LEGO SYSTEM Castle : 7175


Castle / 7175

Ultimate castle theme.. —Ed T. Toton III

Hey there everyone! I was just curious as to what everyone's thoughts are as to what they think would make for the ultimate castle theme. I've got some opinions on it myself, and a lot of it stems from the frustrations of starting out only with the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —John Carroll

(...) It helps but it is still expensive. My first castle set was the blacksmith's shop. I also got a lot of the smaller early sets. but I only had a few lt. grey castle walls. in fact the only castle section I have right now, a back gate/entrance (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Aaron West

(...) I have my doubts as to whether or not TLC will ever do this (excellent idea!). It has been suggested many times over and dreamed about by more folk than just me. So, knowing that TLC may not fulfill our wishes, the best thing you can do is get (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Just got back from Legoland - the Twisted Time Train is on sale there for $4.99. I figured the skeleton and Ghost were just about worth that alone. :-) any complimentary Classic or Town set for structures, Star Wars for (...) Ooooo, gotta (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Andrew Weiner

i think they should either make a bigger dragon or a regular sized one in blue to match the one on the shields we need some elves and orcs and dungeons and dragons type stuff villages and towns would be really nice also a decent castle expansion (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Brian Kasprzyk

(...) I think you can build up a town with some common bricks. I have seen several sites recently posting pictures of common dwellings made out of basic bricks and plates for the roofs. It is not 'Lego' plans, but they get the job done and look (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Jonathan Mizner

(...) Actually, that sets was available in the Imagination Center, and probably in Legoland too. (...) I think one thing that's been lacking all along though is modularity (...) Sometime soon I am going to write a big post about my idea very similar (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Mike Timm

(...) I haven't done the ebay thing but have picked up some older sets, watch buy.sell.trade group here, I have gotten stuff at decent prices from there. (...) It just depends upon WHEN you got (back)into Castle :^) Some of us have a bucket full of (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Jeff Johnston

(...) Well, I think he's discussing not only modularity within a set, but having multiple sets link together easily to form one bigger set - sort of the way you can put together the 3 different grandstands and the main Soccer set to form a stadium. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Richard Noeckel

(...) --==???There's something more than 'War!'???==-- (...) Yup~! A mace, or Morning Star (chain with a spiked ball) would be Ggggggreat! The fantasy concept has lots of possibilities… Animals: Winged Horses (Pegasus) Unicorn wolfs Boares Cold (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —John Carroll

(...) I have a Pegasus: white horse, 2 trans red wings, 3 white 1x2 plates, 2 red 1x1 plates with the hand thingy. (the newer one that holds weapons horizontially rather than verticallty) it goes white 1x2 plate two red 1x1 w/ holder then two white (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Kevin Blocksidge

(...) I have made a variation of the Pegasus that can be ridden. The wings are attached to two black robot arms (the old space ones), one for each wing. These are then attached to the sadle clips, and the entire thing is placed on the horse. The (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Wilson Raska

(...) Are you using Internet Explorer 5? With that version, hitting backspace is just the same as clicking the Back button on the navigation bar. Hitting Enter will also take you Forward. Wilson (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Brian Kasprzyk

(...) I have a version that is simpler and could be ridden. I don't recall ever seeing a saddle on a Pegasus before. It's beneath them! Take a look: (URL) uses 2 white side clips, a white 1x2 plate and a 1x2 tile. If you remove the two 1x2's, you (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Aaron West

(...) I've got a design that looked more like a Nazgul's winged steed: Black horse, 2 black car headlight bricks, a single 1x2 black plate on top, 2 black accessory clips (the vertical kind that go on top of a stud), and 2 black wings. Add a red (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —John Carroll

(...) wings (...) That was my original design but I don't have any black, white of brown (but espesially white) of those clips. ALl I have is greys John (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Brian Kasprzyk

(...) Your in luck John! Lego Shop at home sells a connectors accessory set. It is $3 and you get 60 pieces. 2 of each clip type in gray, black, yellow, blue white and red. You also get 2 1x1 round plates of each color too. Not bad for 3 bucks! Here (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Kevin Blocksidge

(...) If they are going to make Hagrid, they will have to make him bigger than a normal 'fig, or else he wouldn't look at all like Hagrid. And they would need black beards. If they do make a bigger fig or somehow modify the existing fig to make it (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Mike Timm

(...) Haven't read the books but if this character is bigger than normal, then it would be fairly easy for TLC to make a piece like a ghost, chewbacca or watto to make a minifig bigger. Mike (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Kevin Blocksidge

