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Last weekend, COLTC displayed at the Greenberg Toy, Train, and Hobby show, in Columbus, Ohio. We had one of our largest displays to date in our young life (we just turned 1 year old). We had an L-shaped, 30 x 30 foot display, with a total of 4 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Fisherman's House
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(...) Hello James, Well, I did enjoy it! Nice to see how much detail you can put in your MOC. The pirate hat next to that big brown book makes clear to mee how much fantasy your Fisherman does have: "one day, I will roam the seas..." Well done! (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Two MOCs: St. Paddy's Day + High Noon movie poster
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Hi all, Two quick things: The first is a day late and not too original. I saw Scott Runkle's post: (URL) and thought "Hey, I have those elements.", so this was born: (URL) The incomplete rainbow is actually my complete collection of trans bricks in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Fisherman's House
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Thanks! (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Fisherman's House
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(...) Under "Format" you must switch it to "Formatted Text (FTX)" (as I have done in this post) It looks great, by the way. Very nice details, and I like the green. (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Oops! My first attempt at an ftx message has gone horribly wrong. Can someone tell me how to fix it? Thanks! James (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Fisherman's House
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The (URL) Fisherman> is the latest installment in the alphabet project. (URL) Go straight to (URL) MOCPages> Enjoy! James (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
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(...) I'll follow up my own post and also express my amazement that 10000 Guarded Inn and 10039 Black Falcon's Fortress sold out sometime in the last couple of days. At least the Guarded Inn re-release has been out for a bit longer. I suppose this (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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Well done Anthony and Christina. This design is truly overwhelming. There are too many details to mention them all, so I'll just say that those autumn trees are wonderful, and the rest of the design is in keeping with them. I especially like your (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Springtime in the pasture -or- will the sheep never end?
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(...) Oh yeah, baby. It's a gas gas gas. BTW, the one on the right is a Wooly Bully. Ow! Peace and song viruses, Professor Whateverly (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Springtime in the pasture -or- will the sheep never end?
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In lugnet.castle, Ley Ward wrote: SNIP (URL) (...) SNIP Grazing in the grass is a gas, baby can you dig it? Jeff (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: He is not alone...
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In lugnet.fun, Nathan Wells wrote: Snip (...) Hi Nathan, I am greatly enjoying the story so far, and I can hardly wait for the next installment. Keep up the good work. Peace and stories, Professor Whateverly (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Springtime in the pasture -or- will the sheep never end?
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(...) Hey, thanks, Bruce. You may note that the young one on the right is about to dock with the mothersheep for refueling. :-D Peace and thank you, Professor Whateverly (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Springtime in the pasture -or- will the sheep never end?
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LOL. Love the baby sheep idea. Bruce (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Springtime in the pasture -or- will the sheep never end?
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Greetings fellow .castlespacers (1) Bruce Heitbrink recently asked: (URL) Where are the flying sheep when you need them?> And Larry Pieniazek actually used the term (URL) bucolic> earlier today. These are clearly signs of some cosmic alignment, so (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Theme Sites ( was Re: Is it just me, or...)
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(...) Exactly Lenny. In economics this is called Pent-up Demand (well, ok, I think that's what it's called. It's been too long since I actually took economics to remember the exact term). There was a need that was going unfulfilled and the admins of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Theme Sites ( was Re: Is it just me, or...)
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(...) Now, let me first say that I am against the fracturing of our community - I like the concept of Lugnet, and wish to support it. But let me also say that Classic-Castle has done more for the community than hurt it. Right now, something like 75% (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: He is not alone...
