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I just took some pictures of a MOC I've been working on called Pirate's Lost
Island. It's my attempt to make a set similar in design and function to the
sets Lego used to make in the Pirate's theme. Take a look at the following
URL:
http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/theme1.html
Some features I put in this set include:
* Brick-reinforced castle doors
* Working iron gate behind doors (locked with hinge parts in top tower room)
* Dungeon grate on a winch
* Chess set tabletop
* Hinged castle-wall side opening
* Opening wall in tower
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Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/index.html
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That is a beautiful construct! I love it.
I had some trouble getting all of the pages to load. I don't know
if it's a problem with Xoom or what, but it took several tries before
I could see some of the pages (both theme3.html and theme4.html
refused to load up on first attempt). Odd.
That's a lovely building. It is reminescent of LEGO's pirate
offerings, but has a style of your own as well. Very impressive.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
In lugnet.general, Thomas Main writes:
> I just took some pictures of a MOC I've been working on called Pirate's Lost
> Island. It's my attempt to make a set similar in design and function to the
> sets Lego used to make in the Pirate's theme. Take a look at the following
> URL:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/theme1.html
>
> Some features I put in this set include:
>
> * Brick-reinforced castle doors
> * Working iron gate behind doors (locked with hinge parts in top tower room)
> * Dungeon grate on a winch
> * Chess set tabletop
> * Hinged castle-wall side opening
> * Opening wall in tower
>
> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
> http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/index.html
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Thomas Main wrote
>
> I just took some pictures of a MOC I've been working on called Pirate's • Lost
> Island. It's my attempt to make a set similar in design and function to • the
> sets Lego used to make in the Pirate's theme. Take a look at the following
> URL: http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/theme1.html
Excellent work! Definite European overtones. A German pirate? (or just a
German pirate architect ;-) Vicious pirate captain though, wearing a coat
obviously stripped of a dead imperial. Navy is going to be on to him :-)
And I have never seen antennae used with the big arch. I have done it with
4x and 6x and just never thought of going further - great! Now I have a
front window for the tavern near Government House (which is the current
project :-).
To judge by the islander inside, this base is presumably in the Pacific
somewhere. This is definitely worth a paragraph somewhere in the stories at
Port Block, and a link. What's the dread pirate's name?
In a similar vein: having made a bit of a find recently, I'm working on a
pirate base on the same baseplate. Now that I am putting on finishing
touches, I am in need of some help with naming gentlemen. This Pirate
Captain is a very shrewd fellow - Johnny Thunder, pirate bicorn, brown
epaulettes, standard pirate captain vest, but he has all his limbs (no pegs
or hooks), and he has amassed a ship (based on RR, the Aurora), a crew, a
base, a garrison, and (wait for it) a pirate babe! I'm kinda thinkin
Doolittle, recognising his efficiency (does little, yet succeeds), operating
from his secret base in Shangrila. He might also have some extraordinary
gift in communicating with animals
Thoughts anyone?
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<Fnn6J4.55G@lugnet.com>) wrote at
05:41:51
> This Pirate
> Captain is a very shrewd fellow - Johnny Thunder, pirate bicorn, brown
> epaulettes, standard pirate captain vest, but he has all his limbs (no pegs
> or hooks), and he has amassed a ship (based on RR, the Aurora), a crew, a
> base, a garrison, and (wait for it) a pirate babe! I'm kinda thinkin
> Doolittle, recognising his efficiency (does little, yet succeeds), operating
> from his secret base in Shangrila. He might also have some extraordinary
> gift in communicating with animals
>
> Thoughts anyone?
What, Johnny Doolittle?
Founder of a dynasty of treasure-seeking adventurers, famed for their
suave moustaches?
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Tony Priestman
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Tony Priestman wrote
> What, Johnny Doolittle?
>
> Founder of a dynasty of treasure-seeking adventurers, famed for their
> suave moustaches?
Hey hey. I like it. Almost has a Tiberius Flint flavour. Flint the soldier
fighting through the ages, Doolittle the Procurer of Obscure Treasures
through the ages, currently preying on ships returning to England laden with
historical treasures stolen from native and archaeological sites. Stealing
from the powerful, returning to the, umm, unpowerful. And making a handsome
living at the same time.
Hoo ahh! 10 points Tony!
Gotta gotta gotta go build......
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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In lugnet.general, Richard Parsons writes:
> Tony Priestman wrote
> > What, Johnny Doolittle?
> >
> > Founder of a dynasty of treasure-seeking adventurers, famed for their
> > suave moustaches?
