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Subject: 
Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.castle
Date: 
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:47:07 GMT
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In lugnet.general, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) writes:

In lugnet.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
"Thad A. Doria" <tad@journals.uchicago.edu> writes:
Castle is back, and it's not very nice. I was hoping for another year
of Ninja, but I'm afraid it's back to "Knight's Kingdom". A few new
castle wall pieces, the Princess is back, new catapults, and a tan
pedestal-like piece that's interesting, but the sets themselves look
very skimpy, esp. when compared to Ninja sets. Oh, the CyberSlam missile
launchers get recycled in black.

Glad I don't waste my time with RTL anymore.  What kind of doofus
would prefer Ninja to REAL Castle stuff?  Gimme a break.

First of all, Thad only wrote that the new sets looked "very skimpy"
compared to the Ninja sets...  [...]

OK, he also wrote that he was hoping for another year of Ninja, but maybe
that was because he either liked Ninja (which I would argue is "OK" :-) or
because he felt that recent themes like Fright Knights, Dark Forest, and
Royal Knights had only been pale imitations of the glory years anyway.

--Todd



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  Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
 
(...) what was wrong with Royal Knights? KL (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
  Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
 
(...) Ok, so you see I wasn't necessarily (or at all, in fact) responding to the alleged "skimpiness" of the new sets. Cool. Give me basic gray bricks, castle walls, and pitchforks and I'll be happy. I'd agree with anyone who felt that FK, DF, and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)

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  Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
 
(...) <soapbox> Mike, shame on you... First of all, Thad only wrote that the new sets looked "very skimpy" compared to the Ninja sets...that just means smaller or less substantive, it doesn't necessarily mean that Thad likes Ninja sets better than (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)

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