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Aren't lobsters black *before* you boil[1] them? That would explain a lot... Johnny Thunder has a lobster towing his raft! The only problem is... Lobsters do not live in fresh water. Maybe it is a really big freshwater shrimp? (...) [1] We can have (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Unfortunately I'm afraid the Adventurers line has burned itself out--perhaps not in our eyes, but in the eyes of TLC. Three years is about the shelf-life of a theme, as far as I've been able to tell, so we shouldn't be surprised if 2000 is the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Hm, actually, it's much more disturbing. Sam Sinister, in the US, isn't the Baron (with the hook and pith helmet)--he's the guy in the black suit, red shirt, and black top hat, with round glasses and a fiendish visage. So he's her brother? So (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) A lobster? Ye Gods, man, I think you're on to something! Now I have to completely alter the power ratios! (And figure out why they've got erectile tails.) Hmmm...that may explain the trans-orange ones, but then why is the riverine example (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Forgive me if I am asking something that has already been answered, but after all of the excitement over in the starwars group over next years stuff, I was wondering what next year holds for the Adventurers? I don't think I've yet read anything (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Maybe this will make you feel better... In the latest issue of MANIA MAG here in the US, The caption under Alexia says: Alexia Sinister Sam finds the treasure to steal, but it is his sister Alexia who comes up with the plans. Alexia keeps (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Maybe she is the daughter of the monacled menace? will that make you sleep better?...lol Oh no, I smell an Adventurer soap opera... As The Brick Turns... All My Minifigs... The Young And ABS-less If she is married to him... maybe she married (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Or, perhaps the red-orange thing is a lobster and not a scorpion at all? That would make the most sense. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I was actually including the non-combat service life with it, so in fact you may be agreeing with me here. ;) It also does shift from year to year, month to month, as aerial combat is refined and made more lethal and exhaustion sets in on the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Nope. The average pilots service life was _less_ than the average grunt. 2nd Lt (ground) had lowest life expectancy, I believe around 17 DAYS. But, pilots often died in the first 5 MIN of combat. The good pilots lasted much longer...but, they (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Hello. Here in the Netherlands, I have discovered something very odd. Baron von Barron has another name--and what's more, he has some kind of connection to my beloved Femme Fatale. He's called "Alex Gluipstra." She's "Alexis Gluipstra." Now, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Well, I'm going to answer here, because others might like to know the answer too! The short answer is yes and no. Yeah, not helpful, but it's true. The shoulder-thingies (called epaulettes or "shoulderboards") were never used by flight crews. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) He's sort of like "Rudolph, the Trans-neon-orange Scorpion." I think you should consider the marketing potential of this, seeing as how Christmas is coming up and all. At the very least, perhaps someone can make a short stop-motion feature. We (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You should take his (...) is (...) you (...) Of course, we're ignoring the fact that Lego Scorpions are at least a few feet long. (Comparing to Minifigs) So ten should easily pull a chariot-type vehicle. Of couse, the hover-chariot would be (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I bought it, along with nine other small sets, on Crete (I was there, and I had some cash left over, and figured the best way to get rid of them was to spend them on LEGO ^-^). If you're curious, this is what I found: 1184 1185 1182 1186 3055 (in a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Where did you buy that set? I've never seen it before. You should take his comment as an inspiration to design a scorpion-towed vehicle. The scorpion is very much neglected by animal-towed vehicle builders. But how many would you need? (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Would a general/pilot in WW1 or around the times the Adventurers setting have shoulder pad-thingys on them, like Capitan Redbeard in the Pirates? I have created so far a German general/pilot, but I'm not sure if a pilot of WW1 would have those (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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The quote above is from one of my NLF:s, after he saw my newly purchased 1182. The thing he found so fun, was the fact that the building instructions show the scorpion attached to the end of a chain, which in turn is attached to the raft. I had no (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks for explaining that to me Ben! I think the mummy thinks I am distasteful though. (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) It's an oasis because there is a tree growing in the middle of the desert, so there is water (inferred) and it is an ambush because you are lured there by a nice palm tree and what appears to be treasure, but it really contains a scarry mummy (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.adventurers)
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