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Re: Loyal to .castle? [ROLL CALL]
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lugnet.castle
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Sun, 20 Oct 2002 15:01:58 GMT
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You make it sound as if .castle is dead, but I don't think this is the case.
Even if there isn't a real castle line being sold, with the recent legends
serieses coming out, it is clear that LEGO haven't forgotten us. The
modular space projet was, as I understand it, inspired by some of the
modular things in the other rooms, such as the castle room. So castle isn't
"dead".
I also don't think it is necessary to constantly be dissing other lego
subthemes. I build mainly castle now, but I have built other stuff in the
past, will hopefully do so in the future and I enjoy seeing what people can
make in pretty much all the themes out there.
I think if you think that castle needs a boost, the best thing you can do is
build somehing and show it off, and try to give feedback to other people's
MOCs when they post them. There are all kinds of problems with making a
modular or communal system, whether it be the Isle of Mist or something like
making a modular lego town. The one we had at Brickfest did look pretty
impressive, truth be told, but I feel that more people might have gotten
involved if there hadn't been such strict guidelines for how to build. Of
course, undertaking the task to organise something like a modular town is a
considerable one, and Jeff can surely tell anyone who is interested about
some of the problems one may face.
One of the problems with doing a modular castle project is that one needs to
agree on a standardised wall measurements. And each different castlehead has
his or her own idea about what this should look like. In the end at
Brickfest 2002 we avoided the problem, when Troy ended up making all the
walls, but we can't expect to be able to do this at all future events. Of
course every last wall segment doesn't have to be identical, but they need
to be able to connect and not look crap when they are together. It may be
more effective if one instead concentrates on making freestanding structures
that don't need to be attached to a wall, or a particular kind of raod, and
at the next brickfest or whatever, see what you have and throw them
together. This is kind of what worked at BF 2001, although the village that
was created was sorely lacking in an actual castle. Maybe a smaller number
of people can concentrate on building the actual castle, to make the
standardisation of walls easier. I think the more rules that apply for
building, the fewer people will be interested in
building something for a modular project.
just some thoughts
Magnus
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| Hey everyone! A fellow .castle follower in a previous post suggested that .castle is losing members because our lack of activity. Other groups are getting stronger because they have group projects (POD's, Moonbase, Train Layouts) and they have lots (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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