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Re: A few questions...
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 30 Apr 2002 19:55:21 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> In lugnet.castle, John Henry Kruer writes:
> > Alot of questions:
> >
> > Which castle wall color do think is best?
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> I am not really that impressed with the yellow Tutor wall, so my pick is
> definitely the red one. Real pretty, and its great that it comes in
> the Guarded Inn.
Hmmm... I like it to. I can't really really set my sights on the yellow
tudor walls... so these will have to do anyway.
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> > Which castle set is the one you like the most? (out of any eara)
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> I think my favorite set is the King's Mountain Fortress. A lovely little
> stronghold on the green "rocky" raised baseplate. It looks very quaint,
> has the castle female minifig (AKA castle wench), has a nice host of
> soldiers, including the 2 archers which look fabulous and the mountain
> knights, whose helms look great. The tree is also fantastic and so is the
> tower with the twin crosbows on the top.
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> The only drawbacks I can think of, is there is only one "liveable" room.
> And that is the tower. There is an open court yard with treasure, and the
> driveway.....
Yeah, its a really nice set, judging by the instructions. A bit more
interesting then the the king's castle, too.
> > There arn't any light grey castle corner walls available in current sets, right?
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> > Out of the little sets of the current castle, which is the best for pieces?
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> Guarded Inn for larger pieces and Blacksmith shop for smaller pieces. They
> still sell Catapult sets at Shop @ Home ... for catapult pieces, a kettle helm
> knight, and a cute female minifig with the helm and visor (and the shiny
> breastplate).
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> > Out of all sets avalaible, which is the best for pieces?
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> You got me there. My experience with Castle is limited, but I'll have to
> say at the moment what I said above. For smaller pieces, the Blacksmith shop
> is good, but for castle walls, and other "goodies" the Guarded Inn is also
> nice.
The big two of these days...
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> > John Kruer
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> > p.s.- I'm afraid my parents have decided that 'what is the use of buying
> > pieces you already have if you just add them to your collection, so,
> > unfortunantly, my 4 buys on bricklink will be my only ones... So I'll have
> > to make use current sets:-(
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> That totally sucks. There is no such thing as useless Lego purchases... :)
> However, my collection is a bit over-sized for my living space allocation
> at the moment. I have roughly 75,000 pieces in my collection....30% of which
> was collected in the last 6 months or so. (most of this is unfortunately town
> related) but a bulk of my purchases, especially from shop@home and other
> places is castle related.
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> Best of luck with everything. If you wanted to make something neat, 4 guarded
> inns, a couple hundred grey bricks, and a blacksmith shop would make an
> excellent looking castle if done up right. guarded inns as the walls and
> guard towers, with the blacksmith shop as the central keep.
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> Hmmm...sounds like an interesting next project....D'oh!!
> I'd better shut-up before I go bankrupt!!!! :)
Weird idea! But still interesting...
> Benjamin Medinets
John Kruer
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