Subject:
|
Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.castle
|
Date:
|
Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:39:41 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1700 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.castle, Jeff Szklennik wrote:
| |
I saw this on brickshelf last nite & was totally wowed! this took me back to
the days of looking at the old idea books (specifically Mary? & Bill? idea
book #6000). there was a recent thread about the old lego “feeling”:
http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=32329
which someone replied was just nostalgia, which i thought was a good summary,
BUT upon seeing this castle, i know it can’t be just nostalgia, but some
feeling related to a well designed & built Lego creation. this castle
ROCKS! totally intriguing in form & fun. Way to go!!!
spotlighted
Jeff
|
Hey Jeff,
Thank you so much. I am, of course, proud of this castle; I’ve showed it to many
people over the years, but it’s strange to finally share it with my peers (not
necessarily chronological peers as ‘peers of interest’) and not be so clear
about the details. I just recently found an ‘inventory’ of my sets from that
era, which has helped me with the context. I do recall the spirit of seeing what
I could do with the bricks I had, which I suppose I still have (the spirit, as
well as the bricks.) I do tend to waver between proud builder and detached
observer.
This castle does have a nostalgic element for me of course, but it’s also
interesting to reflect on what I have (and don’t have) in common with my former
self. There is definitely an air of fantasy about this castle(1), but also some
realism; there are stairs and ladders throughout such that a minfig could ascend
to the top without too much trouble. You can see the start of the stairs
here when the portcullis is up.
I am quite proud of the portcullis, which is simply made of a stack of 1x4
bricks inside a ‘chase’ such that it can be raised and wedged in place and then
dropped with a simple push from the top (through the window opening.) Here’s the
top when open and
when closed. It serves as a reminder to me that playability doesn’t have to be
complicated.
Well, that was quite the little ramble, but I’ll leave it for those who may be
interested.
Peace and something deeper than nostalgia,
Professor Whateverly
And, Castle peace too I suppose.
(1) Defying gravity so brazenly. Perhaps It’s really a spaceship? ;-)
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
|
| (...) SNIP (URL) SNIP (...) SNIP I saw this on brickshelf last nite & was totally wowed! this took me back to the days of looking at the old idea books (specifically Mary? & Bill? idea book #6000). there was a recent thread about the old lego (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
|
7 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
