Rampianne Thanks for your feedback and ideas, and for the great photo of the "real thing"!  RE: whether it would be possible to add more spotlights to light the top better, I can have another look, but in the LEGO model, the top is pretty sparse in terms of places to mount additional lights.  I'll have a look.

RE: whether it would be possible to have the top and bottom be two different colors, that would require an additional master color controller board.  I could look into selling one separately, but right now, the top and bottom lights are connected to the same output, so they follow the same color instructions from the main board.  Selling a second controller board would be around ~$20.

Thanks again for the reply!

Eric chan I'll definitely look into possibilities for the upper portion to see if there's any way to add more light.

Hello everyone!  Order invitations are rolling out, and later today we will have a special dedicated page on our website where insiders on this forum post can place their pre-orders.  I'll post the link here when ready-- stay tuned!

David Ord We're going to post a link here in a minute or two that will allow you to place a pre-order.  Please note however that we don't expect to begin shipping kits until mid-May, with the entire process likely taking through June to complete.  Thanks again for your interest!

OK everyone, I know I've been saying for a long time that we'd be opening pre-orders.  Well, after wrestling with our website design program all last night and this morning, we're thrilled to announce that pre-orders are now open to everyone who would like to place an order!

Based on your feedback over the past few months, we have created a range of lighting kits to meet just about everyone's requests.  There are several options, and I did my best on the website to explain what's included with each and to give some demo videos and photos wherever possible.  I'm also attaching a brochure to this post with the information as well, so you have it in one place.

If you're ready to place your order, you can head on over to the pre-order page:

http://www.brickstuff.com/castlelights.html

At this point, we expect to begin shipping orders in mid-May.  Due to high demand, we also expect the shipping/fulfillment process to run through June.  Orders will be shipped in the order in which they are received.

I hope you like the kits we've created, and that you agree they will make awesome additions to your already-awesome castles!

Jay Hamilton Hi Jay, thanks for your question.  YES absolutely these kits will come with printed, illustrated instructions.

Alyx thanks for your question!  Yes, I think it would be possible to put an additional warm white Pico LED behind the glass cover.  I'll have to look into that.

Thomas Imber Probably not until later in the summer-- we're going to fulfill all our pre-orders and direct orders first, and there are already more of those than we planned.  Also, it's unlikely the resellers will have the mega bundle, because we're offering that bundle at a discount that's likely too great to support their cost of sales.

Bernardo Sampaio Hi, thanks for your post.  You can place a pre-order now on our website by clicking here.  We expect to begin shipping orders in about a month.

Thanks again for your interest!

Bernardo Sampaio Hi, actually the costs may increase after the pre-order period ends.  That's the incentive of getting your order in early-- to take advantage of the pre-order pricing.

Chris Cooper Hi Chris, thanks for your post!  We're thinking of extending our pre-order period through mid-May-- in part because it has been so well received, but also because the orders are piling up and it will take some time for us to get through them all! :-)  So I think you will be good ordering up until May 15.  Thanks again for your interest in the kit!

Thomas Imber Hi Thomas, I received your e-mail through the website and will reply from there shortly.  No problem to cancel your order.