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Hey fellow Adventurers I have an idea for a cool posting subject. What are the all time greatest adventure themed movies? Obvious ones are the Indiana Jones movies so go beyond them for a nice top ten list. I won't name any yet so as to allow for (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) ~ great idea, mark! i'd have to suggest "The Man Who Would Be King" as one of the best, right off the bat. "Lawrence of Arabia", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", and TARZAN", (the original films w/ weismuller are best, tho dizney's recent (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) effort (...) You have some great ideas Craig. I hadn't even thought of most of the movies you named. In fact I need to go to the video store and rent several of them. And as for that Shadow mini-fig, you have just got to post it up here, and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) effort (...) I'd go with the Indiana Jones Trillogy, The Rocketeer, Cutthroat Island (Gina Davis with LONG curly hair *grrrrr* and a good one for the pirate fans), and a new one The Mummy (with Brendan Fraser - actually not that new). I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) mark ~ the shadow is in the last picture on the super craigo-lego page of my site. my site, "craigo-lego" is over in the clsotw nominees again this week, so use the link there, and gimme a vote! i've just gotten back some great photos of the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Your ideas are right on the money. I haven't seen Cutthroat Island, but with Gina Davis in it I will rent it tonight. The Rocketeer is just great on a bunch of levels and The Mummy is one of the best adventure flicks to come down the pipe in a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) my (...) dark (...) Hey Craig you get my vote! You the Man! I was so blown away. I had no idea of the level of customization that could be acchieved with the minifigs. I have been customizing Star Wars figures for years but now I can tell my (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I once had a minifig of the Baron, that was produced for me as a personal favour, arranged by my good friend the Duke of Birmingham, who as we all know, spends Sunday afternoons playing cricket with Mr. Kristchensen. Regrettably, I lost it, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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First off, thanks to Mark for his compliments on my reviews! (...) I've racked my brains to come up with some good ideas that haven't already been mentioned. The only thing I can come up with is Disney's 20,000 Leagues (with James Mason as Nemo). It (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) been (...) kills (...) You know, great minds must think alike because I had almost mentioned the Sinbad movies and Jason and the Argonauts! I just didn't see how they would fit into a modern setting. As for the Nautilus, just you wait. I am (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool! Do you have a page where you put photos and stuff of your projects? ..joseph g (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Right now I am working on getting them put into a gallery on Christian's Adventurer site: You know the coolest Adventurer site on the web? He and I want to get together as many photos as possible so if you know anyone....hint, hint. For now I (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) King Kong The Lost World (1925 silent) Any Harryhausen film: Jason & the Argonauts + all 3 Sinbads + Clash of the Titans are classics, but not in the Adventurers era. Suitable for inspiration, though. also: The Valley of Gwangi (throw some (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) been (...) See Stephen Gabriel's page: (URL) of course, has the whole rules set for the pirates vs. Nautilus. (...) kills (...) I was going to recommend Jason and the Argonauts, if only because the mummy-slashing scene in the current The Mummy (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) mark ~ congratulations! you are the one millionth person to ask me that! your "prize" is that i've added a "tips & techniques" section to the main page of my craigo-lego site. (it's the final page link at the botom.) i genuinely liked "J vs V" (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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"The man who would be King" - I haven't thought about that for many a year. Now I've got to go trolling the video store again :-) In a similar vein, what about a contingent of Welsh Guards and a Rourke's rift (?) scene, a la Zulu? 40,000 Zulu (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I think you are off by a factor of ten. I think it was more like 4,000 Zulus at Roarke's Drift. Red Imperial soldiers with Pith helmets on them isn't so hard. But 400, 4,000, 40,000, whatever Zulus, good luck! (...) That's what they said to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) but (...) Great ideas Peter! I somehow forgot about King Kong and The Lost World (1925). Glad you set me straight. As for the others, I think the sheer number of marginally adventure genre films (those that almost fit but not quite -either too (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) scene (...) Lesley (...) of (...) (and (...) Once again, if you give Bruce a topic he will run like an informational juggernaught with it. Cheers to you Bruce you have given me a whole new list of films for the coming week. I spent all weekend (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Really? I thought _Princess Bride_ was way funnier than _Men in Tights_. Then again, I thought Mel Brooks' _When Things Were Rotten_ was way funnier than _Men in Tights_. I wonder if WTWR ever made it to video? Hmm, IMDB doesn't say it was. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) does (...) Glad to know I won something. Thanks for adding that section, it's tough to be the KING isn't it? I am also glad to know that I am not the only person in the world who thought that Joe and Cabinboy were greatness. Granted they don't (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Hey stop it! I am already having trouble enough finding those red torsos without every Legomaniac getting on ebay and driving up the prices. ;-) I thought of Zulu as soon as I watch The Man Who Would Be King this weekend. Those uniforms are (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) you're right. and "princess bride" has one of the best swordfighting sequences ever caught on film, to boot. "young "frankenstein" is my personal favorite of brooks' films. another good funnny adventure film that i saw recently was "Start the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) Zulus (...) Ok ok. A quick surf tells me it was 139 v 4,000. Maybe it just felt like 40,000 ;-) Has anyone modelled African warriors? Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) Impervious to shot? Harumpf. That's the kind of claim I'd like to test from the quiet end of a hot cannon. (This might turn out to be a fitting epitaph, no?) The only thing I have ever encountered that's (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Has any one mentioned Alain Quartermain and King Salomon's mines? What was the name of the second picture? I think it was something with "Lost City". Lot of Zulus there too. What about greatest Adventurers books? Christian (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) The Richard Chamberlain/Sharon Stone movies? Dreadful movies. Awful. Terrible. And I like Richard Chamberlain. Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold. King Solomon's Mines. Golan and Globus productions: enough said to the wise. Bruce A (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I have not, but lord knows I want to. If you find anyone that has and can get pictures let me know. I will do the same for you. I had thought to use paint and regular head and body pieces along with Islander gear, but something still seems (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Alright I concede it is doubtful that it is impervious to shot. Still you must admit that it is a cool looking vessel and is highly worthy of lego modeling. And I bet you can't use one of those firing lego cannons to sink my model. Mark L (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) City (...) Hi fellow adventurers, While I agree with Bruce that the Quartermain movies stink they still must be considered because the fit the genre perfectly. I guess the best that could be said of them is that they are an extremely (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I would have to say that Jules Verne, Joseph Conrad, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned in some heavy weights in that category. How about the rest of you? Mark L (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Zulu warriors, hhhhmmmmmmmm. Yellow minifigs, hhhmmm...mmm. They seem a might.....pale? :-) Bruce (NO! Let's not debate that! Please!) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Oh, alright. With your caveat, of course. :-) (...) Oh, dang. I printed it out and it is being passed around at work. I think you can find it at www.thestinkers.com. It was frightening how many on the list I have seen, but also reassuring that (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) it. (...) Shame on you Bruce, You missed the reference to PAINT in my sentence. I had the most noble of intentions in my statement. I was thinking more along the lines of a grass skirt, new headpiece, etc. Not anything else, I assure you. And (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I thought you were refering to painting a proper shield. Break a spear in half for an assegi. I'd start with Islanders and simply accept that whatever resulted was a vague approximation. Bruce (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) half (...) It is hard to accept vague approximations after going to the craigo-lego site, my gosh those customs are dead-on. I am going to start really trying for 100% accuracy (or as close as those lil' lego parts allow). What is lost in (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) ~ something that i did to augment my islanders, even though i was thinking "zulu".... i removed printing from a pair of royal knights teardrop sheilds and used some zebra stripe stickers (from #260 lego idea book, cut to fit, there's enough to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Painting my minifigs would defeat the purpose of my getting Lego - the whole idea (for me) is so that I won't be straining my eyes any further painting miniature figures. But that's me. I intend to experiment with my inkjet printer and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Thanks for the ideas Craig. Any ideas on straw skirts? LMK Mark L (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) All hail Shaka the Mighty! Hey Bruce what are you going to be using the transfer paper for? Let me hear your ideas, because if they could be implemented and save me the trouble of painting I am all for it. More later.... Mark L (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) my (...) Definitely cool. And I can't use a lego cannon to blow a hole in a wet paper bag, let alone sink anything. Highly over-rated weapons. Having had shooting cannons only, until I recently scored some (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) scale (...) on (...) Cool! Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Shields. Why paint twenty the same way when I can do it once on a computer and then cut it out and stick it on? Lego shields are flat, which is perfect. I can pick the most unwanted shields in an auction and buy those, then slap on my own (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) and (...) my (...) Hey Bruce, What themes are you thinking of doing stickers for? I know I'd love to have some for Adventurers, Pirates, Islanders, and even Town sets. One I'd really like is a mummy print (you know a bunch of yellowed rags (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Castle - that's about the only line with shields, and it has a large number of ugly shield and torso designs (IMHO). Most everything else is adequate to my current needs. I also have some canvas designed for inkjet printers that I hope to make (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) well, the islanders are all already wearing painted on grass skirts, n'est ce pas? ~ what do you mean? for zulu women head/ hairpieces, id suggest the white wild west bandanna (or blue from the new adv. line) turned upside down on top of the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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I saw a recent announcement that the Indiana Jones trilogy is being release in a digitally remastered box set. Don't know the cost though. -Rob. Mark Lindsey <markwars@fcmail.com> wrote in message news:FJypK9.H0p@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Wow! Let me know how that canvas printing works out for you. If all is successful you should think about offering the service or product up for sale here. You could probably recoup most of your costs, and I know that a lot of people would be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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In lugnet.adventurers, Craig Hamilton writes:> (...) I was wanting a sculpted skirt. Which brings up the question, did any lego set EVER have and accessory that fit between the torso and legs pieces? Just wondering. (...) Great ideas for the hair. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) If anyone knows please post it. Lucasfilm has a site up advertising these along with a 12 volume Young Indiana Jones movie set and they don't even bother to list the price or how to order them. Commercials for these aired last night, but again (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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