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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) "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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(...) 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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I vote for number4!!! Darth (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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I like it a lot, As Pawel said the corner turret is really good, I happen to like the bottom floor also, Its plain but you wouldn't want it to be too fussy or it'd detract from the top floor. I've been toying with my HP pieces and I just can't seem (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) of parts from the Guarded Inn works very well - the octagonal tower with black lattice windows also does the trick - the red slope finishes it off nicely. Also - what are those chimney looking things lined up parallel next to one another? (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, I've had some pieces lying around that I wanted to use to make a new house. This is what I came up with. I called it "Baron Brice's Home" (URL) you all like it! I currently haven't completed the whole inside, so, I will post those when it's (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle) !
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I bet the monster sets will be a tie-in with the Scooby-Doo movie. -gyug (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle)
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a land of myth and mystery... a time of knights and maidens... a world of magic... ...where lego... is the only world... (URL) 2 will be hitting the internet world very soon....!!! After 1 year of planning, building writing and photographing.... The (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Pawel, Good idea! I'd gladly take up an invitation to Blut'Ader! To prove it, I've made a little side story! ---...---Story Begining---...--- Kane Ghostulle, Pedagouge of majickal arts at the Temple of the White Crystal, stood inside the dome shaped (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanx Lenny! With geniuses of LEGO MOCs and Stories like Pawel, Anthony Sava, and Adrian Drake as peers, I find myself pushing my creations further. The .dat file for the Lion Head is on it's way, and should be done by next week. Also, that Picture (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Running out of bricks is a good excuse, as long as you promise to make amends and buy more bricks as soon as you can ;) (...) As soon as it is finished up to my satisfaction, I plan to roll quite a few people through there to get the most (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As LFB pointed out, I was just kidding about putting a $850.00 sticker on the Bloodstone Castle. I think that a 2-3K figure is much more like it, but once the instructions and shipping would be factored in, the figure would really be around 3K (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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If I actually could save up $850 to spend on LEGOS, and your Bloodstone castle went on sale, I would be so emotionally torn as to whether I should buy it or just save up another $150 to buy a life time pass to LEGOland. On the one hand the life (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) that would be SOOO COOOL!! you're stuff is very cool, especially the lion head castle (i dunno the name, sorry) and the surrounding city area. i am amazed at how good the red and white buildings look. as per your question about picture (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:GoEsu9.7Cv@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) I know which set it is, and somewhere I have a picture. It's a primarily white castle that was a Weetabix promotion in the late '60's or early '70's. I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I really don't know how i did the Lion Head for Gallstorme. Originally it was going to be a flat mosaic of the KK Lion crest, but it ended up as a 3d model. :) I could try and make a .dat file of the head for you, if you like. -Jay P.S. - I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Shiri! Tahnx for the feedback. yeah, i know my pic qualty is poor. I'm currently using a PC camera to take pics, so the quality is alsways gonna be poor. I even used Kai's photosoap to try and clean em up, but that's how they turned out. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The prison door room is the well guarded dwelling place of Preistess Bark's Green Crystal of earth. sorry for not having that in the descriptions. :) The arches and gates combo wall is a section of the perimeter wall around LeafeLocke Hall. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) mysterious ways and ends up being very aesthetically pleasing. I too liked the ninja wings to be used for sails, as well as the details that went into the interior. Overall, the whole ship is sturdy looking, and elements just "fit" - like they (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) well in this setting. I also like the rock (boulder?) on top of the chimney. This makes for a nice effect. The trees around the building are also good - whenever you can liven up a place with nature, you get bonus points :) The usage of (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hehe. Space is at a premium on an airship of this size, so of course they're going to share the bed. But yes, they do have a pretty comfortable relationship ;) As for doing an airship, I needed one in order to be able to change locales (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) For some reason, I had in my brain the Wraith from the old early 1990's cartoon Pirates of Dark Water, but that was before I was actually able to track down a picture of said wraith after I'd finished building the Athena and realized that they (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Thanks. I had all these ninja wings laying around and figured that they could look like somebody pieced together a big sail out of them. Besides, what else are they good for? :) I really like working in green as well, for some reason. Maybe (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) a minority here, wouldn't it?...) but I like the interior design on yours. Woowoo, a double bed, I guess Xander and Serena are real close, huh? <grin> Plus, like Mark, I admire the use of ninja wings as sails here. Clever usage, definitely. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Thanks for the heads-up - I *did* miss the first chapter and found them both very funny! I like your writing. I am still not convinced about the comic-book style but I'm beginning to like it. I also noticed you added a characters' page which (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Elin! I'm also leaning to the latter three designs. However, I like #5 the least. #4 is a bit over-decorative and like Pawel said, #3 is sweet'n'simple. *But* if this is a very lavish kingdom, or a sacred well, or anything, I'd ssay (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Jay! Good stuff! You've got some nicely done things there. I especially liked the Lion figurine on top of Gallstorme city. You've got the workings of a sculpture there! I liked the use of green pieces (both HP and aquazone, CMIIW) on top of the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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