DNL Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 I want villagers with huts and pitchforks! *sing* that would be really great, i have always wanted more villagers! Quote
Minifig Lecturer Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Yes, I agree. More villagers would be the best thing. I wish S@H Bricks And Accessories had a large variety of minifig parts so people could custom design their own minifigs and order many. At present there are only 3 or 4 ugly torsos one can pick. This would also IMO be a great money spinner for TLC as there are many people who want to order large numbers of particular figs, to make armies etc. I think Eurobricks or some other major Lego fan base site should start a campaign to bring to TLC's attention that their is a huge untapped demand for minifigs Quote
Shakar Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 This poll is unscientfic Elves, all the way. As a second option, I'd vote for "other creatures", because I'd like an evil human faction clad in black armour. Shakar Quote
nausicaakro Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 oh, i wish elves, beautiful gold and green elf! To made an army against orcs! yes my treassssssssssssure! *skull* but also have some villagers set will be fantastic... sadly I think that it's quite impossible that TLC will produce villagers set... kids don't like it! kids prefer new agent line :-X nausicaakro Quote
Vader Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Elves would be good as long as they had some sort of ears, if not then they will just be normal figs in new torso's etc. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted January 17, 2008 Governor Posted January 17, 2008 Other Creatures - Giant Chickens! Quote
Lord Of Pies Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Other Creatures - Giant Chickens! I have to say giant chickens would be pretty cool, but everybody would complain its <insert that tiresome argument>! I voted for villagers, I would like to have a few more peasants to do my evil bidding to add to my meagre collection! Quote
Athos Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 While it think villagers would be nice, I think its an unrealistic expectation. Not enough play value for the kiddies. I think the best we could hope for is a civilian set mixed in with the conflict theme. Like a trolls attack the old mill set. Would come with a windmill. A few orcs with a battle machine. A couple of crown knights. And a miller. Something like this might be plausible since we've seen the peasant woman in the advent calendar. Steve Quote
Aramis Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Personally I would love to see a move away from the fantasy and back to the nice traditional human factions with nice castle architecture, call me in the minority. Quote
zouave Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 As much as I would like to see forestmen I voted villages. Those are just something I've always wanted. Quote
Piranha Posted January 18, 2008 Author Posted January 18, 2008 Great Discussion Going On here *y* Just face it though, we all know Forestmen is the right choice , understand? Villagers would be great but I'm not sure if TLC would do them Forestmen were great and can be very well done in the New castle fashion, Their style of hat should be remolded as the original doesn't exist anymore I believe. Imagine the possibilities...... - Cool Tree hideouts that open up - lots of great new figs - possibility for the large spruce tree return *wub* - Maybe secret taverns where they meet (good chance for some villagers too) - they can raid all the existing factions I can't believe elves are winning though :-| :-P Who even included them in this poll? Where's that poll edit button >:-) :-D P Quote
TheFrisian Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 You sure know how to make voting difficult! Given the current fantasy based Castle theme, Elves would be the most logical choice. As I stated somewhere before, many features of the still popular Forest Men could be incorporated into a Forest Elves line, like secret hideouts and treehouses, so that makes two good arguments in favor of an Elves faction. But on the other hand, I'd love nothing more than to see the Crown faction expanded by some lovely Village sets, like a farm, a windmill, some shops and so on. In the end I voted for Elves, but if it were possible, I would've voted for both Elves and Villagers! Quote
TheCloneWalker Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Elves, or in "other", Lizardmen and Ratmen. Quote
voltio Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 I'm not really thrilled with non-human Castle factions, so I had to vote for Forestmen (provided that the peasant cowl and "Robin Hood" hat return). Forestmen would integrate well with the existing factions: they could steal from the Crown Knights and Dwarves, and be attacked by the Trolls. Quote
Col. Whipstick Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Villagers would be a plus. There's no point in going all Tolkien when the traditional castle hasn't been done right, like pirates there's a lack of 'civilians' and in particular women. Villagers would really finalise castle nicely, we always need some peasants to kick around. :-D Quote
blueandwhite Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Villagers would be a plus. There's no point in going all Tolkien when the traditional castle hasn't been done right, like pirates there's a lack of 'civilians' and in particular women.Villagers would really finalise castle nicely, we always need some peasants to kick around. :-D Exactly. It's not like the sets would need to centre around the villagers. Raids on inns, guilds and festivals by orcs, skelies or trolls would make for some great play scenarios for kids. As long as the sets remain action-oriented I'm sure that kids would go for them. Personally, I like the idea of having something for the knights/dwarves to defend. It gives them a purpose. The Advant Calender is definitely a step in the right direction IMO. Quote
