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Re: Castle Newbie Recommendations
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Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:03:46 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> After two years of collecting pirates stuff and only the REAL expensive stuff
> left to get, I've decided to move into castles. • --snippage--
> I know - I'm too darn late on this series, too.  I'm not willing to pay
> extremely high prices (I'd rather get what's available and cheap and construct
> my own).  Nevertheless, I'd like to hear what sets (don't quote set numbers
> only, please!) people like.

I hear quite a bit that the 6097-Night Lord's Castle is on discount these days.
The principle model is kind of stinky, but I would still recommend picking this
set up for the amount of castle walls, pillars, and trap doors it will afford
you.  I'd suggest paying not more than $60.00 for this.
You could also grab some 5145 grey bricks from shop-at-home to help pad out
your castles.

> How about some affordable sets that go well together (black themed castles as
> opposed to grey, for example)?

The most affordable would probably be the royal knights:
6078 - royal drawbridge, and 6090 royal knight's castle.

Going back further, you could also seek out the forestmen sets:
6066 - camouflaged outpost, 6071 - forestmen's crossing (though you might have
to pay extra just because of the forest wench) and 6077 - forestmen's river
fortress.

Some nice (and worthwhile) grail sets would be
6080 - king's castle, and 6085 - black monarchs castle
I mention these because they are substantial sets and not simply overpriced
because of a unique design or figure.

Best of luck and let us know what you end up looking for and acquiring!

..joseph g



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  Re: Castle Newbie Recommendations
 
(...) I actually like the interior design on Night Lord's Castle... it looks very much like it might be plausible for a main room inside a real castle (w/ fireplace, nice subtle coloring, etc) But from the *outside*... BLECH! (...) Some of the (...) (27 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Castle Newbie Recommendations
 
(...) 6090 may still be available through S@H. 6079 Dark Forest Fortress is a nice set also. This spring I found a stockpile of them in TRUs near Norfolk VA. (27 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)

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  Castle Newbie Recommendations
 
After two years of collecting pirates stuff and only the REAL expensive stuff left to get, I've decided to move into castles. I always wanted to, it was just too expensive trying to build the massive fleet for gaming that I wanted at the same time (...) (27 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)

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