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Re: Here's a preview of the new one...
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Sun, 11 Nov 2001 02:13:29 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> > At Pawel's urging, here are some snapshots of the latest castle I'm working on.
> > this one is a fiary tale castle I'm building as a doll house for my daughter
> > (fits both minfig and scala)....
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> > http://www.brickmania.com/gallery_castle.html
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> > Enjoy!
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> > Dan
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> This castle is magnificient! Your daughter must really love it. For her to
> see the daily progress is probably just as much a treat as getting to play
> with a more finished structure.
I only get to work on it 1 or 2 days per month, so she's pretty much used to
playing with it as is, with the random suprise arrival of a new tower or
finished section. She's really kicking my butt to finish the main keep and
Sleeping Beauty's tower...
> I am fascinated that it can fit both minifig scale and scala scale. This
> would certainly gives it more play value. How is this accomplished?
It's quite simple. All of the rooms inside the keep are 16 bricks high from
floor to ceiling and all of the main doors are the largest castle type, which
will fit all the Scala dolls. The keep splits in half down the middle, so it's
really like having two equal sized doll houses. The only exception is the tower
with the spiral stairs, which only fits minifigs. Also, with exception of the
main gate, the towers on the outer walls do not open up for interior details. I
had to draw the line somewhere.
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> The printed base on which the castle stands is really nice. Could you give
> some information about it? Is it part of the table?
That's a Thomas the Tank Engine play table made by the company that does the
wooden trains. It's very nice, but also quite expensive, so we have to thank
grandma for that!
> I think the Disney theme park castles are based on the Alcazar in Segovia,
> Spain, which was built in the 11th century and rebuilt at the beginning of
> the 15th century
> http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/Spain/spain.htm
> http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_Alcazar.html/cid_3122724.gbi
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> I look forward to hearing and seeing more...
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> regards,
> sheree
I think those Disney castles were modeled on a number of castles and the Alcazar
of Segovia is probably a large contributor. I also think a big influence was
Neauschwanstein in Germany and there is even a reference to Disney here:
http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Germany/germany7.htm
Thanks for the words and take care!
Dan
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| (...) I think it is better this way. Each new section can be appreciated in its own right. Also better for a child to not get everything immediately. (...) I don't know the age of your daughter ... perhaps as she gets older she will want to redesign (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) We have a ton of Brio trains, and 2+ years ago we decided that a table was needed. We looked at a number of options- the Brio table, the Thomas one, and an off-brand one built locally. All of them were way overpriced, and none had really good (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) This castle is magnificient! Your daughter must really love it. For her to see the daily progress is probably just as much a treat as getting to play with a more finished structure. I am fascinated that it can fit both minifig scale and scala (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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