The LEGO Castle Contest

Discussion of personal LEGO Castle creations
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OH man! Can't wait to join! This is going to be great!
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This is really cool. Thanks Lego! :D
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Spectacular. A HUGE thanks to LEGO and the CC team for putting this together. It really shows how co-operative LEGO and FOLs can be. Man I can't wait!
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architect wrote:
must it be a whole castle or can it be a wall section too
It needs to be an entire castle. It can be a small castle. The Castle should have an interior courtyard and not just be a keep. This will help distinguish castles from a tower moc.

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i just built a attack on a wall section, now i can start again :cry:
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The only dissapiontment is that I was looking forward to the Battle Contest seeing as I'm best at that. Still, thanks for aranging this I'll have to work hard (because) I really like these sets.

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Post by babyjawa »

If I didn't suck at building I would enter this. The prizes are amazing. Thanks to lego for donating them, and thanks to the admins for not passing it up. :wink:

Hey if Bruce enters, can I take his place as a judge? :wink:
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Post by kelderic »

Okey, the rules say that you cannot enter something show online before March 5th. What if I had a creation, such as a ballista, and then updated and improved it, changing the colors and shape. Would that be alright, even if it was similar to the original?

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architect wrote:
Traveler wrote:Quick question, can Black Falcons be evil? I don't have any Shadow Knights, Fright Knights or even Bulls.
I always thought they were evil... "Hides from Jojo" Almost any faction can be made to look more evil than another. Use your creativity to show the difference between two factions.


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I always thought they were evil too, but a lot of people around here disagree...

Thanks for the prompt response!
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I am LOVING TLG right now!
If only I had a heck of a lot more pieces, I would enter. :cry:
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Awesome :D ! New castle prizes before they are released to the general public! W :shock: W! Thanks to admins and Lego for offering this contest!
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I have a question. For the Castle Siege category, can you have a keep instead of a castle, and if not can we just have part of a castle?

Also, for the Tower do we have to have a maiden?
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Post by R_The_Falcon »

Jake, of the Palace Guard wrote:We can enter more than 1 catagoty, yes? Sorry if I missed it... :)
I'll help the admins out here.

Look under submissions in the rules part of the contest and you'll find this sentence:

"You may only submit one entry into each category"
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babyjawa wrote:I have a question. For the Castle Siege category, can you have a keep instead of a castle, and if not can we just have part of a castle?

Also, for the Tower do we have to have a maiden?
I don't think anybody would fault you for not having a maiden. This is a creativity contest afterall, not a parts contest. Perhaps you could have a heroic skeleton rescuing a skeleton-maiden (another skeleton: they all look more-or-less the same :wink: ) from the clutches of a vile Knight and his hoard of living (as opposed to 'undead') henchmen.

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Post by babyjawa »

Don't be so sure about that. :wink:

I only asked because the description says "Rescue the fair maiden from the clutches of your enemy! Build a good or evil tower with a jail, cage, or locked room." I couldn't be sure.
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The wording is pretty interesting-- the categories sound a bit more like descriptions of the products rather than tailored to contest categories. For example, "Rescue the fair maiden from the clutches of your enemy! Build a good or evil tower with a jail, cage, or locked room." It implies that "you" should be doing the rescuing, and that "you" have an enemy.

Note also that "you" are the "good guy" in most of these descriptions... But then check out "Can you hold on to your prisoner before he is rescued?" Suddenly, "you" are the bad guy! I'm picturing kids taking this literally and pitting themselves (in minifig form) against, say, their teachers or the school bully :)

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