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What's the general consensus on the Lion head Block? Like or No Like? Personally, I don't like it. It's too pre-fab! It just doesn't look Lego. It looks too much like it belongs to some other toy company. I prefer a rendering of a lion made out of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hey, bill ~ i saw my first y2k sets yesterday, including a couple with this lion-head element. i thought it was cool-looking, but would look MUCH better on a body as mini-fig lion! as a decorative element, it is really out of place in a lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) edges. (...) a (...) I have to say this one is a true winner. I love it. Very well designed. (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Bill Farkas (<FnA27J.4tr@lugnet.com>) wrote at 03:40:31 (...) Just wait till you see the Town set with the raised roadway. The only way you can tell it's LEGO is that *some* of the pieces have studs on :( I've built most of the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Hooray! Hooray! Its Y2K! A new decade starts next year. Ed Jones wrote in message ... (...) It (...) rendering (...) Castle. (...) that (...) or (...) have (...) part. (...) I am in agreement with Ed on this one. This piece is cool. I think it (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It would have been better if it were Gray or dark gray, not tan. I wouldn't be able to find a use unless building in a desert area? The tan doesn't seem to look right with the gray castles. Its a shame to make it tan for a gray castle theme! (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like the tan. It's not unusual to use a different type of stone for decorative elements of a building. I've seen this done on a lot of Greek temples, for example. Such as the sandstone Ionic frieze found on a Doric temple whose name and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) be (...) castle (...) The tan castle pieces seem to beg the question: Why hasn't Lego produced an all-tan Crusader Castle series? I've always looked to the Krak de Chevaliers and other crusader castles for inspiration, and tan castle elements (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) be (...) castle (...) Your talking about asian architecture I am building in 13th century european architecture. Looking at the castle not many have tan carved images. :) Since its castle theme is gray in the 2000 sets they should have made it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) to (...) Diana Rambo E-mailed me this to post for her since she couldn't post. " Come on people, It's yellow because a Lion is Yellow. It's that simple." Thank you. Diana Rambo (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Greece is in Asia? I always thought there was something wacky about my "Western Philosophy" class (aka Dead White Guys 101) but I never imagined that was it! J (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was speaking about the old world, Not asian exactly but Mediterranean area near asia, as crusaders might call it. Point is you don't find many European Castle in the medieval period that used tan, yellow etc carvings on their castles. Mainly (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I'd comment, but Tony's already said what I would've said (snipped from another recent castle post): (...) I agree that it would be nice to have them in grey AND tan... as a matter of fact I think I'd PREFER grey, but I don't object to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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