Knights' Kingdom II

Knights' Kingdom II was a Castle subtheme. It was introduced in 2004 and its last new sets were released in 2006 and the theme was eventually superseded by LEGO Castle.

Content wise, it has no connection to the first Knights' Kingdom theme from 2000, other than the general medieval-like setting.

Details[]

This second Knight's Kingdom line from 2004 was a radical departure from any previous Castle themes. It featured several colorful knights (in red, green, purple and light blue) as main characters who were pitted against the evil knight Vladek. The conflict takes place in the fictional kingdom of Morcia.

Each knight had a special ability and a unique crest. A peculiarity of the series was the fact that the good side initially did not feature any grunts and consisted only of the four heroes and the king until 2006 when Sir Kentis lead a group of four unnamed knights against a small army of foes in 8813 Battle at the Pass. The bad guys minions, who were called Shadow Knights, were formerly knights of Morcia who were transformed by Vladek using the power of Book of Morcia. They reverted to their previous form after the defeat of Vladek, which led to the use of Rogue Knights as Vladek's new soldiers.

The normal LEGO System sets were accompanied by the release of canned action figure versions of these new characters in a style similar to BIONICLE. Most of the action figures (and some regular sets) came with special cards that could be used to play a battle game.

Knight's Kingdom II was all in all more action oriented and also introduced some new helmets, swords and shields.

Plastic Figures released in 2004 were Nestle promotions. The figures were like Minifigures because they had studs, and had 4 pieces. They also had stickers to put on the shield and body. They were almost twice as big as LEGO Minifigures.

Characters[]

Seven characters were introduced in 2004. They were featured as normal minifigures in the sets as well as canned action figures.

Jayko (initially called "the rookie", he became king in 2006): light blue armour, falcon/eagle crest
Danju (initially called "the wise veteran"): purple armour, wolf crest
Santis (initially called "the strong"): red armour, bear crest
Rascus (initially called "the joker"): green armour, monkey crest
King Mathias: golden armour, lion crest
Vladek: black armour, scorpion crest
Shadow Knights: black armour, scorpion crest
The Guardian

The only Shadow Knights released as canned action figures were Karzon and Dracus, but were released in 2006 to counter King Jayko. In the 2006 theme, there was a boxed King Jayko (with siege weapon) and Vladek (also with a siege weapon). In the 2005 theme, where the 4 knights are given magic-enhanced armour, the armour takes a different shape with a molded shape on the torso instead of bricks as part of the armour.

Six other knights were added in 2006.

Sir Kentis: green and silver armour, unicorn crest
Sir Adric: red and silver armour, bull crest
Valiant Knights gold and silver armour
Karzon: dark armour, snake crest
Dracus: dark armour, dragon crest
Rogue Knights: grey and bronze armour

Sets[]

Regular Sets[]

2004

8777 Vladek Encounter
8778 Border Ambush
8779 The Grand Tournament
8780 Citadel of Orlan
8781 Castle of Morcia
8799 Knights' Castle Wall
8800 Vladek's Siege Engine

2005

5994 Catapult
5998 Vladek
5999 Jayko
8801 Knights' Attack Barge
8802 Dark Fortress Landing
8873 Fireball Catapult
8874 Battle Wagon
8875 King's Siege Tower
8876 Scorpion Prison Cave
8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress

2006

8813 Battle at the Pass
8821 Rogue Knight Battleship
8822 Gargoyle Bridge
8823 Mistlands Tower
10176 King's Castle

Figure sets[]

Large figures[]

2004

2005

2006

8701 King Jayko
8702 Lord Vladek
8703 Sir Kentis
8704 Sir Adric
8705 Dracus
8706 Karzon

Plastic Figures[]

2005

4941 Rascus
4942 Shadow Knight
4943 Vladek
4944 Jayko
4945 Santis
4946 Danju