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Re: Dear Lego, if you must license, how about the Dragonriders of Pern
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lugnet.dear-lego
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Wed, 1 May 2002 02:45:22 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > I think the Pern series would make a great Lego theme, and many
> > of the parts already exist. You already have dragons (although they
> > are a bit small for the Pernese dragons compared to the size of
> > minifigs) and many people would welcome them in more colors
> > (mmmm, gold and bronze dragons!), while the new parts required
> > would be useful in other themes (musical instruments, for example).
>
> "a bit small"? That's an understatement! :)
LOL
The lego dragon size would work for Ruth, maybe, but you're right that the
other Pernese dragons would all be too big, except maybe the very first few
generations.
> I think Pern would work better as a MOC theme (and it's way more likely to
> happen). The dragons are big enough that they should be built out of
> bricks, which we can already do.
I'd agree, except for colors. Green, blue and brown are fine... maybe yellow
could stand in for gold... but I don't know about bronze.
> The dwellings and equipment are mostly
> straight medieval town stuff. The sailing ships can be made from Pirates
> parts. We've got the dolphins. The beasts-of-burden (and watch-whers)
> might be a challenge, maybe they could be made from the Dinosaurs parts?
> The one-piece pterodactyls from Adventurers could serve as fire lizards
> (though they aren't available in enough colors).
And they are too big, if we're going to be picky about size :-) They are
supposed to be able to perch on people's shuolders!
> What sets would you like to see in this "theme"?
The obvious "location" ones are a Weyr (lots of BURP potential!), Hold
(yummy grey castle parts and big doors and shutters) and Craft Hall (ditto,
with windows and doors), and maybe a harbour, and one of the spaceships -
bridge of the Yokohama maybe
"Event" sets... A hatching... Fax and F'lar's duel at Ruatha... threadfall
(wings of dragons, ground crews etc)... a Gather with stalls, harpers,
etc... discovery of Aivas... placing the spaceship engines on the Red Star
People.... I started naming but realised there are far too many :-) Pick
your favorites!
This would be very cool to do as a joint effort, with different people
making models and all contributing to a joint Brickshelf folder!
This also no longer belongs in dear-lego, but I have no idea where to put it
really. FUT build.ancient for want of a better idea!
Kevin
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