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Re: those crazy Vikings (Was: Viking Longship)
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:31:30 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Suzanne Rich wrote:
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In lugnet.boats, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
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PS: Any chance we’ll get a “lugnet.vikings” group?
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Ha! Well, you know I’d love to, but I’d take flak from the masses for being
even more of a compartmentalized dork, right? ;-)
In my own defense, here’s an amusing quote I came across, from this book:
A Brief History of the Vikings:
The Last Pagans or the First Modern Europeans? by Jonathan Clements
“The Vikings, in their explorations and conquests, undoubtedly achieved
much. However it must be admitted that the leading edge of their expansion
chiefly comprised thugs, brigands and outlaws. Latter-day apologists have
attempted to soften the image but, by definition, the word Viking refers to
pirates. A Viking is categorically not a flaxen-haired maiden making
attractive jewellery by the side of a picturesque fjord, no matter what some
museum curators may imply.”
So there you have it. Vikings are Pirates!
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LOL well that’s all well and good, but according to lego.com
it is actually a theme. Whether
you make it a subset of pirates or not, I think it still should have it’s own
group ;)
ROSCO (trimmed groups)
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| (...) I agree. And not simply because Lego say they are a standalone theme. Once the vikings leave their ships, they are less and less like pirates and more and more like castle types. When we get a few non-maritime viking mocs, it would seem wrong (...) (19 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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