>
>
> Hey hey. I like it. Almost has a Tiberius Flint flavour. Flint the soldier
> fighting through the ages, Doolittle the Procurer of Obscure Treasures
> through the ages, currently preying on ships returning to England laden with
> historical treasures stolen from native and archaeological sites. Stealing
> from the powerful, returning to the, umm, unpowerful. And making a handsome
> living at the same time.
>
> Hoo ahh! 10 points Tony!
>
> Gotta gotta gotta go build......
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
The Pirate Rogue, John E. Doolittle (formerly a partner in the law firm of
Doolittle & Waite). As to communicating with animals, heck, even I can do
that (and boy am I sorry, since my proper pirate's bird is yakking his head
off at the moment).
Bruce
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Lovely piece of work.
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Paul Davidson
Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message
news:FnM9AK.MAB@lugnet.com...
> I just took some pictures of a MOC I've been working on called Pirate's • Lost
> Island. It's my attempt to make a set similar in design and function to • the
> sets Lego used to make in the Pirate's theme. Take a look at the • following
> URL:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/theme1.html
>
> Some features I put in this set include:
>
> * Brick-reinforced castle doors
> * Working iron gate behind doors (locked with hinge parts in top tower • room)
> * Dungeon grate on a winch
> * Chess set tabletop
> * Hinged castle-wall side opening
> * Opening wall in tower
>
> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
> http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/index.html
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> The Pirate Rogue, John E. Doolittle (formerly a partner in the law firm of
> Doolittle & Waite). As to communicating with animals, heck, even I can do
> that (and boy am I sorry, since my proper pirate's bird is yakking his head
> off at the moment).
Ok Ok, <<rummages for Y2k compliant pencil>> I'll need to build the inside
of a London Law firm ... no problem. This guy's getting quite a history.
Cool!
So he's an associate with a top London firm, becomes a partner, decides this
sucks, uses what resources he has put together over the years to buy a
(pretty tacky) ship, and sets off for the high seas (of the Pacific) in
search of a purer form of justice <<fanfare>>. He trained his tropical
parrot to speak on his first voyage, as a distraction from the waiting to
arrive. Now the parrot keeps offering unsolicited life advice. He'd shoot
it, but he feels responsible for it.
Here's a telling question for you - does his wife go with him, or must he
leave her behind in London?. And if she stays behind, what's the deal with
the pirate babe?
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> > The Pirate Rogue, John E. Doolittle (formerly a partner in the law firm of
> > Doolittle & Waite). As to communicating with animals, heck, even I can do
> > that (and boy am I sorry, since my proper pirate's bird is yakking his head
> > off at the moment).
>
>
> Ok Ok, <<rummages for Y2k compliant pencil>> I'll need to build the inside
> of a London Law firm ... no problem. This guy's getting quite a history.
> Cool!
>
> So he's an associate with a top London firm, becomes a partner, decides this
> sucks, uses what resources he has put together over the years to buy a
> (pretty tacky) ship, and sets off for the high seas (of the Pacific) in
> search of a purer form of justice <<fanfare>>. He trained his tropical
> parrot to speak on his first voyage, as a distraction from the waiting to
> arrive. Now the parrot keeps offering unsolicited life advice. He'd shoot
> it, but he feels responsible for it.
>
> Here's a telling question for you - does his wife go with him, or must he
> leave her behind in London?. And if she stays behind, what's the deal with
> the pirate babe?
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's daughter - she just didn't want to
Waite any longer. Which is just as well, since Doolittle's wife was fooling
around with his partner! As to whether they were barristers or soliciters, ya
got me! We only have one form of lawyer here (all at once: And That's One Too
Many!). ;-)
Doolittle is simply being honest and admitting he is a pirate (Oooooooo, I'm
gonna get sued). His partner wants his daughter back. She doesn't want to
go. The authorities are under the impression that she is being held hostage,
so are reluctant to engage him broadside to broadside.
I like the parrot offering the (unsolicited) advice.
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote >The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's
daughter - she just didn't want to
> Waite any longer. Which is just as well, since Doolittle's wife was • fooling
> around with his partner! As to whether they were barristers or soliciters, • ya
> got me! We only have one form of lawyer here (all at once: And That's One • Too
> Many!). ;-)
>
> Doolittle is simply being honest and admitting he is a pirate (Oooooooo, • I'm
> gonna get sued). His partner wants his daughter back. She doesn't want to
> go. The authorities are under the impression that she is being held • hostage,
> so are reluctant to engage him broadside to broadside.
