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March 2005
Walled City
Bruce N. H. 31 III 05

Martin Jaspers, aka "Marakoeschtra", is a Dutch AFOL who has been building LEGO since he was six. He only became interested in castle-themed LEGO a short time ago, inspired by the creations he saw on Brickshelf. He said he just tries to "build things that are interesting and have an authentic look", but that's quite an understatement; since the end of last year, he has turned out amazing castle creations at a very fast rate. Martin started with some medieval houses, then went to a village. In fairly short succession he presented a foresthouse, a windmill, a sled, and a harbour. With each creation his building style has improved and the techniques have grown more complex. He has also slowly injected "life" into his creations--from the earliest unpopulated creations, introducing figs, and now culminating in storytelling with his most recent creation: Walled City. His MOCs have all attracted attention in our forums, and can be discussed in these threads: houses, village, foresthouse, windmill, sled, harbour, walled city.

Martin's creations can all be found in his Brickshelf gallery. At this point he has no other website or public display of his work. He is also a member of Lowlug, a Dutch AFOL forum.


Weekly Set Review: Royal King
Ben E. 26 III 05

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 6008 Royal King.

Royal King was released in 1995 for the Royal Knights. The King comes with his trusty steed and various accessories.


Bigger Yellow Castle
Bruce N. H. 22 III 05

Henning Friis Andersen was inspired by the Yellow Castle category in our Colossal Castle Contest, and he came up with his Bigger Yellow Castle. Due to space considerations in his home, he built this with a modular design so it could be easily taken down and stored. One advantage of this is that it can be put together in various different configurations. The most striking thing about this MOC, though, is the variety of different design ideas he has used for his towers, achieving square, circular, ovoid, triangular, and octagonal shapes.

Henning has previously posted a giant Red Castle. He says that he likes building in the classic colors, so keep a lookout for blue, black, and white castles. Plus he is also considering building a new red castle. Henning visits Classic-Castle, but has not yet posted in our forums. He has recently joined Lugnet, so hopefully we'll be hearing more from this builder.


Weekly Set Review: Dark Forest Fortress
Ben E. 20 III 05

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 6079 Dark Forest Fortress.

Dark Forest Fortress was released in 1996 for the Forestmen. The fortress has a defensive catapult, living area, a jail with a skeleton, and a collapsing tree. A Dragon Master wagon complete with a driver, soldier, and treasure must pass by the fortress and its four forestmen. This set had a limited release in Europe and was not pictured in many catalogs.


C-C Forums Fixed
Troy, 15 III 05

Earlier today there were some minor issues where the Forums reverted to using the default subSilver Style. Our custom style had become corrupted and was no longer available for use. It is unclear at this time if this was due to a bug in the system, a delierate hack attempt, or some sort of script exploit. This is being looked into.

The Forum database was not affected by this, and a current backup has been made just in case. Our custom Style has been restored and all should be displaying as normal now. If after refreshing you are still experiencing display errors, please post them in the Administrative Forum.


Round Shields and Stickers
by Anthony Sava, 14 III 2005

Prepare to be pillaged! The LEGO Vikings have arrived, and we have their shields! Come check out how to take advantage of LEGO's newest form of defensive equipment.


Hall of Albirona
Bruce N. H. 13 III 05

Johannes Koehler, Jojo in our forums, presents his Hall of Albirona. This creation, based on Santa Maria Naranco near Oviedo, Spain is the basis for Jojo's entry to the International System Creativity Contest, sponsored each year by 1000steine.de. Read the whole story or just check out the pictures, and then discuss it in our forum.

In addition to Classic-Castle, Jojo is a member of Lugnet and 1000Steine.de. Check out more of Jojo's creations on his website, his Brickshelf gallery, his MOCpages site and his 1000Steine.de "My Images" gallery. He has also created Rittersets, a German-language castle reference site.


Weekly Set Review: Skeleton Surprise
Ben E. 12 III 05

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 6036 Skeleton Surprise.

Skeleton Surprise was released in 1995 for the Royal Knights. A soldier and a skeleton booby trap guard this castle wall section. Various accessories are included.


Weekly Set Review: Forestmen's River Fortress
Ben E. 5 III 05

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 6077 Forestmen's River Fortress.

Forestmen's River Fortress was released in 1989. It is a rock and tree fortess surrounded by water. Special features of the set are the raft, ramp, portcullis, jail, and opening back wall. Five forestmen, one lion soldier, and various accessories are included.


Chateau de Vignette
Bruce N. H. 1 III 05

Nelson Yrizarry, known as Sir Nelson in our forums, was one of the dominant builders in the Colossal Castle Contest. In addition to winning the siege weapons category with his Warwulf, he also received honorable mentions in seven other categories. His creativity did not stop there, though. He just posted his Chateau de Vignette, a combination of nine different vignettes. Each individual unit would be notable by itself, but they come together to make a small castle. Check out all of Nelson's creations in his Brickshelf gallery.



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