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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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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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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.
| |
Did the
Galidor line stop LEGO from producing (or re-releasing) this past year some
of the best Castle sets in years? No.
|
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.
| |
Will these Knights have any impact on
future castle sets? Almost certainly not.
|
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 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 people’s 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! It’s just that from a
commercial perspective I don’t see what much they could do.
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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 don’t 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 people’s 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! It’s just that from a commercial perspective I don’t 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, there’s 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? They’ve done
similar things with Japan (Ninja) why not China? Perhaps protect the legendary
chrome-green sword (new piece inspired by Crouching Tiger:Hidden Dragon’s “Green
Destiny” sword) from the clutches of the Khan.
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