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(...) Scene 1: "I soiled my armor..." Scenes 2 & 3" "Oh...I did it again..." Matt (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) It's so much better than the Belville rabbit. :) The pose especially--I knew it was coming, but that third picture almost killed me with laughter. And I don't even *own* a cat! best LFB (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) 80,000 people - what a coicidence, that's exactly how many minifigs I managed to squeeze in there! OK, just kidding. @8-) I counted 'em up, and there are 216 minifigs in the stands, including the emperor's box. I could have crowded more in (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Did the cat win? See for yourself, sir: (URL) whole legion was sent to try and stop it: (URL) away! Run away!" (URL) Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) !1..2..5!" "3 sir" "3!" *BOOM* (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Brilliant! I was just watching a show on the colosseum on the History Channel last night, that thing could seat 80,000 people! How many minifigs does your version seat? -Harvey (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Wow, I see that cat, and it makes me want to reach for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Did the cat win? George (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hi, again. I've uploaded a few new pics to the same Brickshelf page: (URL) a few monkeys into the mix, made the polar bear hungrier, put a cat up against a black dragon, and even "flooded" the colosseum for a sea battle. The new pics are: (URL) I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) That's really stunning! I saw the first picture long before the others loaded, so my first thought was "how many minfigs can sit in it?" and I was very surprised by the answer--a *lot*! A most excellent construction, the roundness handled very (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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<snippy snippy> (...) Popular? Depends on who you ask. Me and the Sproats seem to love it. :-) A lot of people like it, but few people have built models to micro- or nano-fig scale. I'm digging up some links right now... Aha! Jeremy's ships: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build)
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Hi, guys. Thanks for the comments. It's much appreciated. George, do you have any special requests for small animal match-ups? I do have Jar-Jar vs. a gladiator with an axe, but I could go smaller. We could have, say, a stick-weilding monkey vs. a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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brendan, wow! awesome colosseum! i like your miniature skyline even more! take a look at my temple of cryssa--inspired by the Parthenon--and let me know what *you* think! (URL) (sid) (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Very nice, Brendan. I really like the way you did the top of the Colosseum, (all those black 1 x 6 arches - I mostly collect town - I might have six or seven of those) as well as the special box for the king and queen. (or Julius Caesar and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hey wow, this is really neat! I like this very much!!! Great Job!!!! Eric (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Wow, that's great, a real slice of Roman life. It looks like you got all the big animals, too. I didn't see any small ones, but throwing Timmy to the scorpions doesn't sound as menacing. George (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Glad to see another non 90 degree curved creation. Nice colosseum, looks very pleasing. I like all the spectators. Which one is Maximus? (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Together with Henrik Christian Grove and Peter Makholm I have built this Roman galley: (URL) started out by laying the keel and worked our way from that. After a while we figured out that we needed a proper support crew for building such a large (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.ancient)
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Recently new evidence has come to light which describes in detail how the great pyramids were built! (URL) visit the whole site start here (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Not to long ago in a German/Latin exploritory class we had to build a Roman aqueduct. I should be able to get some pictures up soon. -- Chef ICQ:84584424 AIM: Jedi101673 (URL) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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I had an idea for a sculpture, a rather obvious idea because it's in the news now. This 3rd (?) century giant Buddha cliff-statue was just demolished in Afghanistan. Here are some articles with 1997 photos: good photo - (URL) - (URL) nice photos: (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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