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June 2007
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Black Monarch's Ghost
Ben E. 30 VI 07
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 6034 Black Monarch’s Ghost.
Black Monarch’s Ghost, released in 1990, is a modular wall section that attaches to the Black Monarch’s Castle.
The set includes a fully armed Dragon Knight and a glow in the dark ghost hiding behind doors in the wall.
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BrickWorld Recap
Ben E. 25 VI 07
BrickWorld was a blast. It was great to hang out with fellow castleheads like David, Leah, Bill, and Steve.
Check out our castle display and many other BrickWorld photos in my
Flickr Gallery.
LEGO also hosted two great Castle Building competitions.
Twenty randomly picked fans were chosen to participate in a speed build of 7093
Skeleton's Tower.
Joe Ellenbecker was the first to complete the entire
set.
The second contest was an alternate build with the same Skeleton Tower set.
Each fan had a limited time to build a
Steampunk creation.
Richard Schamus won this contest with his flying ship.
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Weekly Set Review: Gargoyle Bridge
Ben E. 17 VI 07
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 8822 Gargoyle Bridge.
Gargoyle Bridge was released in 2006 for Knight's Kingdom II.
Karzon and a rogue knight attack with their battering ram.
Adric defends the bridge and gated tower with giant falling axes.
Various accessories such as a pike, flag, and torches are included.
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In memory: Eric Brok
16 VI 07
Eric Brok succumbed to the effects of prostate cancer earlier this week after fighting it for the last year and a half.
Eric is a Dutch AFOL who was a pioneer in the hobby.
Over ten years ago he started his website, LEGO on my Mind,
at a time when the online community was in its very early stages.
His creations have inspired builders ever since.
Castle fans should definitely check out his castle creations including his Estuary Stronghold.
Also, be sure to check out the "Thoughts" section of his site, which have insights on the hobby and building ideas.
Recently, Eric has made a huge splash in the community by designing the great new set 10190, Market Street.
Here are his thoughts
about designing that set, and
here is a brief bio of him on LEGO.com.
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Castle Gate
Bruce N. H. 8 VI 07
Saskia van Doesburg, known as Stuifzand in our forum, is a Dutch AFOL you probably already know.
She's run up an impressive record in our Colossal Castle Contests, winning in Contest 1 with
Brickerlo Castle,
in Contest 3 with a day in Brickerlo,
and receiving an honorable mention in Contest 4 with
Brickerlo Inn.
With that kind of record, entrants in the recent LEGO Castle Contest may feel relieved that she decided that her
Castle Gate wouldn't fit the contest requirements,
as I'm sure it would have given them stiff competition.
Saskia has been a LEGO fan all of her life, but she came out of a dark age around the year 2000.
She likes the castle theme because the "figs are great" and she has a "somewhat romantic idea" of the
"simple way of life of the medieval times."
All of her creations can be found in her
Brickshelf gallery.
She's a member of CC, Lugnet, and Lowlug.
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Mini Dragon
Bruce N. H. 7 VI 07
TsoAutTmo, a Japanese TFOL currently living in Hamburg, Germany,
has been building with LEGO for the past ten years.
In the past he has built mostly in the Star Wars theme, but through my blog he found CC,
and has gotten into the Castle theme recently.
He's built a fair amount of microscale MOCs in the past, and now has turned his hand to
dragons,
inspired in part by Izzo's Drakkhen line.
He expects that more will be coming in the near future.
TsoAutTmo's creations can be found in his
Brickshelf gallery or on his blog,
Bricktacular.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Horse Cart
Ben E. 2 VI 07
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 6022 Horse Cart.
Horse Cart, released in 1984, was the first cart for the Lion Knights.
This set also include a horse and saddle, an archer, a driver/soldier, a round shield, and various weapons.
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