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(...) You would have thought they could at least devise one that works with rubber bands instead of py (human) hand, and seems a little more realistic. I'm sure kids would like them more. Does anyone else remember that old game "Castles and (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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Its funny cos its true (If I were to fall into newsgroup speech Id say 'LOL' but I don't so I won't) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 "James Aldrich" <jaldrich@greenbaynet.com> wrote in message news:3BDFFD65.E2E79B...net.com... (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) I always figured that one as Mr. Hanky on steroids. JSA -- Green Bay Lacrosse-- Play hard; play often. (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "James Stacey" <james@minifig.co.uk> To: <lugnet.castle@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.harrypotter@lugnet.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:27 AM Subject: Re: knight's kingdom (...) goblins (...) old (...) Oh yeah! I (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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Being cynical could the fact they release the sets with trolls and goblins in January have something to do with LotR being released at the end of December ?? The ewoks are a bit of a disappointment, a brown minifig head with the old style peasant (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) What about Life on Mars sets (...) --Kevin W. § (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Have you seen the Goblins in 4714? (...) Umm, I think you'll find that it was a very good seller. Almost all of the sets, (and this goes double for the orignal Aquanauts and the larger sets) rate 65 or more on the LugnetDB. In my experience, I (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) i think someone at lego has an underwater fetish.. and someone else has an axe fetish... i think sometime in the future we'll see underwater raiders who use axes only (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) i think LOM is actually kinda space-like.. i mean, the solar explorer? i think LOM somehow qualifies as quasi-town, since its not set in the distant future. (...) what bothers me about this is that any eventual return of castle would be in (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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Yeah, I would much rather have a LotR theme, but there are descent enough castle elements in HP. speaking of which, I'm trying to build a Hagrid army if anyone wants to help! So what do people think of the new 2002 sets? Personally, I think the new (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Ah, ha. Thanks. All I could see stated elsewhere was 98/ME compatibility. Sounds like it should be OK on XP. (...) Good question... Cheers, Steve "Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:<GLxAuo.AK7@lugnet.com>... (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Well the reason is they got outbidded by another toy company (which primarily make...dolls!!) Arrghh!!! That, and from a production standpoint, introducting a new theme, with other themes just being put out, and other sets getting new stuff, (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) At least the Castle sets of Olde had ONE solid wall! Nothing against the HP sets I love so dearly, but IMHO the Harry Potter sets are glorified accessory packs.Excluding Hagrid's Hut, the HP sets use ARCHES! ARGH! If i wanted to build an (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Well, don't lots of the Alpha Team things look like spaceships? At Brickfest 2001, Brad Justus said that no themes were "dead" in the sense that they would never conceivably return. (If all of a sudden the middle ages become really cool with (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) I am curious if Lego had signed some agreement with Warner stating they would not release any other castle lines while HP is in the workings. Lucas made Lego do this with the space line. That's why you haven't seen anything since UFO. Lucas (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Also note: *Goblins Can't tell much from the picture, but it looks like a differen't Mini-fig head (with pointy ears) and maybe shorter legs or something? I wonder if that Troll (yes, it's a mountain troll I believe, I haven't read the books (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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"Kinda bothers" you? It extremelly bothers me! Castle was always my favorite theme, and a favorite among lego collectors over the world. I have no idea why they would discontinue the theme. KEith (...) ___...___ Get your FREE download of MSN (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) Really kinda? Get over it... Those little product pamphlets that come in sets can in NO WAY be considered complete as far as the 2002 product line goes. The sets such a pamphlet announces are only "teasers" for the products being offered next (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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reference: (URL) has a copy of the 2002 brochure. note: there is NO mention of anything castle, knights kingsdom or otherwise.. i think this mean discontinued.. but my real question is why? because of hp, or new castle for later 2002? (somehow i (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) It doesn't necessarily mean the Knights aren't being manufactured anymore. It may just be the shops gearing up to shift as much Harry Potter stuff as possible. It's selling from Legoland Windsor faster than they can stock it, and this is (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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