Retro LEGO | All Western Sets Ranked!
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- LEGO Western came to us in 1996 with 9 brilliant sets. This theme was an absolute staple of my childhood and I'm so excited to talk about these sets with all of you.
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Lego Western, Pirates, Castle. So many great sets. I miss the days when LEGO was like this. It didn't matter if you got a small or big set your imagination would run wild.
Though I like the licensed sets, my heart is really always going to be with the non-licensed themes of the past. Nothing quite beats them!
@@keltondavisLEGO same here bro
I remember getting Sheriff's Lockup set in 1996. Actually, it was pretty funny/weird story. My parents bought it to me for my Birthday while we had pretty major financial problems at that time (fortunately, we came out of it several years later) - so getting such set for a Birthday was a pretty huge deal to me. Huge to the pretty weird extent - I remember bursting into cry-mode when I got this and locking myself in my room. Whole family was in shock and they initially thought that I didn't like the present. They tried talking to me, but all they heard was a loud cry. Before the birthday party was over, I was able to gather myself, went out of the room and explained to everyone that I don't think I deserve the present and that's the reason I've started crying. It was really overwhelming to me, getting something like that back then. I was very emotional kid at that time and I think this Sheriff's Lockup lego set was first "big" present I got for my Birthday up to this point. I was 7 years old so still a little, clueless guy.
Seems like you were a very mature 7 year old!
Man, I loved these themes as a 7 year old. Used to stare at the magazine and daydream for hours. Ended up getting a few of the sets and played with them endlessly.
Ditto, my friend! Magazine-staring was an honored pastime, especially when we couldn't afford the sets in real life.
These seem so cheap till you remember minimum wage was $4.75 in 1996. Makes me really appreciate my parents
Yeah. LEGO has always been, and will always be, pretty expensive.
The big difference is how much of what you made was expendable. Basic expenses were a LOT cheaper back then, too.
yup,I remember when my uncle bought me 5986 for like 90-100usd back in 1999 and both of my parents pulled my ear so bad 😅
these sets were big deal back then
This was the one theme that my parents gave me, bit by bit, completely. Spawned a love for western movies and games to this day. I can never be grateful enough for having this stuff, and most of it was never disassembled. Hope my future kids will like it as much!
I credit my obsession with all things Western to awesome LEGO theme.
I played mostly with bandits hideout. The opportunities to add lots of stuff when buying other sets not only from western or building new additional things inside the caves makes it even better. Once I used that piece that works with dynamite and made an imitation of explosions inside the mine. Man... That was fun
That’s a set I missed out on in childhood, but to be honest, I still have fun with it as an adult! 😆
I’m from 1989 and love it the most 😍
The perfect age to enjoy these! I’m a 1990er myself.
I'm 89 but I like the castle sets
@@GameyDave i enjoy them as well 🤓
the fort was the one christmas gift I wanted the most and didnt get. It did seem like my mom really tried though since she seemed sad she couldnt find it, so all is forgiven.
I know there were times it was tricky to find it anywhere. I know my Mom was really trying to set the expectation that I wouldn't get it. LOL.
Man this takes me back. I was 8 years old at the time living in Colorado, and there was so much "old west" in the culture where I lived. So to me, this isn't just a LEGO theme, it's a time capsule of a very happy time in my childhood.
The only one of these sets I had was Showdown Canyon, but I got SOOOO much play out of that set. The one I had came with an awesome cardboard playsetting, and it just sparked my imagination.
If you only get one, that’s a darn good one to get!
Oh, I'm so here for this! Great work!
SLUGGER! You’re literally the reason I started this channel. Keep inspiring us!
@@keltondavisLEGO That’s awesome! I’m proud to be subscriber #200! I look forward to seeing where you go with your channel. 😊
I was thinking your videos gave me a Slugger vibe. Then I heard the reference and saw sluggers comment. You got my subscription.