Eterneo Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 My vote goes to the villagers; I understand that lego fears that that won't sell, but if they use blueandwhite's idea (Attacked inns etc...) then it will sell to the small kids as well. It's just that now all the knights can defend is an old guy with a pot of gold on his head, where's the fun in that? My second choice would've been the elves. If you combine them with the woodmen then you've got yourself a nice faction. A third choice would be another human faction, not directly an evil faction, but just some humans with another color and flag. Maybe a group of medival pirates (Pirates are just liberal people who want equality :-P ), since we already have 2 ships in the new castle series. Or maybe one or other barbaric people of the north (Could also be combined with the woodmen). Or maybe a more advanced mid-eastern faction, with elephants etc. Quote
Wout Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 This poll is unsciencetific, but that doesn't matter because most polls on eurobricks are unsciencetific. :-P X-D I vote for villagers. Don't worry TLC, Just push some orcs and soldiers in a farm set, and some dwarfs in a tavern. They would sell. And for the annoying afols a villager battle pack with 2 men, 2 women, a boy and a girl. (pitchfork included ;-) ) Also something like carrots, bread, apples etc. If you put all different faces in it and different hairs, you can change them and make other villagers. The farm set could be some 40-50 euro, the tavern some 30-40 euro and the villager bp could be no more then 12 euro. village mob on! X-D Quote
natelite Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 elves are okay to have. forestmen...well, not so much for me. i like to see more of the wolf pack. i think the wolfpack would make good marauders: nomadic people who rule the wasteland. maybe base them off of the saracens. in fact, wolf pack elves would be ideal. :-P they would wear leather armors mostly, and cowls/jedi hoods... and will be expert archers and maybe dual wielding round curved scimitars for melees. as for designs, would be easy to make...normal MF heads with facial prints, almost like that dino attack MF with the facial markings. alternatively maybe they can make new hairpiece mold with hair + circlet imprint and long flexy ears like yoda's. then we can give them more elaborate robes, like the evil necromancer's except without the jagged edges. as for other creatures, i kinda like to see either lizardmen or taurens/minotaurs. it will be hard to do taurens since they should be larger in size than regular MFs, so simply replacing the MF head is not enough. and making new MF molds will make it harder to incorporate these new MF into other themes. on the other hand, lizardmen should be easy to change. just need to make sure they put a stud on the new head mold so the lizardmen can wear helmets. :-P Quote
Clonecommando007 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I think it would be a good twist in the story to see the evil wizard take over the good castle, enslave the people, and then have a revolt started by villagers/farmers/watchment/huts/pigs/cows against the Wizard and his half-pint goblins. That's what they should do for 2009. :-D Quote
Klaus-Dieter Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 (edited) I know that when I give my statement towards elves I prompt the most of you to bear hatred towards me - but I do it nevertheless: I abhor - apart from dragons, wizzards and witches -all these fantasy creatures - and consequently would abhor elves, too. I mean: Should the "Castle" theme be a Castle theme or be a fantasy theme like Timecruisers, Alphateam or the new Agents? >:-( What I'd prefer are villagers which huts and pitchforks *wub* because they would bring more none-action life and more medieval town life to the Castle theme. But I don't think that TLG will release a whole Castle subtheme including only villagers. Nevertheless there could be the possibility to integrate them into "normal" Castle sets. And there could be some little sets (like e. g. a guarded inn, a little hut, some Impulse sets ...) which include mainly villagers. But in order to do not fly off on a tangent I only refer to the topics http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...topic=9827&st=0 (ideas for new Classic Castle sets) and http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...pic=11915&st=30 (ideas for other Lego "Super Sets"). What I'd like very much, too, would be some forestmen with these old big trees *wub* and I think it would be no problem to bring back this theme - but please not with as ugly creatures as the undeads subtheme in the new "Castle" line. A proposal for a forestmens' "Super Set" (which I made) can be found http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...11entry250611. Edited January 25, 2008 by Klaus-Dieter Quote
Batbrick Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 I know that when I give my statement towards elves I prompt the most of you to bear hatred towards me - but I do it nevertheless: I abhor - apart from dragons, wizzards and witches -all these fantasy creatures - and consequently would abhor elves, too. I mean: Should the "Castle" theme be a Castle theme or be a fantasy theme like Timecruisers, Alphateam or the new Agents? >:-( I don't mean to be rude, but surely, even though you dislike the new creatures, you could see that it is something fresh and original? Castle has always been human vs human, only now has it taken a new turn, doing something different. I would rather see that than have just another human only line, or else there is nothing to distinguish it. Batbrick Something! *wacko* Quote
iamded Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Should the "Castle" theme be a Castle theme or be a fantasy theme like Timecruisers, Alphateam or the new Agents? >:-( Actually, when I think Fantasy, I don't think Alpha Team, I think Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, wizards/witches, elves/orks. ~Peace Quote
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