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A blast from the past!

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Sir William:

--- Quote from: The Red Knight on 2010-11-19, 23:55:48 ---I'm betting it was easier to make vehicles for 3+3/4 figs.  Could you imagine how big the Millenium Falcon toy would have been otherwise?


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You say that like it would've been a bad thing.  :)

Sir Brian:
http://www.vintagetoyroom.com/lots/lot2243b.jpg
Here is a picture of the gold knight I had and a link to the horse you could get with him which my brother and I also had. I'm getting seriously tempted now to buy both of them to indulge my nostalgic whim.  :P

Sir William:
Do it, Sir Brian!  Nothing like a little bit of nostalgia to bring on the warm and fuzzies...isn't it funny?  Even the worst parts of life get a little glossing over as time goes by...

I think its super cool that those figures had horses too!  Reminds me of the 'horse armor controversy' that the makers of Oblivion had to deal with.  They had an online store where you could buy downloadable content, one of which was horse armor for your character's horses.  The big stink was that they actually charged for what was basically a cosmetic overlay and not much else.

You see, in Oblivion you never actually got to fight from horseback, making the armor unnecessary...but it looked cool.  Most players felt it should've been a free addition seeing as it added nothing to the gameplay.

Sir Wolf:
great, whos betting next time I go over to Sir Edward's castle he has one of these painted up in his own colors? ;) hehehhehe

Sir Edward:
lol! I don't usually paint my toys. :)   (excepting of course all those D&D and Warhammer figurines I had)

I did something similar a few years ago-- I bought a few of the GI-Joe and Transformers toys I used to have that had gone missing over the years. I may have overdone it a little, but you know how it is... if it's worth doing, it's worth over-doing. :)

As for charging for cosmetic upgrades in online games, that's actually becoming quite standard. Star Trek Online does that, among others. In fact, the argument is that usually the for-money upgrades should be cosmetic only, so that no one can just buy an unfair advantage in the game. People shell out a lot of money for bling, so it's lucrative for the game makers.

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