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What a boost in Castle traffic in the last week! There has been quite a bit of
discussion about how system castle is about to be completely and forever
replaced by a Castle/Bionicle combo. This info has been gathered (or created)
based on leaks, rumors, and incomplete or incorrect info.
It’s important to remember that until you have the actual product in hand, or
you have seen/read an official announcement, you don’t know the full story.
Rumors can stir up a bit of craziness that generates yet more rumors. The castle
furor is a great case in point.
Yes, there is a new Knights Kingdom series coming next year, which does include
what we call “constraction” (constructible action) figures. Those figures are
previewed currently in the UK edition of LEGO Magazine. Some people have
(illogically and hastily) reached the conclusion that these figures = Castle =
System-scale Castle is no more. Once this conclusion was reached, panic and
hysteria ensues. “Castle has been replaced by Bionicle! By Galidor! Bionicle,
Galidor, and Castle have merged into one! System Castle is dead! LEGO doesn’t
care about castle fans!”
This is just plain wrong.
The inclusion of one thing doesn’t equal the demise of another. Back to the
“wait for the facts” discussion: Who said System scale Castle is dead? Not us.
Hey, it’s one of our core, classic themes - do you think we’re just going to
trash it?
Without giving away the farm (or fiefdom, for you castle folks), we can say
that the existence of these figures in no way precludes the existence of a
System-scale Castle theme. And the figures are unequivocally not a replacement
for the Castle theme that you all know and love. They are a new dimension to the
theme - an addition - which we believe will help draw even more kids to the
Castle theme. And though Brad was intentionally cryptic about Castle at the
NWBrickCon Q&A (Q: Castle? A: Yes) he wasn’t talking about these figures.
System-scale Castle is very much alive. It should be added that the existence of
Harry Potter also doesn’t preclude the existence of a more traditional
System-scale Castle theme - we’ve not said otherwise. And - here’s a bit of
news, by the way - there will be new Harry Potter sets in 2004; and yes, we do
have the license through the next movie... at least.
Brad says that he sticks to his statement that next year should be a banner year
for Castle-heads. And that’s all we’re going to (or can) say about that - for
now.
Let the reading between the lines begin!
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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| (...) Thank you for explanation. I'd like to ask: how about Pirates? We heard the new Pirate sets will be 4+, with Jack Stone scale figures. That means no more regular minifig scale Pirates? Thanks in advance and kind regards, -- shgg. (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Jake, Let me be the first to say I was wrong to over-react. Of course, I'm sure you can understand our/my misgivings. I did see the Galidor Knights as a possible way to pull people into LEGO Castle generally. Also, let me thank you for all (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Hello! (...) So, being one of those people I apologise. If it was an illogically is a different point. I think from what has happened to the Castle line for the last year and the Pirates line for several years now let room for demoralising (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Jake, Thanks for those three very critical bits of information! The fact that Harry Potter & Castle can coexist is interesting. (many thought there were parallels to how Star Wars disallows Space.) Much obliged, your clarity is appreciated, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Hi Jake, Thanks for those three very critical bits of information! The fact that Harry Potter & Castle can coexist is interesting. (many thought there were parallels to how Star Wars disallows Space.) Much obliged, your clarity is appreciated, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| Please don't take this as a smart-*** response. It may seem that way, but it's to get you to think about something here... (...) <cough>grey, dark grey, brown<cough> (...) "Hey, grey is one of our core, classic colors - do you think we're just going (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I want to say that it is very cool to have a representative of a large company personally post responses to the concerns of a minority of a minority. (Castle builders as a subset of adult builders who themselves are a small percentage of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| In lugnet.castle, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) snip While I greet this news with some relief, I would like to voice some concern over this, some of the recent posts (no, I'm not going to bring them all up again) mentioned that castle has had some (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) After the stupendous success of Galidor, I have nothing but great optimism for this product line. (...) I'm sorry, but very often this is exactly the case, at least for several years. The inclusion of juniorization equaled the demise of good (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (snip) (...) After the color change announcement (Rocco, this one's for you) I think there will be a lot of wild theories floating around. The train of though goes like this "If Lego will discontinue core colors what else are they capable of?" (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| You know what annoys me the most Jake? ALL THE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW COLORS & SETS! "Lego doesn't care about us" %^$& THAT! If it doesn't go your way, its wrong? WOW calm down, deal with it, THEME'S ARE NEVER "dead". Josh (20 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) When I see the word "constraction" I don't think "contructible" + "action"... I think "constriction" + "contraction" + "distraction"... But that's probably just me. As in, "My stomach goes into constractions thinking about Galidor." :D --Todd (20 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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