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Can you hook out the picture if you can find it Huw, Id love to see it. my dad used to have a number of Weetabix sets they were old minifig scale. I remember he had a house and a windmill, forgoten all about them till now. I'm sure I have some of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looks Great.... love the design.. very realistic.. and superb use of colours... Kev...: ) www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've got the instructions for those three Weetabix sets and I think I have most of the pieces too. I don't think they're referenced on Lugnet so maybe I should scan the instructions and put them up. Psi (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could you take a quick shot of the manuals and post it? I've never heard of these sets before. Thanks alot! BK> (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for the complements! I agree, in my haste to get some pics out, additional 'dressing' was forgotten, like foliage and 'stuff'. They would definitely add to the surroundings and make it seem 'lived in'. I want to learn some of the tricks (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I vote for number4!!! Darth (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Adrian, I like the second chapter even better than the first! I like the witty repartee between Xander and Serena, and Serena's sarcastic sense of humor is just my style. And now I finally know who to blame for inventing Scrabble! (I never did (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) "Smothers brothers" bit was getting really close to the line. The ship is beautiful. I hate to make this recommendation because I know exactly how this affects the comic style, but... a lot of the pictures seem overly wordy. It's really hard (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) front wall. The details on the top of the gable are nice too. Great home! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Don't feel upset. LEGO has always done things like this. You can start finding catalogs for the following year, even before new themes and sets are "officially" announced. I guess LEGO did the same here. I don't think they realize that putting (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) As long as it didn't cross the line, I'm cool with it :) (...) I realized that as I was doing this. Lots and lots of text. But as you said, I was already getting a LOT of images. Some of the interplay would be lost if the text was spread out (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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"James Stacey" <james@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GoHJoI.95t@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) OK, I have reinstated a page I used to have on my home page back in 1998: (URL) shows all four known Weetabix sets, none of which had set numbers, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Interesting... I started hunting to try and pin down a year a little better, but to little avail. Some clues: The logo - Doesn't pin a date down very usefully. 1972 or earlier, as it looks like the logo was changed in '73. The windows - (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love the turret :) What really made me post though was Sea Spray Fortress :) I love the design, it's something that uses alot of Castle Wall pieces yet somehow looks GOOD! Is there an interior to the fortress, and if so, can you put up shots (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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About that red horse: it's got legs for a snout! I like these sets. That blue roof has character, and it doesn't even use all the rare pieces the others have. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Wow Thanks Huw. I must have made those 3 town sets a hundred times when I was small, but had forgotten all about them till now! -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Huw Millington" (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Seeing Brad post up about the rerelease of Fort Legorado, this is going to allow me to have a go at something I've wanted to do for quite some time (bit never had the brown) and do a Motte and Bailiey style Has anyone already had a bash at one of (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It took me 5 months to collect enough gray brick to complete this castle. It is over 3 feet long on each side! The image of the castle was always in my mind and it came out just the way I wanted, but again, I had to wait 5 MONTHS! That's when (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was thinking along the same lines as you, when I first saw the Fort Legoredo set. Unfortunately, I only got one such set when it was available, and chose instead to use the brown elements to start building a castle village. I never finished (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I personally use a digital camera - it's a Sony Mavica with manual focus, which is absolutely perfect for lego pictures. I tend to take them a few times before they come out exactly right... I've got shaky hands so I will often try to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.publish)
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