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(...) Hey Jeff, Use less grey << Joshua I kinda like the old grays and due to the massive amount that we have I am kinda stuck using them.........not that it's a bad thing. Once I get all the other colors incorporated into the creation it may not (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Anthony, I like them. I have just one question. What's a gong farmer? cool models, Joshua (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey Jeff, Use less grey. Add fewer windows to your castle. Not all castles were grey. Some were blue or red or even purple. Hope that helps, Joshua (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Jeff, The only thing I can say is, look at pictures of some (real) English or French castles. Read a book about their construction. A very good book is Sidney Toy’s "Castles, their construction and history". Think of a castle as a strong (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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I need a little help from some of you castle builders out there. After several attempts at my first, I am struggling a bit to say the least. All of my castles look like a building with a castle theme! I'll start to build, take it apart, change (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very nice - has that Classic Lego feel to it. I like the pic showing the real cobweb in the archway - very cool. (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Those rounded bricks look awfully good. And now they match LEGO colors! The only drawback (well, besides not being LEGO) is that the rounded corners let a lot of light through. But you could solve that by sandwiching a layer of regular bricks (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're right; that inferior material is not allowed. The Brickshelf moderators get TONS of pics that they have to go through every day, so it's relatively easy for non-LEGO stuff to get through. (The moderators mainly check for stuff like (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) SNIP (URL) SNIP (...) SNIP I saw this on brickshelf last nite & was totally wowed! this took me back to the days of looking at the old idea books (specifically Mary? & Bill? idea book #6000). there was a recent thread about the old lego (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hello Everybody. Today I invite you to travel back to a simpler time; a time before classic castle, space or even dark gray. We visit the world of a TFOL over 25 years ago. Yes, that teenager was me. I had already seen the usefulness of various sets (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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Hey what gives here? (URL) this "legal?" While I like the look of the castle, is building with this inferior material allowed? (read above comments in a French accent). ;^) Todd (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) probably seen, others you may have not. They are located at (URL) This is a new camera for me and it doesn't have a flash, nor that digital stabilization thingie, so I had to get creative with some of the picture names of the actual pictures. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Just letting everyone knwo that the galleries are public and the mocpages sites have been updated... (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Jason, Thanks for the compliments! I usually try to build the outer shell first and then go back and redo/rebuild as I add the interior. The reason for the black slopes is that those were what I had around, and I had already spent too much on (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hi Matthew, Thank you for your compliments. I did forget the chimney that should have been incorporated into the tower. This needs to be added at a later time if I remodel the hall. (you are the second person to catch this terrible flaw - (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Contact: Jason Spears jason@michlug.org 269.556.1989 (home) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Benton Harbor Area, MI - The Michigan LEGO Users Group (MichLUG) is pleased to announce that it will be displaying at the Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph, MI. This (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space) !
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Benjamin, I like your castle and especially the ceilings. I never paid much attention to ceilings and now I see how wrong I was! One small quibble with your great hall, if I may -- shouldn't a fireplace have a chimney above it? Or did I miss (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Well done. As others mentoined, lots of activity. It's obvious that you planned the interior details as you were building this up. I always seem to have a problem with that. Instead I end up detailing stuff once the exterior is finished. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hey all you castle heads out there. I have a couple of new castle mocs to show you! First of all, I have a booby trapped bridge over a raging river of lava, built for the Classic-Castle.com How-To contest on booby traps. You might want to go over (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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My 8 year old was building castles this afternoon with a friend. Later he came up to his computer and logged onto the Lego Website and sawthe new "castle"figures. He was less than thrilled. He has built Bionicles and Bionicle like things (though the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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