Duplo Castle?

jamitjames · Post by **jamitjames** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:16 pm

better picture http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/crazy ... 764777.jpg

Post by **Robin Hood** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:42 pm

Hmm have any of you noticed the shield design? It is very similar to the Crusaders. Kinda scary.

Post by **Formendacil** » Sat May 29, 2004 10:20 pm

Were those battle-axes? Can they be used for regular figs? I hope so!

stuifzand · Post by **stuifzand** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:19 am

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Post by **Athos** » Sun May 30, 2004 3:22 pm

I still think they look like playmobile. They would be pretty cool if they were minifig scale. The handaxes look too big for minifigs. Looks like they stand about the height of said fig. The arabalest looks like it might have potential, but it would take a while to get enough of them for anything.

Too bad,
Steve

footsteps · Post by **footsteps** » Mon May 31, 2004 12:40 am

jamitjames wrote:better picture http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/crazy ... 764777.jpg

Thanks, Jamitjames.

Looking over the parts, there are a couple that look both interesting and useful for castle. First is the brick with the inverse slope/arches. Second is the crenelation brick/plate. Both would be useful if employed in large quantities and, of course, lots of regular bricks to 'flesh it out'.

The most interesting one, to me, is the wall unit along the base. It looks like it is actually a hinged piece, with a door in one panel and a window in the other panel. My guess is that it can be placed either with the panels at 90 degrees to each other, as in the photos, or in a straight line.

Has anyone else noticed that about that wall piece? or have a different explanation for it?

Alan

Post by **Formendacil** » Mon May 31, 2004 5:05 am

Athos wrote: The handaxes look too big for minifigs. Looks like they stand about the height of said fig.

What's your point: classic Lego swords (often used as short swords), are up to a fig's shoulder, the great sword is as tall as he is. (And while some swords may have done that in real life, the majority wouldn't have, I think). And just think about those classic pirate pistols.

My point is that all Lego accessories tend to be oversized. What I was wondering is if these weapons would fit a minifig's hand?

kajo163 · Post by **kajo163** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:05 am

No no, the handles must be way to thick for a minifigs hand.
But maybe you could use this Duplo-knights as giants

Nice to see that they are back on track when it comes to heraldry though.

Red Bean · Post by **Red Bean** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:10 am

I don't think any of us will be able to implement any of these materials into our existing minifig universe, as being Duplo, they are all going to be much too big.

For those of you in doubt, just look at the brown plate under the cauldron: the hollow studs show it to be unmistakably Duplo brick; that means by extension, the figs along with their accessories will be much too big for your average minifigs (meaning they won't be able to grip it).

The only exception might be the dragon... in which case the bigger is always the better.

R. B.
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wlister · Post by **wlister** » Mon May 31, 2004 1:35 pm

I could see using the Black soldiers for giants and perhaps the gates could be used as well. Duplo is somewhat compatible with 2 x bricks so the gates could be incorporated. I have a son who still builds with Duplo occasionally so I may purchase one of these just to test the theory.

Will

Post by **Robin Hood** » Mon May 31, 2004 5:09 pm

kajo163 wrote:No no, the handles must be way to thick for a minifigs hand.
But maybe you could use this Duplo-knights as giants

Nice to see that they are back on track when it comes to heraldry though.

Hmmm, interseting theory.

Green Fox · Post by **Green Fox** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:39 pm

This is quite a sphipher indeed. Te figs do not look like duplo, lego or jack stone. also, has anyone else noticed that on the castle, the walls look thin. PAPER-THIN!!

Merlin of Lego · Post by **Merlin of Lego** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:54 pm

one of the coolest thing about these, even if they are terible for our colections is that this is a great castle starter set for my 3 year old son to start with. He will no longer have to destroy my guys to play lego swords.

forester3291 · Post by **forester3291** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 2:25 am

Looks alot like Megabloks or playmobile. Looks like some cool pieces. One thing is. Why does lego give the prescoolers better stuff than we get(Talking about kk2)? It's just not fair

mfuss903 · Post by **mfuss903** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:55 am

Green Fox wrote:Te figs do not look like duplo, lego or jack stone. also,

Lego is changing the way the Duplo figs look. I thought the same thing you did but then I saw this set:
http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=4692