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Re: Which is the best Lego Castle set ever?
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 15:43:24 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Carriker writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Marcelo H. Sola writes:
> > Which is the best Lego castle set ever? I wonder if it is 6090 Royal Knight's
> > Castle.... But some mid 80s to early 90s sets are very good indeed (from what
> > I manage to appreciate in on-line catalogs). Too bad that was my Dark Age....
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> I agree that 6090 was a good castle, probably the best castle in the last 8
> years or so (since 6086 Black Knight's Castle).
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> In lugnet.castle, Bryan Wong writes:
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> > I'd say the original Yellow Castle is the best. The fact that it didn't use
> > wall pieces (not that I'm against them) means the pieces in that set are most
> > versatile. However, I think it would've looked pretty good in gray • instead...
> >
> > Bryan
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> I agree that the Yellow Castle is the best functionally (as far as use of
> pieces and ability to make other creations) But I feel it is not the best
> visually. I don't think yellow is particularly the best color for a castle.
> Grey or black are better.
The trouble with getting in on Castles so late is that the only affordable
things that are available are definitely weaker. The one thing I'll say for
the Night Lord's Castle is that it doesn't have a raised baseplate, and the
same for the Flying Ninja Fortress (yeah, I know, marginally Castles). So,
after a quick look through the Fibblesnork area and before I look at your list,
the initial order I have for acquiring the big Castles is:
6080, 6085, 6074, 6090, 6086.
Now the fun part is reading your list (short read for you, long pause on my
part)...only one change. I like the 6090 and 6086 for what they are, but I
tend to feel that raised baseplates are limiting. The Yellow Castle simply has
two strikes against it from the word go. Change the color....which begs the
question: if it is using old-fashioned bricks, how hard is it to duplicate in
gray, black, and/or white?
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> This is a ranking of my favorite castles:
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> 1. 6080 King's Castle (one of my first two castles) - The most majestic
> looking castle in my opinion. Biggest castle (by base plate), and almost the
> biggest piece wise (of the flat base castles).
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> 2. 6085 Black Monarch's Castle - Very majestic looking, and very black. Very
> good! One more piece than 6080, but smaller base.
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> 3. 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (the other of my first two castles) Best
> feature is the black roofed peak.
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> 4. 6073 Knight's Castle (never had it, and still don't, but have always wanted
> it) I personally think that the red brick outline of the gate looks a little
> strange, as well as the hinges that show on the front.
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> 5. 6086 Black Knight's Castle - The best castle to use a raised baseplate. I
> prefer the standard plates to build on. The raised ones are useful, but
> rather restrictive (although good for making a Castle on a mountain)
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> 6. 6090 Royal Knight's Castle - This brought me back to castle, after Dragon
> Masters Pushed me away. Unfortunately, Fright Knights pushed me away again.
> I will stick with completing my older castle colletion unless they resurrect
> the old 6080, 6085 style of castles.
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> 7. 6081 King's Mountain Fortress - This is really not very a majestic looking
> castle compared to it's flat base counterpart, 6080. The smallest big castle
> peice wise.
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> I left the Yellow Castle out of my list because I feel that it is in an
> entirely different group, and I don't want to try to compare this classic
> castle with the more standard lego castles.
>
> Feel free to point out any good castles that I missed.
>
> -David
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| (...) I have actally reproduced the castle to the best of my ability in grey (with black highlights). I took pictures of it that I will post soon so that all of you can give me feed back. I will also take a few pictures of the new iteration of the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I agree that 6090 was a good castle, probably the best castle in the last 8 years or so (since 6086 Black Knight's Castle). In lugnet.castle, Bryan Wong writes: (...) I agree that the Yellow Castle is the best functionally (as far as use of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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