5139 Soldiers Fort with dungeon treasure

[BlackPearl2006]

why does it look like playmo123/fisherprice?  the belled tower walls, particularly.  Very cherubic, no?  it's cute though

[Wolf Knight]

Steck. Regular castles.. (I knew it as assembly system, have no idea where from  )

Oh right, no they dont fit steck..

why does it look like playmo123/fisherprice?  the belled tower walls, particularly.  Very cherubic, no?  it's cute though

Yeah, it gives me the same impression.. maybe that design is more attractive to younger kids...

[playmofire]

A bastion, Panos, is a projecting part of a fortification, so I'm not really sure this set is a bastion.  I would have expected the bastion to be on the sea side projecting out so that it's guns could cover the harbour area from attack.

The walls look pretty minimal in detail which reduces their appeal and because of the minimal detail do look Fisher Price-like.  The curved walls is good practice as a curved wall is stronger than a flat and a curved corner is stronger than one where the walls meet at an angle, e.g. 90 degrees.

[playmofire]

That does make sense. Though it changes nothing on our end...   I find it hard to believe that in the END it turns out cheaper.. but I'm probably wrong. If it's packed manually, that might be more expensive than the materials, transport, packaging, storing, etc..

Thanks for the explanation

There is also another reason, there are standardised sizes for pallets and for containers and so boxes have to fit within these so there is no waste space to keep shipping costs down.  Hence, there are a limited range of box sizes which can be used.

[tahra]

Oh right, no they dont fit steck..

  But it didn't look like it did. Pity, I think they're pretty.

There is also another reason, there are standardised sizes for pallets and for containers and so boxes have to fit within these so there is no waste space to keep shipping costs down.  Hence, there are a limited range of box sizes which can be used.

If there are 100000000000000000000000 different sizes for boxes (not to mention the stupid shapes), doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose?

[Wolf Knight]

A bastion, Panos, is a projecting part of a fortification, so I'm not really sure this set is a bastion.  I would have expected the bastion to be on the sea side projecting out so that it's guns could cover the harbour area from attack.

The walls look pretty minimal in detail which reduces their appeal and because of the minimal detail do look Fisher Price-like.  The curved walls is good practice as a curved wall is stronger than a flat and a curved corner is stronger than one where the walls meet at an angle, e.g. 90 degrees.

I agree Gordon. Still this little structure looks as if could be a part of a bigger fortification, projecting at towards the sea, and the cannon side looks towards the sea, while the little harbour area is protected from the rest of the imagined fortification that goes around it... if I have managed to give you a picture of what I mean... in other words, the cannon side is the open sea side, while the harbour area is the inside..

[Giorginetto]

Thank you kindl;y for hte review and reminding me that ...

I want lots of these !!!






 

[playmofire]

I agree Gordon. Still this little structure looks as if could be a part of a bigger fortification, projecting at towards the sea, and the cannon side looks towards the sea, while the little harbour area is protected from the rest of the imagined fortification that goes around it... if I have managed to give you a picture of what I mean... in other words, the cannon side is the open sea side, while the harbour area is the inside..

I'm with you.  The fort is on a tongue of land with the sea in front and the harbour behind.

[Wolf Knight]

I'm with you.  The fort is on a tongue of land with the sea in front and the harbour behind.

 

[tonguello]

Panos do you have the lighthouse? is it the same color this one is?
and could we see a pic of both together? I think those structures could be used together, though I sispect the colors are different..