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(...) has (...) Heh. Other people have complained that the figure is too provocative, with her wonderbra appearance. (For reference: (URL)Princess Storm is in form fitting body armor and a Don Quixote-esque hat. I like (...) I like her too, and I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Answering my own question here, I got the catalouge today, and 626 through 628, the blue, green, and X-Large baseplates are not limited quantities. (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Another follow-up: Train accsesories are not limited either. (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Fellow Lugnuts: I just had the good fortune/misfortune to receive 6095, 6094, and 6032 as Xmas gifts. I am not going to review these sets except in a cursory way. The gist of this post is to complain on behalf of new castle buyers -- that new castle (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) there (...) period (...) upper-cuts! Yup - in combat. It's used up here in An Tir as a light helm, so the afor-mentioned problems aren't. :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Whew! Here in Athelmearc (spell it as you see fit!) I haven't yet seen them, but I've been out of the loop for awhile. I missed this past Pennsic because I was in the process of moving. Did you get there? How about last year? Dave! (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Sounds like they're trying discourage kids from making their own creations by making new pieces as useless and incompatible with previous Lego as possible. -- Paul Davidson Richard Marchetti <BlueOfNoon@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm just getting into this, it looks really neat! (a lot like something I want to do in the future) Format-wise, maybe the text should be beside the picture instead of underneath. I can't read it and look at the picture at the same time, which is a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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My previous note about the text and picture arrangement only applies to the big pictures (i.e. the first one) ... the rest is quite easy to read. Again, very neat! -- Paul Davidson Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Chicks in Chainmail, Boris Vallejo, and all that? :-) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) pawel ~ ~! what great characters! i love the elementals! your scenes are wonderfully put together and the tree in the forest of illusions is amazing!! (what is it made of that looks like brown steep slopes, btw?) it took a while to load, but (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow! That is an awesome page! I'm hoping to get a digital camera or a nice scanner simply so that I can do something like it. :) I don't have any comments about the layout, though I do agree with the suggestion that you place the text at the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! Well ... I'll have to be honest - that's just a piece of the wooden furniture (if we are both referring to the same pieces). Sorry - that WOULD be cool to build though (although a bit useless in that setting, but cool non-the less). -- (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ~ah! i was looking at the second pic of the tree, and the angle was throwing me off... there _are_ four steep (3 high) brown slopes (what i thought those were) in the #7144 ~slave1 set, and i want some for tree building along these lines! ~big (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I got mine from the 6115 Shark Scout. They also come in the 2161 Aqua Dozer and the 2162 Hydro Reef Wrecker. I'm pretty sure ... Like you said - that is the perfect "boyish" full of energy, ready to kick some serious butt look. Personally, I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:3867EEEB.9B00AD...ger.net... (...) Speaking of Boris, that reminds me...<off topic for those not interested> I was introduced to Boris Vallejo (after Frazetta) with the Bantam book reprints of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes: <much snippage> (...) Actually, there aren't. The "4" brown slopes in 7144 are in fact two pieces... it's the same piece that they use as the rear landing gear on the x-wing, in brown. :/ James (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Richard Marchetti (<FnEyty.98r@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:15:34 (...) That depends. (...) This is a very AFOL oriented view. If you look at it as a toy for a young person, it has to be playable when finished. And by and large, the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) True enough... everyone's opinion differs (as obviated by the frequent posts on the issue :) ) (...) Actually, I'd disagree... Lego's niche is not in playability-- it's in creativity. There are PLENTY of toys that do cool things with trapdoors (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like the tan. It's not unusual to use a different type of stone for decorative elements of a building. I've seen this done on a lot of Greek temples, for example. Such as the sandstone Ionic frieze found on a Doric temple whose name and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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