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  1. SirBlake
    Based on observation I believe it is a true statement that KKII is the least favored theme in the history of castle themes. Whether you base that on values or how it’s represented in the MOC community (it isn’t present, pretty much at all), I feel it is a safe statement. To be clear, I’m not saying nobody likes it, just that it is overwhelmingly thought to be the worst theme in general. If you disagree, I would love to hear your reasoning. As an example of my position, I offer this poll: Scroll down to “least favorite theme”. I would call those results “overwhelming”.
  2. SirBlake
    LMAO, I wasn’t aware there were bounds on opinions. KKII = garbage all the way around, including the worthless heraldry. In my opinion, of course. :)
  3. SirBlake
    My one shield that was wonky is on a vintage Forestmen’s Hideout and I have no reason to believe it has been swapped with a different one. I built it in 1988 and played with it, but I left it assembled and can’t see why I would’ve swapped those shields around. The newest vintage forestmen set I have is from 1990 I'm willing to bet it’s more likely an original production error, like from a printing plate that wasn’t properly saturated with color. The plate itself could have a subtle texture to it to aid in saturation, but run out of ink and that’s what you get. I’ve spent some time around printing presses, and that is a thing. Not sure how TLG did it back in the day, but on a press that does paper, the normal method includes starting the press and adjusting things until the print is perfect, and in the meantime you’re printing dozens/hundreds of less-than perfect units. That’s just overage that is accounted for in the process, and it’s up to somebody to weed out that first bit of bad printing. Human error could certainly lead to some of the bad stuff getting through.
  4. SirBlake
    My new ones have a tiny black outline around the green field and the nose hole is different on the stag.
  5. SirBlake
    I believe they have confirmed availability at the time of the big castle release, but I don’t think we’ve received an update on that, nor do I recall a specific date relative to VIP/regular order dates.
  6. SirBlake
    I went back and looked at each and every vintage forestmen shield I have, and sure enough, one of them has the same moire pattern on it. Almost like it’s low res. Your eyes must be a lot better than mine. Even with my reading glasses, it’s tough to see it and it’s surely not enough for it to bother me.
  7. SirBlake
    @Aanchir, as usual, a solid and well thought-out response, most of which I agree with. The volume does make it difficult to address point by point though, lol. The only area I think we really differ on there is that the examples you used (Power Miners, Atlantis, Elves) are all pretty old, and Elves has a bit of an asterisk on it being a minidolls theme. TLG doesn’t handle those the same way. It seems clear to me that in the last decade or so, Big Bang themes have evolved in a singular direction, and continue to evolve. Informed by Ninjago, Chima and Nexo were defined by their jelly bean helicopters, jets and mechs. Now Monkie Kid is doing the same thing. Sure, castle or pirates or space could theoretically be the jumping off point for a Big Bang theme, but I’ve seen no recent evidence that it wouldn’t also include the aforementioned jelly bean/power rangers vehicle-dominant sets, I can surely envision a castle based Big Bang theme that could still follow the named character track, but it would be more like Heroica or a D&D type thing. While that seems like a great idea to me, I don’t think that fits with TLGs formula, so we’re left with your example of KKII, the undisputed last-place finisher when it comes to themes in the history of castle. Unless you include Nexo, :D
  8. SirBlake
    That’s cool, I hadn’t considered the scarcity of that one. Which set did it come in? Edit: found it https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=64647&colorID=11&in=A
  9. SirBlake
    Was there a factory in Mexico in 1989?
  10. SirBlake
    I’m sure it ranges like a lot of manufacturing does. Kind of like the “don’t buy a car that was built on a Friday” thing. I don’t have any dark forest stuff, but do have all of the original forestmen sets and the shields are crisp prints. I got them when they were new, so I know their origin.
  11. SirBlake
    Yeah, that’s kind of what I figured. I find that situation… unsatisfactory. Yeah, that’s nice, but a slow and expensive way to army build.
  12. SirBlake
    So the question then becomes: how do we acquire more lion knight minifigs?
  13. SirBlake
    It’s so darn confusing. But didn’t that switch just happen a few months ago? I thought BaP was still working through 2021 at least. Edit: BaP as it had previously existed.
  14. SirBlake
    When you’re saying “PAB”, do you mean Bricks and Pieces? As opposed to Pick a Brick? For a solid year, those parts, while frequently sold out, we’re readily available on Bricks and Pieces. I was able to score them in April of last year.
  15. SirBlake
    Looks like you’re right https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=973pb2834c01&in=S
  16. SirBlake
    Yup, that one’s been in several city/creator sets. Most recently in the Horse Transporter set with the new dark orange horse.
  17. SirBlake
    You can slice it and dice it a million ways. To your point, the Middle Earth (in no way historic) stuff ended up here rather than licensed. I personally think that was a wise choice. Ultimately, there are many ways to enjoy Lego, and while it can be hard to organize it all, you know it when you see it. Action/adventure themes have a substantially different feel with much different builds and style. It makes much more sense to slot the action/adventure themes together because they all have tanks and helicopters and mechs, and that’s something that’s never going to fit with “historic”, even if history isn’t the best label. Edit: sorry I neglected to address the opening question. Nexo was certainly considered for the Historic themes forum when it was rumored. Seeing the sets made it for a pretty short conversation as far as how well it did/didn’t fit in this forum with “real” castle. That’s certainly subjective. From my perspective Nexo was an irredeemable, steaming pile of failure. And that’s a big “if”. I mean, listen yourself… “that’s a really good set for castle once you remove the JET PLANE and ROBOTS”.
  18. SirBlake
    Hahah! It’s true though. Hope can be good, but false hope can gut you.
  19. SirBlake
    Again, love the optimism, just wish I could share it. I believe this to be a false hope. Being discouraged is the emotionally safer position. The last decade has taught me that. Put another way, if Nexo was castle, how could it inspire a 40-year castle fan like myself go into an almost-dark age for 6 years at the beginning of the Nexo run? We had very high hopes of what the follow up to the ok-but-not-great 2013 theme would be. Turns out it was tanks, helicopters and light blue armor.
  20. SirBlake
    My memory is a little fuzzy and the search function is not great, but as far as I can recall, there was a thread from moderators discussing where Nexo should go, and we as a group made the case for it not being here, and mods obliged. Wish I could find that thread. Right, and that point is delusional. I believe it to be revisionist history. They see a benefit to making the case that they didn’t abandon Castle for the sake of their timeline and we who have been here all along know that’s BS.
  21. SirBlake
    Good man. I'm certainly a fan of army building, but I don't think I have the heart to wipe out the entire stock of a whole store. Seems like bad Lego karma. :)
  22. SirBlake
    Fun MOC, but the shallow depth of field and smart use of background takes this to another level. Nicely done.
  23. SirBlake
    Fun to see all of those shields lined up like that. Nice. I capped my red-cape-falcons at 20, but it's a nice piece.
  24. SirBlake
    That all makes a lot of sense. I think we can all see the value of a full regular theme, and lament its absence, but I think we're also due for better/higher quality, with lesser quantity, with an 18+ line.
  25. SirBlake
    That's something I'm ignorant about, and maybe nobody outside of TLG knows, but is Icons going to be an on-going thing rather than a temporary anniversary label? If it is, that's the clear path forward for Castle/Pirates type stuff. It would open things up from the limitations of Ideas and regular Creator. It would probably also be the last nail in the coffin of a full Castle theme, but I'll take what I can get.
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