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There are a lot of other, better castles.

1.) Something like the above can be build with Lego or several similar castle building kits for children. I still own one produced in Spain called Castilho.
2.) Even some children castles look better.
3.) From Russia you get the following rather cheap castle plastic kits, this one being one of the biggest ones:

4.) You can get old ones by Hauser/Elastolin which fit quite well.

5.) Here is one by Vatican Enterprises: http://www.wargamescenics.com/

6.) maybe the best is this one by Ziterdes, though it costs 169 €:
http://www.ziterdes.de/ziterdes/en/produkte/article_detail.php?we_objectID=2763211&catID=64&subcatID=67


In other words, I am not impressed by this attempt.

RiTides wrote:The website lists this castle as 16" x 16" x 7.25".

The castle in the OP is 33" x 33" x 10".

So, you can fit four of these castles inside the one in the OP.

Not only that, but this castle linked to (which is not even the most expensive of your examples) costs $140. Two of the castles in the OP cost $150.

So, for about the same cost, you can have eight times more castle pieces, fully configurable, than you could get for about the same cost in the example linked to.

Everyone to his own. But:
1.) Glueing square walls together doesn't make a castle: Only Foreign Legion forts have a far resemblance to this model. But nothing from the middle ages. For Europeans who are familiar with how castles look, this is a problem.
2.) We are in the Warhammer Fantasy subforum. Warhammer mostly has regiments in formation with awkward rules for city fights or fights around buildings. You don't want half the table to be taboo for all troops. So the smaller the castle, the better. That's why I only use this Elastolin castle for standard games:


The Ziterdes and Vatican Enterprises options are the more expensive ones (but most realistic ones as well). The Russian seems to be the cheapest one.
BTW found the Castle building system Exin's "Castillos", if you just need straight walls:
http://www.norbeck.nu/exin/english.html
http://www.historialago.com/maq_000_exin_castillos_01.htm

Well, for 40$, you get a modular castle that looks less than a supermodern prison complex. But tastes differ.