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Re: Future Themes for Castle
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:44:09 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Aaron West writes:
> Hello all,
> I am a big fan of LEGO and Castle series. The sets that LEGO has come out
> with based on historical settings has been awesome over the years. So far the
> Castle line has not explored one very important historical period: The Roman
> Empire. The whole Castle line recently went to the Far East for inspiration
> (assuming that the Theme was Eurocentric) and did a fair job. I would think
> that the Roman Empire would be a sure bet for the company, and could sort of
> exist around the *very* popular Adventurerer series, and parents would love
> it. Just think of the Roman Navy, Army, Citadels and a Roman Villa and
> Marketplace and Centurians (let your imagination run wild now). Having said
> all this I realize that it is out of timeframe for most of the Euro-Castle
> line, but so was the Ninja series. And Fright Knights were pure fantasy. Why
> not go back to the Roman world, cut out the Junior set construction and teach
> children a little about world history in the process? This probably would not
> be considered seriously by LEGO for at least five years from now, what with
> the commitment to more Euro-Castle stuff that just started for 2000.
I totally agree. Ever since I was 5 when I got my first set (a basic bucket),
I've drooled over Roman Gladiators, Roman nobles, especially Ceaser, and other
pre-medieval themes. Centuars, Minotaurs, and Hydras, oh my!
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| If you aren't aware, Erik Wilson has a page collecting many "Ancient Theme" designs that have been made over the years. He has a Colliseum, he & Jacob Sparre Andersen did chariots, there's Susan Hoover's famous Trojan Horse, and finally, a real (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) wow havent seen this in a while.but i semi-agree. instead of just the romans do the greeks eygiptions isralies and evan saudi arabia. im not any of those cultures but they are cool (22 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hello all, I am a big fan of LEGO and Castle series. The sets that LEGO has come out with based on historical settings has been awesome over the years. So far the Castle line has not explored one very important historical period: The Roman Empire. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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