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October 2004
Weekly Set Review: Witch's Magic Mountain
Ben E. 30 X 04

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 6087 Witch's Magic Mountain.

Witch's Magic Mountain, released in 1997, is a rocky fortress for the Fright Knights. The set has a rock portcullis, a jail, a secret entrance, and a room for casting spells. Willa the witch is included along with her flying machine, a dragon, a Fright Knight, two soldiers, a skeleton, a forestman prisoner, and various accessories.


Auchans Castle
Bruce N. H. 27 X 04

If Takeshi Itou is the wizard of fantasy castles, Bob Carney is certainly the master architect of historic castles. Dr. Carney has been an AFOL since the early 1970's, when he played LEGO with his children. In 1986 the release of the Black Falcon's Fortress brought together his love of the brick with his interest in medieval history. Since then he has built 98 castles, which can be found on his website. These creations are all based on real historical structures, which he researches extensively to plan future projects. He says that he has a couple of dozen castles planned, and is always looking for new inspiration.

Dr. Carney's most recent MOC is Auchans Castle, a 15th century structure found in Ayrshire, Scotland. This MOC has a Christmas theme, and will be displayed as part of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra's "Symphony of Trees" along with another castle still in the works. His creations have previously been displayed in other Illinois locations, such as the Children's Museum in Dover, so if you live in Illinois, you may get a chance to see these in person. For the rest of us, though, we'll have to keep our eyes on his website for future creations.


Jake Needs You!
Lenny 27 X 04

Jake McKee, LEGO Community Development Manager, contacted us asking to help him. Read all about it.


Colossal Castle Contest II
CC Team 25 XI 04

The CC Team is proud to announce our second annual building contest: The Colossal Castle Contest II. It will begin on November 1st and end on December 31st, 2004.

This contest is a bit different than other contests. We have a variety of categories each with one prize for the winner. Some categories require small creations and others need larger ones. Everyone, even with a limited supply of bricks, should be able to enter several categories. We are looking for creativity, not who has the most LEGO.

Check out the prizes. Seven LEGOLAND Castle sets are prizes. There are several additional sets, custom weapons, and various other prizes. It truly is colossal! Thank you to LEGO, the Little Armory, Red Bean Studio, and others who donated prizes. The rules can be found here. Enjoy!

Discuss the contest here.


Weekly Set Review: Magic Castle Box
Ben E. 23 X 04

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 1906 Magic Castle Box.

The Magic Castle Box had a limited release in the United States and Canada in 1994. Also known as Majisto's Tower, this rocky magician's fortress has a guard tower, a wizard's tower, and two doors. A Dragon Master's knight, a soldier, and various accessories are included along with Majisto and his personal chariot.


Sleepy Hollow
Ben E. 22 X 04

Check out the latest three vignettes by CC Admin Nathan Wells! These spooky scenes include the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Trick or EEK!, and the Curse of the Wolf. Discuss the creations here


Second chat with Jake - Transcript
Ben E. 16 X 04

Our second chat with Jake McKee, a LEGO Community Development Manager, was very successful. As usual, the CC members had excellent questions. The admins and members would like to thank Jake for spending time with us on his Saturday.

I have placed the transcript on a cc webpage. Discuss the chat here


Weekly Set Review: Witch's Fireplace
Ben E. 16 X 04

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 2872 Witch's Fireplace.

Witch's Fireplace was released in 1998 for the Fright Knights. Willa the witch casts spells with a crystal ball next to her fireplace. Various accessories are included along with a black cat and a bat.


Basilica
Bruce N. H. 15 X 04

Ben Harris, known as Tycho McKorley in our forum, has built with LEGO since he was a kid. Unfortunately he used to build in Space. Then seven years ago he was given a copy of set 6090, Royal Knight's Castle, and he's been hooked on Castle ever since. This basilica was directly inspired by a recent trip to Europe. He was impressed by all of the great cathedrals there and wanted to learn more. Since there are a lot of great MOCs of gothic cathedrals already, he chose a romanesque style for this effort. It took about two weeks to build, and incorporates many great details, such as the elaborate entrance, the domed roof, and the curved wall in the back.!

Check out Ben's Brickshelf gallery for more of his work, including a couple of fortresses, ships, and especially his siege machines.
Gnome
Bruce N. H. 13 X 04

Micah Berger is known as The Green Knight in our forums. In addition to active participation in the Classic-Castle Roleplay, he's a master at creating minifig-scale creatures out of LEGO elements. His bear, in particular, uses especially clever construction. Here he brings us a fanatasy creature, a gnome. Check out the use of minifig hands as fingers, tusks, and eyebrows. The gnome is well-proportioned to interact with minifigs (note: this is my interpretation of Micah's design and the arms and hands are a little different than his). I've also put together some instructions. Check out Micah's Brickshelf gallery for more creatures and scenes from Classic-Castle Roleplay.


Idea Book 260: Part II
Yaron Dori and Ben Ellermann 12 X 04

This is the final installment of our article about Idea Book 260 Castle creations. Check out the Black Monarch's Fortress and a wide variety of Forestmen models. The models have been built to the best of our ability using the Idea Book photos. We would like to thank Johannes Koehler for building the Forestmen's Forge which is shown above. Discuss the article here.


The Next Jake McKee Chat
Ben E. 11 X 04

I am proud to announce the second Classic-Castle.com chat with LEGO Community Development Manager Jake McKee. The chat will be held on Saturday October 16th at 1pm Eastern Time in the US (1800 GMT). This chat will be moderated by the CC admins and will last approximately ninety minutes.

Rules

1. The moderators can kick people out of chat or ban them indefinitely if you break these chat rules.
2. Each person will be called on by a moderator beginning in alphabetical order and then will be allowed to ask Jake one question.
3. Jake does not have to answer any question. Remember that he can not answer questions about future product lines.
4. Do not speak out of turn.
5. Please be polite. Do not use profanity.
6. If you do not have a question to ask, please just say "pass" and we will move on to the next person.


Weekly Set Review: Dragon Wagon
Ben E. 9 X 04

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 6056 Dragon Wagon.

Dragon Wagon was released in 1993 for the Dragon Masters. This wagon is pulled by two horses and has a cage containing a dragon. The set also includes a driver, a mounted knight, and various accessories.


Ultimate Toy Awards
Ben E. 7 X 04

Check out the Toy's R Us "Ultimate Toy Awards" where you can vote for the best toys of 2004. LEGO Knight's Kingdom has been nominated in the Construction and Building category. Discuss the nomination here


Sea Dragon
Bruce N. H. 5 X 04

Classic Castle fans span the globe, and today's creation comes to us from Israel. Yaron Dori, forum name Webrain, has been a LEGO fan since he was ten. Here he presents the Sea Dragon. In my opinion, this creation strikes a perfect balance between recreating the classic Viking longboat and fitting the feel of the great official set designs of Castle past. Yaron says he built this in one overnight session and would love to inspire a Viking line. LEGO designers take

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