Re: Castle and Tolkien sets for 2013
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:44 am
Hopefully he won't behead him at all, because he never did that :p
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On the info cards for the LotR sets they said June, so maybe even late May we'll see some sets popping up.Sir Bragallot wrote:Is there any way to know when these sets will be released? I sure hope my shops will sell the smaller ones, too, 'cos they only seem to import the medium to big sets...
I can say with almost 100% certainty that the crossbow in the Ambush set is pearl dark gray, not black. If anyone wants to wager a copy of the set on that, I'm gamemencot wrote:I think it also looks like black, it is the flash on the front that plays tricks. If you compare in the back and on the legs it looks black, can be wrong though, it can be the other way around alsoAeridian wrote:Are you sure Bruce? Compared to the legs on the dragon soldier the crossbow looks like pearl dark grey. And that would kinda make more sense, because it's been made more recently.... could be wrong though.
I think that's the pointThor wrote:The dragon and Lion images on the new castle theme look childish.
1) We are castle builders..the castle sets pale in comparison to what we want and build...big boring wall pieces..half built buildings...etc
These 2 points brought up by Blue are perfect. As for the figures and heraldry, that's where the real issue is. I was among most people wanting something new and fresh, but I got to thinking. Both factions emblems aren't that bad. I am disappointed that the Lions have blue on the torso, so switching out the arms won't be a good option like the last Lions faction had. They do however fit in with the crownies from the Fantasy era with minimal effort. The Dragon on the other hand are not as workable. I suppose you can't put a red boar on a faction and then include a red dragon, but I'd rather have had a red boar and no dragon. They work well for a faction by themselves, but I'd like to have had them continue the dark green color scheme if they are not giving us new forest men right away. The problem again lies with the dragon. I'd have loved the new black falcon symbol used as the opposing faction with a yellow or gold matched with black.4) If they were to build a huge epic castle for us, it would be so expensive no one could/would buy it. And it wouldn't be up to the standards we use.
Too corny, wish they would of continued the kingdoms with different colored factions...kind of like Quickblade mentioned, like yellow/gold/black color scheme....Sir Bragallot wrote:I think that's the pointThor wrote:The dragon and Lion images on the new castle theme look childish.
I believe you and Aeridian are correct, at least that's how it seems.AK_Brickster wrote:I can say with almost 100% certainty that the crossbow in the Ambush set is pearl dark gray, not black. If anyone wants to wager a copy of the set on that, I'm gamemencot wrote:I think it also looks like black, it is the flash on the front that plays tricks. If you compare in the back and on the legs it looks black, can be wrong though, it can be the other way around alsoAeridian wrote:Are you sure Bruce? Compared to the legs on the dragon soldier the crossbow looks like pearl dark grey. And that would kinda make more sense, because it's been made more recently.... could be wrong though.
That would had been a good wager but I agree on that now that it is pearl dark greyAK_Brickster wrote:I can say with almost 100% certainty that the crossbow in the Ambush set is pearl dark gray, not black. If anyone wants to wager a copy of the set on that, I'm gamemencot wrote:I think it also looks like black, it is the flash on the front that plays tricks. If you compare in the back and on the legs it looks black, can be wrong though, it can be the other way around alsoAeridian wrote:Are you sure Bruce? Compared to the legs on the dragon soldier the crossbow looks like pearl dark grey. And that would kinda make more sense, because it's been made more recently.... could be wrong though.