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Re: Time to get acquainted...
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Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:10:01 GMT
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My name is Sun and I TOO am a Lego Ninja theme fan.
Like many other compatriots on this board, I was brought out of my dark ages
thanks in part to this theme.
My current involvement with the theme is fairly limited because of other
Lego projects etc etc. All in all, my main objective has always been to
amass a large army. After watching "Ran" you can't help but want more and
more warriors!
In the future, I hope to explore Asian architecture in particular. Maybe a
castle like KK's or a town of homes; we'll see.
In lugnet.castle.ninja, John Robert-Blaze Kanehl writes:
> Thank Todd...a Ninja theme discussion group... I'll second Chris's
> sentiment...woohoo!
>
> Hello...my name is John and I am a Lego Ninja theme fan.
> (there I said it, no embarassment or anything)
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> SUMMARY (Long story short) :
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> I like the Lego Ninja theme more than most others in the past few years. I
> am focusing my efforts on realizing much of my personal building potential
> and some of the unexplored aspects of this theme. I truly enjoy the
> challenge of building structures in this genre. I also love the aspect of
> color that can injected into these creations. Building principally gray
> structures can be incredibly expesive. I never had enough Gray, but I have
> plenty of Red, White, Black, Blue, Beige and Green to realize my building
> ambitions. I look forward to discussing aspects of this theme to all who
> will listen...lol
>
> Now, the Long version:
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> Actually I am a fan of most things Castle. Unfortunately, my childhood
> collection of old yellow+gray castle sets are packed away. It was the Ninja
> theme that rekindled my interest in building as a hobby. I never had a Dark
> Age, but I had a few years of "low consumption" during college and afterwards.
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> Ever since I saw the Sean Connery "You Only Live Twice" Bond movie (and
> later "Shogun") as a young builder, I have always waned to do a Japanese
> style Castle. When Lego released the first generation of Ninja sets a few
> years ago, I was excited and paid close to full retail or above (TRU) for
> all the sets (something I hadn't done for 5 years- I generally only bought
> Lego on sale) I thought that this theme heralded a new age of creativity
> from the Lego company. I hoped that the Ninja theme would last 3-4 years
> and lead to other cultures like China, India, etc. It was a reasonable
> expectation in those days...Adventures had Egypt, Wild West had Indian sets.
> Well the theme never expanded, so I decided to do it myself = )
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> I admit that many of the models are lacking in complexity, but the selection
> of specialized parts introduced in this theme allows you to mimic hallmark
> aesthetic features that would otherwise be impossible or require huge
> volumes of bricks and slopes. The katanas, sloped walls, armor piece, and
> espeially the heavy doors are great! Witness KK's creations that were based
> principally on 6093 FNFs, 1200 piece tubs and Dacta roof packs. My project
> owes much of its inventory to half a dozen or more FNFs. Essentially my
> point is that this theme has ALOT of unrealized potential that I intend to
> explore.
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> I look forward to hearing about everyone's projects and especially viewing
> their pics...I highly recommend KK Quah's site (recently Cool Lego Site of
> The Week) for great construction pics, concepts and informative links.
> I'll post a link to my website in another post to show my "fantasy/ficion"
> approach to the Lego Ninja theme and my numerous minifig Samurai designs.
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