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Re: Castle World
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:12:23 GMT
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Hi Phil,

In lugnet.castle, Philip Ogston writes:
[snip]
> Here's a thought:  What about a Roman theme?  They built some neat stuff, and
> had some pretty cool cultures and armies and all.  Just imagine the sets: The
> Coliseum, the Circus Maximus, Caligula's Court (Ok, maybe not that one).
> Someone build a trireme.

Well Phil, this is a great idea! It is such a good idea, that you might not be
surprised to find that many lego fans thought of this before :-)

I'm too lazy to search, but I remember a custom-built ancient-Rome/Greece
contenst (by fans), that had great models like the parthenon and other really
great stuff of which I can't recall names right know.

> 
> Ooh ooh!  Cathedral Lego!  That could go right along with the more modern
> castles.  You could have little Bishop minifigs and gargoyle pieces.
> 
> I'm going to have to stop playing with all this Technic stuff and dig up my
> sister's old Castle pieces.

Good idea! Technic is boring anyway ;-)

(I'm risking flaming, my hope is that the technic guys don't venture here
often :-)

-Shiri



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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Shiri (<FowtKn.2qL@lugnet.com>) wrote at 21:12:23 (...) He he he. The only flaming will be the projectiles from large Technic trebuchets, and other assorted siege engines >;-) (27 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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(...) Just figure out how to build Viking long boats, I think they've been around since the early days of european castles. Come to think of it, there have been sea-going ships since before the Roman Empire. I'm not quite sure about the history of (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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