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This is beautiful and hits enough nostalgia buttons AND is a clever working of multiple sets into one tableau such that I had to emerge from age-long slumber and offer kudos.

In general, I would love to see a Castle theme with a Wolfpack-flavour, but I don't know how far in that direction LEGO is likely to go while remaining "on brand." That, in general, has been the biggest issue with D&D themed suggestions in the past: rogues and drunks and villainy is so...

I'm not necessarily going to complain that LEGO tried something new with marketing this series (it's crazy how long Collectible Minifigs have been around now--I was still in Canada when they started...), though the Highwayman does seem to be more hype than substance in its reveal. I like him as a mi...

After probably 12 years of wanting to go to a LEGO convention*, I'm actually about to go to my first one: Brickfair New England is taking place up the road. I know it's a bit of a long shot, but I figured I'd see if there are any other Classic-Castlers attending. Expect pics at some point! *Seriousl...

I agree that The LEGO Batman Movie lacked the full magic of The LEGO Movie --but I think it's a LITTLE bit unfair to hold that comparison against it. I was entertained watching it (whereas, during the original, I was blown away walking out of it). Put it this way: The LEGO Batman Movie sat about whe...

Since I'd never seen this before and since it seems relevant to the interests of other Classic-Castlers, who may also not have seen it before, it seems fitting to me to share a find I made today on Flickr of a LEGO Castle tale: [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/forrumandmonkeys/8540973238/in/album-...

I recognise all the LEGO pieces in that scene, but the colour usage is so vivid and realistic--and so far from the colour-schemes of most MOCs that it almost doesn't look LEGO. I love the bold use of regular, old-fashioned green! Besides the colour, the best element here is the shape of the vessel, ...

The rockface is obviously the technical creme-de-la-creme of the piece, and I think the ice along the edge of the cliff is an excellent touch as well. But my personal favourite detail, from a Tolkien-referencing standpoint, is Legolas walking along the top of the snow while the rest of the Fellowshi...

MWardancer wrote:Ho can I reach Ben Ellerman? His emaiö address mentioned in the contact section of the website is not working.

You can always Private Message him here on the forums: Ben is the Admin with the username "architect."

Always exciting to see another illustrated LEGO tale--or LEGO annal, anyway. I'm not sure if I like the sepia photographs for the whole thing. I thought it was interesting at first, but I was sort of expecting that you were going to move from sepia to full colour once things got going. And if this a...

I remember thinking this set looked overpriced and rather lacklustre when it was first released. ANOTHER Gandalf and a handful of black pieces really didn't seem worth it just to get a Saruman... but I eventually got it anyway, since it was the only Middle-earth set that fit into my budget that trip...

I have both these sets... and both are somewhat underwhelming to build. The skeleton one, in particular, feels out of scale with the castle in the same theme, but this is a charge that can be levied against both. Fig-wise, the Royal Knights have the slight edge, since (in part due to the Royal Knigh...

This was my first LotR set, so as a die-hard Tolkien fan, it had to bear a lot of scrutiny in terms of whether I would open up to this movie-based line... and the verdict was that it they'd knocked it out of the park. Honestly, every LotR or Hobbit set has been a little bit of a let-down since this ...

The odd thing about this set, good or bad, seems to me to be the *diversity* of the Orcs. The Moria/Uruk-hai divide has been noted already, but even beyond that the Uruk-hai are sub-divided between a fully-uniformed Uruk and a freshly-born, loincloth-clad, Uruk. The reason this strikes me as odd is ...

Thanks, Bruce. If a picture is just of minifigs with no heavy modding, i.e. no paint, cutting or sculpting, such as this one http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/AmperZand/Fantasy/uruk_army_montage_small.jpg where does it go? Eurobricks has its own forum for all minifigure-related posts regardless of ...