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Good day to all, I have built a couple new buildings and have added quick pics of them here. I hope you like them. Hopefully, next week will be less hectic and I can build web pages for them and incorporate them into my web site. Thanks for looking, (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle) !
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| | Re: knights armor in set 4709?
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(...) This is the first time they have introduced the armor and the classic sword in light gray. I also love the shield! I hope they come out with an accessory pack offering these items in it... Lego Corp? BK> (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | knights armor in set 4709?
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If anyone has in hand the Castle <set:4709>... Does the knight ghost have classic castle body armor on his torso? I can't tell for sure from any of the pics I've seen. And has this piece ever been made in light gray? I think mine are all dark gray. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Diagontastic!
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I have been hoping for years that lego would release an Arabian Nights theme. So far, Quirrel is the closest to that. So I'm right with you, Lenny, I want the turban! KEith (...) ___...___ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 9/17/2001 site update
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(...) Happy belated birthday Travis! (...) The Odin rules! I love the the two side bulges, very cool, and the use of the tiles makes it look sort of like a old world war one tank, like this, (URL) I really like the overall shape and attention to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Diagontastic!
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i just ordered mine yesterday. im also hoping diagon alley might be a good source of stuff to sell in the market place, but all three of these type sets i think are cool, simply because they offer room furnishings. as ive said long before, im (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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I just got my HP sets, which is surprising considering I ordered them last monday, and planes were grounded for quite a while after. Anyway, Diagon Alley rocks... (URL) I'm guessing from the color schemes and variety of pieces this set is aimed at (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Harry Potter getting left out
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(...) if you looked at that link that girl and her lesser "potter demaens" look hilarius!!!! (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | 9/17/2001 site update
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Saturday was my birthday, and I had intended to update my site with several models. Unfortunately, one of my co-workers (and boss's wife) passed away Friday due to cancer. My weekend was taken up with these two events, which didn't leave much time (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Harry Potter getting left out
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This whole Harry Potter = evil debacle is even more hilarious when one realizes that it all began with an article from the satirical website The Onion. In fact, many opponents STILL distribute printouts of the article, found here: (URL) (with all (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Find
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(...) Ha ha, oh no, not a written citation!!! Actually, I feel quite guilty. The stuff I was given would go for $60-$80 on ebay with ease. For now, I am keeping it separate in case the son finds out and wants them back. When I was a kid, a took good (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Find
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(...) I was that little kid a few years ago! My mom gave away my collection twice. Once when I was in my dark ages. Then again when I was a teenager and afraid to tell anyone I still played with them. I'm writing you up for CTTDAOAM (contributing to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ??? 2 Castle set Questions ???
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(...) Better late than never... :) Thanx, Richard (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ??? 2 Castle set Questions ???
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Hello! (...) The set #4807 definitely was available in Germany also. I bought it couse I didn't have it. I didn't expect this set to be special in any way. The set is boxed. Indeed #4807 is the same model as Kabaya #1288. The only difference of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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I totally agree. Every lego creation is important, large and small. I look at people's micro fig things, dioramas, cities, mechs, and I look at houses, villages, and then I look at the megalith creations such as Bryce's, and I think to myself how (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Lego Find
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My secretary just gave me her son's Lego collection. It is a large shoe box crammed full of knights, horses, pirates, and divers from around the early to mid-90's. I am tempted to go on ebay and sell the lot, but they look really cool so I may end (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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actually, i think other people's 'super' creations provide even more justification for other people doing small scale stuff (myself included, i think my largest city will be almost 3' x 2'.. my largest castle 10"x10"). i dont want to discredit (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: ??? 2 Castle set Questions ???
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Ive seen them here in the UK but only in larger Tesco stores. They were the cheapest way of building an army (at£1.49) each, till the chrome sets came out here (2 figs for £1.99) James "Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ??? 2 Castle set Questions ???
