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| (...) Timber-Framed Buildings of England by R. J. Brown ISBN: 0709060920 $30.00 It's on Amazon, but I borrowed it from the bookstore where I work. Yes, it has a lot of great pictures. They are B/W, but since the buildings are mostly black and white (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) -I got 12 for 25% off at Ames a while ago. Have you thought of anything to do with all the black turntables? The grey pieces with the cross-shaped holes are neat, I might use those for arrow loops. -Marc (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| (...) Heh. That reminds me of my favorite footnote... In the introduction to Struggle for Mastery in Europe, AJP Taylor says something about European diplomats of the time being generally honest. Then in the footnote, he says something like, "It is (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) and (...) -How about the Thundering Herd, or just the Herd? I have modified mine to be more like Mongols, so I'm calling mine the Horde. -Marc (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) -They could be pushing carts or wheelbarrows full of hay or wood or something. If they are near a forest, they could have hatchets for cutting down trees. You could have 2 or them working together carrying a log. They could be carrying grey (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| I have the beginnings of a medieval village that I was planning on bringing. So far, it consists of a blacksmith's shop, a tavern, a magic shop, and two generic houses. All except the magic shop are of half-timbered construction. Would this be good? (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| | Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO
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| This was already posted on FBTB, but I didn't see it here. The sale is 75% off the entire stock of Star Wars items sold in the Toy and Sporting Goods departments, and runs through June 3rd. However, the sets haven't been coded to come up 75% off (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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marc, nelson
(score: 3.380)
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| | Re: Brickfest Questions
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| (...) every (...) securitied (...) moment they (...) should be safe (...) If I had bars of gold I would have traded them for bricks by now! Thanks for the answers, and I look forward to meeting y'all! BTW, is there anything I can help with? -Marc (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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marc, nelson
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| These questions may have been answered before, but maybe they haven't or maybe I just forgot: 1)Can I reserve or pre-pay for a T-shirt (3XL)? 2)Can we leave things in the rooms overnight? I am coming from Baltimore every day and I would rather not (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) It's a name for Baltimore that came from the 19th century. Baltimore was a pretty violent place then (oh wait, it still is), mostly from political conflicts. Every election was like a huge battle in the streets between rival factions, which (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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marc, nelson
(score: 3.377)
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| | Re: Peasant House...Chris, Shiri
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| (...) I have also built a bunch of buildings in this style, although with a roof made of roof bricks. You are right about the black 1x1's and plates. I managed to get a near-monopoly on those pieces in the last Auczilla (at great cost!), and snag a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) As much as I'd love to take credit for all that cool stuff, only the timberframe houses, the black magic shop, and the elephant are mine. The rest was brought by other people for the Castle display at Brickfest 2000. The big castles in the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: Peasant House...Marc
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| (...) some (...) Yeah, Castle is a great book, as is Cathedral. I tried using the square flag pieces (like the cannon shutters on pirate ships) for that, but they didn't much look like skins, so I just left mine empty. Another really good source of (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: Peasant House...Marc
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| (...) town, (...) My tavern has stairs made out of bricks, but the other buildings all use the brown ladder pieces. (...) is (...) Is (...) No, they don't look nearly as nice as the Guarded Inn. A tower-house was basically a tower 4 or 5 stories (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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marc, nelson
(score: 3.375)
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| | Back Ordered
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| Did anybody else have things back ordered? I got all my roof bricks, but my 1x4 grey bricks were all back ordered. Boo! -Marc (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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marc, nelson
(score: 3.375)
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| | Re: Bulk castle parts?
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| (...) Besides lots of grey, dark grey, and brown bricks: -arches, 1x3, 1x4, half arches, inverse arches, and a lot of brown arches for trees -arched windows -roof pieces (already ordered some of these) -1x1x2 black shutter-holding bricks -small (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
(score: 3.374)
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