My Kingdom for a horse...

LORD DOOM · Post by **LORD DOOM** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:10 am

And give us a gosh darn Unicorn!

Blue Head · Post by **Blue Head** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:25 pm

I'd like to see that too, but I do have a lot of horses right now, so I don't think I need anymore just yet.

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:04 pm

Blue Head wrote:I'd like to see that too, but I do have a lot of horses right now, so I don't think I need anymore just yet.

Just no more black and white ones for a couple of years. MORE browns and some grey!

Please?

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:16 pm

architect wrote:Some good news is that the brown horse has returned in one new castle set (7092 Skeletons' Prison Carriage). We have not had a brown horse in a castle set since 1997.

I'm sure I could find out on peeron, but for the sake of everyone here, was that in the new Reddish brown?

EDIT:
Of course it is!

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:56 am

E of Alshire wrote:
architect wrote:Some good news is that the brown horse has returned in one new castle set (7092 Skeletons' Prison Carriage). We have not had a brown horse in a castle set since 1997.
I'm sure I could find out on peeron, but for the sake of everyone here, was that in the new Reddish brown?

EDIT:
Of course it is!

The one set sold out everywhere around here...

LORD DOOM · Post by **LORD DOOM** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:12 am

And don't forget them gosh darn unicorns! Where's my unicorns?

Shadowviking · Post by **Shadowviking** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:08 pm

LORD DOOM wrote:And don't forget them gosh darn unicorns! Where's my unicorns?

Yeah, and centaurs!

Velliscig · Post by **Velliscig** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:24 am

Yah, i do like brown horses. They are ok.

BuilderQ · Post by **BuilderQ** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:22 pm

I have found the number of colors horses are made in a bit limited, but I'm really more bothered by the monolithic horse piece itself. Only the neck is jointed, the horse cannot be separated to provide parts for a centaur or other mythical creature, and a unicorn horn cannot be easily attached. I think that either the horse should be redesigned, or sets should again feature brick-built horses, as the Yellow Castle did (though with a different, more jointed construction than in that set).

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:31 pm

BuilderQ wrote:I have found the number of colors horses are made in a bit limited, but I'm really more bothered by the monolithic horse piece itself. Only the neck is jointed, the horse cannot be separated to provide parts for a centaur or other mythical creature, and a unicorn horn cannot be easily attached. I think that either the horse should be redesigned, or sets should again feature brick-built horses, as the Yellow Castle did (though with a different, more jointed construction than in that set).

BRILLIANT!!

I quite agree that the horse element is a bit limited. If a new design is approached it should fall within the same diemensional proportions as the current horse piece and have rather interchangeable heads to allow creation of other beasts. The Arctic line gave us the rather unfabulous white polar bear, but no way of mounting anything upon his back or head to convert him to a warrior bear; at the very least this shows how a design can limit the return on a new mold if it is too static. It's a bit like LEGO tree elements in the 1960s (i.e. useless unless you like trains and Hot Wheels). The Hippogriff of the HP line was fantastic and wisely had at least a pair of studs on his back, but what if a new horse/beast design had a split front/aft end that could be locked in by a plate underneath and saddle/brick/leg combo? Then you could have al kinds of variations and MOCs. What if the legs were positionable? Would that matter to you?

If LEGO is unable to imagine a better horse or at least som variation, the Bricklink herds may be more attractive to us than those that are NIB from the retail shelf.

Dr. J · Post by **Dr. J** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:54 am

I just have to mention, if LEGO did make a redesign of the horse, then I predict a lot of complaining about not being able to mix the new design and the old design without looking foolish, just as the SW gun design and the "zwords" brought.