star of the show, while the extras provide some extra details. The little market stall has a nice colorful canopy that really brightens the set up. You get baskets filled with apples, fish, and flowers for sale. A small table is provided for feasting, and comes with a bowl of bread, some cheese, and a turkey. The small horse cart is simple, but still very nice. It comes with a few bales of hay to carry, but you can also transport full kegs of ale to the inn. The last bit is a small weapons rack, with a few spears and a halberd. I ended up putting this near my blacksmith shop as he's probably the one forging all of these weapons.

The build was very enjoyable, I took two evenings to finish it. None of it feels repetitive, and the two buildings are different enough to feel distinct from each other. The only problem I had was the 2nd floor of the blue inn/tavern building. It was a little unstable until I got the 2nd floor and roof attached. I ended up sorting the bricks into 3 bins, one for the very tiny pieces, one for small-medium pieces, and a 3rd for the larger pieces. This seemed to work well enough, I don't see how further sorting would have made the build go any faster. I never had a problem finding pieces.

If I had to criticize the set, it would be for the fact that I wish they wouldn't have put tiles on all the flat surfaces. I know they look nicer, but without studs, items such as food and perfume bottles tend to fall off if jostled slightly. I might replace these surfaces with studded plates so that the food doesn't go flying whenever someone touches the buildings. Also, I think a few more minifigures and another market stall would have added more to the outdoor market aspect to this set.

Overall, this is a great set and I wouldn't hesitate to pick this up. I think kids and AFOL's alike will enjoy this. There is lots of playability here on it's own for the kids, even more so when you add other castle sets to it. However, the playability is limited to posing, crafting items with your little blacksmith, selling goods, and running an inn. If you're looking for a battle, it's not here. It makes a nice display piece for the adults. I added the Lego Kingdoms Mill Village Raid set to expand the village; these sets go great together. Although Medieval Market Village is a Castle set (from the fantasy era), I feel like the Kingdoms sets go better with it since they don't have the fantasy elements that Castle includes. Medieval Market Village also fits in nicely with older Castle sets. Black Monarch's Castle overlooks the village, while my forestmen attack the tax collectors bothering the peasants.

Medieval Market Village - buy it! You won't regret it!

This is my first review, so I don't really know how to make one. I am planning to review a lot more sets. I am just going to give you the pros and cons. After I had to wait a long time, I could finally buy one. I wanted this set a long time, but my parents didn't want me to buy it. Apparently, I am to old to play with LEGO's.

Pros:

- 8 minifigs: 2 soldiers, 1 blacksmith, 2 women, 2 young lads and 1 old traveller.

- 1601 pieces, that is much.

- lots of weapons: 1 axe, 3 spears, 2 knifes and 1 lance.

- 2 cool cows, a horse and a rat.

- awesome water mill.

- the tree.

- treasure chest with coins.

Cons:

there are none, except there should be more soldiers, but that is my opinion.

That was it fore this set. Be back soon with an other review.

Fabulous set, good build and great addition to any castle. wonderful and it comes with cows!

colours of the buildings are amazing, love the gold and the detail as always are fabulous. perfect minifigures.