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Man, when I saw this thread title, I said to myself, "Wooohooo, Lego Highlander!" Very entertaining! I think he should've been eaten by a cat at the end of it, though. "What is this big thing which looks like a cat, yet has teeth as big as I am? Oh, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(2 URLs) PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: A CCC House
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(...) I'm currently working on the interior. Expect to see it by next weekend. -Orion (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: A CCC House
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(...) -lenstein (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Executioner
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My latest alphabet project creation is the Executioner. You can check it out at mocpages: (URL) info on the project can be found here: (URL) Enjoy! James (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote: (URL) Really nice work Anthony! Such an elegant idea, I'm surprised no one has done it before. Really nice execution. Attn LEGO: look what you can do with regular old bricks. Kids would love it (and parents (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: A CCC House
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Very nice creation! Welcome to .castle. (...) A piece of posterboard is a good cheap solution. You can just curl it up to be both a bottom and background. You can tape multiples together for larger creations. The nice part is that it is a solid (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: A CCC House
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Hey Orion, Nice house. I like how you did the split with the window, and also the way the fireplace is built in the corner. It looks like there should be a lot of space inside. Bruce (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | A CCC House
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Hi all, For those who don't already know me, I'm Orion Pobursky. I run the LDraw website. When I came out of my Dark Ages 5 years ago, being a computer geek, I immediately found LDraw. Ever since then I been buying LEGO but I focused my ability (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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Snippage (...) Wow. Fantastic detail. I love that the buildings are set at different angles and I love the "chicks" :0). The stable in particular caught my attention. Very nice. All in all a great build!! Mike (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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(...) Anthony, Wonderful as usual, it pains me that I can't see this in person and spend a few hours really appreciating the details. An Aggie, huh? I was just in Houston, and a friend was talking about the Aggie Mafia and how it helps. Thanks, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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(...) That is an amazing MOC. The castle is amazing, the village is amazing, it's all amazing. Well done. I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures. I really like how you did the terrain too. Lots of wonderful MOC's in the village, and lots of (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | It's autumn at Halcyon Castle
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It's fall now in Ikros. The leaves are turning and the fields are being reaped. Queen Alyia has just overseen final construction of the new castle at Lake Halcyon. During her father Ulmerad's rule over Ikros, the original Halcyon Castle was (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Twin Wizards Dark Tower
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(...) Thanks Bruce! It does have that look and it was more coincidence rather than intentional. That piece comes from the Duplo egg from years back which I've also used in a couple of MOCs. ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Handgunners
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(...) Oh no! Two men comparing length... ;-) Inasmuch as these are for wargaming, lowered pikes just get in the way and upright longer pikes just make storage harder. Though truth to tell, it was more a function of having 32 light-sabres available. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Handgunners
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(...) Your pikes are scarcely more than toothpicks! You can't triple rank pikes that short! ;-) The (URL) Pikes of Doom> would have impaled your second rank, before you had so much as scratched the PoD's front rank! (Plus they're already proven on (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Handgunners
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(...) Don't be too worried about it! Muskets were available last year... and they're back this year with the larger scale 4Junior pirates. Cheers Richie Dulin (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Twin Wizards Dark Tower
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Hey AC, Very cool. It looks very Orthanc-y to me. What is the transparent piece near the top that encloses the phoenix? Bruce (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Twin Wizards Dark Tower
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Check out our latest MOC from our (3 URLs) ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | COLTC will display at the Greenberg Train, Toy, and hobby Show, March 13-14, Columbus, Ohio
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COLTC will have a 30 x 30 foot layout at the Greenberg Train, Toy, and Hobby Show. We have designed a segmented L-shape layout, and will have no less than 4 loops of running trains (1 loop is way over 100 feet long!!) and 3 monorail trains, and (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
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| | Re: .Castle Sidebar new look
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(...) Hi Bruce, thanks for your comment. The shield, spears and lances symbol is scanned from LEGO official 1990 catalog and I put it as is. (URL) Yaron "Webrain" Dori (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: .Castle Sidebar new look
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(...) Hi Bruce, thanks for you comments (...) OK, I shrinked them together so they'll take less space (...) Fixed (...) Added (...) True but I really need to start gathering the entire database for that so we'll see about that. Thanks very much for (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Handgunners
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(...) I haven't counted, but I must have close to 300 muskets - I can spare a few of the more dinged-up ones for experiments. Especially since my pyrates can still use the end result. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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