Custom theme?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 4:54 am
Where to start? Let’s see?
I think the whole point about contemplating a project of such kind is, in the first place, NOT to compete with Lego and become a clone brand ourselves; and secondly, to keep our castle community alive and attract new interests, which I think is essential now that Lego has apparently switched its focus to the Bionicle stuffs instead of buildable castles. Let’s put it this way, I think we’re all here today because Lego, many years ago, has offered us the opportunity and means to construct our own little miniature castle world according to our imagination; and the various themes since the original yellow castle each was able to add to our world a different dimension, some we like more and some less, but in general they were all inspiring and I remember my excitement when I got my first falcon knight and thought to myself that here is someone for my castle to defend against. The same goes for the forestmen whom immediately pledged their alliance to my king, then came along the fright knights to even the scores up a bit. My castle world got richer and bigger as a result of it. What I propose we do, therefore, is to try to keep this tradition alive and show people the fun we have all experienced with our Lego castles. Imagine the alternative, if Castleonicle becomes a trend and kids grow up thinking of Lego castles as robots (or whatever a bionicle is supposed to be), then when we are gone Lego castle as we know it will be gone, too! This is why, as a community, even if nothing comes of it, we should as least think about doing something about it. And designing our own theme, or at least talking about it, would be a good start.
That being said, how to actually go about it? No, we’re not going to make and sell our own bricks and become a cloner; and like architect said, making a custom Lego series that is affordable is not really feasible. But how about really choosing a theme and pooling all our efforts to come up with designs (and instructions) that fit into that theme, to enable people to use their own bricks to build them and we can attract new blood into our community that way? If the interest is there, we can then think about producing our own small accessories (and maybe one or two unique parts) to complement our theme. Here is what I propose:
Possible sets for a Viking theme:
Horse(Ox?) Cart (small set)
Guard Tower (small set)
Farm House (small set)
Longboat (medium set)
Dockyard (medium set)
Forge (medium set)
Temple of Odin (large set)
Military Outpost (Large set)
Longhouse (large set)
Runestone (mini set)
It's certainly something we can all think about doing after the 'Colossal Castle Contest'. In the meantime, let's keep talking about it.
Isaac
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I think the whole point about contemplating a project of such kind is, in the first place, NOT to compete with Lego and become a clone brand ourselves; and secondly, to keep our castle community alive and attract new interests, which I think is essential now that Lego has apparently switched its focus to the Bionicle stuffs instead of buildable castles. Let’s put it this way, I think we’re all here today because Lego, many years ago, has offered us the opportunity and means to construct our own little miniature castle world according to our imagination; and the various themes since the original yellow castle each was able to add to our world a different dimension, some we like more and some less, but in general they were all inspiring and I remember my excitement when I got my first falcon knight and thought to myself that here is someone for my castle to defend against. The same goes for the forestmen whom immediately pledged their alliance to my king, then came along the fright knights to even the scores up a bit. My castle world got richer and bigger as a result of it. What I propose we do, therefore, is to try to keep this tradition alive and show people the fun we have all experienced with our Lego castles. Imagine the alternative, if Castleonicle becomes a trend and kids grow up thinking of Lego castles as robots (or whatever a bionicle is supposed to be), then when we are gone Lego castle as we know it will be gone, too! This is why, as a community, even if nothing comes of it, we should as least think about doing something about it. And designing our own theme, or at least talking about it, would be a good start.
That being said, how to actually go about it? No, we’re not going to make and sell our own bricks and become a cloner; and like architect said, making a custom Lego series that is affordable is not really feasible. But how about really choosing a theme and pooling all our efforts to come up with designs (and instructions) that fit into that theme, to enable people to use their own bricks to build them and we can attract new blood into our community that way? If the interest is there, we can then think about producing our own small accessories (and maybe one or two unique parts) to complement our theme. Here is what I propose:
Possible sets for a Viking theme:
Horse(Ox?) Cart (small set)
Guard Tower (small set)
Farm House (small set)
Longboat (medium set)
Dockyard (medium set)
Forge (medium set)
Temple of Odin (large set)
Military Outpost (Large set)
Longhouse (large set)
Runestone (mini set)
It's certainly something we can all think about doing after the 'Colossal Castle Contest'. In the meantime, let's keep talking about it.
Isaac
Visit Red Bean Studio