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Subject:	Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.castle
Date:	Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:01:03 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote: > > > 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. 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 RK were pale imitations of the glory years. Still, I'd prefer pale imitations to TLG's tardy attempt to cash in on the Ninja-craze that swept through the waking world 10 years ago or more. -- The parts you want and nothing else? http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free! http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/

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		Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
(...) Well, see, that's your opinion, and that's fine. But when other opinions differ, that doesn't make someone a doofus, right? Whenever I find myself going "oh gawd" about anyone who's excited by UFO, Exploriens, or Insectoids, I remind myself (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)

		Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
(...) Hey...Ninja brought me out of my Dark Ages. It's got some great sets, it's better looking (and better value) than Fright Knights...heck, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's better than FK, RK, Dragon Masters, and possibly even Dark (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)

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		Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)

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