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Jeff and others,

[email protected] (Jeffrey C Sypeck) writes:
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>  I'm curious...have there been any female mini-figures in any earlier
> Castle sets?  

     Yes, there have been female mini-figures in earlier Castle LEGO sets.
The following information is from a Castle LEGO information file that I
keep and distribute to interested individuals (some stuff was deleted for
brevity):
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  (1/18/94) Kings & Queens. 
  {Some info. from:  Geoff Bronner; [email protected]}
	  Set #6083 (Knights Tournament) includeds what looks like a king
      and a queen.  The queen had pearls and a town-style hairpiece.  Also,
      set # 6060 (Knight's Challenge) comes with a pavillion, beer keg, a
      couple of knights, and a King.  And finally, set #6081 (King's
      Mountain Fortress) comes with a `queen.'  The queen in this set has
      a slanted brick as a `skirt' and a tall red hat.
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    Therefore, the sets that have female figures in the Castle line that
I am aware of, are the following two sets (could someone please let me
know if there is more?):
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|      |      |                        |O| |      |U.S.$  | U.S.$   | U.S.$  |
| Item | Year |                        |W| |      |Suggest| Price   |  Est.  |
|  #:  |Intro:|       Set Name:        |N|#|Pieces|Retail:| Paid:   | Worth: |
|======|======|========================|=|=|======|=======|=========|========|
| 6083 | 1981 | Knights Tournament(399)|y|1|  202 | 12.17 |         | 110.00 |
|------+------+------------------------+-+-+------+-------+---------+--------|
|*6081 | 1990 | Kings Mountain Fortress|y|1|  429 | 44.99 |   58.00 |  60.00 | 
|------+------+------------------------+-+-+------+-------+---------+--------| 
   "*" In front of the Item # indicates that the set is still available as of
the date the listing was last updated from the LEGO Shop at Home Service (USA).

> The current line (this whole Dragon Masters/Wolfpack
> Renegades thingie) clearly has none, but I was wondering if earlier sets
> perhaps had some sort of queen, or princess, or commoner lady in
> sackcloth, or *something*.  I would almost think the existence of a dragon
> would at least necessitate the existence of some sort of princess..?

    I too think there should be some sort of female in the new versions
of the Castle LEGO line.  This would lead to some very interesting play
testing and I would think, add to the `playability' of the sets.   But,
only  time will  tell.   We do know that  LEGO is  planning on  further
developing the Dragon Master and Wolfpack Renegades and that there will
be new sets introduced in 1995 for both groups.

    Until the new sets come out in 1995' (and maybe not even then), you 
can always utilize pieces from other sets to make more women figures in
the Castle LEGO sets you build. I realize that this is not the cheapest
or preferred way to go, but it is an option...
Hope this information is helpful, take care,

Jeff

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