Username wrote:JoshWedin wrote:Garbageman13 wrote:The real question we should be asking is, will the theme be the same "crownie" fantasy theme, or something completely new....
That is what I've been wondering....
Josh
Indeed. I like the Crownies alright, but I think I am ready for something new. Hopefully new forestmen!
Athos wrote:Personally, I think there are three castle themes: (1) the old castle theme from the 1980s through KK1; (2) KK2, sufficiently different to be placed in its own theme; and (3) the Castle line, commencing with the crownies.
Athos wrote:It seems we have a bit of confusion of terms. What do we mean by theme?
Will any 2010 castle sets be a different theme, if they sets have no crownie knights? What about if they have no skeletons or trolls? Or, if because it features castley buildings, does that make it part of Castle theme? If so, where does KK2 fit in? Or, even better, older castle sets?
Personally, I think there are three castle themes: (1) the old castle theme from the 1980s through KK1; (2) KK2, sufficiently different to be placed in its own theme; and (3) the Castle line, commencing with the crownies. I can't lump the first and third themes together, because they are so stylistically different from each other (particularly in minifig design). What that means for categorization of future castle sets, I don't know. I probably won't be able to say until we've seen them.
But, here's my prediction: we'll have castle sets (confirmed by Ben). They will likely be a new group/race (faction, if you will) or two. There will be some connection with the prior sets and factions (i.e. a figure or two from the prior factions included in a set or two, much like the royal knight guy in the Fright Knights sets and the dragon master in the Dark Forest set). So that we'll have (lets say for example) Elf sets with a troll prisoner.
Steve
architect wrote:There are three evergreen playthemes: Town (City), Space, and Castle. I do not know whether the "LEGO Castle" theme of 2007-2009 and it's factions will continue or not. But the overall Castle theme (1978-1998, 2000-2009) is not going anywhere.
Athos wrote:architect wrote:There are three evergreen playthemes: Town (City), Space, and Castle. I do not know whether the "LEGO Castle" theme of 2007-2009 and it's factions will continue or not. But the overall Castle theme (1978-1998, 2000-2009) is not going anywhere.
So... did your discounting of the rumor mean we are getting Castle sets in 2010? Or were you just meaning that, Castle will return at some unspecified future point?
Steve
davee123 wrote:So it does my heart good to see that it looks like Castle did better with the Trolls than with the evil wizard and his pack of no-sense-of-humor skeletons. Those guys need to lighten up.
Blueandwhite wrote:I honestly think that while 2007 may not have had the same variety of minifigs; the sets themselves were actually quite a bit nicer.
architect wrote:While the Crownies et al. could continue in future years, the odds are not favorable.
dyntar wrote:The castle line has been hard to find in the shops near me too [in Australia] but that's because there was a few big sales a month ago and all of the castle sets sold quickly
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