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Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:53:13 GMT
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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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I’m not worried. I’m 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 won’t be
something new. It even means that TLC-internally the Castle line is considered
dead. They don’t 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 won’t 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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It’s not the castle walls that I worry about. You are right, some different
shades of grey are appreciated. I myself don’t even hesitate to build in
yellowed/aged bricks for this purpose.
It’s rather the smaller creations that I’m 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 neighbour’s car, if you are somebody who
likes having a skewbold car :-) ).
Luckily it’s not that much of a problem with light grey as that’s 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 that’s not the case with
dark grey (still possible, though) and brown. Some parts that haven’t 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 don't either want to spend our life savings on a misb or get a second hand (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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