thoughts on troll's mountain fortress
- timber_wolf899
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thoughts on troll's mountain fortress
Here are some of my thoughts, in no particular order.
1. Looks to be a basic floorplan, square castle with a gate flanked by towers, and rear corner towers. Same floor plan as 7094.
-the good: a fully walled castle! this cannot be overstated!
-the bad: no gatehouse, not much imagination as with the non square layout of viking fort.
2. Brick built gate, showing the intigration of the idea from vikings into mainstream castle!
-the good: brick built gate!
3. color scheme is growing on me
4. getting tired of 'prison towers'. i mean i know why they do it, visability, but give me a dungeon?
1. Looks to be a basic floorplan, square castle with a gate flanked by towers, and rear corner towers. Same floor plan as 7094.
-the good: a fully walled castle! this cannot be overstated!
-the bad: no gatehouse, not much imagination as with the non square layout of viking fort.
2. Brick built gate, showing the intigration of the idea from vikings into mainstream castle!
-the good: brick built gate!
3. color scheme is growing on me
4. getting tired of 'prison towers'. i mean i know why they do it, visability, but give me a dungeon?
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Actually that's a pretty good description of my feelings for it too...Sir Kohran wrote:Can't say I like it much, the design doesn't look very inspired; just looks like a load of brown/grey bricks with some horns and 'evil stuff' slapped on. I do like some of the parts, but the set is a bit weak.
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I thought they should change the color to mocha rocks and dark bley were the light bley is, because right now it looks like a crowny fortress with some troll decore, also I think they need to give the Troll King armor and give him a different crown ,I suggested Mola Rams helmet in gold with white horns and Troll Commander armor in gold. p.s. the release date is supposedly August.
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I kinda like it how it is. I wish they had used some of the wood looking pieces for some palisades and battlements over the spikes but I can always do that on my own later. I think it seems like a fair representation of what a troll/orc HQ should be like, simple, somewhat in disrepair and crumbling but still able to be defensive.
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I don't like the design based on the photos I have seen, but, you know, shouldn't you actually wait for more details/you've actually built it before posting your "impressions"?
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This set could work out.
I've heard that there might be a couple trolls in the King's Chariot set.outcast wrote: I cant imagine how they managed to capture the most important man in the crownie nation though
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The flail can land more force than a typical two handed weapon I'd assume. Seems like long chain ones like TLC makes were less common than those with shorter chains in Europe. Most flails in medieval europe had short chains. Either way they both can generate a great deal of power. The Hussites were made up primarily of flailmen as the force they created could do damage to knights even in plate armour.
I'd like a very long weapon like a halbard or pike for the trolls...
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I'd like a very long weapon like a halbard or pike for the trolls...
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Why should I wait when I can make hasty decisions now?RichardAM wrote:I don't like the design based on the photos I have seen, but, you know, shouldn't you actually wait for more details/you've actually built it before posting your "impressions"?
This set isn't exactly like I imagined it would be. It will cost more than I'd like it to and does not contain exactly the parts and minifigs I would have liked. I also worry that it will not be available in my local area.
I hate it.
$99, perhaps not the best pieces for a regular BrickLink user, but pretty amazing and unique mini-figs - which seems to be par for course to some degree.
The Medieval Market Village is almost certainly a better value for an AFOL, but IMHO the Troll King, Priestess, and Giant Trolls are must-haves.
The Medieval Market Village is almost certainly a better value for an AFOL, but IMHO the Troll King, Priestess, and Giant Trolls are must-haves.
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