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Re: Combining Castles Sets
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:01:41 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Richard W. Schamus writes:
> In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Thomas Garrison writes:
> > > PS Off the top of my head, I'd say that you already have the black Castle
> > > sets with technic pin connections--the only other one I know of is the Black
> > > Monarch's Ghost, which is a little short.
> >
> > I believe that all the official sets with technic pin connections are:
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> > 6034 Black Monarch's Ghost (Black)
> > 6040 Blacksmith Shop (Grey)
> > 6041 Armor Shop (Grey)
> > 6059 Knight's Stronghold (Black)
> > 6061 Seige Tower (Grey)
> > 6062 Battering Ram (Grey)
> > 6067 Guarded Inn (Grey)
> > 6073 Knight's Castle (Grey)
> > 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (Grey)
> > 6080 King's Castle (Grey)
> > 6081 King's Mountain Fortress (Grey)
> > 6085 Black Monarch's Castle (Black)
> >
> > And actually,6081 and 6034 may not really count...
> >
> > 6034 has a clip on the side making it incapable of actually connecting to
> > another castle wall section on one side (I forget who pointed that out), and
> > also has a wall that is 1 stud and one plate lower than the other segment
> > sets...
> I know I've pointed that out at some point when describing my conversion of
> these components into my revised Castle Wall Compontent system, though I'm
> uncertain if I am an original poster of this inadequacy.
> <snip>
> > DaveE
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> Essentially, all the castle wall components that TLC produced to "go
> together" have problems. Yes, they are interesting, and have some nice
> building points to them, but to me they are flawed. For one, they are too
> short. A minifig on horseback could scale the walls of any structure you put
> together from these pieces. If you aren't careful, one or more pieces will
> fall over as you adjust placement of each; the one connection point is very
> flimsy. The walk ways are not wide enough... I could go on, but I chose to
> do "something" about it and just made my own better designed pieces. I
> suggest that Thomas do the same.
Opps, I meant Kevin.
> Rich
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