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by The Duke
Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:30 am
Forum: Stories
Topic: Picture Captioning #21
Replies: 51
Views: 30471

"we are the fathers4justice, and we demand the return of classic-castle lego for our kids!!"
by The Duke
Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:18 pm
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: 851542 Knight's Kingdom Magnet Pack
Replies: 23
Views: 17254

magnets? at least their armor will stay on, but they would not be able to use their cellphones i've never seen this set before. i don't think i would want to use this as an army builder, nor for decoratating my fridge. for a set-collector this is a very interesting set though. edit: a question for a...
by The Duke
Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:53 am
Forum: General LEGO
Topic: Roman temple by Bernd Broich
Replies: 17
Views: 2838

hi everyone, i'm not a historian yet, but in three months time i probably will be, and i can tell you now that bruce is right about the colours. whenever ceremonies were held, it would even be more decorated with banners and flowers etc. etc. this is also a relatively new discovery amongst historian...
by The Duke
Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:03 pm
Forum: Castle MOCs
Topic: Nice Waag found on internet.
Replies: 9
Views: 1471

it's a very cool moc! some might think it's too red, but the colours are very realistic every duch merchant town had one of those, it was used to weigh products and to do merchant transactions. it also functioned as the city's customs unit, where taxes on trade imports could be carried out. btw, the...
by The Duke
Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:36 am
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Names of two 2006 Viking sets
Replies: 27
Views: 6909

seven figs? i hope lego also comes up with some new torso designs then. ah well, they'll probably just shift the helmets and weaponry a bit. but still, E 22,- is a good deal for seven figs!! about the dragon: i'm curious hoe big and what colour it's going to be. and also how it will be built, i mean...
by The Duke
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:24 am
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: The Strongest Castle?
Replies: 59
Views: 17116

hi all, ok, i may come a bit late. but i actually think that the fire breathing fortress is the best to defend. i own 6086 and 6080 as well, both castles only need you to breach one wall, or the gate, and you're in. the fire breathing fortress is compact and has high walls. once the enemy is within,...
by The Duke
Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:49 pm
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: Knight's Stronghold
Replies: 46
Views: 59348

i always liked this set. back in the day i didn't have enough money to buy the black monarch's castle, so i bought 2 of these and made them connect to each other.
by The Duke
Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:33 pm
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: Wolfpack Tower
Replies: 35
Views: 28069

hello all, i remember saving money for this set when i was a kid and i was very pleased when i finally got it. back then i liked the pieces ecpecially. those were my first BURPS, turret pieces and roof pieces. today i still like the design of the bridge leading to the main tower in the lake. it's ve...
by The Duke
Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:28 am
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: Fire Breathing Fortress
Replies: 42
Views: 38440

i had this one and i enjoyed it for quite a while. but even as a kid i built another castle with it.

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by The Duke
Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:12 am
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: Battle Wagon
Replies: 38
Views: 28194

ben wrote For the set archives we always copy figures and set arrangement that the LEGO boxes have. The angles are not perfectly the same, but they are usually close. Because LEGO recently is using more photoshoped hills for boxes, all of the figures are not on the same level (as they used to be on ...
by The Duke
Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:28 pm
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: Battle Wagon
Replies: 38
Views: 28194

why is that green power ranger attacking on his flying horse from space, while holding his sword in his left hand, his lance (as jojo wrote) like a gun and his shield tied to his horse with a blue flag on his head???? anyway, it's not a bad set. the only thing that kept me from buying this set is: v...
by The Duke
Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:17 pm
Forum: Stories
Topic: Picture Captioning #14
Replies: 48
Views: 31291

Viking: Here, hold my axes while I go get my bucket & spade