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Title: Robin Hood
Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:08:45: Hi :wave:,

I haven't posted the fourth wave of pictures for the castle story because my castle is ocupied at the moment, but i'm working on it! Again :-[. This is what has been keeping my castle, Robin Hood characters from the BBC show. I need to take a picture of the sherrif though because I forgot and just realized as Im typing this :lol:. I hope you like them the first one is much!

Sewarrior
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:09:25: Allan of Dale
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:10:20: Jack, I think she spells her name differently
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:11:17: Will scarlet
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:12:21: Little John, I saw how to make the figures taller but I havent tried it yet
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:13:39: maid Marian
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:14:28: The castle gaurds, the one with the different helmet is captain of the gaurd
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:15:09: Sir Guy of Gisbourne
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:16:38: and Robin Hood <:> :confetti: :woohoo: :yippee: :clap:
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Post by: seawarrior on May 21, 2008, 15:17:09: the smilies like Robin Hood :yup:
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Post by: Martin Milner on May 21, 2008, 15:50:32: Nice Customs!

I think you need to take the picures from a little further away - see how Allan is blurred but the tree behind him is in perfect focus?

I like the guards - those studded leather jerkins look much better than most of the modern knight figures, though I see one modern guy sneaked in at the left back row.
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Post by: playmofire on May 21, 2008, 16:13:26: I agree, nice customs but from the books I had as a youngster, I'd have said Robin Hood should be Little John as I'm sure Robin was clean-shaven.
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Post by: Richard on May 21, 2008, 18:30:39: Robin Hood?

Clean shaven?

Quote from: playmofire on May 21, 2008, 16:13:26

I agree, nice customs but from the books I had as a youngster, I'd have said Robin Hood should be Little John as I'm sure Robin was clean-shaven.

(http://www.dvdtown.com/images/displayimage.php?id=5705)

(http://www.benturner.com/robinhood/pic_foodlabel.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/RobinHoodMeninTights_Poster.jpg)

(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/20190000/20193513.JPG)
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Post by: Richard on May 21, 2008, 18:32:38: Like your customs, Seawarrior ... :)9
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Post by: playmofire on May 21, 2008, 18:45:19: You're right, Richard, but note he has only a small beard; the full beard is much more Little John.
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Post by: Richard on May 21, 2008, 18:52:32: Hello, Gordon ...

Quote from: playmofire on May 21, 2008, 18:45:19

You're right, Richard, but note he has only a small beard; the full beard is much more Little John.

You are absolutely correct! The "full beard" seems to have come after he grew older (Note: Sean Connery) ... ;)

All the best my friend,
Richard
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Post by: Martin Milner on May 21, 2008, 19:45:47: And Sea is basing his characters on the most recent BBC series, in which Robin

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/robinhood/images/389x219/robin4.jpg)

sports some facial fluff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/robinhood/characters/robin.shtml
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Post by: Timotheos on May 22, 2008, 05:21:23: Nice customs. But yeah please retake the blurry ones. "Jack" isn't see-able.

Trivia:
Robin Hood died at the hands of a nun. He was feeling ill and went into town for a bleeding. The nun was in the service of one of Robin's enemies and bled him to death. Little John and Robin figure out what is happening too late. Robin has enough strength left to fire an arrow with the instructions to Little John to bury him where it lands.

It's a weird ending for a hero, but the source is classical (not modern), dating from the Robin Hood poems from the 1500s or so.

Attempts to trace Robin to an actual historical figure are sketchy. "Robin Hood" was a medievalism meaning "bandit", like "Johnny Gangster" or "Johnny Six-Shooter".

Or it could have been that an actual Robin Hood inspired "Robin Hood" to become an expression for bandits. But, I'm guessing there was no actual Robin Hood. "Robin" was an everyman name (like "Johnny") and "Hood" was common peasant clothes.

Likewise, "Merry Men" was an expression for hoodlums or bandits--equivalent to "Johnny Six-Shooter and His Laughing Boys".
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Post by: Gustavo on May 22, 2008, 07:04:48: Quote from: Timotheos on May 22, 2008, 05:21:23
Likewise, "Merry Men" was an expression for hoodlums or bandits--equivalent to "Johnny Six-Shooter and His Laughing Boys".

I love dearly the original set of Merry Men, by Playmobil ... It's very nice (maybe my second favourite!), and the right spirit of the ... legendary thing! ('Was goint to say the actual thing.) :blackhair:

(http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3627.jpg)

Quote from: Timotheos on May 22, 2008, 05:21:23
Nice customs. But yeah please retake the blurry ones. "Jack" isn't see-able.

