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Dave Low wrote in message ... (...) You might try 6706, hard to see on the picture but I'm pretty sure one of the soldiers has that head: (URL) Vic, I've seen stacks of these both in TW stores, and also at GB's. I guess that they could be absent (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(URL) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) (URL) only fig I could find or think of was Pirate 9, as listed on brickset: (URL) know where else I might find him (or any other redbearded fellow who might realistically play Odysseus)? --DaveL (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, you could hunt the stores on a vain search for a pirate set (been there, done that) or you could wait until the tenth, and I'll bring along a selection of redbearded fellows from which you can choose one... Got any dinghies :-) Richard (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Marvellous!! (...) No yellow zodiacs I'm afraid: only one old red 4-wide. Perhaps a fig for fig trade is in order? --Dave (whose frightfully fugly Flybo featuring festy figs is becoming a stunningly swanky sloop that's swarming with simians) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I acquired that head in a small eBay lot a few months ago. I put it in a "special bag" for future reference. I thought that head was different... I had only seen a similar version with an eyepatch on Capt. Redbeard. The head I have came from a (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks for the info John. Could it have been one of the soldiers pictured at: (URL) ? --DaveL (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I just dug ot my 6769 instructions... The head was on the Officer with the double-breasted shirt and black pants. It was sunstituted for the handlebar mustache/beard head. In the instructions the other bearded heads appear to have a brown (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I noticed that one while scrutinising Brickshelf. The other characters would be one offs for me and there are a few cute parts (brown saddle, bush base, flag, bugle, hats). The set's pretty thin on the ground up here, and frankly it's because (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I noticed that one while scrutinising Brickshelf. The other characters would be one offs for me and there are a few cute parts (brown saddle, bush base, flag, bugle, hats). The set's pretty thin on the ground up here, and frankly it's because (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I ran across a small bag of "infantry weapons" that were packed away with some Space/Aquazone models. I remember designing a few of them after seeing Swarzenegger's Predator on Laser disc at a relative's house many years ago. Some of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr)
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I have to second the motion that set 6706 is the set those particular heads come in. I purchased a slew of them at Kohls for $2@ awhile back. As a result I have many many of those style minifig heads. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I would have to respectfully disagree = ) I exumed my Wild West figures from my storage closet and compared the 6706 soldier and my "Red" Fox mercenary. The soldier from 6706 has a brownish red print while my mercenary fig has a brighter (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Check my webpage again...I hope this helps I tried to provide a few pics (in a whimsical way) illustrating the difference between the two heads in question = ) The head in 6706 is a couple shades darker than the head on my mercenary. The "Red" (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Really cool -- a lot funnier than "here are the two heads, told you so". How about Minifig DeathMatch? (...) Maybe it's the Captain Redbeard "the early years" head... (...) They make the standard issue loudspeaker or flashlight look decidedly (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Deathmatch was the concept I was aiming for = ) I have always wanted to do something like that, but I lacked inspiration... (I think I would like to do a minifig Deathmatch/Thunderdome episode once in awhile Timmy v. DarthVader anyone?) (...) (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.au)
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No longer in lugnet.build.minifigs, David Low replies to himself: (...) (Possible) special spotted by yours truly. Mosied on down to Target today, vaguely remembering that a couple of these were floating around a few months ago. They were still (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) would (...) base, (...) months (...) exactly (...) Target in Melbourne (City store) had about a dozen or so of the 6706 sets for $7, tons of 5900 Adventurers for $1.70 and all their slizers for $5 each. Martin (23 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Confirmation of above sighting: _big_ sale at Target (at least on small/old sets). Picked up <set:4806 the small axe cart>, and some other small sets, for $2 each, and <set:5936 the amazon temple> for $10. In other news, the Monkey Magic Magic (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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