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Re: Early Castle Wall Components Musings...
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Wed, 24 May 2000 13:10:08 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Richard W. Schamus writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jason Brown writes:
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> > Richard Schamus wrote:
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> > > Anyway, my research has led me to find that there were 8 original
> > > components before TLC abandoned this idea. I'll list them for you if you
> > > are not familiar with these sets. 6034 - Black Monarch's Ghost, 6040 -
> > > Blacksmith Shop, 6041 - Armor Shop, 6059 - Knight's Stronghold, 6061 -
> > > Siege Tower, 6062 - Battering Ram, 6067 - Guarded Inn, and finally 6074 -
> > > Black Falcon's Fortress. One small bit of trivia is that 6081 - Kings
> > > Mountain Fortress, has a connection pin in the appropriate spot for adding
> > > to the other sets, it's just a bit low because it's on a baseplate and not
> > > on a full plate. Arguably, this could be considered as a 9th, but it might
> > > be stretching it.
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> > Nitpick! You forgot 6073 Knight's Castle! 6073 and 6074 connect well
> > together, too. :) On top of that, 6080 King's Castle and 6085, when
> > opened, can both accept wall pieces, although they are on baseplates.
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> To nitpick back, yes, if you opened 6073, it does accept the wall pieces, (I
> have one you see, so I do know,) but it was not originally designed to do so.
Actually, they *were* designed to do just that. The wall sections were
designed to allow you to expand the big castles.
> The same with with 6074 and to the same extent as the 6081 with the baseplate
> mounting. To be fair to the castle wall components though, these other sets
> were concieved either before or after the concept was initiated and then
> abandoned.
What exactly do you mean by this? 6080 and 6061, for example, were released at
the same time. Therefore, it seems obvious to me that 6061 was supposed to be
added to 6080 so as to make the castle larger. Alternately, it could've been
added to 6073 to increase the size of that castle as well. The castles were
designed so that while they could be used stand-alone, they could also be
easily expanded. The exact same ideas were behind the release of 6034 and
6059: add-ons to 6085.
Which reminds me: Has anyone noticed how 6034 *cannot* be used as a castle
wall component (with other stock wall components) in its unaltered form?
Jeff
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| (...) Yeah, it struck me as odd on that set-- as well as on 6081. The even odder thing being that even 6081 and 6034 aren't on the same level height-wise... (of course 6081 only had ONE peg... kinda useless, I thought. Not to mention harder to (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) might (...) at (...) I do not believe that the wall pieces we're originally designed to do so. The outer cover of the cataloge for 1984 shows all three pieces, and not one of them are put "together." The closest is 6061 and 6073 in the same (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 6062 - (...) has (...) Arguably, (...) have one you see, so I do know,) but it was not originally designed to do so. The same with with 6074 and to the same extent as the 6081 with the baseplate mounting. To be fair to the castle wall (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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