I thought it'd be a fun tradition to continue and decided I would do something similar, but with a twist! This was met with some confusion as not everyone realized what it meant at first. That same year, the previous master builder, the late Arthur Gugick, randomly placed black scorpions on various builds around the convention hall that he enjoyed. Simon’s long answer: … Okay this might need a bit more context… Many years ago, in a galaxy far far away I was named Brickworld Master. I needed them for the smallest thing I could build en masse. Simon’s short answer: Because they are small and fit in a 2x2 dome. It showed up as a treat for Jabba the Hutt, made a run in dark bluish grey in the first few Modulars, and even popped up in a Space Police set! Beyond the two shades of green, bluish dark grey and a poisonous yellow one in the Pet Shop, the frog remained a frog.īut you might be asking me, “Simon, why do you like frogs!?”
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Throughout the next few years, frogs continued to be added in various sets, but always as a frog or frog-like creature or adornment.
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And it wasn’t even in brown as a chocolate frog until 2010! It switched from trans green to the classic green we all know and love today. Back in 2001, you'd think the frog would pop up in City or Castle or even Johnny Thunder, but the frog only appeared in one line: Harry Potter. The year after, the frog was introduced in its first minifgure scale sets, and it might again be surprising where it turned up. What makes it even more interesting is that this set is not even minifig scale-it is the larger Bellville scale, yet it gave us our first little froggie! A large lantern was moved one bollard clockwise each sunrise, acting as a communal calendar.Surprisingly, the first colour the frog was released in wasn't the opaque green we know, but Trans Green and sat at the Queen's desk-presumably a nod to the German fairytale, The Frog Prince. Each side corresponded to a month of the year, featuring identifying animal statuary and iconography. On the north side of the Drowned Merchant River, west of the Phoenix wharf, was a sizable artificial basin with eleven wharfs and one open side, forming a dodecagon. On the northern and eastern banks of the Drowned Merchant River lies a modest wharf that occasionally saw use by travelers from the Phoenix Clan, who floated their goods downriver toward the sea, to the place known as Phoenix's Nest, where they were shipped up the coast back to Phoenix lands. Fifty soldiers garrisoned near the shrines. The Dragon granted use of their profitable riverbank lands to the Dragonfly and focused on a strange collection of shrines at the junction of the two rivers. Instead of a wharf, there were a half-dozen canal gates, a canal network that used the river current to move goods to massive storage complexes for foodstuffs and textiles that straddled the canals farther inland. The river banks were marked with a defensive wall that dated from the port's violent history. They traded foodstuffs and clothing for iron and stone used in construction and arms. Lion District Īlong the east bank of the Three Sides River south of the Drowned Merchant River lies the Lion's district and one of their most important trade hubs. They maintained a handful of violet-roofed stone buildings, including a single tall tower at the southern end of the wharf. Its impressive wharf was made of polished black granite with softwood inlays for traction. The Unicorn Clan controled the entire western bank of the Three Sides River. The island housed Rokugan's largest and oldest willow tree, named Saibanshoki. The Imperial Governor's manor was on an island at the center of the river junction, and it was the governor's Imperial agents who collected taxes and issued tariffs. The city had three clan-controlled districts. After several generations, these rōnin claimed the family name Kaeru for themselves, and accepted capable warriors and administrators into their ranks no matter their past. The city governor relied on rōnin deputies instead of clan samurai to ensure that law and order was maintained in the city. The Emperor declared the city an Imperial holding and dispatched an Imperial governor to run it. When the Unicorn Clan returned from their self-imposed exile, they laid claim as well.
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Originally known as the Village of the Rich Frog, it was violently contested for by the Lion and Dragon Clans for centuries.