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Dan Siskind has a number of castle dudes that he has accumulated, he may or may not be willing to sell some off. I have a picture of ranks and ranks of them, which, someday, if I ever find my driver disk for the scanner, or get the energy to track (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I figure you could sell the horse and the wall section for more than $1 total. And of course if you wan tand snag this set on sales (or even clearances) you'll be even better off. (...) I'll go with that, although I generally price 'current' (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have to agree... I always had trouble having my 35 Crusaders vs my 28 Black Falcons... that war just seemed so pitiful... (fortunately my armies have expanded... but only about twofold) (...) Yep! Old style castle 'figs like the Crusaders, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I found an interesting castle set from saudi-arabia on ebay: (URL) looks like a variation on the Black Falcon Fortress. Any insights from the more knowledgeable folks here? I noticed that it was numbered 708. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How phenomenally odd! "DALU"? "DALULAND"? I assume this is a translation of some kind? But why translate a product name? Does "lego" mean something in Arabic? Could it concievably be a rip off of lego? I'm not sure how copyright laws are in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm fond of 5x5 formations. 25 figs, all matching look very good in a 5x5, and fit nicely onto a small-ish baseplate. (I think I'm at ~100, or maybe 125 done this way - I haven't checked to see if I can make the extra formations yet. 75 for (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And is it just me, or do those minifigs not have faces? It's hard to tell, because the scan isn't a great resolution, but it looks like the heads are unprinted. Weird...I'm thinking blatant rip-off, myself, but I'm not certain. Wonder what the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Now I'm starting to get curious... how many castle 'figs does everyone else have? I've got: Classic (Yellow castle) - 0 Crusaders - 86 Black Falcons - 51 Forestmen - 6 Black Knights - 34 Wolfpack - 11 Dragon Masters - 18 + 7 Majisto's Royal (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm thinking rip-off more and more - take another look at the Black Falcon Fortress, you will see a number of differences: (URL)James (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I noticed that too... but I didn't really think anything of it... I took another look at the picture, and it looks like they COULD be there... I think I could barely make out the mouths, but they looked like straight lines (no smiles)... (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) 125 (...) <snipped impressive list> (...) Not shamed by me, at least. I think I've got around the same number you do, but a large number of mine never see "service" since they've been canabalized to make my matching guys. James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes there are quite a lot of differences, but I've never seen, or even heard of, anyone trying to rip off LEGO. It is hard to imagine LEGO making a similar but different version of the set, but it is also hard to imagine someone trying to rip (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) copyright (...) (Does (...) horses, white figs?, no castle corners with printing, no black spire w/ printed flag, etc, etc... But there is a lot to suggest it IS Lego... after all, if you were a knock-off, you'd want to save as much money as (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, most of those similarities aren't just to BFF, but to all (large) Legoland Castle sets, so it may be a style knock-off rather than 1 specific set. I'm also curious as to how old this is - it may be just my read, but the auction listing (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) from (...) Yes, I am quite in agreeance... (...) I think my take on it is that someone bought the set in Saudi Arabia when it was released (whenever that was... BFF came out in 1986, so maybe roughly then?).. it was probably played with for a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not as many as you, that's for sure! 0_0 (...) The Black Falcons are my favorite (and are the "main" force in my kingdom), so I'm curious -- do you make your Black Falcons in the "classic" style (like from the Knight's Castle and Black Falcons (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well... that's a toughie... 95% of the time, I store my guys exactly as they came in the sets... but when I acutually use them in displays, etc, I mix 'em up... Actually, my preferred method for black falcons is blue torso w/ black falcon (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Should I get the "King Leo's Castle" (6091) set or 18 of the "King Leo" (6026) set?? The castle set has the King, Queen, Princess, both Soldiers, but the structure doesn't look good. If I get a bunch of the small set I get a small army. Either way (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If ordering from S@H consider getting the castle - you need something to have your army stay in, defend, or attack. I would wait to get the 6026s when K-Mart runs one of it's many 20% off sales - and then stock up. From my experience, as cool (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) K-Mart (...) I'd have to agree... get the castle. Reasons why: - roughly 550 pieces vs. 342 pieces, same cost - If you don't have the castle, you won't get the brown falcon, the princess, the queen, or the other cool 'good' knight... you also (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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