Customer Reviews for LEGO - Creator 3 in 1 Medieval Horse Knight Castle 31168
Customer Rating
4
Looks good but not without flaws
on October 7, 2026
Posted by: luke
This set has a lot going for it. There are plenty of minifigures, an awesome part selection in case you just want to build your own fort and the design of the castle is extremely good. I especially prefer this castle shape over the previous one as the asymmetrical design of the perimeter is very nice to look at. However this set is held back greatly by 3 things. The connection points, I have found are hard to move without the walls disconnecting easily. This is annoying but not as frustrating as the lack of room within the castle walls. I don't mean the interior rooms, those are actually quite spacious and I am very pleased with the rooms. Instead what I mean is that the castle is bunched up so tightly together that there isn't much room for you hands to move around the courtyard. Finally I wish that they had included masonry bricks like they did with the previous castle. Masonry bricks are just plain awesome and they add the perfect wood or brick detail. I just find it strange that the 2025 Haunted Mansion gets to have masonry bricks but not a full-blown castle set.
Positives Medieval 3-in-1 Creator Castle Decent minifigs Good selection of parts The main build looks good. I haven't done the other two yet.
Negatives Set falls apart easily Brick built horses and animals Somewhat expensive
The Medieval Castle 3-in-1 creator sets are my favorite. They provide a lot of flexibility in builds and there is a lot of community support on rebrickable for even more build options.
Liked the castle build itself, the alternate builds are nice. Hated the brick built horses, just give us horses with saddles or barding. If more than one faction is going to be in the set give us more than one figure for additional play. My grandkids love to play with this set.
This is very close to being an excellent set in its own right, but it's held back by some flaws that shouldn't have made it to production.
The brick-built horses are a swing and a miss; they should have used real ones instead and saved a couple hundred pieces. Brick-built animals really tend to not be very good, and these are no exception.
They need to stop using this awful clip connection system for subsections of a build. It's always really flimsy and weak. Just go back to using the old technic brick and pin system from the 1980s; it is much more robust.
There's a nice selection of minifigures, but they are very light on accessories and equipment. It wouldn't hurt to toss in a couple extra shields and some weaponry.
It's a very nice set, but it could very easily have been a great set. It's also more expensive than it really ought to be; comparisons with the previous 3-in-1 castle are not going to terribly flattering even accounting for inflation.
Lego did a nice job of designing a set that emphasizes playability without feeling 2D. My son really likes the great hall and main tower, and enjoys the functionality of the drawbridge.