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(...) STOP IT! You are making me want this set even more and the fact that I have run out of lego money (money set aside just for buying lego) for now is making me sad :-( (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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Item#: 4757 Hogwart's Castle Ages: 8+ Pieces: 927 I picked up 2 copies of the newest HP castle set a few days ago and I'm quite impressed by it. MAIN MODEL The main model is a rather large 3-wing castle with an extra tower building, and gate. The (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle) !
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) The Hanging Lamp is a design I used for Castle Julian - and thought it was a really cool concept. It may be a bit much for some guy's upstairs bachelor pad, but you know, he is the Lord Marshal after all. -Lenny (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I really hate that there must be a fireplace in order for a building to open up and the "Low-High" hinge technique is an elegant way to deal with it. And I'm comfortable if everyone doesn't like it, because there are many element's in others' (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hey Lenny, Cool creation! I really like the hanging lamp upstairs! The balcony is cool too. James (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Paul, this is an awesome model. I'm sure the picture doesn't do its size justice! I really like how the circular 'tiled' roof looks. Why didn't you use this for all of the roofing? Can't wait to see the interior! James (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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(...) Paul, This is great, I love to roof (how many circle tiles did that take). The use of 1x1 cylinders for the posts looks great, and the colors really make it come alive! Thanks, George (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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(...) Things I like: The lamp upstairs has a neat design, the way all the tables & bookcases in the place have the bits of blue, it looks good and ties it all together. I also dig the balcony. I will have to remember to put one of those in my next (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Paul, That is quite beautiful. It so enormous too. As others have mentioned, the bits of red and blue over it really add something. The grand staircase in the front in great and that roof! Wow. MichLUG & COLTC are gonna have to do another show (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, Paul Janssen wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! the roof technique, the wall piece variation (straight juxtaposed with 1x1 cylinders & bands of colors, the gray & tan/brown color scheme & other details all come (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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(...) Nifty. The legs are cute. ~Kevin Blocksidge, who needs to get some X-Pods of his own (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks!! My camera may not be that good, or your screen ;) , but the color in the brown posts is regular blue and regular read (cheap!) (...) Yes, I did have the idea. I then bought the tiles (months ago), for this reason, but someone else a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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(URL) I got a set of X-Pods the other day and decided to build something out of each pod. The Blue and Yellow turned into fairly un-inspired Jet and Car - but with the red I decided to build a dragon. I was inspired by Dave Eaton's (URL) from (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Beautiful! Simply beautiful! The main color scheme (old)brown/tan is always a winner. And with a bit of medium blue and dark red works very well indeed. Wow, and that roof is GREAT! (Never seen it before, your idea?) I'm amazed how you made it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(URL) The Home of my sigfig, Lord Marshal Leonhart. After Castle Julian was destroyed following the Delta Earthquake (on the way to pdx :o( ), Leonhart decided to build a slightly less expensive, less if-it-falls-apart-yo...ot-totally screwed home (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Awesome roof! never got the chance to do so. It confirms that the idea is well worth the effort and parts needed to build it! The whole thing is simply astonishing. One of the best and largest castle creation I've seen in a while. But since I (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) (sarcasm) No, Paul, that just too lame to be included. I don't hink we'll have room for it. You'll have to do better! (/sarcasm) Seriously though, it looks great Paul and I'd be greatful to have it for the July Display. Should fit in nicely (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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As I am primarily a town and train builder, occasionally I wander off into other themes. Over the easter weekend, I made a Medieval Townhall. If deemed worthy by Troy, it will be shown in his Cleveland show early July. Here is are two pics: (2 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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Hey Prof, Welcome to .castle. This is a great creation and so much better when you consider this was done by a kfol with a limited palette before the advent of the internet. I really like the way it is all accessible, especially that staircase. Also (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Excellent build, James. Lovely details, lots of fun. I was agreeing with the 'couldn't be a set' reasoning, and then I thought 'Why not?' What .castler, or kid who is into castles, wouldn't want this set?(1) No, it wouldn't be a big seller, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Mark, That reminds me of a thought I had for a contest or just a simple challenge, although, this is kand of what people are doing by seeing what they can build out of a specific set. How about building something using only parts (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I completely agree with your son, the new Castle sets look awful!!! Ok, apart from the new helmets (which might be OK) these sets look like they were designed by an idiot. There's certainly a case here to be made against the over (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hey Jeff, Thank you so much. I am, of course, proud of this castle; I've showed it to many people over the years, but it's strange to finally share it with my peers (not necessarily chronological peers as 'peers of interest') and not be so (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
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(...) I'll echo Leo: research. Look through Brickshelf for castles, check out the links on the castle sidebar - Robert Carney's site is particularly inspiring (and intimidating!) as a guide to modeling real castles with Lego; Sava's Ikros stuff (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In the modern vernacular, one might call him a pooper-scooper. The term does make you wonder if there was perhaps some secret reason for naming a well-known TV series "The Gong Show". (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (21 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 (21 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 (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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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. (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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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 (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: March CoLUG Meeting: Castle vs Space...
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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. (...) (21 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... (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Great Tower
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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 (...) (21 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 - (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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