When I was a child, I collected Lego until my parents banned me from buying more at age 12. When I was 24 and had money I realised I was an adult and could buy what I liked with my money, so I started collecting Lego again. The first set I bought was the last 2 copies of a Ninja castle from Argos at 1/2 price each. This one:
6093-1: Flying Ninja Fortress
It didn't entirely meet my satisfaction (it was one of the best sets from that year), as I disliked that it had no baseplate, less than 12 figures (9, or 8 if you don't include the skeleton!), and only 1 horse (many castle sets had 4 horses). However, I was surprised when I realised that with 2 of the sets, the 3 main fortress sections in each set could be arranged to form a fully enclosed square fortress with 6 towers
I still feel it lacks the character of earlier castles or even the Fort Legoredo set, but overall it was a not bad set. The figures were not bad, and I much prefer it to the later "Ninjago" theme sets, which I don't like at all. I also liked that it has almost 700 pieces (huge for a set of it's time). It was a good investment too, as the set is now now worth over triple what I paid!
6093-1: Flying Ninja Fortress
It didn't entirely meet my satisfaction (it was one of the best sets from that year), as I disliked that it had no baseplate, less than 12 figures (9, or 8 if you don't include the skeleton!), and only 1 horse (many castle sets had 4 horses). However, I was surprised when I realised that with 2 of the sets, the 3 main fortress sections in each set could be arranged to form a fully enclosed square fortress with 6 towers
I still feel it lacks the character of earlier castles or even the Fort Legoredo set, but overall it was a not bad set. The figures were not bad, and I much prefer it to the later "Ninjago" theme sets, which I don't like at all. I also liked that it has almost 700 pieces (huge for a set of it's time). It was a good investment too, as the set is now now worth over triple what I paid!