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Talk about a delayed reaction response....but I just found this (4807 "Fire Attack") at the Lego store in Downtown Disney. It's the cheapest set I have found to build up a Bull army, so I bought an armload. I couldn't recall ever seeing it before so (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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(...) Well, bring them along to Lawrence's Lego Fest in Crowthorne! Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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aw shucks I keep seeing the amazing things people are building like Bryce McGlone's mech and Anthony Sava's dragons, they are using LEGO in ways I could never begin to imagine with the pile of pieces in front of me. makes you feel a bit dumb putting (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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Thanks Magnus, It'd be cool to see your Inn, I'm supprised by the lack of MOCs resulting in the re-release ,or did I miss them whilst on holiday? I love to see the different angles and concepts people come up with the same starting point. James (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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Thanks yes I keep all my MOCs, and have them displayed on my shelves (Off to Ikea for more shelving on the weekend :) ) I enjoy building using what ever parts I have free at the time, which is why a lot of my MOCs are made using mainly a specific (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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i haven't been writing much recently, but i wanted to tell you how much i like your site. it has a simplicity and an elegance to it, and also a uniqueness that are striking. bravo! on both the recent MOC, and the site in general! keep up the good (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: new MOC up on my site
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Great work James! I recently built an inn with the Tudor wall pieces from the 5 Guarded inns I bought, as part of a big castle project of mine. I appreciate the problems associated with building something like that which looks realistic on the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Creations posted
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(...) you can email them to castle_world@hotmail.com but no guarantee when we'll get to them. Chris was busy even before all this and I don't think we're going to have any time/patience/whatever to work on CW just now. -the dazed shiri (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New micro fig diorama...
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(...) Hmmm... very nice... I think these dioramas are just begging for a story :0)!! Rob McMurray "must...fight... dark age..." (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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This should of been posted a while ago, anyway... I thought I might post somethin' to take our minds away from the devestating incident that happened earlier today. :-( (even though it's not a particularily peaceful model :-o) Here ya go, the first (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Memorial Monument erected in Velaria
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Or, (URL) , rather. -Jay (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Memorial Monument erected in Velaria
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(...) By the way, the url for the pics is: The url is: www.brickshelf.com/g.../memorial/ (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Memorial Monument erected in Velaria
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Hey guys. I just uploaded some new pics of the monument i created for those who passed today in the tragedies in New York, D.C. and Pittsburg. My heart goes out to those touched by this unthinkeable sadness, and can only offer my sincerest regrets. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Harry Potter getting left out
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(...) The trouble is that logic has nothing to do with it - all those Harry Potter objections are about some eejit getting the wrong end of the stick (deliberately or otherwise), making a lot of noise (empty vessel) with the inevitable consequence (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) James, A nice house, and you have quite the collection of buildings and houses, enough for a small town if you have enough pieces. Thanks! George (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Kingdom of Caerany, an Intro.
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(...) when i do them and photo them (ha ha). im in the middle of moving into a new house, and so my fiance makes me clean things up, and put away my stuff, and uhh.. not play with legos as much. the next batch of pictures should be of downtown (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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(...) actually, in my research i found that cairn was the root for caer, that both were of similiar origin. but then again, that was from a internet celtic dictionary, so that info is always sketchy. im using celtic names as inspiration for Caerany. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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isn't a cairn a stone burial mound ?? caer is a celtic derivation of castle of course it can mean what you like for your story :) James (who lives in Caerphilly) "leonard hoffman" <glencaer@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GJGI7u.IE9@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snipped> (...) Lenny, Very well done! Nicely "Chronicled", too! When do we get more pictures of Castle Pahl? I'd love to see some interior pictures. I have to agree that 6066 is one of the best castle sets. It's part of a 3-way tie for my (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | New Creations posted
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I just scanned some Minifigs that i just made they are located at (URL) you in advance for checking them out LMKWYT P.S. How do i post these on Castle-World i have some really cool background stories for them. (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) scale, though... Seriously however, I *do* like this, though it's kinda small and sketch-ish. I think microfig would make it easy to put lots of historically accurate detail into a full-sized castle with inner and outer curtain and full-sized (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought they might've been yours, though the fact that they're not 8-wide kinda confused me a bit. ;-D Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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