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| Hello! (...) I say the Vikings are both Pirates and Castle because the Vikings were Pirates (robberers comming over the sea) in Castle times. They are the link between the two themes. I guess LEGO decided to do them because Playmobil did Vikings, (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I had always thought that LEGO might be avoiding the theme, scince Megablok did it first. I still have several of the old Megablok dragon ships in the box. But in a raverse of history, it seems tha LEGO is allowing Megablok to do it's (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Glad we're not alone in the "silly" POV on the new knights. My 9 year old was not thrilled with the purple and light blue knights - those aren't knight colors...... He's quite thrilled with the Vikings (horns and all) - he's already got two (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) So, is it a hoax or not? Any idea when these may be coming out? John R. Beck (returning fan) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) It's not a hoax, and it'll be hitting retail in summer of '05. ...around late June to early July! =) Oh, and welcome back! --==Richard==-- (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) While this IS the popular thought on Vikings, its not the historical correct one. The Vikings was first of all explorers, conquerors, farmers and merchants - exploring Russia, Iceland, Greenland, North America, and conquering England, Ireland (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| Are you using the term Viking here where you should prehaps be using the term Norsemen ? I always thought that 'Viking' was a term for the Warriors. Various online encyclopaedias seem to agree with this.. (URL) for example. quote : The name Viking (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I'd say that definition is a bit 'narrow'. As far as we learn from *our* history books, 'Vikings' are the name given to almost all inhabitants in Norway, Denmark and Sweden (and later Iceland and Greenland), maybe excluding the northernmost (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) And I'm not English speaking, so perhaps "Viking" in English do mean what you quote. But the term "Viking" in Danish mean the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic seafaring PEOPLE of the 8th to 11th century, not just the few raiders. And (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| Thank you Anders and Arne for the clarification. (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| snip (...) Well, I just read on <www.eurobricks.com> that vikings are only going to be sold in Europe. "Vikings for Europe and DINO for USA 2005-02-25 19:06:29 by Jipay After Jan’s speech, the rumour has spread all over the internet : the vikking (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| In lugnet.castle, Douglas R. Clark wrote: -snip- (...) I spoke to an employee at the MOA Imagination Center store last night, and was told they *would* be getting the Vikings sets. I guess we'll just have to wait and see! JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Shouldn't we also just go straight ahead and remind everyone (including LEGO!) vikings DID not have horns as part of their helmets. But I guess the horns are to the recognition of the minifig as viking what the castle is to the playability of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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