medieval_total_lego Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 vs See it for yourself ... http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=371332 http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/102189 another playmobil set turned into a lego "set" enjoy it!!! Quote
Legoman31 Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 It looks tons better , but of course it doesn't take much to beat a clone brand. Quote
MagPiesRUs Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 Very nice! It resembles the playmobil set well. I love the choice of colours you've used, it gives the MOC a real Classic Castle feel to it. That and the great tudor look and the lovely red roof you've given it. The interior is equally cool, especially the downstairs fishmonger. I really like the use of the net and the nice checkered floor you've given it. Overall, this is a great creation with a nice mix of classic and newer techniques. Well done! Quote
Shadows Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 Nice job, I like the idea and the execution. It looks tons better , but of course it doesn't take much to beat a clone brand. Playmobil isn't a clone brand, it's a different class of toy completely, more like action figures. Quote
medieval_total_lego Posted March 3, 2009 Author Posted March 3, 2009 first of all i want to say thank you to all that commented my moc! second i want to stress that playmobil isn't a clone brand but LEGO is a clone brand!!! in fact lego copied many themes (and sets) from playmobil (for example western: try to see fort legoredo and fort bravo!) Quote
Shadows Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 second i want to stress that playmobil isn't a clone brand but LEGO is a clone brand!!!in fact lego copied many themes (and sets) from playmobil (for example western: try to see fort legoredo and fort bravo!) Hey hey hey! LEGO isn't a clone brand either. The basic concept of a western log fort or a castle go back before either one was making toys, so it's natural for there to be similarities without either one taking ideas from the other. Actually, I wish LEGO would pick up some Playmobil ideas, to be honest. Quote
Eilif Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 (edited) Nice job, I like how you captured the essence of the playmobile set, but made it your own interpretation. It's a nice MOC. I'd be curious to see how close someone could get if they tried to make the LEGO set as close as possible to the playmobile set. As for the Playmobile brand, I'd love it if LEGO could do more what playmobile does in terms of creating alot of "everyday" type sets for all of it's themes, stressing role-play as much as action-play. This kind of an approach is great for childhood social development, and might help LEGO attract more girls. Interestingly, LEGO seems to be heading slowly in that direction with the farm, and town sets that are being released, and I think that's a good thing. As to the clone brand comment, not even close. Every toy that happens to require assembly is not a LEGO clone, and toys using the same themes are not clones of each other. The term "clone" seems to get tossed around alot by folks who don't know what a "clone" is and don't know the origins of the "LEGO system of play". Edited March 3, 2009 by Eilif Quote
Klaus-Dieter Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 That's again an awesome Castle MOC, medieval_total_lego! I really it! The architecture is brilliant, the interior is brilliant and the minfigs fit perfectly! The most I like big tree and the shop. It looks very close to the Playmobil one! Very, very well done! Klaus-Dieter Quote
Zorro Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Indeed it looks amazing, much better then the original Playmobil one! We LEGO lovers can build playbmobil things but Playmobil fans can' build most LEGO stuff. Keep up the great work, I'd say ! Quote
Zorbas Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Ah, the next project as you've said! Another great work medieval_total_lego! You've managed to interpret another great Playmobil set to an even greater LEGO MOC. You are doing an excellent job there! Kudos as usual! Quote
medieval_total_lego Posted March 5, 2009 Author Posted March 5, 2009 thanks guys for all of your comments!!! Quote
Teddy Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 Verry well done Medieval_total_lego! And thanks for the photos of your shelf. Your medieval city is comming along nicely. Can't wait to see them in a proper layout. Keep it up. Kind regards, Teddy Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted March 6, 2009 Posted March 6, 2009 Nic job MedTL. As a big fan of Playmobil, this is fantastic. I liked your first creation as well, but I don't think I commented. I really like the roof of this one, so classic Playmobil. I tend to agree with you about Lego copying Playmobil a bit though. While the toy companies are completely different, I think Lego has used some Playmobil themes after they came out (like Vikings, Airport, Farm, and a few others), even if some of these themes seem basic. Now if they would just jump on the Romans and Egytian themes, that would be great. However, this topic has been discussed before on other threads, so to not get off-topic, I really like your creation. The colors work very well, and I like the addition of the tree. Quote
TLV Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 very nicely built indeed! you really captured the classic castle feel with the red roof and tudor style buildings. Quote
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