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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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