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Re: Legend voting
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:00:34 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Aaron Dalan writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > Good analysis. You're prolly right. 375 would have too many compromised in
> > it and doesn't have the curb appeal. We'll see.
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> > But as I said on our list, I almost don't care which one wins. I'll be
> > getting multiple copies of the winner in any case. Choosing one of these is
> > a nice problem to have.
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> I wonder how much they will charge, should the 375 win. All those solid
> bricks, plus 14 minifigs, it could get a little pricey. Maybe double the
> price of the New Blacksmith's Shop.
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> The compromises you spoke of, presumably, would be one or more of the following:
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> Printed bricks instead of stickers (maybe not such a bad thing?);
Actually haven't other Legends sets used stickers in some places instead of
printing? I forget.
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> Modern red 1x1 bricks with a perp. stud, unlike the hollow back original red
> window pieces;
Probably... in fact almost certainly. But if they DID bring that 1x1 window
back... look out!
> Hollow stud heads on minifigs;
Almost certainly.
> New-type light grey swords like the ones on the Gryffndor statues from
> Hogwart's castle;
Almost certainly.
> And finally, on the cavalry guys, presumably new style visors and helmets.
> Possibly Euro-armor, but not certain. It would be kind of cool to get a the
> pointed castle visor in two new colors--red and white.
I doubt they'd do any new molds, and those helmet/visor/feather molds are
presumably long gone, so whatever helm and visor was used would have to be
the best fit available from what's currently available.
Good analysis! Thanks for elaborating what I elided!
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| (...) Huh? Are there any printed bricks in this set? The flag uses a sticker (at least mine does), as do the torso armor parts and the shields (all of mine do). There's some front tower decoration as well, right? I think that's a sticker too. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 4558 - stickers on 1x5x4 cargo doors. I think stickers would increase the attractiveness of this set. With stickers the set is primarily basic bricks, and plain minifigs (which are easily useable in town). (...) The 1x1 w/side stud is pretty (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I wonder how much they will charge, should the 375 win. All those solid bricks, plus 14 minifigs, it could get a little pricey. Maybe double the price of the New Blacksmith's Shop. The compromises you spoke of, presumably, would be one or more (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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