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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2009, 20:51:42 »
Thats a great take along castle.




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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #21 on: September 15, 2009, 03:52:35 »
And is the blue pennant really a dark(-ish) blue, to match the colour of the Lion/King's knights? If so, this is something I've hoped for a while would appear: it will make creating banners for custom groups using that shade of blue much easier!

The pennant is a blue similar to the the back sweeping feathers dark blue # 30 07 8070 . The blue on the shield is a different dark blue tone



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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #22 on: September 17, 2009, 13:22:01 »
I think this is a very nice set. Thank you Rasputin for the review and pics. I'll have to pick one up for my son for future use, seeing that he's only 4 months old right now. I do however think he'll appreciate it down the road.  ;)

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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2009, 19:55:11 »


Sorry, Ras ...  :-[

I missed your excellent review of a set that I had totally written off and thought that I'd never ever want.

Every time that I saw it in Target and Toys R Us, I thought that it was just a sword and shield for kids to play with. I never even picked it up, so I had no idea that it was anything more than that.

This is a great set !!!

I'm hoping now, that while I'm still in Fort Lauderdale, that my local Target still has one left.

Thanks for doing what Playmobil didn't do with their box design ... let me see that there was a lot more inside than what met the eye.

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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2009, 20:09:42 »
Richard , not only does this set have some nice parts do not write off the sword & shield . It is a great marriage counseling tool similar to the father and son boxing gloves  :lol:
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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2009, 20:20:28 »


After some thought (and years of education and experience) it would seem that, IMO, the wife gets the sword and the husband gets the shield ...  ;D


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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2009, 02:56:43 »

After some thought (and years of education and experience) it would seem that, IMO, the wife gets the sword and the husband gets the shield ...  ;D


In my experience the wife gets the sword and the shield!!


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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2009, 15:47:45 »
I got one of these recently, and while I'm not mad keen on the shield shaped castle, there are certainly lots of accessories included, and it makes a great playset.

As Andrew said, the blue/yellow quartering on two of the figures is far more realistic than most offerings, and I like them greatly for that reason. The Wolf Knights are a welcome addition to one of my clans, and that round shield is great.

If the accessories from this set were swopped with those from set 5863, there's no doubt what I'd buy, as the castle part in that set is much nicer to my eye, but I prefer these figures.

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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2009, 16:21:31 »
I got one of these recently, and while I'm not mad keen on the shield shaped castle, there are certainly lots of accessories included, and it makes a great playset.



Although the shield shape is probably quite a sound defensive shape, plenty of curves (I guess Ras will have some comment on this term!  ;) ) which are stronger than angles and no obvious projections to give cover to an attacking force.
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Re: 5864 Take along castle
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2009, 20:03:06 »
Great review and pictures, thanks from Greece. would love to have some of these to add to mediaval collection, these outposts would fit nicely with so many sets i am thinking about , they look perfect and go well with the old castle walls .. nice klickies too, the black hooded one is a very sinister klickie without being over the top as the new flying fantasy klickies etc that i think are too much.. really like the fortifications and the set up , awesome to see this small fortification with the shields and banners !!! will check ebay now, they would look awesome as outposts ..... :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
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