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Re: Another Kinght's Kingdom Set???
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:11:37 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Timothy Carl Buchheim writes:
> Bradley Dale wrote:
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> > > Never noticed that before. Maybe a $9.99 set? Kinda junky like the rest of • the
> > > Knights Kingdom:), but it's a good way to get a black treasure chest.
> >
> > $9.99 American? Looking at it, I'd expect less than that, maybe $9.99 in
> > Canada though.
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> Given the way KK is priced, I'd believe $9.99 ... it only would need
> about 50 pieces to cost $9.99..
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> > I don't like the look of the boxes (which I think are an
> > ugly tan, but know are not the traditional dark yellow).
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> I like the new box design. Yes, it's different, but it looks nice. The
> old design looks, well, old. The new design looks much more like
> typical 2000 packaging, in the colors and fonts used.
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> > backgrounds in the official set photos are friendly grassy hills and blue
> > skies, when we expected mysterious rocky cliffs and skies in the yellow-red
> > range. There just isn't that sense of scary adventure we have come to
> > assosciate with Medieval LEGO toys, Knights Kingdom just comes off as being • too
> > nice.
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> If you want scary, then go find Fright Knights while you can. Most
> stores are still trying to get rid of them. I don't think this series
> is supposed to be scary. why should anything medieval be scary?
I already have the Night Lord's Castle (great set!), but the smaller Witch's
Manor castle is nowhere to be found (I am not allowed to buy off the Internet,
so please don't offer). Scary was a bad choice of words, I said I can't really
describe why I don't like the new packaging.
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| (...) Given the way KK is priced, I'd believe $9.99 ... it only would need about 50 pieces to cost $9.99.. (...) I like the new box design. Yes, it's different, but it looks nice. The old design looks, well, old. The new design looks much more like (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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