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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> I don't think Lego Castle is dead.
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> I also don't think Harry Potter is castle, but rather just castle fodder.
Here you encounter my first problem: for those of us who don't buy Harry
Potter or Star Wars or studios monsters on principle (me) theres not much left.
> However, I submit to you that it is not Lego Castle that is dieing, but rather
> Lugnet.castle.
Not if I can help it!
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> The old guard is all but gone now. Just about all that's left of the
> super-castle posters of long ago are me, Jeff and Troy.
>
> Shiri, Chris, Pawel, Wilson, and all the others have gone away. Well, gone
> away from lugnet, or just moved to .space and .mecha.
Well let people do what they want, but I would guess there are far more
.castle posters and active readers now then then. Granted there are no
'super posters' but we have more people now to divide the burden.
> The age of the old guard has passed. The remains of the old guard are now just
> guardians of the old ways.
I just discovered Lugnet last year there must be more like me...
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> The new guard has taken it's place in the world, but the golden age of
> Lugnet.castle is gone I fear.
Why are we (I include myself) inferior? Worse builders? Bad posters?
or just less full of pioneer spirit?
> Lugnet.castle once rivaled space and mecha combined in number of posts a day.
> New MOCs were posted every day it seemed. Now all we have is debate and the
> dregs of what was once a powerful lugnet community.
I have posted 2 MOCs in the last 2 weeks (and that with all my lego nearer
you then me (New Zealand)). You wait till I start building a years worth of
ideas at all hours of the night...
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> Do not fear change young ones. Change happens. We old timers will stay in our
> places, as that is where we've decided to be. But you young ones may find your
> place elsewhere, perhaps to be happier. We will always welcome you home if you
> find yourself lost.
I will always be in .castle
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> You can agree with me, or you can not. I am just an old rambling man, destined
> to live out my ways in my rocking chair on the front porch of life.
>
> Or maybe I'm just having fun... :)
>
> --Anthony
> http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros
To 'the new guard'
God Bless,
Nathan
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| (...) Ye, and those of us who do buy SW & HP have to pay a fortune we don't have for not many usefull parts for our creations. (...) so do I, I think I love LEGO castle since ... forever but I wasn't on-line for a long time now (I use to read (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) You don't buy those sets "On principle"? Ye gods, WHY?! Brick is brick is brick, no matter what set it comes from. Even *Jack Stone* has SOME good parts. Star Wars and Harry Potter sets have given me *tons* of useful bricks, plates, and (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I don't think Lego Castle is dead. I also don't think Harry Potter is castle, but rather just castle fodder. However, I submit to you that it is not Lego Castle that is dieing, but rather Lugnet.castle. The old guard is all but gone now. Just about (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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