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Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:50:15 GMT
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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.
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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 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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Hello! (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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