(...) I won't give anything away, but a Chewbacca, Watto, or Ghost size fig would not do. Hagrid is very large. Not only taller, but with broad shoulders too. A simple slip cover would not do, atleast that is my opinion. Kevin Blocksidge (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Timothy Carl Buchheim

(...) Keep in mind that the sets will be based on the movie, not the books. So what LEGO does will most likely depend on how Hagrid is depicted in the movie. (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Jeff Johnston

(...) Also keep in mind that Anakin Skywalker the minifig is just as tall as Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and for that matter Darth Vader. Heck, so is Watto, the mini-fig. I'll grant that these are both characters supposed to be smaller than normal, but I'm (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —David Till

Jeff Johnston wrote in message <3A4D15B6.4BDF371A@m...ne.net>... (...) would (...) shoulders (...) Qui-Gon, (...) normal, (...) guy, (...) be (...) tall and (...) built (...) My fear is that the main characters will be depicted by these new figs, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —David Till

Timothy Carl Buchheim wrote in message <3A4CFA61.3EE388C3@c...AM.edu>... (...) would (...) In the christmas edition of 'Radio Times', a UK TV listings guide there is a 3 page feature on Harry Potter, and it includes a partial cast list for the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Jonathan Wilson

heres what I dont want in a castle theme: 1.dragon helments 2.bat helments 3.large swords 4.large fancy axes 5.crossbows 6.eliptical shields 7.raised baseplates 8.revolving doors 9.trap doors and 10.half octogon castle walls and heres what I do (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Peter White

In lugnet.castle, Ed T. Toton III writes: snippage (...) snippage There are black wings available in Ninja promo set 1187, so an all-black dragon is possible. At least black dragons did re-appear. Bring back the wizards, a much preferable option to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Bradley Dale

(...) I guess I'm taking my <set:6497 Twisted Time Train> and two <set:6496 Whirling Time Warpers> for granted, I consider black a fairly normal colour for dragon wings. But what am I supposed to do with the bathtubs???? (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Thomas Garrison

In lugnet.castle, Ed T. Toton III writes: <snip> (...) I agree, in general. In fact, your ideas are remarkably similar to some thoughts I had a few weeks ago, so I'll toss in mine too: A basic underlying precept I have is my belief that, if Lego (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)

Lego Revamps( was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Alex Farlie

(...) Personally I would think that the price range should be something like this. Tiny Set (ie simple promotionals,cars,boats)- Under £5 -- This would encourage pocket money spending (Kbaya? type schemes..) Small set --(Piece counts?) £10 Mid-range (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —James Stacey

wow. if only. I have always seen the modular sets to be a far better idea than the stand alone playsets. If TLC released these sets I'd have no money left. I love the concept of marketing the products with 2 set options. we all buy 2 of the sets and (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Mark van 't Hooft

Yes, I completely agree. I've actually played around with this a little bit with my yellow castle (375). I still think it is one of the best Lego sets around, but it is a bit small. I'll post some pictures if I come up with something good. Mark (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Drew Setter

The type of theme you suggest is one I believe that all castle fanatics would drool over. Modular is the best way to go It's sure something that I wish TLG would return to. That's kinda what the original themes were like with the Crusaders and Black (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Modular Castle sets (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Tanya K. Burkhart

(...) Okay, I know a lot of people are less that thrilled with Lego's foray into software, but I have a copy of Castle Creator (my husband bought it for me for Christmas, bless his misguided heart), and after messing around with it, I find that some (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Modular Castle sets (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) refs. —Mark van 't Hooft

Hi all While digging around for sources for my modular yellow castle I ran across two great books. I found them in the juvenile section of the local public library. They are similar to McCauley's stuff: Stephen Biesty's Cross Sections Castle (ISBN (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Modular Castle sets (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Mark van 't Hooft

In lugnet.castle, Mark van 't Hooft writes: Hi all, I posted some pictures of a tower I created in my quest to create a yellow castle using a modular design (my first humble attempt). The tower measures 12x12 and is 22 bricks high. I also added (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Modular Castle sets —Pawel Nazarewicz

(...) Good dimensions so far :) (...) The gatehouse IMHO is the hardest thing to design. The wall is the easiest (duh!), and the tower is somewhere in the middle. If I were you, I would go ahead and use a little black or grey in your modules, since (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Modular Castle sets (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Tanya K. Burkhart

I like it very much! I especially like the reinforcement support detail on the tower - breaks up the surface without mucking up the design. Good luck on the yellow bricks - I prefer the lt and dk grey, myself; and I've got some tan and sand green (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Modular Castle sets (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Mark van 't Hooft

