LEGO SYSTEM Castle : 4405


Castle / 4405

No more steel in jolly old England —Chris Maddison

What's up with the Knight's Kingdom line. They have a LOT of weapons included in each set, but one thing is missing: swords! Not the big silver ones, the small grey ones. This simple weapon has been around since Castle's beginnings, but you rarely (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Jeff Johnston

(...) <snip> (...) Actually, it's my belief that the KK sets are France to the RK's England. Britain and France have always had close ties, with many British kings (for example) holding land in France. Both nations had lions as important parts of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Chris Maddison

(...) included (...) Actually, I think they're more of a take on British soldiers. Ever seen Braveheart? Even though it's just a movie, it depicts the English VERY closely to King Leo's Soldiers, especially the helmets and lion emblems. But that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) The British naval officers wore blue coats. The British Marines wore red. Of course, you can make 'em whatever you want - I use 'em all as British or French and British as fancy takes me. Bruce (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Jason Catena

(...) *boggle* Their marines wore *red*? Wouldn't that make them excellent targets? ;) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Jeffrey Watts

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Shiri Dori

(...) Why do you think the Americans beat their [bottoms] off in 1776? It wasn't just determination; these guys were obvious targets, and couldn't get around rough terrain, while the locals knew all about camouflage and the good hiding places... :-) (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Early Bill Cosby routine.... Bruce (OoooOOooo, showing my age) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Shiri Dori

(...) What makes you say that? I'm sixteen, and I still know the Bill Cosby stuff. Pretty well, at that. :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Ummmmmmm, I saw him perform it live (he doesn't go back and do old stuff). Bruce (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Shiri Dori

(...) OK, I take it back. :-) -Shiri xfut .o-t.fun (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —David Eaton

(...) I have that one on tape (actually transfered from record to tape)! I'll have to listen for Bruce laughing sometime... :) DaveE (fut fun) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) 1. Think smoothbore musket - good luck hitting anything with it at distance. 2. British land troops were often refered to as redcoats. It's nothing new for the marines for the brits to be wearing red. 3. Most troops were brightly colored (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —James Jackson

Jeff, mon ami, If Knights' Kingdom represents France, why oh why, are they waving flags similar to the Scottish bars (although the X is gold instead of white)? Eventually, they'll represent my kinfolk, the Irish. Oh, I could see it now, a little (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) The X symbol is venerable and could appear any number of places. I'm in agreement that Knight's Kingdom most closely represents France ("The whole known world" pretty much describes the mediaeval Frankish/French view, IMHO); just as Dark (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Jeff Stembel

(...) Actually, the katanas are teal. :) "Frost" comes with trans-light blue spears, though. :) Jeff (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Ninja (...) Oh! Thanks, and nuts (sorta)--I was hoping for trans. But teal is good! I can use teal. The trans-spears will be very interesting, however--I can alraedy think of many .castle uses (and .adventurers ones!) for those little fellers. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Jeff Stembel

(...) Yeah, I know. Trans-green would make a decent Lightning Blade... (...) Yup, they're gonna be cool. Arctic Knights, neat spell effects, building decorations... So many possibilities! :) Jeff (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Jeff Stembel

(...) I forgot to mention how neat they'd look coupled with a Red Ninja! :) Jeff (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Shiri Dori

(...) Yep! There were numerous threads about this when the first 2000 catalog pics came out... I can't wait till the "frost" set is released! -Shiri (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Chris Maddison

(...) Aye, the only reason I'll shell out the 6 bucks is the spears. Prolly buy two or three of them, and trade the rest of the stuff away. -Chris (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Western European Kingdom? (was Re: No more steel in jolly old England) —James Jackson

(...) it (...) agreement (...) Riders"--one (...) katanas. (...) Mademoiselle Braun, I'll keep that in mind, but keep in mind that the acutal Knights/Guards of the kingdom wear Spanish hat-shaped helmets and possibly armor too. The Bulls do have a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Western European Kingdom? (was Re: No more steel in jolly old England) —Shiri Dori

(...) Just FTR: Lindsay is a monsieur, not a mademoiselle... (...) Arr, arr, arroo! Or maybe arr, arr, archaic?! I have no idea ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Western European Kingdom? (was Re: No more steel in jolly old England) —James Jackson

(...) Oh. My mistake then. (...) "owoooo!"? (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —Tony A. Rowe

(...) it (...) Well James, I am not sure if TLG was trying to represent a specific American Indian tribe (I doubt it), but these minifigs don't look like they are wearing traditional Cherokee styles of clothing. For one thing, Cherokee men would (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: No more steel in jolly old England —James Jackson

(...) I didn't mean that TLG's "Indians" were specifically Cherokee, I meant that I am specifically a Cherokee descendant. As far as I know, they were going for a basic Southwestern "Indian" design. -- James J. (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)