So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by
the British navy (whose captains hold for him a sneaking admiration, so they
don't press the point too hard, except for the upper class, wet behind the
ears, fresh out of the Naval Academy types), but he is also pursued by the
wealthy and dishonest (overbilling, doublebilling, fee marking up) Malcolm
P. Waite (barrister, likely to burst into oratory without warning and on an
apparently random basis, as the mood takes him), who, truth be told, seeks
Doolittle not to rescue his daughter, but to avenge his own slighted honour,
and to avoid Doolittle's ex-wife, who despite being drop dead gorgeous, is a
pain in the domestic neck of truly biblical proportions.
Waite would obviously be dressed in white for contrast - 'If you're gonna
fight, clash!'
Waite would probably have a vicious and covert agent would he not?
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
(NB: I should have brought stories here before!)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote >The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's
> daughter - she just didn't want to
> > Waite any longer. Which is just as well, since Doolittle's wife was • fooling
> > around with his partner! As to whether they were barristers or soliciters, • ya
> > got me! We only have one form of lawyer here (all at once: And That's One • Too
> > Many!). ;-)
> >
> > Doolittle is simply being honest and admitting he is a pirate (Oooooooo, • I'm
> > gonna get sued). His partner wants his daughter back. She doesn't want to
> > go. The authorities are under the impression that she is being held • hostage,
> > so are reluctant to engage him broadside to broadside.
>
> So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by
> the British navy (whose captains hold for him a sneaking admiration, so they
> don't press the point too hard, except for the upper class, wet behind the
> ears, fresh out of the Naval Academy types), but he is also pursued by the
> wealthy and dishonest (overbilling, doublebilling, fee marking up) Malcolm
> P. Waite (barrister, likely to burst into oratory without warning and on an
> apparently random basis, as the mood takes him), who, truth be told, seeks
> Doolittle not to rescue his daughter, but to avenge his own slighted honour,
> and to avoid Doolittle's ex-wife, who despite being drop dead gorgeous, is a
> pain in the domestic neck of truly biblical proportions.
>
> Waite would obviously be dressed in white for contrast - 'If you're gonna
> fight, clash!'
>
> Waite would probably have a vicious and covert agent would he not?
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
>
> (NB: I should have brought stories here before!)
The dishonorable and lecherous Captain Lance Boyle, on half-pay, is in the
employ of Malcom P Waite, and is in pursuit of our anti-hero. No trick is too
underhanded for him, and on top of it, he has the hots for Miss Waite. He has
the usual assortment of footpads to do the dirty work.
Bruce
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Richard Parsons wrote:
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote >The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's
> daughter - she just didn't want to
> > Waite any longer. Which is just as well, since Doolittle's wife was • fooling
> > around with his partner! As to whether they were barristers or soliciters, • ya
> > got me! We only have one form of lawyer here (all at once: And That's One • Too
> > Many!). ;-)
> >
> > Doolittle is simply being honest and admitting he is a pirate (Oooooooo, • I'm
> > gonna get sued). His partner wants his daughter back. She doesn't want to
> > go. The authorities are under the impression that she is being held • hostage,
> > so are reluctant to engage him broadside to broadside.
>
> So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by
> the British navy (whose captains hold for him a sneaking admiration, so they
> don't press the point too hard, except for the upper class, wet behind the
> ears, fresh out of the Naval Academy types), but he is also pursued by the
> wealthy and dishonest (overbilling, doublebilling, fee marking up) Malcolm
> P. Waite (barrister, likely to burst into oratory without warning and on an
> apparently random basis, as the mood takes him), who, truth be told, seeks
> Doolittle not to rescue his daughter, but to avenge his own slighted honour,
> and to avoid Doolittle's ex-wife, who despite being drop dead gorgeous, is a
> pain in the domestic neck of truly biblical proportions.
Don't forget, Doolittle is also pursued by the nefarious Capt. Malcolm
Brickering(1) from whom he won the Aurora (formerly the Queen Anne
Revamped, re-named, of course, for his Lady Fair, Ms. Waite) in a
personal injury litigation on behalf of the Widows and Orphans of the
ill-fated HMS Royal Ork.
