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The Galaxy Explorer seems like the unexpected star of the show. Did someone say it was $100? that is an awesome price.
For the castle, it does look very bland. I can't believe they didn't use any modified bricks with studs on the side with some dark grey tiles or something, that would break up the flat facades so much and give color and texture differences.
They use the profile bricks but it's just not enough to break it up. Like the tidbits of bricked corners on modulars or something, they could have done anything at all to help break up the flatness.
I gotta say though, I was not expecting new horse barding. Those are really cool and I haven't seen anyone talking about them, those are going to be worth a lot.
Also happy to see the pointed knight visor helmets again, and the cloth flags + cape. I really just want the flags and bardings, but those will probably cost so much it'd be easier / more fun to buy the set rather than everything on aftermarket.
Pick a brick sucks now so no way they'll put them on there to buy directly.
The castle is so close to being a home run but the boringness of flat grey walls + the price makes it a hard buy. I really want those horse bardings.
Galaxy explorer is a slam dunk though, easy purchase for me. I'll probably wind up getting the castle eventually, and while I build it, I'll have a stack of dark bluish grey tiles to add some brick detailing.
I think even the white on the tudor portion is a very boring color choice. They did yellow on the creator castle, but red or blue would have given a lot more life, though I wouldn't have minded yellow again.