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Re: New little soldier dudes
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:20:19 GMT
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Richard Parsons (<FpJow5.5Ho@lugnet.com>) wrote at
05:42:38
> Gentlemen,
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> Since the new castle has arrived in Oztrailya this week, and I have found
> myself rather enamoured with the little soldier dudes (the good guys), and
> the king, I will need some details before I can include them in my little
> nook of the Legoverse.
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> It seems to me that the King of England, around the 12th century sometime,
It's prob. more likely in the C14th, but I believe you may be talking
about King Edwin the First, Who Didn't Turn Up. King of England and
Normandy, claimant to the French Crown.
> was going over to France for some exceedingly important reason, got caught
> up in some sort of temporal rift (I mean they happen all the time in Trek,
> why not the English channel, what?), and ended up arriving in 19th century
> Port Block. Obviously the garrison, being at the service of the King of
> England, would, in reasonably short order, find themselves at the 12C king's
> disposal. You never know, the king might even commandeer every ship he can
> find, and sally forth to Great Brickain to claim his birthright.
But, but, that might mean civil war!
Little LEGO dudes strewn across the beaches at Brickton.
Riots in Brixton and Brickingham.
The setting up of a Blockish parliament at Edinbrick and dissolving the
Union.
Think carefully before engaging in this course of action :-)
> Are you
> ready for this Tony?
'We shall fight them on the beaches!'
> Imagine what the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
> might have been like if England had been under the command of a 12th century
> house.
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> Hey hey, this could be fun.
But a lot of figs may get hurt along the way.
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> In any event, I am hoping someone can date the attractive headwear of the
> new little soldier dudes, and make a pithy suggestion or two as to a bloody
> strong king of the period
It's mid-late medieval. Henry V comes to mind, or see above :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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