Hi, Sw!
Thanks for sharing them!

Martin gave a wonderful tutorial on pictures! ... My guys came out a bit blurry too, I'll have to see what I can do, before getting a better camera, which is something I'll HAVE to, soon. (My camera can't focus in close range.)

G.
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Post by: Richard on May 22, 2008, 14:02:19: Quote from: Timotheos on May 22, 2008, 05:21:23

Trivia:
"Robin Hood" was a medievalism meaning "bandit", like "Johnny Gangster" or "Johnny Six-Shooter".

"Robin" was an everyman name (like "Johnny") and "Hood" was common peasant clothes.

Likewise, "Merry Men" was an expression for hoodlums or bandits--equivalent to "Johnny Six-Shooter and His Laughing Boys".

Years from now ...
Some etymologist (or future philologist) will no doubt be questioning the origin of "Timmy the Grinch" ... :lol:
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Post by: Richard on May 22, 2008, 14:17:07: Hello, Gus ...

Playmobil's Merry Men (3627} is indeed a marvelous set.

Playmobil released several wonderful sets for their 1994 Medieval "Robin Hood" Theme!

Here are some other examples:

see attachments
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Post by: CountBogro on May 23, 2008, 20:44:38: Those are some of my fav. sets, Richard ...
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Post by: Richard on May 23, 2008, 22:44:24: Quote from: CountBogro on May 23, 2008, 20:44:38

Those are some of my fav. sets, Richard ...

Mine too, Mark ...
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Post by: Gustavo on May 24, 2008, 02:24:21: Quote from: CountBogro on May 23, 2008, 20:44:38
Those are some of my fav. sets, Richard ...

Quote from: Richard on May 23, 2008, 22:44:24

Mine too, Mark ...

& Mine ... :( For things like these only would I like to go back in time ... ;)

G.
:blackhair:
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Post by: Gustavo on May 24, 2008, 21:14:10: ... I still don't have any horses, and I never had any of the new horses, but, through the pictures, ... It can't stand on two legs, can it? :(

G.
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Post by: Timotheos on May 24, 2008, 23:30:53: More Robin Hood trivia:

Robin Hood went through some evolution from his first literary appearances around the 12th century to his modern form.

Originally, stories characterized him as a bonafide bandit (and maybe he fascinated the medieval audience like Tony Soprano the mafia character fascinated the American audience). From the 14th century or so he grew more and more gentrified as upper class writers took fancy to him. Sir Walter Scott ("Ivanhoe") cast him as a sergeant returning from the crusades and defending English honor. Another upper class writer created the legend that Robin was a cheated member of the nobility who turned to a life of banditry to avenge the wrongs inflicted against him. By the 16th century writers had re-invented his character as an absolute do-gooder, the rob-from-the-rich-and-give-to-the-poor hero.

If you're interested, my source for this was : "Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw" by Stephen Knight. I read this over a year ago, though, and haven't bothered to verify my dates mentioned above (which are roughly accurate but likely mis-remembered).

There is also a cycle of poetry from the 1500s about Robin Hood that you can find publicly available off the web. I dug it up once to read the poem describing his murder by the nun.
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Post by: Richard on May 25, 2008, 03:47:01: Hello, Gus ...

Quote from: Gustavo on May 24, 2008, 21:14:10

... I still don't have any horses, and I never had any of the new horses, but, through the pictures, ... It can't stand on two legs, can it? :(

Only the original horses seem to be talented enough to be able to stand (and rear back) on their hind legs ... :klickywink:

All the best,
Richard
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Post by: Dan on June 22, 2008, 20:22:39: Richard Greene was clean shaven!!!

(If you don't know he played Robin Hood in an early British TV series in the 50s & 60s which became an icon to those of us of a certain age!)
Title: Re: Robin Hood
Post by: Gustavo on June 22, 2008, 21:34:10: Quote from: Dan on June 22, 2008, 20:22:39
Richard Greene was clean shaven!!!

(If you don't know he played Robin Hood in an early British TV series in the 50s & 60s which became an icon to those of us of a certain age!)

Funny you say that you are "of certain age", because ... for not so incomprehensible reason, I think I (and most of us, in general) identify the speech with the avatar, like the avatar's speaking, and your avatar looks like ... 28! ::)

G.
:blackhair: