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Looking at your post, I suppose that you yourself hate Galidor as well.... :-D
And perhaps Bionicle too? What about the juniorization of sets? LOL.
Personally Im not fussing about the colors, its the Castlidor invasion Im
worried about.
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In lugnet.general, John-Paul Enaje wrote:
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Looking at your post, I suppose that you yourself hate Galidor as well....
:-D And perhaps Bionicle too? What about the juniorization of sets? LOL.
Personally Im not fussing about the colors, its the Castlidor invasion Im
worried about.
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Why would anyone be worried about those Knights that look like Galidor figures
(with studs for interfacing with regular LEGO bricks)? Did the Galidor line
stop LEGO from producing (or re-releasing) this past year some of the best
Castle sets in years? No. Will these Knights have any impact on future castle
sets? Almost certainly not. If kids by the Knights and LEGO has another hit
theme on their hands (like Bionicle) will that make them stop producing regular
castle sets? That seems very unlikely. Will your grey bricks be a different
shade? Apparently. Castle walls, like train ties, have never looked to me to
be a uniform color anyway.
John Hansen
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Hello!
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Why would anyone be worried about those Knights that look like Galidor
figures (with studs for interfacing with regular LEGO bricks)?
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Im not worried. Im just disappointed. If those figures are Castle (and at
least they are called Knights Kingdom and not Bionicle oder Galidor or
what else) I feel like TLC is kidding me. And those figures are different from
Bionicles as they have studs and even more different from Galidor. That means
they are NOT meant to be part of the Bionicle-Universe. They are meant to
continue the Castle line.
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Did the
Galidor line stop LEGO from producing (or re-releasing) this past year some
of the best Castle sets in years? No.
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Yes, it did.
They did not develop new sets. They just rewarmed some old models. Yes, great
models, but nothing new. Re-Releasing old sets actually means there wont be
something new. It even means that TLC-internally the Castle line is considered
dead. They dont seem to have a Castle Set Development Department anymore.
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Will these Knights have any impact on
future castle sets? Almost certainly not.
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Of course it has impact! Kids will love those knights like they love Bionicle.
Most likely those knight figures will be a great success for TLC. And that
means: They will release even more of them. They will concentrate all their
Castle-energy on making new ones of these Knight figures. They wont make System
Castle sets anymore.
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Will your grey
bricks be a different shade? Apparently. Castle walls, like train ties,
have never looked to me to be a uniform color anyway.
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Its not the castle walls that I worry about. You are right, some different
shades of grey are appreciated. I myself dont even hesitate to build in
yellowed/aged bricks for this purpose.
Its rather the smaller creations that Im worried about. Creations that indeed
need to look completely monochrome. Look at your car: The door is the same
colour as the bonnet (or look at your neighbours car, if you are somebody who
likes having a skewbold car :-) ).
Luckily its not that much of a problem with light grey as thats a colour that
has been very common in the past and almost every known part is available. So
one still will be able to find parts of any needed form in the matching colour
(old-grey that is) to build a monochrome creation. But thats not the case with
dark grey (still possible, though) and brown. Some parts that havent been
available yet in dark grey and brown now will - if ever released - be the new
tone. That is what I hate about the changed colours.
Bye
Jojo
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In lugnet.general, Johannes Koehler wrote:
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Hello!
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Why would anyone be worried about those Knights that look like Galidor
figures (with studs for interfacing with regular LEGO bricks)?
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Im not worried. Im just disappointed. If those figures are Castle (and at
least they are called Knights Kingdom and not Bionicle oder Galidor or
what else) I feel like TLC is kidding me. And those figures are different
from Bionicles as they have studs and even more different from Galidor. That
means they are NOT meant to be part of the Bionicle-Universe. They are meant
to continue the Castle line.
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Did the
Galidor line stop LEGO from producing (or re-releasing) this past year some
of the best Castle sets in years? No.
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Yes, it did.
They did not develop new sets. They just rewarmed some old models. Yes, great
models, but nothing new. Re-Releasing old sets actually means there wont be
something new. It even means that TLC-internally the Castle line is
considered dead. They dont seem to have a Castle Set Development Department
anymore.
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Will these Knights have any impact on
future castle sets? Almost certainly not.
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Of course it has impact! Kids will love those knights like they love
Bionicle. Most likely those knight figures will be a great success for TLC.
And that means: They will release even more of them. They will concentrate
all their Castle-energy on making new ones of these Knight figures. They
wont make System Castle sets anymore.
