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Re: Your LEGO Dream Set?
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lugnet.ambassadors
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Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:41:33 GMT
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A great question!
I too would love to see more realistic castle theme stuff like what I found in
the miniland at Legoland Deutschland this past September, except in minifig
scale (for affordability reasons). Basic multi-functional architectural pieces
should be used, rather than large specialized blobs that have few other uses.
The main colors should, of course, be greys and tans. Maybe we can even return
to the old greys and forget the new greys debacle.
It would be really cool to have a whole line of modular castle sets which both
stand on their own and could be joined into a major castle complex. The
possibilites are endless. Individual sets could include towers, gatehouses, and
keeps as already suggested, plus basic wall sections, stables, a palace, a
dungeon, shops (blacksmith, carpenter, bakery, etc.), chapels, etc. Of course,
the rooms should all be furnished. Sets could vary in size and price, but
obviously the ultimate goal would be to collect enough sets to have a complete
castle. Please don’t forget minifigs since they always boost sales, but make
the minifigs more varied. I have plenty of kings and grand knights, but I can
sure use some more smiths, serfs, peasants, and of course maidens.
Another completely unrelated idea would be a collection of sets of realistic
animals like the ones scattered throughout the Legoland parks. The life-size
elephants are probably beyond the reach of most of us, but I particularly liked
the brown squirrels at Legoland Deutschland; they were much better than the red
ones in Legoland California. The size, scale and price can all be tweaked to
optimize sales. The life-size squirrels in the Germany park would probably work
out to $40 or $50 sets, but I’m sure they could be scaled down to under $30
without sacrificing too much. Maybe chipmonks would be even cheaper.
Thanks for asking!
Alex
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| (...) I'd love to see a castle-themed Creator/model type set. Basically a bunch of bricks, and plates, arches, inverse slopes, various more specialized pieces (tiles, jumpers washers etc), and a baseplate. If they aren't going to bring old gray (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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