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May 2009
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Skeleton Surprise
Ben E. 31 V 09
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 6036 Skeleton Surprise.
Skeleton Surprise was released in 1995 for the Royal Knights.
A soldier and a skeleton booby trap guard this castle wall section.
Various accessories are included.
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Cathedral of St. Macário
Bruce N. H. 26 V 2009
Romão Santos, or Romas in our forum, has been working on his
Cathedral of St. Macário for over two years.
This is not based on a particular cathedral, but is an original design based on studying gothic architecture.
It has around 80.000 pieces and measures 1.25 meters in height, 80 cm in width and 1.15 meters in length. Romas is a member of the Portuguese group
Forum 0937 and last year he showed his cathedral at one of their displays.
If you check out his Brickshelf gallery you can see many in-progress pictures and also his other MOCs.
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Weekly Set Review: Knights Battle Pack
Ben E. 18 V 09
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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 852271 Knights Battle Pack.
Knights Battle Pack was released in 2008 for the Crown Knights.
This blister pack includes two knights, two foot soldiers, and a crossbowman.
Various accessories such as triangular and ovoid shields, flags, a quiver, crossbow, lance, sheild, glaive, and spear are included.
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Giant Evil Wizard
Bruce 15 V 09
Billy McGill, aka Mt. Dew Monkey, only came out of his dark ages, or at least dim ages,
a year ago, and he really became active in the online communty about six months ago.
He doesn't have a particular theme preference,
choosing to build in whatever theme offers the chance to try a new building technique.
The evil wizard from the Fantasy Era Castle line is his son's favorite minifig,
so he decided to build a giant version,
based on a minifig sculpture found on Brick Player.
Billy's stuff can be found in his Flickr stream
or his IndyLUG site, where he is a member.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Fireball Catapult
Ben E. 10 V 09
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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 8873 Fireball Catapult.
Fireball Catapult was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II.
The shadow knight launches his fireballs from the rubber band powered catapult.
Sir Santis is mounted on horseback and fully armed to attack.
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LEGO Castle Adventure
Bruce 5 V 09
A schedule has been posted
for the LEGO Castle Adventure traveling exhibit.
Dates are scheduled around the U.S. for the next three years, so it may be coming to a city near you soon.
This forum thread has more details,
photos, and report from one of our members who recently was able to visit.
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To SNOT or not?
Ben E. 4 V 09
Classic-Castle member Bluesecrets started an interesting conversation on the merits of SNOT (Studs Not On Top) construction in mocs.
Is studless SNOT construction overused in mocs today?
Do you think SNOT is the best thing since sliced bread?
Leave your comments
here.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Dragon Rider
Ben E. 3 V 09
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Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 4818 Dragon Rider.
Dragon Rider was released in 2000 for the Bulls.
An armed Bull's Knight rides his dragon.
This is the only set to contain a silver chrome dragon helmet.
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Castle Gate
Bruce N. H. 2 V 09
Kris Kelvin joined our forum about a year ago, but he's already presented a number of truly impressive MOCs,
such as his Dwarves Corner Guild and Goblin market Street
inspired by sets 10182 and
10190,
his Battle at Kaladan's Hollow
entry to the 2008 Battles Contest,
the Inn he submitted to CCCV and his recent
Imperial Barracks.
His Castle Gate was inspired by this
Warhammer Fantasy Battle diorama,
though reinterpreted in a peaceful era.
Kris lives in Warsaw, where he is active in LUGPol.
He's been a fan of the castle theme for a long time, dating back to his first (and still favorite) castle set
6010, Supply Wagon,
though he's only returned from a 15 year Dark Age in the last couple of years.
All of his work can be found in his Brickshelf gallery.
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