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Re: Ordered my Dragon Fortress
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lugnet.adventurers
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Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:12:51 GMT
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In lugnet.adventurers, Ryan Wilhelm wrote:
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Both are, you just are seeing the front and back of the fortress. Look
closely and you’ll see.
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Not true. If you look at the
Brickshelf scan,
you can see that the lower ring of black 3x4 slopes does not extend across in
the back. If these were front and back shots of the same exact model, that
section should be missing from the foreground in the
FBTB Toy Fair image. Another way to
tell is that there are two identical structures in the way back of the Toy Fair
image, and if it had been flipped around, there should be one right where the
catapult is in the scan. Furthermore, the large structure in the forward left
of the Toy Fair image looks nothing like the small structure in the back right
of the scan, which in turn is identical to the background structures in the Toy
Fair image. Besides, if the front and back both had solid walls with small
doors and windows set into them, kids would have a tough time actually playing
inside the structure.
What you are seeing is that the little yellow shrine from the front left corner
of the scan has been transplanted to back right of the Toy Fair model, and a new
structure has been added where the fireworks used to be. I don’t remember
seeing the barrel of fireworks during my Toy Fair visit, and while
my photo doesn’t show a
lot of detail, the front doors are open, and you can see that the back of the
fortress is mostly open, with a pillar or two to support the second floor. You
can also see that the back section of that lower ring of slopes is missing, just
like in the Brickshelf scan.
As for which version is the final one, I couldn’t say for sure. My gut instinct
is to lean more towards the Toy Fair version, but it’s always possible that it
was put together incorrectly. They’ve got a large number of models to put on
display in a rather short amount of time, and mistakes can happen.
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| (...) Hi, The Brickshelf image is the correct one, with the fireworks at the left front. You can see the front of the real model here: (URL) (long load time). The small building houses the knight, and is placed in the same position as the stairs are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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