Don't abandon gold armour

g2 · Post by g2 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:08 am

I am not a big fan of the gold armour, so I am not too stressed to not see it in the 2007 sets. I would like to see a brown (rusty) version of the armour, in some future set.

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:10 am

g2 wrote:I am not a big fan of the gold armour, so I am not too stressed to not see it in the 2007 sets. I would like to see a brown (rusty) version of the armour, in some future set.

Don Quixote?!!

That'd be great, he could ride Rocinante with his sword and lance to attack the Windmill as Sancho watches him ride in his rusty armour!

I'd buy that.

Emperor James · Post by **Emperor James** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:06 am

spray paint. problem solved.

Chrislad77 · Post by **Chrislad77** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:02 pm

I don't mind a few rare gold accented pieces , as in the king of the current castle line, but I don't want to see it more than that. The plain dark grey is still my favorite euro armor.

Aliencat · Post by **Aliencat** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:28 pm

Chrislad77 wrote:The plain dark grey is still my favorite euro armor.

Yes

Shadowviking · Post by **Shadowviking** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:07 am

Count Blacktron wrote:
g2 wrote:I am not a big fan of the gold armour, so I am not too stressed to not see it in the 2007 sets. I would like to see a brown (rusty) version of the armour, in some future set.
Don Quixote?!!

That'd be great, he could ride Rocinante with his sword and lance to attack the Windmill as Sancho watches him ride in his rusty armour!

I'd buy that.

So would I!
Hey, maybe Lego could release a whole line of great literature themed sets-Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the like... ~sigh~ I can always dream...
But yeah, Don Quixote would be cool. On topic, I still don't like gold armour, though I would still be fine with accents, but I'm liking even the silver stuff less and less... the niceness of the original (Dark Grey or Bley, either way) was that it could be metal or stone, whereas silver armour on a grey atatue would look a bit odd... (latest Hogwarts statue, anyone? )

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:49 am

But as a general rule, why on earth would you want your armour to be stone? Statues are the only reason I can think of. For my money, silver armour is better, though I wish we got more silver minifig parts to go with it. Not that I at all dislike the old grey armour -- quite the contrary. But 'I need armour for a statue' is a pretty narrow circumstance. Although I would like to see grey armour again - just not as a replacement to, or even as common as, the silver.

Shadowviking · Post by **Shadowviking** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:58 pm

Damien wrote:But as a general rule, why on earth would you want your armour to be stone? Statues are the only reason I can think of. For my money, silver armour is better, though I wish we got more silver minifig parts to go with it. Not that I at all dislike the old grey armour -- quite the contrary. But 'I need armour for a statue' is a pretty narrow circumstance. Although I would like to see grey armour again - just not as a replacement to, or even as common as, the silver.

Well, that's why grey is good- because, if you do want stone armour, you can have it.

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:27 pm

Shadowviking wrote:
Damien wrote:But as a general rule, why on earth would you want your armour to be stone? Statues are the only reason I can think of. For my money, silver armour is better, though I wish we got more silver minifig parts to go with it. Not that I at all dislike the old grey armour -- quite the contrary. But 'I need armour for a statue' is a pretty narrow circumstance. Although I would like to see grey armour again - just not as a replacement to, or even as common as, the silver.
Well, that's why grey is good- because, if you do want stone armour, you can have it.

Agreed. There are many a stone statue that might not look so good in the jellybean armour.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:35 pm

I like the Gold Armor, I used them for my Malayan factions.

The Gold Armors kinda have an (LOTR) "Elves" feel about them.

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:09 pm

JPinoy wrote:I like the Gold Armor, I used them for my Malayan factions.

The Gold Armors kinda have an (LOTR) "Elves" feel about them.

The old chrome breastplate would look much better in that gold color than the large plate armor accessory. That's what I'd like if gold armor returns.

Sir Kohran · Post by **Sir Kohran** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:10 pm

Count Blacktron wrote:
JPinoy wrote:I like the Gold Armor, I used them for my Malayan factions.

The Gold Armors kinda have an (LOTR) "Elves" feel about them.
The old chrome breastplate would look much better in that gold color than the large plate armor accessory. That's what I'd like if gold armor returns.

Chrome scratches too easily. Also, generally the more you have of something the less impressive it seems. If every Gondorian had an Anduril, it wouldn't have as much significance.

But I don't think this topic matters anymore - looking at Castle 07, the king has a golden breastplate just with a lot of printing on top, so I guess the piece is still in circulation.

- Matt

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:43 pm

Sir Kohran wrote:
Count Blacktron wrote:
JPinoy wrote:I like the Gold Armor, I used them for my Malayan factions.

The Gold Armors kinda have an (LOTR) "Elves" feel about them.
The old chrome breastplate would look much better in that gold color than the large plate armor accessory. That's what I'd like if gold armor returns.
Chrome scratches too easily. Also, generally the more you have of something the less impressive it seems. If every Gondorian had an Anduril, it wouldn't have as much significance.

But I don't think this topic matters anymore - looking at Castle 07, the king has a golden breastplate just with a lot of printing on top, so I guess the piece is still in circulation.

- Matt

I meant that the old chrome breastplate should be resurrected *without* chrome, but rather in the gold color of the 2006 castle armor *molded* in gold. Messa shoulda been more clear, yesno?

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:23 pm

Personally, I think the coolest armor would be a gold-chrome Euro-Armor.

Kelderic

Blue Monarch · Post by **Blue Monarch** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:23 pm

Huh, I never really thought of it as gold, since it doesn't even shine. It will be bronze in my book.