{"id":34193,"date":"2022-05-30T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/?p=34193"},"modified":"2022-06-15T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:05:38","slug":"retro-lego-review6054-forestmens-hideout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/reviews\/retro-lego-review6054-forestmens-hideout\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro LEGO Review: 6054 Forestmen’s Hideout (1988)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the early reveal of 40567 Forest Hideout<\/a>, a new LEGO 90th Anniversary gift with purchase (gwp) that’s a remake of 6054 Forestmen’s Hideout, it’s lit up quite a bit of interest in the classic Forestmen sub-theme, which part of the Vintage Castle era in the late 80s\/early 90s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a massive fan of the Forestmen<\/a> sub-theme, and last did a Retro LEGO Review on 6071 Forestmen’s Crossing<\/a>, the crown jewel of the small but popular theme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So ahead of the full reveal of 40567 Forest Hideout, I decided to pull my set out of my personal archives for a Retro LEGO Review<\/a>, so that current-day LEGO fans who might not be as well-versed with the Classics, can get a better idea of the original set, and why it inspired the remake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: in case this isn’t clear,<\/strong> this isn’t the new gift with purchase for the 90th Anniversary, but is the original. The new 40567 Forest Hideout<\/a> will be available as a gift with purchase (GWP) from 15-22 June 2022, and will be free with purchases of US$150 \/ AU$209 or more from LEGO.com<\/a>, or LEGO Stores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This a review of the 1988 set! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6054 Forestmen’s Hideout Set Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Name:<\/strong> Forestmen’s Hideout
Alternate Name: <\/strong>Robin Hood’s Tree Hideaway (UK) \/ Robin Hood’s Secret Hideaway (AUS)
Set Number:<\/strong> 6054
Pieces<\/strong>: 201
Price:<\/strong> US$17.50 \/ AU$34.50 (US$42.77 adjusted for inflation in 2022) – Buy now from B<\/a>r<\/a>icklink<\/a>
Exclusive to:<\/strong> N\/A
Theme:<\/strong> Forestmen
Set Designer: <\/strong>Niels Milan Pedersen
Release Date:<\/strong> 1988<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a look at a catalogue scan from the Australian LEGO Catalogue from 1990, which I’ve just scanned because I love the art, and it shows all the Forestmen sets together (and their Aussie prices too!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are seven sets in total within the Forestmen theme, beginning with 6066 Camouflaged Outpost<\/a> which released in 1987, and final being 6071 Forestmen’s Crossing<\/a> in 1990, which didn’t feature in this calendar. Maybe sets used to arrived much later in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly in the Australian catalogue, they were known as the Forest People (very gender neutral option), and the set names have also been slightly modified – in this case, 6054 as known as Robin Hood’s Secret Hideaway, which might be an Australian-only name, as it did have an alternate name “Robin Hood’s Tree Hideaway” in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which reminds me, I should probably properly digitise and scan my instructions… which I might do soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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