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Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs
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lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle
Date: 
Mon, 6 Mar 2000 00:52:44 GMT
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In lugnet.adventurers, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> In lugnet.adventurers, Shiri Dori writes:
> > 
> > My main problem with them (and Dr. kilroy/lightning) is their glasses.
> 
> [ahem] . . .  WIZARDS!!! :-)
> 
> > I can't picture medieval people with glasses.
> > I might be wrong here but it seems as though glasses were invented
> > much later... Just my 2 cents.
> 
> No, actually, IIRC (from *reading* about it,
> not from firsthand experience) :-P
> spectacles were invented in the Late Dark Ages/Early Rennaisance.
> They weren't very *good*, being simply generic lenses,
> very unlike the specialized lightweight wonders we've got today,
> but they were (mostly) better than nothing.

OK... then I guess I *can* bring those faces to good use! Thanks!

> > Dr. Kilroy's torso w/suspenders is the most ridiculous thing
> > I've ever seen, BTW. I have yet to find a use for that...
> 
> White "Kilroy" Torso
> Red Plastic Cape, over the *FRONT* of the torso
>  (represents a *tabard*; conceals the suspenders;
>  I've got some heraldic decals from Games Workshop
>  that I'll use on this someday...)
> Generic Smiley
> Black Legs
> Black "Bullet" Helmet
> Gold Bugle
> 
> He's a *Herald*!  :-)

Cool!

-Shiri



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  Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs
 
(...) [ahem] . . . WIZARDS!!! :-) (...) No, actually, IIRC (from *reading* about it, not from firsthand experience) :-P spectacles were invented in the Late Dark Ages/Early Rennaisance. They weren't very *good*, being simply generic lenses, very (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)

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