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Subject: 
Re: New release of Castle series
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lugnet.castle
Date: 
Sat, 4 May 2002 17:10:34 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Pedro Silva writes:
> 
> > Picture Boba Fett's helmet in a different colour - and you have an hoplite's
> > helmet!
> > The same would be possible with a modified normal helmet (without the
> > chin-strap), and an upside-down normal visor, also modified to fit a cocarde.
> > If we can live with a little compromise, LEGO wold'nt have to spend too much
> > designing new molds... ;-)
> 
> Haha!  I just found my son's Boba Fett helmet lying around about an hour ago
> and put it on a scale mail guy from Castle and was going to ask if anyone
> has sawed off the backpack yet!

You may have been the first to do so!

> Actually, I chop up the bat-wing helmet to make a Corinthian helmet as it
> stands.

Another possible source: the original Aquazone helmets - the ones from
Aquasharks.

> > > > They could create several scenes, such as Pope Urban's address
> > > > to the crusaders, the marching forth (think knight's procession),
> > > > a christian monestery set, and of course, the great palace,
> > > > and turkish styled creations, such as a grand mecca, merchant square,
> > > > rogue forces, and an islam temple.
> > > 
> > > All great stuff - but dollars to donuts that you would end up with 38 Pope
> > > Urbans (kinda like King Leo).  Shriek!
> > 
> > Well, you could always use two: one for Rome and  the other for Avignon...
> 
> Three - weren't there two french popes to go along with the one Roman all at
> the same time?  Where's LFB when you need him?

I dunno about the third one, but it is possible. As a matter a fact, if you
start counting all popes so far, you may end up with a woman on the list...
(if this is a legend or not, is beyond my will to investigate) plus a number
of "anti-popes" chosen by less scrupulous rulers of Europe.

> Squads of Pope Urbans marching in formation (and with Lego articulation,
> goose-stepping).  I love it.

Hmmm...
You just remind me of somthing similar I did when playing "Cossacks" the
other day: an army of priests!
(Of course I used them as CF, they were pretty useless as units... ;-)


Pedro (off to see Guano Apes in a few hours)



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(...) Haha! I just found my son's Boba Fett helmet lying around about an hour ago and put it on a scale mail guy from Castle and was going to ask if anyone has sawed off the backpack yet! Actually, I chop up the bat-wing helmet to make a Corinthian (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.castle)

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