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| | | (...) Well, given that the Adventurers theme has so far depicted a world where mummies wander tombs and jungles are filled with perilous giant spiders, I imagine that any arctic setting would be "livened up" with a similar bit o' fantasy. Who knows (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | (...) the (...) How about the Lost Continent of Atlantis? If you are going to find a lost civilization why not the mother of all legends. As for woolly mammoths I am not going to disagree that they would be a cool addition, and while we are wishing (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | [ XFUT lugnet.build ] Mark Lindsey: (...) Not a bad idea (you're not the first to mention it :). (...) I strongly dislike all those pre-molded animals LEGO has started producing recently (within the last fifteen years or so). What is wrong with (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | (...) I am sure you are correct. I mentioned it in order to spark conversation and ideas for sets. I don't remember having heard of it before but if I misrepresented I do apologize, I am not here to seek credit only chat with other collectors. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | (...) I am sure you are correct. I mentioned it in order to spark conversation and ideas for sets. I don't remember having heard of it before but if I misrepresented I do apologize, I am not here to seek credit only chat with other collectors. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | Well, I was going to snip so the conversation became clearer, but I figured I'd mix up the attribs, so basically this is in response to the Atlantis theme. Yes, I think it is good, because you could get away with both Grecian architecture (or (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | Mark Lindsey: Please don't take my dislike of the pre-molded LEGO animals as a personal critique. (...) I must have been in an undiplomatic mood, when I wrote my comments. :-( I'll try to make up for it by coming with some creative ideas for the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Atlantis Adventurers (was: Arctic) —Peter Merryman
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| | | | | (...) It would be a dream come true if I could get some minifigs decked out in these: (URL) I think if done right, an Atlantis subtheme would satisfy a lot of people. -Pete (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | (...) OK I won't. (...) No problem. (...) Those are fantastic ideas! Instead of a small temple how about a friggin' huge one! I want at least 600 pieces in it. I also want statues. Tons of statues of little minifig marble people like in your link. I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | | Mark Lindsey: (...) Thanks. (...) Wouldn't make sense from a commercial point of view. The part count (price) of a set should be comparable to the "play value" of the set. (...) This sounds good. How are they equipped? Small freighter with a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | | (...) What do you mean by the above statement? How do you determine the play value of any set? I guess I am not understanding what you mean, please explain. (...) I have the crew from the ship the Dirty Whore, from the movie Cabin Boy in mind. You (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | | | Mark Lindsey: (...) That large sets apparently have to do lots of things to make people (not us) consider them worth the price. (...) It's hard (if not impossible). LEGO's current definition seems to be related to how many traps, cars, planes, and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | | (...) Ah, now I understand. (...) I see your point. I guess that it all goes back to the label on the boxes that says ages 5-12. I can't fault them for making the sets gimicky, but like you, I wish for a little more 'meat and potatoes' in the box. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.adventurers, Mark Lindsey writes: <ka-snip> (...) The legend of Atlantis is in part built on the destruction of Santorini (Thera), the volcano that did the natural boiler explosion in the Mediterranean. It left an atoll-like - yes, I'm (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | | (...) famous (...) Wow, that's really interesting Bruce. Thanks for the brief geology lesson. I think I will look into this some more and post up my findings. This post site is truly one of LUGNET's best. You never know what you are going to get (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) have (...) Boy, you can find anything on the web. If anyone is vaguely interested in the Atlantis/Santorini angle, I just found: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | | (...) Once again Bruce your attention to detail and supplying information overwhelms me. That is a great site! I am going to look for more sites about other possible Adventurers settings. Thanks for the inspiration, I'll let you know what I find. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | | | | | Re: Arctic Adventurers —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | [ XFUT lugnet.general ] Mark Lindsey: (...) [ Cut suggestions for a "Hunt for the lost treasure of Atlantis" series. ] (...) Interviews in various Danish newspapers. They are definitely aware of the existence of the on-line LEGO community, but it is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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