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Re: Official KK and HP 2004 pictures
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:21:59 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> From the tiny box art, I was unsure if there was anything but one new visor,
> despite what was on the larger figures.
Five new visors? Cool, and at least one new helmet to boot. Too bad the swords
are all the same shape.
> I don't care for the Saturday Morning Cartoon approach that Lego has taken
> with these figure
It's no less realistic than the first Castle set I ever got my hands on. You
might remember it. Yellow walls?
> It's like they haven't paid the slightest attention to what Castle fans have
> asked for - which, to be fair, may not be the market that they are trying to
> appeal to.
Every single product released needs to be designed with kids in mind. Yes, some
of them are designed to be distinctly AFOL-friendly, but kids must always be the
primary target audience for the vast majority of the sets they release.
Anyways, give it room to breathe and see what develops in the next couple years
before you condemn the revival of such a staple minifig theme.
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| (...) And no castle has ever been anything except primarily gray or black since. Besides, I don't like 375 precisely for the reason you mention (yellow). If you like the yellow castle and the Saturday Morning Cartoon approach, be my guest and buy (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) My presumption was the Jake-supplied photos were simply not the final product, and what you say on the box art was at least very close. Pretty much confirmed by this: (URL) From the tiny box art, I was unsure if there was anything but one new (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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