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Re: Will there be more Castle in 2001? what ya think ?
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Wed, 9 Aug 2000 23:05:07 GMT
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On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 04:05:40 GMT, "Wesley Pauley"
<msanchez@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> In lugnet.castle, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Actually, the reason Star Wars has replaced Space isn't because of Lego,
> > it's because of Lucasfilm Ltd. They insisted that Lego refrain from making
> > any futuristic spaceship-oriented theme while they make Star Wars sets.
> > 
> > Bummer, eh? At least the SW sets come with good parts.
> > 
> > ~Mark
> 
> I see that there is a few different possibilities that are most likely, in my
> opinion. I mean these possibilities may seem logical or off the wall. Of
> course I haven't even read a harry potter book   -:)
> 
> So what do you think of these SEPERATE ideas?

Comments below then.

> 0- It's obvious that we can expect some really new nice minifigs!

Sounds good to me!  Any new styles for peasants are welcome :^)

> 
> 1- Harry Potter line will be a new theme and not eliminate any other
> (unlike SW) (like time cruisers, adventures or arctic) --i believe arctic will
> very soon be going the way of time cruisers--

Unlikely, TLC has only so many moulding machine to manufacture sets,
so when something new arrives something old goes away.

> 
> 2- HP line will put the castle theme on hiatus(though people have mentioned
> that the books may be more modern time based than the castle theme?) --ninja
> put castle on hiatus for a while-- lego has a lot of themes nowadays many have
> been cancelled (pirates, space -maybe it'll come back when they run out of SW
> ideas-, time cruisers,town related subthemes.  --- I HOPE CASTLE NEVER GOES
> THE WAY OF THE PIRATES ---

Some people (myself included) have always though Ninja IS Castle
(truth there you know).  I also hope that Castle never goes the way of
Pirates.

> 
> 3- HP line will compliment the castle theme nicely with no emphasis on
> soldiers -I mean, I do not know if there are even soldiers in the books.
> (perhaps like bringing back he ideas of lego wizards -and magical items-,
> peasants and creatures)

Peasants, peasants, peasants! Mwhahaahahahahahahaaaaa! :^)
Soldiers I GOT!

> 
> 4- fill in the blank i can't think of anything..

Really? why include #4 at all then?

> 
> NTFH,

huh? not familiar with the above.

> Wes

Thanks for posting, do so again, soon perhaps?
All other themes are just spare parts for Castle!



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(...) I see that there is a few different possibilities that are most likely, in my opinion. I mean these possibilities may seem logical or off the wall. Of course I haven't even read a harry potter book -:) So what do you think of these SEPERATE (...) (26 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)

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