Hi, Thanks for the feedback so far, esp. on the color use. I'm probably going to experiment with a few different color schemes: yellow/lt. grey yellow/white white/lt. grey I'll post some pictures when I come up with something. Mark Lugnet # 485 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Mark Sandlin

(...) I'd sure like to see a dragon that was bigger than 2 minifigs tall. Maybe it could come in its own set or something. my 2 copper pieces ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)

Re: Ultimate castle theme.. —Aaron West

(...) I got thinking about this... Wouldn't it be real nice if they did do a new style dragon that was larger and in different colors? How about one like a Chinese dragon? A long serpentine style body that has jointed sections in the middle so that (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)

First (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Steve Chapple

(...) Congratulations Mark on being the first post of the new millennium. :-) (Of course some would argue for the odometer turn over a year ago.) SRC (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: First (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Mark Sandlin

(...) Tee Hee. Yay Me! ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: First (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Frank Filz

(...) Others would point out that 2001/01/01 00:00:01 GMT is not the start of the new millenium even if you subscribe to the incorrect notion (1) that 2001 is the start of the new millenium, not 2000. GMT is 12 hours behind the international date (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

When did the 3rd millennium start? —Todd Lehman

(...) But if you're talking about the 9th decade of the 20th century, aren't you referring to 1981/01/01 to 1990/12/31? --Todd (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Frank Filz

(...) in (...) 1989/12/31 (...) Well, my point would be that the 20th century most sensibly (to me) starts 1900/01/01 so the 9th decade would still start at 1980/01/01. But really its all pretty irrelevant. The 20th century isn't the 20th century of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Matthew Miller

(...) That's when the *1900s* start -- just as the 80s start at 1980. (...) Sure. But for whatever reason, we do say that we are currently in the year 2001. Note that it doesn't work like birthdays, which count the number of years *completed*. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Frank Filz

(...) You're totally ignoring my point. My point is that the relevancy of how we call things is so little, that what makes the most sense to me is to say that decades start when the last digit of the year turns 0, centuries start when the last two (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Erik Olson

(...) You act as if what people did for all the centuries when our system WAS in use do not matter. In 1901 this was not an issue; they treated just as people did in 1801, and 1701. It is only our century that decided not to. (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Matthew Miller

(...) Doesn't matter. It's the *2001st* year since we started counting. Not 2000th: I think that's what you're missing. *Last* year was the 2000th year; that's why it was called "2000". (...) Well, as I said in my post, you are *in* your 38th year. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Frank Filz

(...) No we don't need to renumber all the previous years. We just need to give the year 1 BC two names. Or we can be non-anal about it and accept that to the average person, it makes more sense that the millenium starts in 2000 not 2001. On the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: When did the 3rd millennium start? —Jeff Johnston

(...) Bah, it's all irrelevant. The universe was created last Tuesday, already in its present form. J (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

there ain't no such thing as "year zero"... —Franklin W. Cain

Frank, There was *not* a "year zero". The year after "1 BC" was the year "AD 1". The Christian Calendar (and that *is* what it is, whether or not people want to accept it as such) is *not* a number line; IT DOESN'T HAVE A "ZERO"! Thus, the FIRST (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: there ain't no such thing as "year zero"... —Frank Filz

(...) You're missing my point. There wasn't a year 1 AD either. There is a year which we now call 1 AD. My point is that the relevance of when the bleep the calendar started is about zero. Therefore I find more relevance in the last digits turning (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: No "year zero", but if there was, we STILL just started new millenia! —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) If that's the case, my computer that reads 2001 is wrong. If there was no year 1, then how is there a year 2001? Any numbering system for years starts at an arbitrary date - you are correct that there wasn't a year 1 in the sense that the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: there ain't no such thing as "year zero"... —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(*Sound of dead horse being savagely beaten*) That's all right, it deserves it. Keeps our minds off of more important but far more depressing matters [1]. (...) I'm in full agreement with Franklin, but my evidence is in the term "Anno Domini" (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: 3rd millennium —Steve Chapple

(...) I figured if it was to be the first LUGNet post that Todd's computer's clock would have to be the reference standard for our little LEGO world. If it ceases to function our world ceases to exist. :-) (...) Interesting. I agree it's rather (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: First (was Re: Ultimate castle theme..) —Tobbe Arnesson

When did the first brick pop out of LEGOs molds? I'll dub that year zero my-self. (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)