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(...) As I envisioned it - these buildings would be like Daniel Siskund's sets - a larger scale than most Lego castle sets - so many details can be added. (...) I believe that some of this is historically accurate - depending on the town and time (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeremy, I was very excited to see the announcement of a marketplace project. The day after reading about it me and my 6 yr old daughter sat down and built a double wide stall & had a wonderful time together. I'll try to get pictures to the site soon (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) lol (...) adventures baseplate worked out. And I think it looks a lot better with the sculpted sand bar things, than just square, like I had it before. I'm glad you like the whole "ruggedness" aspect of it. It kind of makes you look at it a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, I thought I had a lot of capes to begin with, but it turns out I had to order about 20 more in order to outfit all my guys. I really like having a bunch of guys (grunts) that look exactly the same, like an official army. It's fun just to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, that is pretty convenient, although not planned. I've been in the process of building the site pages for a couple months now (I'm extremely lazy, if you couldn't tell already) but I just finally got everything lined up the other day. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I don't have an exact time period, but the timeline roughly explains what happened at each point in time. But it took me about 6 months of on and off working to complete it. (...) That's nice to hear, as the mountain-building was (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) it's "perfect", when it's actually far from perfect when viewed from a functional design standpoint. But I guess that was the angle I was going for, so I'm glad you think the same. As for what else I've got planned, I'm going to start laying (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, the project was for display only. I'm the head Lego judge in our Hobby building at our fair, so I get some special privelages, like having my own display case. The whole thing is explained in detail in this post: (URL) for the comments. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Market place MOCs
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HeHe! I really liek these! I can tell you had fun making them. Though I never took pics, when I was medding while writing the standard, I had a ton of fun creating the shops an dioramas (sp?). I am glad you are enjoying the MM. Jeremy- will post (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I have a bad feeling about forming a double standard. I know I have recently been out of loop here - my job has gotten me busy lately - but I don't understand the nitpickityness of the .castlers. I have seen people believing the MM Standard as a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello, I am sorry that I have been out of the loop the past couple days, my seasonal odd-end job has been in control of me these past few days - and will through tomorrow evening. I have been doing a late night catch-up on news reading and have seen (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I don't post here a lot, but I read everything that gets posted in .castle. I've been following the discussion about (and am very interested in) a project that everyone can contribute too. I have already started planning some buildings to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Comments. . . (...) There's a problem here, in that there are (at least) two standards for what constitutes believable design. TLC has traditionally made many concessions to playability and cost---for example, rooms and buildings with only three (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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The only thing that I dont' like is the fact that the alleyways are only 2 studs wide. A figure can not walk in a two stud wide area. It would be nice if the alleyways could be used after how much work will be put into this. --Kevin W. § (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Warning!!! Extremely Long Post ;) I have begun working on a building standard imposed on new construction by local authorities in a late medieval town. Town layout and floor plan limitations still need to be made. Anyone who would like to help or (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle) !
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Hey everyone, Alan just wrote me and said that the account he uses for lugnet is down so he can't post. He asked me to post the following for him. His message starts here: Alan says, Generally, the overall focus for creating the marketplace document (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I will begin working on a building standard imposed on new construction by local authorities in a late medieval town. Anyone who would like to help or give input please email me at ben_289@hotmail.com I plan on posting basic ideas soon. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Ben, It would be cool to have a standard for the permanent town or village. I am a little tired of brainstorming right now (I just want to build! :-)) but it would be cool if someone took that up. BTW, I really liked your cloth shop. It has some (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Yaron, Yes, the idea was more of a flea market than a permanent market. Very like a farmer's market or craft fair. Still Building, Josh (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I believe that it was intended to be a temporary market (like a flea market). I however built a permanent cloth shop (URL) a medieval town or a market street, made of cad buildings, could be assembled on line (with Siskundian buildings like (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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