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May 2006
Weekly Set Review: Knight's Attack Barge
Ben E. 28 V 06

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 8801 Knight's Attack Barge.

Knight's Attack Barge was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II. It was part of a Toys R Us exclusive set, 65767 Attack from the Sea, also containing 8802 Dark Fortress Landing. Santis and Rascus man this beach landing craft. It has a drawbridge, rear tower, catapult, banners, and various accessories.


Weekly Set Re-Review: King's Archer
Ben E. 21 V 06

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 1624 King’s Archer.

King's Archer was released in 1993 as part of Castle Variety Pack 1597. This set contains an archery tournament target, one Crusader archer, and accessories.


Mid-Week Set Review: Magic Wizard Keychain
Ben E. 18 V 06

Join the mid-week Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

Today's set is 3978 Magic Wizard Keychain .

Magic Wizard Keychain was released in 2002. It features Majisto/Merlin from the Dragon Master's line and a metal chain.


Forums Back Online
Troy 17 V 06

The forums are now back online!

They have been successfully restored from the database files dated May 12 (right before the server went down) so there has been no loss of data. Avatars have also been uploaded, so there should be no loss there either. The template has not yet been restored, so we are using the default for now. I will work on that later today. More info to follow when I get a moment. Discuss!

Thanks,

Troy
King Mnementh the Bronze


Server Outage Update
Troy 15 V 06

The forums are now back online!

As many of you may have noticed, Classic-Castle.com has been offline since sometime Friday morning. This was caused by technical issues that required the installation of a new hard drive as well as a complete reinstallation of the OS. This was not an issue specific to Classic-Castle.com, but to the server that it runs on. I am currently manually rebuilding all of the sites that were hosted on this server, including Classic-Castle.com. I managed to get a full backup of the static pages of the site before it went down, so there will be no lost information in those areas of the site. The forums will be the most difficult to restore, but I am hopeful that there will also be no lost data there. I will be attempting to restore the forum database from the old hard drive so that there would be no lost posts. If this does not work they will have to be restored from the April 6 backup, so we would lose a month of posts. Please be patient with me and the other Admins as I work to get everything back online.

Thanks,

Troy
King Mnementh the Bronze


Small Bridge and Coach
Bruce N. H. 11 V 06

Piotr Rybak, Sir Lomero in our forums, is a TFOL from Warsaw, Poland. Has been building with LEGO for as long as he can be remember, starting with his older sister's collection and moving on to his own. Even though he went through a short dark age, when he turned 12, he's back for good. He's always liked medieval history and he's created an impressive series of castle MOCs and received honorable mentions in the last two CCCs. Here we are focusing on his recent Small Bridge and Coach. He says he first built the coach and started photographing it, but it looked a little bare by itself, so he decided to build a setting for it, leading to the whole scene. The coach uses a variety of interesting SNOT techniques and the curve of the bridge uses a technique first developed by Stapelaar.

In addition to Classic-Castle, Piotr is also a member of lugpol, a Polish LEGO club. His creations can be seen in his Brickshelf gallery.


Jungle Surprise
Bruce N. H. 9 V 06

Robert Arnst, Stone Goblin in our forums, first built LEGO castles about 20 years ago, with his brother's collection. Soon thereafter he started getting his own sets, with the great castle lineup of the late 80's. He loves building siege weapons, but has lately gotten into landscaping. This served him well in his recent Jungle Surprise, which was the first place winner in the Battles Contest hosted in our forums by Josh Wedin.

Robert describes the scene: "This happens to be a point in my Castle world history where the Lions first meet the Ka Lu (Jar-Jar head-dresses), a dominating tribe in the southern regions. The encounter doesn't go so well for the Lions. When building the MOC, I imagined a hot sweaty jungle where the Lion faction marched through the rugged terrain, hearing a distant roaring sound. As the sound grew louder and louder, they could hear the sound of chanting, sort of like the scene showing the arrival of war elephants in the Lord of the Rings movie. You have this one tough warrior guy chanting, and the rest of the Ka Lu would have this banging noise with their weapons, kind of like the Zulu tribes of Africa. The noise just strikes fear into the Lions as the battle begins. My battle shows how even a great army can be defeated when on unfamiliar ground. Yep, that's what I was imagining when building the MOC!"

Robert has made quite a splash in recent contests, including winning the vehicles category and receiving several honorable mentions in the Classic Castle Contest III and winning the Heroes and Villains contest. All of his creations can be seen in his Brickshelf gallery or on his MOCpage.

In addition to Robert's Jungle Surprise, BreadMan's Battle of Mistguard Pass came in second in the Battles Contest and SuvieD's Shogun Showdown came in third. Congratulations to them and to all of the great entries. All of the entries can be seen on this page. A big thank you to Josh for hosting this contest and donating the prizes!


Weekly Set Review: Dark Fortress Landing
Ben E. 7 V 06

Join the Classic Castle alternate model discussion. Please post your opinions of the models' play ability, creativity, design, etc. Which models stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 8802 Dark Fortress Landing.

Dark Fortress Landing was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II. It was part of a Toys R Us exclusive set, 65767 Attack from the Sea, also containing 8801 Knight's Attack Barge. This small fortress is hinged in the center and features a dock, stair, double doors, falling fireballs, and a guard tower. A small sail boat, Vladek, a shadow knight, and various accessories are included.



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