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THORNROSE CASTLE
« on: March 02, 2010, 01:05:31 »

Lately, there have been a lot of posts at Playmofriends about Steck. Particularly Steck Castles.

So, perhaps it's time to share ... Thornrose Castle  ... with everyone at Playmofriends.


Back in August of 2006, David Hamer flew from Germany to Canada to visit us for a few weeks at our summer home on Vancouver Island.

Thornrose Castle is the result of David's visit. David loves castles. David had a great time in Canada. Maybe because he finally got to build a castle with an almost unlimited number of Steck castle parts.

So, whose castle is it? I guess it was sort of David's and mine. It's now all apart and put away in boxes.

David has since "retired" from Playmobil. Perhaps his dream of having enough Steck to build the Castle that he had always envisioned had been finally fulfilled.


In the first picture of Thornrose Castle we see the two North Gate guards, Frederick and Everard.

The two storks, Roger and Alice are two of Thornrose Castle's favorite resident "visitors"... :klickygrin:

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 01:19:29 »
I giant steck castle...
Made with nearly unlimited number of steck pieces...
PLEASE SHOW MORE! :yup:
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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 01:24:12 »


Quote from: WarriorOfToys on March 02, 2010, 01:19:29

I giant steck castle...
Made with nearly unlimited number of steck pieces...
PLEASE SHOW MORE! :yup:



It took us two weeks to build Thornrose Castle, WoT ...  We didn't run out of Steck, we ran out of time!

In our next picture, Frederick and Everard have opened the North Gates. Looking through the arched entrance, it appears that we have somehow missed a parade. Maybe we can go inside?

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 01:29:26 »


Everard, the gate guard, seems to want us to look to the left. What does he want us to see?

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 01:48:23 »


Does Everard want us to look at the two farmers Otto and Warin or the young girl Gemma? Or. is there something else that he really wants us to see?

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 12:23:02 »


Aha ... That's what Everard wanted us to see. There seems to be something going on up there on the wall (and in the window) ...  :toot:

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 12:45:13 »


Hmmm ...  :hmm:
It appears that the Castle "Romeo" of the Rampart Guards is at it again ...  ::)
This time Guard Thibault appears to be trying to woo a young girl from the village named Sabella.

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 12:53:27 »


Poor Sabella. She seems to be somewhat interested in that bounder.
Perhaps we should report Thibault to the Captain of the Guard?

However, maybe Sabella isn't quite as naive as we first thought ...  :klickygrin:
Hopefully, that rascal, Thibault has more than met his match ...  :yippee:

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2010, 13:00:38 »


Alice and Roger's nephew, Roscoe is going to give us a stork's-eye view of the village at Thornrose Castle.

Roscoe has us looking South from North Gate.

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Re: THORNROSE CASTLE
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2010, 16:23:11 »


Roscoe has given us what amounts to almost a "map" of the Village at Thornrose Castle!

North Gate House is at the bottom (North side) of Roscoe's "map". It is also the Town Hall.

On the right (West side), the first house belongs to Ranulf the Captain of the Guard. He lives there with his wife Adelaide and their daughter Sabella.

The second house on the right is the home of Otto the Farmer and Carpenter and his wife Betta. They have a son Warin who is a farmer and a daughter Gemma who is sometimes a farmer.

The third house on the right is the home of Anselm the Stone Mason and his wife Juliana.

The fourth and final house on the right is the home of Gautelen the Engineer/Builder and his wife Emeline. Amaury, their son, is a Stone Mason Apprentice.

On the left (East side) the first building is the home of Dairyman and Blacksmith Turstin and his wife Ilaria.

The second and final building is the Bakery and home of Andreas the Baker, Confectioner and Grocer.

Castle Gate is at the top (South Side) of Roscoe's "map".  This is the entrance to Thornrose Castle!

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