Ps. Loved the YeeHaa
You can never have enough dynamite tile pieces! 🧨
And if you collect Western, you’ll have a barrel full!
I still have the Fort to this day. Loved it when I was a kid!
Hold onto it! It’s a tough one to replace! 👍
So much nostalgia! I had some of them sets as a kiddo in 90's.
waaaait a minute - I''ve got all cheap ones... Well - still lot of fun back in the days.
Not a bad set in the bunch! So even the less costly ones are a lot of fun.
As a kid from 1987 I had three of these sets. I even sold my Sega to buy one, which I regretted afterwards.
I hope you don’t regret it now!
This was amazing, you're someone who deserves more subs and success with the editing, info, and audio. No mumbling, no random words or unneeded thoughts, just straight to the point!
Thank you! I’m glad to see this video is being received well. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!
These old Lego sets have a beautiful nostalgia to them. I rarely got Lego as a child as my parents didn't have much money, but it was always appreciated when I did. I look forward to introducing my nephew to LEgo when he's a little older.
Always fun to see new generations playing with this timeless medium!
that dynamite feature where you shove in the dynamite and "explode" the building is insane
90s play features are unmatched to this day!
Oh yes, I was six years old and loved these sets. Birthday, Christmas, and the money from delivering newspapers were all reserved for them.
I was six, too! The perfect age to enjoy these. What great memories.
Man...buying a lego set for $2....holy smokes I remember getting a little pharoh set for like $4 back in the day my parents bought it for me man that was legendary. xD!!!
Gotta love those tiny polybag sets! Made it accessible to everyone.
Had all of these. Loved the bandit hideout. Have many pieces still and most of the base plates. Now they’re my sons
I’d try to rebuild them! It might surprise you how much of them you still have.
@@keltondavisLEGO I know I have most of the minifig bodies too. Will try and see what I have left when put together. Always loved the bank horse wagon
I had rank 2 on this list and one of the smaller sets. Rank 2 was even my first Lego set ever, I think, when I was very little. I still know how excited I was to receive it and play with it. Yeah, without exaggerating, getting this set is an important moment of my childhood and maybe nothing makes me as nostalgic as those Lego pieces.
I think these sets hit at just the right time for a lot of us. Many childhoods were made great by this theme.
@@keltondavisLEGO Yes, definitely. I think we really grew up right at the golden age of Lego.
I remember this and CASTLE sets! I always wanted the green dragon. Hah I remember going to my friends house as a kid and playing with their Castle set! I was always enamored by the golden crown and swords! That was Lego for me. (The start of it at least!) So nostalgic!!
I believe it was the Fright Knights that were running concurrently with Western. Great theme!
I still have the covered wagon set. It was and still is awesome! So much fun.
I'm jealous! It's one of the few I didn't have as a kid and keep into adulthood.
I love the oldschool Lego sets. That's pure nostalgic. Please more. Greetings from Germany :)
This is still my favorite theme of all time! So much nostalgia. I love my German viewers!
“Now there are two of them” 😂😂 you and rr sluggard are goated
“This is getting out of hand!!” 😆 Though to be fair, I’ve got a long way to go to reach @RRSlugger level of GOATed. He’s the channel that got me into LEGO TH-cam in the first place!
@@keltondavisLEGO well your doing good man
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it!
It's always nice to have another comfy Lego channel to compliment RR's reviews of classic lego sets though!
I had the Legoredo, good memories!
Great memories for us all!
This is really well done! I enjoyed watching through the entire video and listening to what you had to say about each of the sets :)
Glad you enjoyed it! This is the first in a series, so I hope we revisit some more of your favorite retro themes.
The Sets of my childhood, thanks for making videos of them. very nice
Thank you! Many more to come!
This was such a pure video to watch. And I never even played with western as a kid
The joy of LEGO Western is contagious!
I wish this channel had more content, you do such a great job.
