20240709: the History of LEGO Castle day 191. 7188 King's Carriage Ambush (2011, 286 pieces, 101 different parts) King's Carriage Ambush is a large red and white carriage with reddish brown and pearl gold highlights and pearl gold wheels. The carriage itself is pulled by two white horses with printed decorative red and brown harnesses. Also included in this set are two reddish brown and dark brown brick-built trees, one with a dark bluish gray spider web and a black spider and the other with a large reddish brown and dark bluish gray brick-built hammer. There are four minifigures in this set. -The Lion King has a chrome gold crown, a yellow minifigure head with full white beard, a white dual-sided torso with red arms and a rest chest piece with a chain necklace holding a cross, and red legs with a printed lion head on one leg and a black belt with printed gold fleur de lis. -A lion soldier has a metallic silver pike helmet, a yellow dual-sided minifigure head with black chin and cheek lines and brown eyebrows with a scared print on one side and a neutral line on the other, a red dual-sided torso with a gold lion head on a white and red checker pattern with light bluish gray arms and yellow hands, and light bluish gray legs with a black belt. -A dragon soldier with a pearl titanium axe helmet, a yellow minifigure head with brown beard stubble and a closed teeth grimace, a dark bluish gray dual-sided torso with dark green arms and yellow hands and a flat silver scale mail print with a copper cross-torso chain, and plain black legs. -A dragon soldier with a pearl titanium pike helmet, a yellow minifigure head with black stubble sideburns and a toothy grin with one gold tooth, a dark green dual-sided torso with black arms and yellow hands and a copper dragon head on a medium green and dark green checker background, and plain black legs. Rare and unique parts for this set include: -The white horse with black eyes, dark brown bridle and reddish brown harness with gold tassels is unique to this set. -The metallic gold horse battle helmet was only found in two sets, 7949 King's Castle and 7188 King's Carriage Ambush. -Both the pearl gold 43mm wagon wheels and the pearl gold 56mm wagon wheels were only found in two sets, 7188 King's Carriage Ambush and 75958 Beauxbatons' Carriage: Arrival at Hogwarts. -The pearl light gray unicorn horn is only found in three sets, 7946 King's Castle, 7188 King's Carriage Ambush, and 7984 Deep Sea Raider. Parts inventory for this set can be found on BrickLink or Rebrickable and a free download of the instructions is available under the "instructions" tab on Rebrickable.