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Will your grey
bricks be a different shade? Apparently. Castle walls, like train ties,
have never looked to me to be a uniform color anyway.
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Its not the castle walls that I worry about. You are right, some different
shades of grey are appreciated. I myself dont even hesitate to build in
yellowed/aged bricks for this purpose.
Its rather the smaller creations that Im worried about. Creations that
indeed need to look completely monochrome. Look at your car: The door is the
same colour as the bonnet (or look at your neighbours car, if you are
somebody who likes having a skewbold car :-) ).
Luckily its not that much of a problem with light grey as thats a colour
that has been very common in the past and almost every known part is
available. So one still will be able to find parts of any needed form in the
matching colour (old-grey that is) to build a monochrome creation. But thats
not the case with dark grey (still possible, though) and brown. Some parts
that havent been available yet in dark grey and brown now will - if ever
released - be the new tone. That is what I hate about the changed colours.
Bye
Jojo
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The following is my personal 2 cents, and nothing else.
I am perfectly happy that lego is rereleasing old sets, and I hope they continue
to do so. For those of us who dont either want to spend our life savings on a
misb or get a second hand set, the rereleases are wonderful. Personally,
although I think a new castle line of quality comparable to the old would be
wonderful, I would be perfectly content if they just rereleased all the old sets
en masse, refining those sets that were less than perfect the first time around,
and adding a few new sets to fill in gaps here and there. I honestly think that
TLC has pretty much done all they can do with the castle line (and several other
lines). Although there are a plethora of other peoples mocs that I think are
brilliant, few are commercially viable. But again, if they can come up with
something new and wonderful, that would be great! Its just that from a
commercial perspective I dont see what much they could do.
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In lugnet.general, John Hansen wrote:
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In lugnet.general, John-Paul Enaje wrote:
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Looking at your post, I suppose that you yourself hate Galidor as well....
:-D And perhaps Bionicle too? What about the juniorization of sets? LOL.
Personally Im not fussing about the colors, its the Castlidor invasion Im
worried about.
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Why would anyone be worried about those Knights that look like Galidor
figures (with studs for interfacing with regular LEGO bricks)? Did the
Galidor line stop LEGO from producing (or re-releasing) this past year some
of the best Castle sets in years? No. Will these Knights have any impact on
future castle sets? Almost certainly not. If kids by the Knights and LEGO
has another hit theme on their hands (like Bionicle) will that make them stop
producing regular castle sets? That seems very unlikely. Will your grey
bricks be a different shade? Apparently. Castle walls, like train ties,
have never looked to me to be a uniform color anyway.
John Hansen
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Gee, perhaps Im worried BECAUSE I AM A CASTLE THEME FAN. A real one not just
those with a passing interest. As for the colors, I think those new greys can
add more realism to the color of those castles.
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In lugnet.general, Tanvir Mahtab wrote:
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The following is my personal 2 cents, and nothing else.
I am perfectly happy that lego is rereleasing old sets, and I hope they
continue to do so. For those of us who dont either want to spend our life
savings on a misb or get a second hand set, the rereleases are wonderful.
Personally, although I think a new castle line of quality comparable to the
old would be wonderful, I would be perfectly content if they just rereleased
all the old sets en masse, refining those sets that were less than perfect
the first time around, and adding a few new sets to fill in gaps here and
there. I honestly think that TLC has pretty much done all they can do with
the castle line (and several other lines). Although there are a plethora of
other peoples mocs that I think are brilliant, few are commercially viable.
But again, if they can come up with something new and wonderful, that would
be great! Its just that from a commercial perspective I dont see what much
they could do.
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Are you kidding me? Not much else they can do? HUH?!?! Try to have some
imagination, theres still LOTS of possiblities with System Castle theme.
Ever thought that perhaps they could make Desert Castles and base the theme on
Arabian structures with the Sultan and his guards fighting the Desert Raiders to
protect the precious caravan trade, not to mention the good old jewels? Heck
they could add certain Adventurers elements in by having sets in Egypt with the
Sultan looking for more treasure there.
Or how about we go to the Far East and have Chinese soldiers protect their
empire from the Hordes as well as compete with a rival kingdom? Theyve done
similar things with Japan (Ninja) why not China? Perhaps protect the legendary
chrome-green sword (new piece inspired by Crouching Tiger:Hidden Dragons Green
Destiny sword) from the clutches of the Khan.
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