More coming every week! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video! Never knew much about the western theme(I was born in 97). Love legos like that though. Price, Playability & Looks A+!!
My favorite theme of all time! So glad I can share it with people who missed it.
I loved these sets and would love to have newer versions at some point.
From your keyboard to LEGO’s ears!
oh these old lego sets brings back such sweet memory's where has the time been i sadly dont have any of these but i hope to aqauire them some day i do how ever still have lots and lots of pirate and castle sets im a '82er btw :)
Pirates and Castle are both on my list to cover in future episodes. Stay tuned!
@@keltondavisLEGO I will I subbed ☺☺😊😊
I miss sets like these....they were so fun....:( !
I agree! ☝️
Love the same Sheriff Wyatt. (Wyatt Earp.) I could only imagine the number of kids recreating scenes from Tombstone with these sets.
Which is a movie I, of course, never saw as a kid 😉 😉 😉
Great video love the western theme once again my visits to the flea market paid off because I managed to get almost all the sets except the mini sets.
I even found 3 sheriff lock up but used the other two to make a saloon.
I even added my lone ranger sets with the rest of the collection
Where is this flea market? I wanna go!! LOL.
I have sets 8 and 7 and another set with a nativeamerican. (kp what exactly that was). I got them over 25 years ago from a British friend of my parents who used to live here in a western town in Germany.
Looking back and I know Lego is expensive, sometimes you would have wanted to build large forts and camps as well as bases for robbers/bandits and western heroes. Pity . 30 years too late.
Even with videos like this I realize that I actually liked the LEGO own brands, not like today where 80 or more% brands like Starwars Mercedes........ are there.
That actually gave Lego that touch of dreaminess, even if you knew that some game series and house brands were already based on existing brands (Operation Orient with Jonny Thunder was the Indian Jones blend).
Yes, Lego as a manufacturer of terminal building blocks is an endless topic of discussion anyway. with pros and cons.
If you ignore the prices and the partly not so good implementation ........... . Well, I had my Lego time, but today, if I had to play with clamping blocks again or have to build something, fortunately, thanks to the internet and online trading, I would buy everything from these 2 or 3 providers like cobi or bluebrixx. Lego IS, WAS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE EXPENSIVE.
94 vintage👍
Yep! LEGO being expensive is nothing new. And I agree that the licensed sets aren’t quite as charming as these, but they have their place. The 90s were my favorite era of LEGO by far!
I think I have all these sets, however some parts might have gotten lost, the building instructionals are gone for sure and they all are mixed with other sets in 2 huge chests. Probably will never be build again sadly.
You can find instructions for any past LEGO set on LEGO.com! I challenge you to build those sets again!
I never had these but I think my best friend had the large fort. It was always so cool at his house
Fort Legoredo was the dream of so many 90s children.
I can only dream that we get anything like a reboot of this set, even just an updated fort would be special
Have you seen the Lone Ranger sets? They’re about as close to a western reboot as we’ve seen. The movie wasn’t great, but the sets were!
Great video. Definitely worth a like and subscription. I eagerly look forward to more vintage countdowns!
Welcome! Lots of fun content coming your way!
My personal ranking would be something like this:
1- Fort Legoredo
2- Bandit's hideout
3- Sheriff's lock-up
4- Gold City Junction (3-4 are interchangeable)
5- Covered Wagon
6- Showdown Canyon
7- Bandit's Wheelgun
8- Sheriff's showdown
9- Frontier Patrol
It's very similar to your ranking :)
I completed my Lego Cowboys collection 2-3 years ago and I love it!
A very valid list! Thank you for sharing 😀
Old is gold
True! ❤️
I'm not gen z but the amount of brain rot I've consumed, I've gotta say it sheriff Wyatt, more like sheriff gyatt
Great video too, I love videos ranking sets
😂 I’m clearly old, ‘cause I had to look that up 😝
@@keltondavisLEGO 🤣, I love your videos man I've subscribed too, keep making awesome videos
If you think Gen Z is bad look at Gen Alpha. That's where the brainrot term originated from.
