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Re: Ultimate castle theme..
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 02:18:37 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Ed T. Toton III writes:
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> 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 current theme, and having the older stuff only
> available on ebay, rather than already having stuff from collecting it
> all along...
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> I think for me, what I'd consider to be a fantastic lego castle theme
> would be one that takes some of the best ideas from each of the
> castle lines we've seen so far. I love Knight's Kingdom for the detail
> and some of the styling. The siege engines are neat, the minifigs
> look good, and there's a wonderful abundance of weapons and
> accessories. What I don't like about this theme is that simple things
> like standard fantasy stuff are missing (such as decent-looking
> dragons and wizards and the like.. I mean really... a dragon with
> transparent red wings that's only available in a hard-to-find
> promotional set?? Auuugh!), and it's hard to put together a
> good castle. Basic castle walls aren't even in the current sets, for
> instance (except maybe king leo's castle, but it's expensive to
> get multiples of, and right now is hard to find, and besides how
> many of those green bases etc do you need??)... And heck, they're
> not even offering accessory service packs, or minifig packs for
> this theme yet.
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> I looked back at some of the older sets and saw some neat things
> and got some interesting ideas. Some of the sets from the 80's
> had a "simple but functional" sort of look. Nice small fortresses with
> those castle wall pieces, and hinged in some cases (such as 6073,
> 6075, 6080) and there used to be a drawbridge/gatehouse set
> once upon a time (6078).
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> I think one thing that's been lacking all along though is modularity
> and scalability. So here's what I think would be really awesome:
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> 1) Sets that consist of maybe a section of castle wall and a tower
> that snap together with pin/socket joints. Each one could come with
> a catapult or some other siege engine, some good guys, and some
> bad guys. This would allow you to build a castle or fortress as large
> or small as you want, depending on how many of the sets you buy.
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> 2) One or two different gatehouse sets, with portculleses and
> drawbridges. Also modular.
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> 3) Seperate fantasy packs that have dragons, wizards,
> skeletons, ghosts, the like. That way you can add as much or
> as little of a fantasy element as you want.
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> 4) Peasant/village sets, so you can build an outlying village around
> your castle (or in it) if you want.
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> 5) Service/expansion packs with soldiers or peasants (extra
> minifigs), or dungeon trappings, or packs of weapons and
> armor and horse trappings, etc.
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> Thoughts? Ideas? Comments?
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> --
> -Bones-
> = http://www.necrobones.com/ = NecroBones Enterprises
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 as much of the sub-$50.00 currently available,
sets NOT in the Castle theme that have Castle parts (i.e. Twisted Time
Train), any complimentary Classic or Town set for structures, Star Wars for
peasants and creatures (hooded cloaks make for nice sorcerers, too), Western
or Adventurers for other elements and just custom build your own. That is
what I am up to now. You don't have to have the elements from the Crusaders
through Royal Knights to make somethin you can be proud of, and with Harry
Potter on the way late in 2001, your fantasy and some Castle wishes may come
true (at least partially). Here's to hoping that TLC will deliver the goods
in 2002! Or at least the design it yourself and buy it from TLC direct will
allow us to do this (oh please, oh please!).
P.S. Go to as many Target stores as you can for clearance Castle and Star
Wars, and Ralphs has some small Castle sets on sale with your Ralphs Club card!
Best wishes,
Aaron (big 'ol Castle fan)
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| (...) 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)
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