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| | | After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of my huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I have posted 40 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle) !!
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Robert Farver
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| | | | | (...) Simply incredible! On par with Ed Boxer's famous castle. You HAVE to see this! Rob - Rob Farver - mailto:rfarver@rcn.com (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | <breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out> Wow, wow, wow. My word, Dan, that is FABULOUS. Truly amazing. I don't think anyone will fail to be moved by the picture of the 6075/375 YC shrinking next to your amazing castle. <bowing down> "We're (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Daniel Siskind
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks for the kind words! I've always thought of excuses of why my castle models were made from red bricks and I cam up with the Blood Stone "chronicles" years ago to help explain this (the next installment on the site will go into it the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Christopher Lindsey
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| | | | | | | | (...) Sanguine castle? (not the cheerful, optimistic definition, but the blood- thirsty one, based on the medieval four humors). Crimson keep? Chris -- Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes, yes, and the throne room shot can carry the caption, "In the court of the Crimson Keep!" (Somebody out there will get this one -- FUT lugnet.off-topic.pun) -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. Department of Structural Biology Stanford University (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Rick Kujawa
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| | | | | | | | 13th Century Schitzoid man! (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Prog-rock puns (was: Blood Stone Castle completed!) —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
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| | | | | | | | In reply to my remark, "In the Court of the Crimson Keep," (...) Ha! Flushed one out! It just took me a few days to find your message. My cookies got reset somehow to the default, so I've missed posts to the off-topic groups. Somewhere on the Net I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | | | Just a couple of thoughts. (...) Let me add a little. WOW! WOW! WOW! (...) It seems to me that just about everybody has a castle named after a rock. Mine for instance is called Black Roch Keep. Too bad most of us don't have the pieces to make castle (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | | | | Oops, typo, that should be Black Rock Keep. Rob (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) I concour, your excellency. (...) Well... rocks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me ;-) Rocks/stones/boulders are often part of the setting/terrian around the building, or alternatively the building is *made* of stone... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Bill Farkas
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| | | | | | | (...) That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean, it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of those "OPOC's" are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening. But, the more I think about it, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Aw yeah, I know. (BTW, I see you've been reading my posts carefully... should I update the acronym list? ;-) (j/k) (...) Yeah. And, sometimes I try to not think of being "biggest and best" but drop the biggest and try to do as much as possible (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Daniel Siskind
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| | | | | | | | (...) Castle, (...) "OPOC's" (...) the (...) Actually, I think building on such a large scale is actually less satisfying than smaller scale projects. Huge works such as my castle take years to build and progress can be annoyingly slow. For example, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I wouldn't REALLY know but I tend to agree. My inn is fun and I love it, but creating Helfire in two hours and having it come out nicely was MUCH more satisfying. I think my inn could be great when I'm done with it, but meanwhile it's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | | | | | (...) of (...) it (...) the (...) towers, (...) sucks. (...) had (...) One nice thing about building on a small project, is that you can do the interiors without having all of your small pieces disappear. Another is not having to spend a week or two (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | (...) You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an Imperial Star Destroyer, it is. Now some word-book-fun. Some neighbors moved away last week and left behind a heap of books in the junkroom. A curious mixture: History of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, that's very comforting. :-) <snip> (...) Sounds like a great book for inspiration! <snip> (...) That's a great description. Can I coax you to scan some of these? Will bribery do the trick? :-) (...) Such a dumb town! ;-) (...) I have to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Chris Gray
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| | | | | | | (...) Barnes and Noble had this a couple years back, and may still do. My copy says "1993 Barnes and Noble Books". I was hoping for more detailed pictures and plans, but there is certainly a lot of historical stuff in it. (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jason Maxwell
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| | | | | | (...) down (...) in (...) While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though. (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer' castles in them. The (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means "settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D (...) The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase copies of that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —John Radtke
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| | | | | | (...) I was guessing Gaelic too but it appears to be Welsh. (...) Found in at (URL) It's framed so you need to run the search yourself but it comes up as "wall;castle;town." Everyone seems to have the right idea. (...) copies (...) The Science (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_, _The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_, _The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) There are at least two more: _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain_, and the book about Fflewder Fflam. I *still* haven't figured out the name of that one yet... :\ Jeff (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) A search on Amazon reveals: The Truthful Harp. Long out of print, unfortunately. (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) my (...) Dan has some amazing castle specific work on display there (albeit in a smaller scale) as well. ++Lar (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) That is stunning, Dan. You are a master at your craft, and there's not much more to say. Except maybe "Wow". Wow. :) James (URL) getting paid for this --> alladvantage.com Sign up via me, the reference $$ go to fund Lugnet. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) my (...) have (...) found (...) This is great! I really like all your stuff a lot. In fact your Inn inspired me to do my Inn. You definitely have a rare talent with the Brick. I love your Kits too and it will be interesting to see how many you (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Mladen Pejic