Oh boy, you said for the first set "not much to say about it" but there is a trumpet in the set. I've never seen one in my life. I even didn't know it exist.
Those bugle pieces are awesome!
I just wanted to say how concise and thoughtful this video is. It is very well done, and you speak with conviction and passion about this topic, which I can really appreciate. Subscribing.
Thank you so much! So many more retro rankings coming. I love this topic (perhaps too much. LOL)
I owned the second one on the list as a kid. The amount of hours I spent playing with that set... i don't remember ever getting tired of blowing the prison cell door with the stick of dynamite :) It was just genius.
It was honestly a contender for #1! Just flawless.
your generation definitely had the best lego i really enjoyed watching this I would have loved those sets i should have appreciated the themes like lego city police pirates and castle when i was younger
And I’m sure even younger generations will say the same thing about your generation’s LEGO. We love what we grow up with!
I recall of the Western Sets, I had Sheriff's Showdown and Weapons Wagon. Course the set I wanted to get was Sheriff's Lockup.
Great times!
I almost managed to get the entire set of buildings as a child, but my parents could never find the Gold City Junction set in stores for me. I spent hours looking at the pictures of it in the LEGO catalog, and just wishing I could get the 4th and final member of the bandits, Flatnose Curry.
Also, not sure if this was always the case, but my Showdown Canyon set came with a large, plastic moulded canyon.
Yep! Showdown Canyon came as both the set alone, and with special packaging that acted as the canyon.
I played hours and hours with my Legoredo, especially in the headquarter with the deck of cards
I’m learning even more how important this theme was to so many people. So great to hear your experiences!
Western was so good set, I had a few of them including the fort. It's a great shame they discontinued the set so quickly
The 90s were a rough time for LEGO. Lots of great themes that didn’t sell super well.
I managed to find Fort Legoredo in the back of a store in Munich, sometime in the early 2000s. It was 80-90 euros. I was just young enough to get some serious playtime from it lol. Still one of my fondest Lego memories 😄
Score!! I believe they did a re-release in 2002 along with Sheriff’s Lockup. Good time to grab it before the value shot up!
Holy smokes this was a good watch! Nice commentary, good editing and so many memories. THANK YOU! Not sure if you take suggestions, but the mideviel/castle series around the same time is def something to check out. GG
That's DEFINITELY something I want to make an episode on in the future! Thanks for watching and for your kind words. Stay tuned for more!
Great video! I had number 2 and 3 on your list and had hours upon hours of fun with them.
They’re some of the best LEGO has ever made!
The buildings have the charm of 90s sets, even if they stay basics. The minifig are great. But women miss a lot in this universe ! The tan baseplate with road is a banger. Great thing of this theme is the number of little boxes.
You’re absolutely right about the lack of women! LEGO is only just starting to approach more equity in that regard.
What would the women be doing though? As a kid I wanted soldiers to play fight with. Women can fight too technically, but its just not the same. And what other roles can they fill while playing with Lego? Not many. Let's face it, we didn't miss female legos back then, and we dont miss them today either.
Nice presentation of the sets, with the right tone and without the video being too short or too long.
Keep up the good work!
Looking forward to seeing your next video 😊
Thank you! Many more to come!
Absolutely excellent
Thank you! 🙏
Says the line "brimming with charming play features" while moving the three-barrel minigun LOL
Great presentation though, and I probably agree with the rankings. I'm too young to have gotten any of the sets new, but the perfect age to have bits and pieces of most sets since they were often found in bags at thrift stores or garage sales when I was collecting LEGO growing up. This theme holds some real nostalgia for me. Some surprisingly detailed printing for the time, and fun play features, those were the times :D
I literally laughed out loud at this. 😂 Haha! What can I say, I liked the guns as a kid 😆 😂
Nice and to-the-point format. Hope to see some aquazone soon :)
It's on the list!
