LEGO Castle 70404 King's Castle

LEGO set 70404 “King's Castle” depicts a royal castle in the Castle theme. Released in 2013, it contains 1003 pieces and presents a medieval setting with blue knights, red Dragon Knights, and the king.

The model belongs to the Castle theme and places a royal fortress at the centre of the scene. The king and the blue knights form the defending side, while the red Dragon Knights provide an opposing faction.

The set contains 1003 pieces and 7 minifigures. The build is centred on the castle itself, supported by a figure selection that covers leadership, defence, archery, and attackers.

70404 is suited to Castle collectors and to builders who want a self-contained medieval display or play setting. It can serve as the main structure in a fortified scene, with the included characters defining both sides of the action. Within the Castle theme, it is best understood as a full royal castle set rather than a small add-on.

Inventory of set 70404

The inventory of set 70404 lists 1,003 pieces, spare parts excluded: 248 different lots (one shape in one color) for 201 part shapes. The box also contains 25 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 70404

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 32% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (20%) and reddish brown (13%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 70404

162 of the 201 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 70404

5 part shapes in set 70404 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 6 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 70404 from another set

Share of the parts of set 70404 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 37%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 70404 within its line

With 1,003 pieces, set 70404 ranks #4 out of 118 Castle sets in our database, which have an average of 266 parts. Among the 356 sets released in 2013, it ranks #22. That is 3.8 times the average Castle set size.