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| | | | | Truly amazing! You are of a rare breed my friend. Care to tell me how many pieces you used? <giggling> Again excellent, excellent, excellent work! (...) my (...) have (...) found (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Daniel Siskind
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| | | | | | (...) Take 25 years of birthdays and Christmas', add a dozen 1200 piece bucks, two dozen more 800 piece buckets, 3 halloween buckets, plus enough service packs from S@H equivelent to the cost of a new car and you will get an idea of the over number (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Kela Akira Kitkowski
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| | | | | | (...) May I suggest displaying the model and charge a fee for admission? (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | (...) WOW! That thing is huge! Where did you get so many red bricks? (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Daniel Siskind
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| | | | | | (...) (snip) (...) Red has always been the most common basic color, so that's why I always built my castles with red ones. I'm actually going to start working on my next one soon, and it will be gray to keep the purists happy. Dan (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Kela Akira Kitkowski
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| | | | | | | (...) my (...) soon, (...) You could claim it was some Red Granite or some other stone that is mined locally and unique to the area. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Daniel Siskind
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| | | | | | | | (...) Actually the stone was salvaged from the lost city of Nazarine, stained eternally from river of blood left that washed over it after the butchery of its citizenry at the hands of the Northmen... doh! I'm giving the story away! Dan (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Kela Akira Kitkowski
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| | | | | | | | (...) its (...) Hey...waitaminute!! That sounds awfully familar... (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | | (...) "purists"!? there are purists in .castle!? ;-) THE original, most "purist" castle is bright yellow! red, being, as you said, the most common lego color for bulk and diversity makes it the ideally pure building color. the elaborate (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Christopher Lindsey
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| | | | | | (...) Speaking of purism, I have another question along those lines (and one that you can probably answer better than anyone else, Craig). So how much of a faux pas is it to modify plates, etc. for your structures? I can see it for minifig character (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!) —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | | (...) well this throws the "have you ever warped or broken parts" thread into a new light of consideration! ~ doing it on purpose! if it's a good idea, such as yours and you can spare the piece, why not!? i'm looking at these pieces now, and will go (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!) —Christopher Lindsey
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| | | | | | (...) Oooh, I must have missed that one... But I've got a doozy involving 24 gray castle walls if the thread resurfaces. :) (...) Ick. :) Then you're suddenly at brick height with a slightly lesser range of motion... (...) :) (...) Cool! I just went (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!) —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | | (...) it's only a few hours old in .build! (...) gah! now i have to do another one! that would work even better! the pieces fit together quite nicely, anyway if not for that center nub. accomodating it is better than removing it. the side bar plate (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | Hmm, just stumbled into this discussion, I'm wondering if you are aware of a similar LEGO pure solution? The 2x4 plate with hinge (<part 3315>) will work with the hinge brick (for a use, look at the draw bridge in 6086), so if you can live with a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Hinge parts (was Re: purist modification) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Yup, forgot about Male: <part 828> (Tractor Chassis Excavator Arm, Large) Female: <part 3433> (Tractor Chassis Excavator Bucket, Large) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Dave Johann
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| | | | | Amazing! Those who know me know that I prefer space and technic creations, but that is fantastic! Congratulations! You have created a fine monument. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Erik Olson
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| | | | | (...) Wow. And half-timbered too! It's so much eye candy tonight that it makes me able to wish again that I could be minifig-size. Anybody else wishing for that? May your kin never tire of your Lego. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
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| | | | | (...) [snip] (...) No, thank YOU, Dan! I've been looking forward to seeing your castle for some months now. [Stumbles away into the shadows, repeating "my collection is too small, my collection is too small...] -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Christopher Lindsey
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| | | | | (...) I failed to say in my earlier response how awesome this is (hit SEND accidentally first; how I miss nn). And I didn't quite get the sense of scale until I went back and looked at it more closely... Incredible! Kind of puts my work in progress (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Ryan Cassell
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| | | | | First things first, words cannot describe the supercalafragalespie...aladocious quality of this amazing LEGO castle. This is what LEGO should be all about, letting people create large models by making cheap bulk orders available. But the other thing (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) I've been quiet these past few weeks (Gall durn busy work! We lost an employee!) but I just have to say I am thouroughly impressed. This is truly a masterful work. I can't begin to guess how many dragon master sets you have to be able to do (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Daniel Siskind
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| | | | | | | (...) (snip) (...) I loaded up on Dragon Masters sets about 4-5 years ago when my favorite toy store closed up shop and sort of ended up with 2 or 3 of each major set and dozens of the smaller ones. My core of my castle army has about 5-600 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) The only one I can recall is Matthew Verdier's cool tower, named Wizard Mathias' Tower. See here: (URL) on models, then under Castle choose Wizard Mathias' Tower. I saw this during my first lego-web days, when I was just discovering there were (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Dylan Reardon
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Ron Thomsen
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| | | | | What can I say, Dan rocks..... (...) my (...) have (...) found (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed! —Matt Brooks
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| | | | (URL) Teletubbies!!! Just to reiterate what everyone else said (in case you missed it) WOW!!! Bloodstone Castle is looking tres magnifique! I particularly like the use of the crowns on the tops of a number of different columns and parts of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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