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Frank Filz wrote:
> Mr L F Braun wrote:
> >
> > Mike Stanley wrote:
> >
> > > Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote:
> > > > > Groovy, Groovy, GROOVY!
> > > > > Do you happen to have any scans??
> > > >
> > > > Here it is (With Josh's premission):
> > > >
> > > > http://members.xoom.com/verneer/
> > > >
> > > > I can say that I am PUMPED!!! Buying them all as soon as they go out:)
> > >
> > > Mmmmm.... withholding judgement until I see the sets themselves.
> > > Not sure I care for that helmet, but they both look interesting...
>
> What period is that helmet?
>
> > It seems that TLG would be heading more towards the 14th/15th/16th
> > centuries, and strongly into modern-day France and Italy, if they pursued a
> > hat and armour configuration like that (or, in the case of the neo-Wench,
> > the hair, eyes, and dress style). I wonder when a militant theme becomes
> > too modern for the no-war-toys policy (c.400 years in either direction from
> > the present)?
>
> Well, with Wild West, the "war toys" extend to about 100 years BP, and
> the adventurers could be claimed to push it to well within 100 years
> (1920s or so).
>
> > The snow hood, btw, looks like it's on the "Ariel" head from eXtreme-Team.
> > Is this a new iteration of that theme? Maybe we'll finally get some usable
> > sets with decent tank-treads again...I can only hope. But the sheer on all
> > the figures hints that they're pre-production models--they seem too
> > "sculpted" to be mass-molded.
> >
> > LFB.
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
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If TLG has a no modern guns policy, then how come guns similar to the wild west
revolver and shotgun are still being made today?
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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| Well, this is great NOW i WILL HAVE A CROSSBOWMANS HELMET!!!! this is great! the shield is ok, but I see they cant get away from the royal knights theme. the old lion crest was better IMHO. The helmet looks good, I think they could have removed the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) What period is that helmet? (...) Well, with Wild West, the "war toys" extend to about 100 years BP, and the adventurers could be claimed to push it to well within 100 years (1920s or so). (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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