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| | | (...) On the double on the ready line! Let's pack 'em in! Go! Go! Go! (URL) a squad (1/2 platoon) of ever-resourceful U.S. Colonial Marines in urban gray camoflage, including two rifle teams and a command staff consisting of a sargeant, a lieutenant (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space) !
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Stephen F. Roberts
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| | | | | (...) ...oooh! a use for samuari armour!!! now I have to get some more! :-) Great job! ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | Sproat, you're awesome. ~Mark (...) would (...) football (...) in urban (...) consisting of a (...) the (...) trackers. (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner
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| | | | | | Anyone have a towl? I'm drooling. (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Yah, I guess that sarge's a babe... I love how she says "good night." ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner
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| | | | | In my excitment I forgot somthing =) How did your attach the katana to the back of the ninja armor? Pearson (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) If you look closely into every shot where the sword is on his back, you'll notice that only his left leg is down... The tip of the ninja sword is sticking through the hole in the back of his right foot, and the rest of the sword is resting (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | Hey Jeremy, I love those marines! Your use of medieval pieces is pretty cool in this setting... I love their high-tech weapons as well. Before I say good night, allow me to quote a kid in my theatre arts class: "kill! kill!" I find that applicable (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Cool, thanks! We got ourselves a mutual admiration society going! :-, (...) You can't be shiri-ish. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner
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| | | | | | (...) True. But you can be Shiri-esque. (Didn't spell that right, did I?) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | Sproaticus wrote in message ... (...) would (...) football (...) urban (...) a (...) trackers. (...) Wow, Jeremy that armour looks very, very cool... did you get the grey helmets from Exploriens 'figs, or is there a more recent set that contains (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) I'm not sure where they came from. I *think* they are from x. Lemme dig around my instructions pile... (...) AAAAHHHH!!! No, say it ain't so! ;-) I must admit, I have been tempted to see the movie, even though I understand that it thrashes (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Marc Nelson, Jr.
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| | | | | | (...) -Yeah, it was very different from the book, but it was entertaining in its own right. The movie was done by the same guy that did Robocop (Voerhoeven?). It has some really funny parts, especially the public service announcements and the parts (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Starship Bloopers (Was Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | | Marc Nelson Jr. wrote in message ... (...) it (...) but (...) understand (...) casting (...) I just think of it as a completely different story. To be quite honest, I didn't (and still don't) think that Heinlein's book would have made that exciting (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Starship Bloopers (Was Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Marc Nelson, Jr.
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| | | | | | (...) It was just all too phony for me, the way they all just chased the bugs around like a youth soccer team, then how they got pinned down in that fort like the Alamo. The hordes of bugs did look good, though. The landings were just boring. When (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Starship Bloopers (Was Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) When you lose the armour, you lose a big part of the storyline--the corporate angle--right? It was half the book, forcibly extracted. But in its own right, it was entertaining, if only as a parody of "gung-ho" war (sort of like ID4). (...) As (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | (...) Sproaticulus, I've been perusing a number of your pages lately, and haven't said anything in a bit about them, so... Good job.. Impressive.. I've sorta been wanting to try that.. Nice variety.. What set has those in grey?.. (obSeinfeld) Yada (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | Tom, I hope you don't mind being a guinea pig for my news app's "reply" feature, would you? :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Pearson Castner
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| | | | | | | | | Do continue! Pearson (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | | | | On Sat, 13 May 2000 00:35:39 GMT, in newsgroup(s) lugnet.off-topic.test, "Pearson Castner" <dengar98@hotmail.com> said: (...) May I? :-, (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | | | | On Sat, 13 May 2000 01:11:28 GMT, in newsgroup(s) lugnet.off-topic.test, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> said: (...) Sorry, I forgot, "please"? :-, (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Pearson Castner
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| | | | | | | | | | Now Im just jealous. How does it work? Pearson (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | (...) Your news app has a "reply" feature? Mine just has a little toolbar thingy with a few buttons that read, "R2Mee2", "Get A Grip", ":-*(_|_)", and "AWB" (which the Help describes as, "Another Waste of Bandwidth"). -Tom McD. when replying, "You (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Actually, the full name is Sproaticulus Maximus Biggus. (...) Thanks! :-, (...) I'm still not sure. I have about a dozen of them, though, so they have to be common. I'll be able to check around midnight-ish tonight. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner
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| | | | | | Is it possible you got them off Ebay or somthing? I do that alot... Someone asks me why I have so many of one peice, I can't answer, then I relize I got them then in a lot or somthing. On the subject of auctions, is Auczilla any good? Pearson (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Nope. Not possible. :-, I *think* I got mine from a bunch of Exploriens sets. The "normal" helmets in Exploriens are dark gray. Also, I got at least one from a train set, #4552 Cargo Crane (1). Cheers, - jsproat 1. (URL) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Gene C. Weissinger
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| | | | | Very well done, Sproat, as usual... Makes me think of all those great lines and scenes from Aliens... ;) EC (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —John Robert-Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | (...) I thought I was doing something new, or a little different with my mercenary designs...I see Jsproat beat me to it months ago... I wish I would have seen these BEFORE I posted my figures+weapons to .space. <insert tongue in cheek> I have seen (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) Now, now. I was responding to what seemed to be an isolated post to something that was apparently non-Space-related. I didn't realize it was part of a greater discussion about making Space marines and such until I saw the other posts. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Wayne McCaul
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| | | | Actually, those guys are awesome. Where do you get grey helmets like that? (And is there any one set that has multiple ninja armor???) Must... Make... Space.... Marines.... Evil Wayne ___...___ "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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