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Total missed opportunity by not releasing a Rohan army builder, but still... those poly bags are pretty cool. If LEGO is smart, they'll produce those at a 5 or 6-to-1 ratio, Uruk/Frodo. Well, when they released http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=30062-1 I only found one, in a Target no where near ...

You are in luck, Bruce just posted posted some pictures of a couple impulse sets on his blog, TolkienBricks. Here are the Brickset entries: Frodo with Cooking Corner Uruk Hai with Ballista Ahhh... All I will have to do is wait for Target to put them out. This IS good news as I was considering washi...

I have to admit, I am a bit sad to see that these sets replaced traditional "Castle" Lego. I inspected all, except the Orc Forge, at TRU a few days ago and they are neat sets but way overpriced. Before someone jumps on my case, I understand the licensing world so it isnt suprising that the...

The pieces need to be kept in stock-- they're not manufactured for a particular run of a given product, where they're guaranteed to be used. Instead, they sit there taking up valuable real estate. I was under the opinion that most of the online PAB pieces were left over from production runs of stan...

That said, you can always just order your parts from PaB and save yourself the $10 for a cool printed-sleeved box and instruction book. I priced some of the smaller sets I designed out with PAB and they were still very expensive. As I stated above, that little Castle set right at $20.00 thats aroun...

I know that LDD is still going strong so my opinion may not be the majority, but I do need to get it off my chest... I deleted LDD off my computer yesterday because it is simply a waste of time. The idea of ordering a boxed set that was designed by me or my kids was pretty neat, originally I bought ...

As a birthday gift size gift this set is good, not great. The tower would be a neat stand alone if there were more Dragon Knights attacking it and no catapult. As the set sits, a single Dragon Knight has elected to push a large catapult out into an opening and assault a rather small outpost, manned ...

This set is awesome, in my opinion. It is very much like the sets I owned in my childhood and is pretty much the same type of set I asked for here: http://www.classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11614 I bought one as soon as I could find one locally and my daughter loved it. There is e...

Niether one of these ideas does anything for me. There are already enough themes I dont/wont purchase for my kids... here come two more.

Well I cling to the idea of a Celtic Village sub-theme for castle: I would still like to see a faction based on either a Scottish Highland-esque society or a similar Clan type faction. This would provide both civilians and warriors as TLC could simply provide swords, pitch forks, and bucklers (targe...

Some of the sets my daughter gets from Brickmaster are quite large and they all come in polybags. I admit that I remember the end cap displays with numerous polybag sets hanging off pegs, what a great thing to find with a pocket full of allowance and chore money! There really arent enough low cost s...

Some of the granite in the north eastern U.S. was apparently originally from a piece of continental Europe which collided with North America some time in the past. In states like New Hampshire the granite can be quite dark and almost black at times: http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000HAzZ_VIodsE...

My brother had this set, I did not. I have always been a fan/advocate for carts in castle. Carts add commerce and mobility to Castle figures who would have to rely on LPCs (leather personnel carriers) otherwise. I enjoyed the Forest Men sub theme a great deal, but the peasant shirt figure was over u...

I have both from my childhood. I prefer the Kings Castle for a number of reasons, many of which have already been stated. I do take issue with some of the criticisms Black Monarchs Castle, mainly the black walls. I have seen a number of castles where the walls have become a dark gray/black color eit...

As far as the kilt thing is concerned, I would prefer that they maybe just print something on the front of normal legs (if TLC went with a Scottish theme). Anything that prevented the full usefullness and interaction of the mini-fig with their surroundings (ie. not being able to sit down) would frus...