(1)(copyright 2000, Steve Campbell Enterprises)
SteveC
LEGO Perilous Pirate Page
http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
They moved the Lighthouse! To find out how:
http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/movie.html
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In lugnet.pirates, Steve Campbell writes:
> Richard Parsons wrote:
> >
> > Bruce Schlickbernd wrote >The pirate babe is his older ex-partner's
> > daughter - she just didn't want to
> > > Waite any longer. Which is just as well, since Doolittle's wife was • fooling
> > > around with his partner! As to whether they were barristers or soliciters, • ya
> > > got me! We only have one form of lawyer here (all at once: And That's One • Too
> > > Many!). ;-)
> > >
> > > Doolittle is simply being honest and admitting he is a pirate (Oooooooo, • I'm
> > > gonna get sued). His partner wants his daughter back. She doesn't want to
> > > go. The authorities are under the impression that she is being held • hostage,
> > > so are reluctant to engage him broadside to broadside.
> >
> > So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by
> > the British navy (whose captains hold for him a sneaking admiration, so they
> > don't press the point too hard, except for the upper class, wet behind the
> > ears, fresh out of the Naval Academy types), but he is also pursued by the
> > wealthy and dishonest (overbilling, doublebilling, fee marking up) Malcolm
> > P. Waite (barrister, likely to burst into oratory without warning and on an
> > apparently random basis, as the mood takes him), who, truth be told, seeks
> > Doolittle not to rescue his daughter, but to avenge his own slighted honour,
> > and to avoid Doolittle's ex-wife, who despite being drop dead gorgeous, is a
> > pain in the domestic neck of truly biblical proportions.
>
> Don't forget, Doolittle is also pursued by the nefarious Capt. Malcolm
> Brickering(1) from whom he won the Aurora (formerly the Queen Anne
> Revamped, re-named, of course, for his Lady Fair, Ms. Waite) in a
> personal injury litigation on behalf of the Widows and Orphans of the
> ill-fated HMS Royal Ork.
>
> (1)(copyright 2000, Steve Campbell Enterprises)
>
> SteveC
> LEGO Perilous Pirate Page
> http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
> They moved the Lighthouse! To find out how:
> http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/movie.html
This history is getting positively baroque. We need a summation from...oh hey,
I forget who started this! Richard?
"Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?"
The Corsair
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> "Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?"
Yea, it's a Bark which has been hit by a full broadside from a 1st rate
ship of the line, and now it's baroque in two...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > "Arrrr, is a Baroque anything like a Bark or Brig?"
>
> Yea, it's a Bark which has been hit by a full broadside from a 1st rate
> ship of the line, and now it's baroque in two...
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
And here I be thinking that Baroque be the condition of me swag bag affer I
purchase said vessel from Lego wif'out it being on sale. I be such a lubber at
times.
The Corsair
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote
> This history is getting positively baroque.
Yeah. Cool, isn't it.
> We need a summation from...oh hey, I forget who started this! Richard?
I'm writing as fast as I can, but my y2k compliant quill isn't made for this
kind of high pressure work.
I'll try to knock it out late tonight :-)
So far so good, no-one seems to have crossed storylines, everything has been
a consistent addition. And I like it!
I guess the smart thing to do is to throw it up on a web page (sans pictures
obviously, I have some building and photography to do. In fact, I have a
LOT of building and photography to do ;-).
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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Steve Campbell wrote:
> Richard Parsons wrote:
> > So not only is the honest, brave, shrewd Capt John E. Doolittle pursued by
> > the British navy (whose captains hold for him a sneaking admiration, so they
> > don't press the point too hard, except for the upper class, wet behind the
> > ears, fresh out of the Naval Academy types), but he is also pursued by the
> > wealthy and dishonest (overbilling, doublebilling, fee marking up) Malcolm
> > P. Waite (barrister, likely to burst into oratory without warning and on an
> > apparently random basis, as the mood takes him), who, truth be told, seeks
> > Doolittle not to rescue his daughter, but to avenge his own slighted honour,
> > and to avoid Doolittle's ex-wife, who despite being drop dead gorgeous, is a
> > pain in the domestic neck of truly biblical proportions.
>
> Don't forget, Doolittle is also pursued by the nefarious Capt. Malcolm
> Brickering(1) from whom he won the Aurora (formerly the Queen Anne
> Revamped, re-named, of course, for his Lady Fair, Ms. Waite) in a
> personal injury litigation on behalf of the Widows and Orphans of the
> ill-fated HMS Royal Ork.
Royal Ork? nanu nanu
So *that's* what you do with those Insectoids aliens--it's "Orson"!
LFB
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<FnuGp7.A2@lugnet.com>) wrote at
04:05:24
> I guess the smart thing to do is to throw it up on a web page (sans pictures
> obviously, I have some building and photography to do. In fact, I have a
> LOT of building and photography to do ;-).
But you do it so well :-)
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Tony Priestman
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