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Re: Correct Castle 6098 (not 6091)
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 23 Dec 1999 18:28:17 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Dan McNeally writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Aaron West writes:
> > > IMHO 6090 is still the king of ALL LEGO Castle sets.
> > > Feel free to comment and suggest improvements to these sets that anyone has
> > > attempted or dreamed.
> > > Happy building!
> > > Merry X-mas!
> > > Aaron>maniac@vol.com
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> > I agree. Although 6085 comes close.
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> > Dan
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> Hard to include 6085 without including 6080.. they're almost exactly the same
> structure, just different colors... they even put the jail cell in the same
> corner of the castle!
IMHO I think that 6085 looks better. The black gives it a dark moodiness.
> As far as 6090 being the best though, I don't know... I've always objected to
> castles being put on huge baseplates... but of the baseplate castles, 6090
> certainly is the best in my book... mainly since it's got the whole courtyard
> thing going for it, with a dungeon, walkways, four towers, the reflecting • pool,
> and two entryways... so it certainly has a lot of cool features to it...
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> My biggest problems with it though are that it has gaps in construction in a
> couple places (it doesn't really seem "secure"), and I never liked the whole
> black castle with grey trim color scheme as much as I liked the grey color
> scheme. Grey just seems to make more sense. The only other complaint I have
> with 6090 is that it only comes with 9 figs (plus the ghost and the
> skeleton)... it just seems rather insufficient to guard a castle with only 9
> figs... And add to that the fact that 1 is the king and 2 are knights! So
> really only 6 soldiers to defend the castle!
I did'nt like how the back wall was so I put a tower on it. It is a bit weak
on defence and soldiers.
> The only other thing I'd add is that none of the baseplate castles are • modular!
> The only thing I have against castles like 6080, 6074, 6073, etc, (the
> non-baseplate castles) is that they're not big enough in and of themselves...
> but that can be easily remedied by opening them up and putting them together!
> And when you add in 6067, 6040, and 6041, it makes one HUGE castle with a • whole
> bunch of courtyard to do with as you please... AND you get a more randomly • laid
> out castle, which is a bit more realistic than being symmetric.
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> What I think I'd really like to see is a combination-- part raised on
> baseplates, part on the 'ground', all built in together. That would add to • the
> unevenness, making it look like it was built on a hill... very cool IMHO...
>
> DaveE
I agree. That would be the best.
Dan
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