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December 2008
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Battle Wagon
Ben E. 28 XII 08
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 8874 Battle Wagon.
Battle Wagon was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II.
Two Shadow Knights guard their prisoner cart from Rascus.
The cart includes a catapult, wheels with scythes, a flag, and various accessories.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Castle Mini-Figures
Ben E. 21 XII 08
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 6102 Castle Mini-Figures.
Castle Minifigures was released in 1985.
It has two falcon soldiers, one falcon archer, two lion soldiers, one lion archer, and various shields and weapons.
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Defenestration
Bruce N. H. 17 XII 08
As you may know, I love MOCs that teach something about history.
The Hussites of Bohemia were a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation.
When Jan Hus was executed as a heretic, trouble broke out in Bohemia, and people began to speak of revolution.
In spite of suppression by the king, a procession of Hussites marched through the streets of Prague on July 30, 1419.
When some members of the town council threw stones at them from the Town Hall, the mob grew angry,
storming the building and throwing several of the town council from the windows.
This First Defenestration of Prague
led to the Hussite Wars, the first war in Europe where muskets and similar weapons made a decisive contribution.
Martin, aka Thire5, is a Czech student who has been building with LEGO since childhood.
He's a member of Kostky.org, where he posts his MOCs.
The First Defenestration of Prague
is his first castle themed creation, and all of his creations can be seen in
one or the
other of his Brickshelf galleries.
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Colossal Castle Contest VI: Submit Entries
CC Team 15 XII 08
Colossal Castle Contest submissions now open!
Technical difficulties have been fixed and you can now
submit your entries.
If you are interested in learning more about Classic-Castle's signature annual contest, please see the contest
rules page.
Any further questions can be addressed in the
CC forums.
We would like to apologize for any confusion caused by the delay in opening the submissions page and would like to thank our anonymous programmer for help with coding issues.
We're looking forward to seeing your Castle MOCs in this contest.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Forestmen's River Fortress
Ben E. 14 XII 08
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.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Wizard's Cart
Ben E. 7 XII 08
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 1736/1746/2891 Wizard's Cart.
Wizard's Cart was released in 1995 for the Dragon Master's.
Majisto pulls this cart which carries a treasure chest.
The American version of this set, 1746, was a polybag while the European version, 1736, was boxed.
In 1998 the set was rereleased in Japan through Kabaya and numbered 2891.
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Fantasy Creatures Advent Calendar
Bruce N. H. 2 XII 08
MisaQa, an AFOL from Tokyo, did not play with LEGO as a child,
but instead she started building after she bought sets for her own daughter.
One of the sets she enjoyed playing with alongside her daughter was
2250, the 2000 Advent Calendar.
This may be the ultimate source behind what has become an annual tradition,
her own advent calendars that she presents to us each year.
For each of the last four years, she has chosen a theme and created 24 MOCs,
revealing one each day of December leading up to Christmas.
She's always liked Greek mythology, and this year her theme is
fantasy creatures.
She started building at the beginning of October so that she would be ready at the start of the month,
opening up with her wyvern.
Check back each day to see the new creature she brings us.
Even though she has only been creating MOCs for six years, MisaQa has created an incredible body of work.
Her MOCs can be found in her Brickshelf gallery,
on her personal site Stud-and-Tube,
and even published in book form.
She is a guild member of Brick Fan Town
and was featured in BrickJournal (Volume 1 Issue 5 pages 77-79).
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