Was the cataplut thing showed in the bottom left corner here: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=6091_1&v=z really part of medieval times' weaponry?
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I would have to say that it wasn't. I don't know that there were any castle who put their treasure up on the wall so that any enemy could just it that "fancy window" and get all the treasure the wanted.
My guess, another of those fancy additions TLG expect little people to fancy.
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If you are referring to the treasure chest catapult, those definitely were a work of fantasy and not a good one. It was one of those riduculous design elements added to increase playability. Truly a better use could have been found for the wall collapsing bit, but as usual reality and TLC designs are very far away from each other. You can probably tell I am not a fan of that castle. Even at 50% off I am still bugged I bought any of that set at all. I hate it when I buy junk. :evil:
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I thought he said that too. Weird...
...In ROTK I remeber their being seige engines within the walls of the fortification.
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Well, you have to take into account how large the actual fortess was. In a city as large as Minas Tirith, a few smaller catapults won't be too unrealistic. However, when you have a six foot throwing arm with no logical way to fire it (by a minifig), it is getting a little silly.Dragon Master wrote:...In ROTK I remeber their being seige engines within the walls of the fortification.
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Obviously a spring-loaded cannon of that sort is illogical, but I suppose the contraption as a whole could represent the early cannons of the 15th/16th century.
A side note on the stupid wall-treasure-flinger: I dunno, but I always enjoyed having my invading minifigs stealthly scale the walls (which, conicidently, don't exist on newer castle sets) and sneak into the fortress under the cover of dark, knock out the guards, and steal the treasure that way. Darnit, they had to work for their rewards!
A side note on the stupid wall-treasure-flinger: I dunno, but I always enjoyed having my invading minifigs stealthly scale the walls (which, conicidently, don't exist on newer castle sets) and sneak into the fortress under the cover of dark, knock out the guards, and steal the treasure that way. Darnit, they had to work for their rewards!