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6085 Black Monarch's Castle

Description: Released in 1988, containing 629 parts and 12 minifigs. Retail price was about $70 US dollars, today can be purchased MISB for a whopping 700 bucks, big time collectors item. This was one of the first of the larger castle sets, from the black knights series. Features include you standard castle stuff, drawbridge, armored minifigs, horses, and the castle can be opened up and closed. Considering it was released in 1988, the set sort of pales in comparision to some of the castle sets today, lacking the catapult, ballistae and other functions. Still it is worth far more than the newer sets being a diamond in the rough.

My take: Never had this set, looks like it could be entertaining. Not a whole lot of functions besides the drawbridge, but this forces you to use your own imagination more! One thing I always did like about classic castle sets was the minifig weaponry, axes, bows, swords and the other stuff like the horses covers. Until next week!