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Re: 2000 Castle - Royal Joust in Salem, NH
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:47:49 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Dropped by the Salem, NH TRU over lunch. Only one 2000 LEGO set: the Royal
> Joust. No
> time to put it together, but some first impressions from looking it over:
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> * I thought the king had a black beard from the catalog pics. Maybe there
> are two kings, but the one in this set has a white beard. He looks very
> stern. I wonder how his face will look with a Majisto beard?
White beard?!? Wow, cool! I could have an old, wise king and a prince just
waiting to success him... The possibilities are endless... :-)
> * Speaking of catalog pics...I am won over. After looking at the catalog,
> the knight in the big castle set *is* female. That's no moustache. It
> looks like a different armor print than the knight in the Royal Joust, too,
> but that could be the angle, it's difficult to tell. My only fear now is
> that someone goofed up the minifigs for the catalog pic, and created a
> female knight and a transvestite 'princess'. If not...woo!
This sounds better and better... (Too good to be true? I hope not)
> * The bad news: price. 99 pieces for $19.99 - sigh. The price of $90 I
> heard quoted for the big castle set makes it look like this theme is going
> to be one of the more expensive ones, price-per-piece-wise...
Damn... I'm back to baby-sitting if I want these...
Thanks for the info. These sound great.
When you finish building, could you maybe make some pictures for us anxious
fans? If you don't have a site, please send them to me...
TIA,
-Shiri
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| Dropped by the Salem, NH TRU over lunch. Only one 2000 LEGO set: the Royal Joust. No time to put it together, but some first impressions from looking it over: * I thought the king had a black beard from the catalog pics. Maybe there are two kings, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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