Pictures of Knights Kingdom Tall Figures from Paris Toy Fair

toddthuma · Post by **toddthuma** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:11 pm

Castle Enthusiasts,

I found some pictures of the new Knights Kingdom Tall Figures from the Paris Toy Fair:

http://www.action-figure.com/Article10692.html

I was surprised to learn from Arne that the shields are cardboard.

http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=19059

You can see from the pictures that the figures come in canisters similar to Bionicle Canisters but with castle tops to them. I wonder if they will be useable in construction.

Anyway, I thought everyone might want to see these.

Has anyone besides Arne obtained any of the sets yet?

8770 Danju
8771 Jayko
8772 Rascus
8773 Santis
8774 Vladek

8777 2 Knights Fighting
8778 Rope Bridge
8779 Joust
8780 Small Castle
8781 Large Castle

Todd

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:49 pm

Dang...they're worse than I remembered...

Well, I know what I won't be buying...

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:19 pm

Did anyone notice the small green night in this pic?
http://www.action-figure.com/ImageBank+ ... 33056.html
The fig looks pretty decent, but the shield for the minifig may also be cardboard. If that is the case the new castle line may be worse than we thought.

Crosses fingers for abs, I had high brasso hopes for these shields...

Will

Post by **architect** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:02 pm

I saw these pictures a couple of days ago. It is nice to have more close up shots of the smaller knights. I have to say that the new visors look very good to me

The shields do look upsetting though

I think the shields have a great appearance which I like, but will they survive kids playing with them?

Ben E.
Sets Admin

Dan_BL · Post by **Dan_BL** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:11 pm

But I mean C'mon.....making a cardboard mini-shield with the ability to be clasped by a minifig would cost more to make than a plastic one! This makes NO sense!

Why don't we just go back to wooden legos...or worse just make our own cardboard lego printed right off the computer!

Post by **architect** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:24 pm

Why don't we just go back to wooden legos...

What a great idea!

I love wooden toys. This is due to the fact that my Dad would build them for us. They are also nice because they are durable and last.

A car that my Dad made last year for one of my little brothers:

http://www.ellermann.us/images/car1.jpg

One of the main reasons why people like LEGO products is that they last. I should be able to give my bricks to my grandchilden to play with. I grew up first playing with LEGO bricks made in the 1960's. Most of them were not broken and still work fine.

Ben E.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:48 pm

Yes, it is scary that they're the same white color as the big cardboard ones are. Even if the mini-shields are plastic, I bet they have stickers.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:05 am

I do hope those are ABS minifig shields....

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:07 am

The little knight is cool. Oh no! What am I saying.

Well the visor is nice. I do like it. I'll buy the little but heck no to the big!

DM

adm_matthew · Post by **adm_matthew** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:29 am

Minifig Knights = Cool!
big Knights = UGLY

groovyd2001 · Post by **groovyd2001** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:50 am

This is my first time looking at these new huge knights and they seem like a big rip off of binoicle. I like the helmet for the green minifig knight in the pic at this link.
http://www.action-figure.com/ImageBank+ ... 33056.html

I also noticed in the corner a black knight and his helmet seems pretty cool. I don't now for what i would use it but most likely an orc.

Dan_BL · Post by **Dan_BL** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:25 am

What are you guys talking about? That helmet isn't cool? It isn't even different! For peats sake, its the same as the bionicle ones, only now its on a knight!

Dan

adm_matthew · Post by **adm_matthew** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:34 am

Well, its still cool to get any new LEGO helmets

Dan_BL · Post by **Dan_BL** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:38 am

Yeah well, I just wish I had the molds to make my own customs minifig weapons and accessories...I'd buy plenty of these bionicle sets and jack cron(y) to melt down the parts.

Post by **Ye Olde Republic** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:27 am

Cardboard minifig shields? Hmmm...that's interesting.

NOT!!

For some reason I doubt that they are cardboard, the pattern on them is to simulate the look of the larger shields. Unfortunately, the large ones are held together with a 2x2 radar dish on the front to the minifig scale shields have a silly little white dot on them.
On a side note, the green armour looks to have a gold swirly pattern on it. Perhaps it'll even look good and the visor...the visor shows lots of promise. The black one is a bit hard to make out so I can't really form an opinion about it. Regarding the black euro armour though, niiiiice but I'll have buy a fresh bottle of brasso when I bring that sucker home. The pattern on it looks to be quite ug-leeee. *where's the barfing emoticon when you need it?*

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Pictures of Knights Kingdom Tall Figures from Paris Toy Fair

Pictures of Knights Kingdom Tall Figures from Paris Toy Fair

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