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Re: Medieval Castles - History?
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:51:49 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> No new Castle releases. Oh, a few hard to find special sets, but no real
> follow-up to Knight's Kingdom. Of course, Lego plays its cards close to the
> gravy stains and new releases may be around the corner, but with the Harry
> Potter liscense, it seems doubtful that they would come out with two large
> castles necessary for both. And though it has a castle and magic, Harry
> Potter is definitely not medieval. No seige weapons, no knights, no cavalry.
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> So, the question: is Castle history? And would you buy it anyway
> considering the increasing "juniorization"? I have yet to purchase the 6091
> King Leo's Castle - mostly just acquiring the minifigs. Maybe if I see it
> down around $25-$30, but that would be it. Will prices rise for old stuff
> dramatically?
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> Bruce
Looks like it to me. I just wish they would have given us a new accessory
set before ending it! I notice LOM got an accessory set. (enter sour grapes
comment here) The figs were great, the structures not so, hopefully HP will
have some nice buildings to go along with all the wizard stuff, and maybe,
just maybe, castle will be back bigger and better before too long.
Kevin
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| I don't want to cry in my bier here, but I don't see Lego creating a harry potter series that isn't juniorised. If Juniorisation is meant to please young children, YOung children seem to be the target audience for harry potter. I believe that we (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| No new Castle releases. Oh, a few hard to find special sets, but no real follow-up to Knight's Kingdom. Of course, Lego plays its cards close to the gravy stains and new releases may be around the corner, but with the Harry Potter liscense, it seems (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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