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Re: No more steel in jolly old England
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:23:16 GMT
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"James J." wrote:
> 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 brown-skinned Irish minifig, putting in Princess Storm in her
> place.... (Having trouble seeing black Irish folk? Think Ivar from Mystic
> Knights.) They already have tried their hand at my other kinfolk, the Native
> Americans (Cherokee to be precise...).
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
Forest screamed "Nottingham," the Cowpack fellers strike me as barbarians of a
distinctly Continental and Germanic sort.
> P.S.: On the sword deal, I miss them too, but I'd REALLY like to see a Ninja
> katana in the bluish Aquazone chrome!
It's not quite that colour, but you *have* I hope seen the new "Robo Riders"--one
of the units, the rainforest critter, has two trans-green or trans-blue katanas.
best
LFB
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| 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)
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