My childhood!
My brother always made fun of any set that wasnt from before 1995, hated the painted horses, etc.
Made me feel scared to really embrace them as a kid. Never would have called them my favorite.
Now that I'm grown, i think it really may have been.
Sorry to hear that you weren’t able to fully embrace them as a kid, but so glad you can now! 😊
If i can I’ll try to get town buildings like lockup and the bank. I really want to build a Lego city and they look very well made. Also theoretically you could place them next to modern buildings and it’s like showing the passage of time figuratively and literally
Great idea! I’ve also seen some people use them as a Western-themed amusement park within a modern LEGO city.
I wish i was around when these sets were released they all look so good! And those prices are insanely cheap compared to modern lego, id love to buy so of these for myself but where am i gonna get that much money from!?
Here’s hoping that they’ll revitalize the theme in the future!
I hope!
wow! thanks for this story about western sets!
It was so much fun to make! Thanks for watching.
keep up the amazing content !!!!
Thank you! More coming your way!
Great video! I just subscribed! I love supporting small content creators like me!
Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I loved these and still remember building Fort Legoredo! Such an awesome era of lego, and I would go broke if they wanted to bring it back
Still my favorite theme! I’m so glad this is bringing the memories back for people.
I only had some small sets of this, the sherrif's office was the only structure I had. I was 11 in 1996, could not resist the urge to get some of the cowboys but was trying to stick to themes I already had stuff of.
A friend did have the town which was pretty cool, we played with that quite a bit. I think he had the wagon too.
Another friend had the whole theme I think, but I am not sure if we ever played with it. He was that one friend who'd just get everything of a new theme for his birthday from his parents.
Haha! We all had those friends that got EVERYTHING we wanted 😆. But I’m glad you at least got to play with some of these great sets!
@@keltondavisLEGO I did yes, many fond memories of playing with Lego. It where good years for Lego back then.
Great pirate sets, great medieval sets, many cool space themes, and other kids who came to play at my house always wanted to play with the marina harbour. I don't think they ever made another harbour for speed boats ever again.
Amazing video. I love this type of content especially lego western which is my favourite lego theme of all time.
Mine too! That’s why it had to be the first episode! Stay tuned for more Retro LEGO in the future!
Fantastic video!!
Thank you! 🙏
Man I Loved to Play with the fort as a child by my aunt. It was Just Always a Highlight in Christmas. And now that I am 20 I even was as lucky as to find a lego General figure for literalie Cents to buy on a flew Market. Just amazing.
Sadly lego never Made more lego Western besides the Lone Ranger Series (even If the Set with Lone Ranger and the 3 Soldiers is still a realy good one)
The Lone Ranger series is definitely a contender for a future episode of Retro LEGO.
I agree, however, I think Sheriff's Lock-up is much better than Fort Legoredo because it's much more balanced and due to character selection it has much more playability. It just has enough to play with, it's a 2 vs 2, having 2 bandits and 2 good guys, it includes the sheriff who's missing in the Fort, it has a horse, the gold, the large barrel and the dynamite mechanism. It's true that Fort Legoredo has many more minifigs, many more horses, one more barrel and so on. It basically has more of everything, but the fact it's just bigger doesn't make it better and doesn't add more playability. Sheriff's Lock Up has a key role in Wild West theme and can be paired with any other set without missing anything. Sheriff's Lock Up and Bandits Secret Hideout is more than enough for having a great time, or separately Sheriff's Lock Up and Gold City Junction is once again more than enough without needing any other sets around. But any other set alone would miss the Sheriff Lock Up because this set brings everything together as the Sheriff character and his office makes everything to have sense in a Western Universe 🤠
Good points all around! I suppose the best solution would be to just get all of them! ;)
These original retail prices are crushing my soul.
