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In lugnet.castle, Stephen Wroble writes:
> This was a good idea Lenny.
Yup.
> AND go back to making castles with a little more historical accuracy. For
> instance, they could make castles that actually HAVE WALLS IN THEM! (Sorry, I
> had to get that off my chest.)
What? Castles had walls in real life? Where did you get this crazy idea?
I thought they all consisted of pre-shaped ground, trap-doors, and ghosts.
> AND TLC should stop the whole "good guy, bad guy" thing and let us decide who
> is who.
Agreed. I think Lego® inspires a lot of creativity building-wise, but the
trend to promote sets through predesigned storylines restricts the true
freedom of creativity in play and storytelling. Those of us who collected
in the 1980's have been known to develop entire worlds and stories (as
indicated by one of the other questions on this quiz). It is nice to see
how each of us interpreted the BF or Crusaders or whoever differently in our
stories. If we all started with preset good and bad, we all would have
ended up with similar stories. I prefer it when it is more open to variety.
(Limitless Possibilities, the old marketing phrase, was not just about
building.)
-Hendo, who is reading this thread backwards for some reason...
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In lugnet.castle, John P. Henderson writes:
> What? Castles had walls in real life? Where did you get this crazy idea?
> I thought they all consisted of pre-shaped ground, trap-doors, and ghosts.
Any true scholar can testify that at one time, castles did in fact have walls.
They were 5 studs wide and 5 bricks high and had a window cut in them. They
were either black or grey and some of them had rocks painted on them.
Before that, they were made out of plain bricks, and were yellow for some
reason.
Stephen
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There is even evidence that some black walls had dragon's painted on them
and some possibly had pillars painted on them as well. There is some
controversy over this however. The early yellow walls were actually early
grey walls that were left out in the sun too long and faded. They were left
out in the sun because it takes forever to build something out of actual
bricks. Some historians believe that this is the reason that the larger
grey walls were used in later castles.
Josh :)
In lugnet.castle, Stephen Wroble writes:
> In lugnet.castle, John P. Henderson writes:
>
> > What? Castles had walls in real life? Where did you get this crazy idea?
> > I thought they all consisted of pre-shaped ground, trap-doors, and ghosts.
>
> Any true scholar can testify that at one time, castles did in fact have walls.
> They were 5 studs wide and 5 bricks high and had a window cut in them. They
> were either black or grey and some of them had rocks painted on them.
>
> Before that, they were made out of plain bricks, and were yellow for some
> reason.
>
> Stephen
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