Putting them into an inflation calculator might help. LOL.
Lego Alpha Team would be fun to see
I agree!
I wish I was alive when these came out 😢
The 90s were wonderful times for LEGO, that's for sure.
MAn...my buddy had Fort Legoredo. I wonder if he still has it lol. That must be worth a LOT now....:P !
LEGO is often considered a better investment than gold 😂
Western needs to make a come back.
You heard it here, LEGO!!
these were the first themes of lego chess, I miss that game
Along with LEGO Island, that game soaked up SO much of my time as a kid 😂
Amazing video, so well edited and commentated, you’ve gained a subscriber, can’t wait for the next one!
@sam-2341 Welcome aboard, and thank you so much! 🙏 My second episode came out a few days ago!
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I got Fort Legorado from Aliexpress for like $30. It is wonderful
🎉 🎈
Just subscribed man, great video! I’ve also got a small channel and it’s cool to see other ones doing such great work!
Thank you! 🙏 Here’s to both of us not being small for long!
@@keltondavisLEGO cheers 🍻 Let’s make it Happen!
I had set #4 as gift on 96'
Sad I never had that one as a kid, but it’s still so much fun as an adult!
Nice!
Thanks 🙏
Seriously why isn't this a theme for lego today, with more castle sets!
The licensed themes from movies kinda swept in and took center stage. But I do miss the old original themes!
Great editing and content! Excited to see more of your collection. Happily subscribed!
Thank you and welcome! I’m so excited to share so many more videos with all of you.
I managed to get the fort legorado 90% complete and the covered wagon for just 182$
😮 That’s a steal! Where’d you score that!?
@@keltondavisLEGO I got in Bricklink, it was a seller that put the fort legorado and the covered wagon in the fort legorado box and sold it for the fort legorado price
@@keltondavisLEGO I got it in bricklink, in a seller that put both sets in a fort legorado box and priced as if was just the fort legorado
This was a very well done video. Please look into the Lego pirates line next!
Thanks! Pirates is definitely on the short list!
Sweet video can't wait for the next lego theme set, awesome intro!
Glad you enjoyed it! Let me know what retro LEGO themes you’d like to see next!
Great video! Love the Western theme😍Keep up the good work👍
Thanks so much! I love retro LEGO and I have many episodes coming up! Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss them!
Very good editing man, watched the whole thing !
Thanks so much! It’s my favorite retro theme, and I couldn’t wait to make this one!
What a brilliant video, subscribed keep up the great content
Thank you! I’m grateful that people are enjoying this. 😊
i really hope they remake fort legoredo in the style of the eldorado fortress they did a few years ago
Yep! I can imagine more brick-built walls and more detailed Minifigs. Could be great!
So underrated TH-camr
Thank you! I’m just starting out, so there’s a lot of room to grow.
It’s too bad we never got a Lego saloon set like the one featured in the Lego movie
There are some good ideas on Rebrickable if you are up to trying out a MOC.
wish they brought this theme back
Ditto!
I can’t believe I just gave away what’s now probably thousands of dollars of old legos. Hope whoever has them enjoys them. Back into circulation I guess.
Oooof. But at least they're (hopefully) being enjoyed by someone else!
I wanted fort legoredo so bad as a a kid, never got it tho.
It was the white whale of so many of us. My favorite set of all time!
Excellent video, I loved Western!
Me too! This video was a labor of love.
@@keltondavisLEGO I hope this gets more love from TH-cam.
You quoted Slugger, I hope he references you in the future too!
@@docnecrotic Slugger is my favorite LEGO TH-camr, so that would certainly be cool! Just gotta keep growing.
The builds are a bit simple. But the theme is pretty cool. I was just outgrowing Lego at the time, so I didn't go for it. Like the sets with indians better.
Those will feature in a future episode!
Dewey cheatem and flatfoot thompson the OG lego thugs 😂
And, arguably, still the best!