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hello mr. steve (...) thank you very much. just wait, he gets worse. (...) thank you very much. ive discovered in the past few months that i could actually build better if i built less. Having three or four semi-complete cities at the same time is a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ill have to second this. I just love castle SNOT ideas! -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Cool! I really need to play with this SNOT idea more, you can do some amazing things when you put your mind to it. I do believe I'll have to 'borrow' this idea Andy, as I've tried and tried and tried to come up with a decent way to do arrow slits (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Ok, I know I am a little slow on all the LEGO acronyms. SNOT? Oh, and while you are educating me, what's a BURP? (Finally figured out what a POOP is). PS: Make that thirds on wanting instructions ;) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Studs Not On Top (although no studs on top is a more accurate phrase, it doesn't acronymize well). Big Ugly Rock Piece/Part - when these came out at the start of juniorization, they were a real eyesore. Now they're generally accepted and not quite (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) asymmetrical layout and the roof and wall shaping make it look very realistic. Your big access panels are very well-done as well. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Never posted in .castle before (lurking all the time), but here's my picture :-) (URL) idea! Saskia (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Very attractive design! My favourite way of doing arrow slits is just doing straight vertical slits half a brick wide. This makes for a much harder window for an enemy to shoot through. You can do pairs of them easily by using a few of the 1 by 2 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Very nice Denix! A sturdy looking stronghold you've built yourself, I like how you used the BURPS, I would like to do something similar, but I don't think I have enough yet. Nice detail lik ethe use of the small dark grey bricks as rocks outside the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Saskia! ~WoW…this really is great! :-P ¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><((((º> ¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><((((º>¸.·´¯`·.¸¸ We’re gettin’ lots of new people to come forward and partake in the conversation. This ‘picture-sharing plan’ is a really great way to introduce your (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.people.newbie)
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Revised the story a bit, took out a LOT of misspelled words, and reconfigured some sentance structure so it makes a bit more sense. (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, here's one picture of me: (URL) problem is that I'm usually the camera man... (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie)
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(...) This is one of my favorite techniques as well. (...) Magnus: If you take a look at the window here: (URL) can see how it was built by using 1xn plates. (Look especially toward the top.) A similar technique using plates and/or tiles could be (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love it.... and welcome...: ) Your castle is very stunning.. and very realistic.... very impressive.... I like how its built on a rocky base and is only accessible by boat Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Kev...: ) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Salut! (...) C'est super, ton chateau! Par le nom je dirai qu'il est du Pays de Gales ou l'Irlande... mais il faut voir toute l'histoire sur ta page. Le p'tit port est mignon! (...) C'était parfait. Ton anglais est mieux que mon italien! ;-) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.fr)
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I've gotten several of the minifig from set # 4817 ("(URL) I intend to encode the printed hips-and-legs for this minifig into LDraw. But, I need some help coming up with the name for the printing of this piece. In LDraw, I'll actually be encoding (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Lurk... Lurk... Lurk... Huh? Oh, okay. Here you go... :) (URL) (Me with what's left of the Chollester Keep after it was scrapped for other models, and a few brick-weeds started to grow...) -Hendo (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) :-) (...) What if there was a way to add a link to a photo of yourself on your Lugnet member page? That'd be neat! ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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Good idea Daniel, Here's a picture of me holding my son Alex. (URL) loves to look at the Lego I keep on display. My wife had a hard time getting him to look at the camera long enough to snap the picture. :-) Alex was born on September 9th, 2001 so (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Pawel Nazarewicz" <verneer@utk.edu> (...) them? (...) Thanks Pawel. :-) I'll try to post some pictures of construction soon. -Andy Lynch (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mookie" <Mookie1@telocity.com> (...) amazing (...) 'borrow' this (...) way to do (...) I mean. :-) I'll try to post pictures of construction soon. I found a way to make it fit perfectly into the structure. I also (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) whoa, freaky. you look a lot like my dad andy, lol anyway i'll try to get aic up before saturday (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Lauglo" <thunder_road@hotmail.com> (...) Thanks Magnus. :-) (...) slits (...) shoot (...) plates (...) using (...) Thin ones would be great, but as soon as I saw the rounded ends, I was hooked. :-) If you (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Jon, I can't believe I never commented on this... I have gotten a little behind on posting comments. This is a great MOC. I love the stepped hill, the little stone walkway, the tree on top, the flower planters. A whole bunch of people mentioned how (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Rosco, there is... go to the URL section of the member page ... in edit mode ... and hot-link it directly to the brickshelf photo.... or if you decide to add some color commentary :) you can use a ftx file (on lugnet, with your paid (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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Ross Crawford wrote in message ... (...) That would be *very* neat, especially if the pics came up on the member page rather than just linked (like on the BrickLink member page). Even better if there was 2 pics... one your minifig self and one for a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You write very good english. ...and ton creation est tres magnifique!! Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) that would probably have to be up to Todd to come up with... it probably wouldn't be that hard to do, but a minor update to the overall design layout of the membership page... Benjamin Medinets ...yes that would be very neat....two (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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How about "Leather Leggings" or "Studded Leather Legs" "Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr319r.KBA@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.castle)
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Josh, I love this kind of layout. Really nice. Love the fact that the dungeons are actually beneath the town. Lots of great details throughout. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Must" <jmust28698@aol.com> (...) isn't (...) is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I was putting together a 4811 defense archer, and the thought hit me... why, if the archer has a quiver, is his head affixed to his body??? to me it would be easier to have his head seperate so you could "assemble" him quicker... (maybe the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Elin, Wow. I am speechless. The details, the architecture, the modularity, are all amazing. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elin Övernäs" <b8eliove@ulmo.stud.slu.se> (...) the king's (...) together I (...) like to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Ok. For anyone who wanted to see construction pictures, they are now avalilable on BrickShelf: (URL) actually, they are destruction pictures. Pics 3 through 7 were taken while disassembling one of my second revision of the arrow slit. It now is 6 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am pretty sure that minifig heads are placed onto minifig torsos by machine during production. You will see on all minifig 'necks' a distinct black marking indicating the front of the minifig that the machine sensors can 'read.' That way, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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<snip> (...) I tried it, and it works great!!! here is my member page, it is URL 3, labelled, "What I look like" I don't know if that's what some had in mind, of course those that have 3 URL's already linked, they are out of luck!! :( Benjamin (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) hmmm....that is annoying, especially when you want to affix a certain accessory on said minifig.... very annoying. yes...very irksome!!! :< Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Denix, The castle looks great! The way you've built the model it looks like the island was there first and the castle was built onto the rocks at a later date. The simple color screen really makes the castle look sturdy and unassailable. It would be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Lemme see what I got: Classic: 61 Crossed Axes: 60 Crusader: 132 Black Falcon: 110 Black Monarch: 202 Black Knight: 155 Wolfpack: 189 Forestmen: 106 (10 of which are wenches) Dragon Master: 238 Royal Knights: 216 Fright Knights: 230 Knight's (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes: Oops! That should read 480 and not 270. (...) Jimmy (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hey everybody.........this is a cool idea....here's my pic (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Estuary Stronghold is a large Castle MOC I built about two years ago. Pictures of it were on my site for a short period, but due to technical difficulties (and my attention directed elsewhere), they have not been accesible since. Now 'Lego on my (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all. Just a collective answer rather than an individual one for all of you. I'm lazy. ;-) Thanks all for your congratulations and encouragements. I'm proud of having such answers from eminents and known builders like you. I'm working on an other (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hullo Denix, and welcome to.castle Your model is really great, as others have said the rocky island is very effective.I like the way the rooves have been done to, the whole castle has a very scottish feel to it :) Lwyrin certainly dosn't appear in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I get a few hours to do it justice, I'll take the extended tour, but the pics I did see were great. A very nice medevial walled city. George (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Doesn't want to load in Netscape 4.7x :( Tamy (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I knew I could find someone more insane than me (but waiting to collect Castle until Fright Knights was on clearance kinda slowed me down, I'll admit). "See, dear, my collection isn't that big!" :-) (...) I thought the Crusaders encompassed the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Andy, *Very* nice, sir! :-) Thanks, Franklin (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I tried this last night, and came up with something that looks OK. I posted some LDraw images to Brickshelf: (URL) second and third images are color-coded; the dark grey parts are 1x2 plates with 1 stud and the blue is a 1x1 tile. The third and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah those ends are real sweet. (...) I'll keep that in mind, but I'm away from my lego now, and still digicam illiterate, so I won't be able to get anything up anytime soon. cheers Magnus (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Nice window on the church! (...) I understand what you mena (I think). The only problem is that the horisontal part of the slit would still be one brick wide. I've been thinking about how to do cross arrow slits that would be around half a brick (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Eric, Awesome! There seems to be a wave of new castles being posted recently, which is very cool. I love the way you have done semicircular curve on the big keep. I really like how you have added so many original things like the cargo crane and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My brain positively boggles at these quantities. I have 50 of those, and I thought that was a lot, and you have 10 times as many? Jeez!! Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Where/how on earth did you get so many figs?! All of my minifigs added together would probably be less than 300... (I've got around 80,000 pieces in my collection) -Bryan (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What was mine at the start of this thread, 750? Plus maybe 50 more still in pieces from my son's last major campaign, and another 100 in boxes at least. Closing in on a thousand, and that in the space of two years (quick search on Lugnet for (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) my guess is buying mass quantities of castle sets, probably (hopefully) on clearance, and mostly smaller stuff with a lot of figures.... ninja knights, knight minifig packs...etc black knight, etc. then again, I can't really say too much (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I started counting my army the other day, but posts like these make me want to give up! Your force completely dwarfs mine, especially when it comes to the newer lines (1991-on). Any chance you could set them all up on a giant stretch of floor, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd love to see the steps involved in 'The Making of Estuary Stronghold!' So very many incredible points of detail are included in you work. We’d all enjoy seein’ more of this masterful creation… a long time fan, --==Richard==-- (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Allow me to add my voice to yours Aaron, in asking the ‘Magnificent Mr. Park’ to showcase his incredible accumulation. I'd honestly be –ecstatic- to see a collection larger than mine! (For I've only assembled a little over *1000 fully armed (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Last saturday the package arrived: sand red roof pieces, Belville magic parts and, tatatata; the Blacksmith Shop!! Yesterday evening I finished this wonderfull model. It was a joy to get the box in my hands: a colourfull, big and heavy one. So many (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hehehe, I recently married a woman who actually supports my habits! In the past few months, she's given me 15 Guarded Inns, 100 Defense Archers, etc. (...) Usually they do, but once an army gets to certain numbers, it reaches critical mass and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Just a willingness to spend, spend, spend is all you need! :) Seriously, back in my hay days (5-6 years ago) I would spend upwards of $4,000 on Lego in a given week. I've slowed down a great deal since then though and just wait for sales and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) She must still be in the "infatuation stage".... :-) Maggie C. (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes! I say it's time for another "You show me yours, I'll show you mine" mini-fig army photo display. How about we all post a group shot, and fairly soon? Chuck (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I actually tried doing that a while back. I put together some 600 Imperial Guards together. I think this shows what about 200 of them look like: (URL) then a friend came over and waved his hand through my ranks thinking it was funny to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I built mine too. It is a great set. I made a few alterations mainly. I added a basement. a car roof (hinge) below the stairs open to a second set of stairs that lead doun into the basement which has a door that leads into the sewers (if anyone has (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Did you at least smack the stupid smile off his face? Argh indeed! He deserves to walk the plank! Off with his head! Firing Squad at the Ready, Aim.... (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's certainly one way to do it (that'll work right now!), but I was thinking of having a picture that actually displayed on the member profile page. And as others have said, it'd be cool to have a minifig picture, too! ROSCO (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There is nothing quite like the pleasure of coming home with some new lego, cracking those boxes open, tearing open the plastic bags having at it. But $4,000 per week? Whew. (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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An elegant solution -- no thick walls or SNOT required, just tiles and center-stud tiles. Plus, height is exactly 4 bricks. If a thick wall is used, more tiles and c-s tiles could be used to make unpaired slits. --Muze (...) plates (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) be L-Draw. I mean, nobody has that many Imperial figs, right? Seriously, I clicked over to your big jousting tournament diorama and I'm in awe. I'd love to have just a miniscule fraction of that layout. Bruce (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh man, you're going to make me count my shoe box full of islanders... 38 babes 184 islanders and Kahukas + a handful not in the shoe box My castle minifigs aren't sufficiently organized to count currently, so a few counts or guesses... (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My numbers in any one theme are hurt by the fact that I'm into so many themes. It does sound like Jimmy may also have more Pirates/Imperials than me (he certainly has more Imperials). I now probably have 1300-1400 Pirates/Imperials/Islanders, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd sell my *dialysis-machine to `see` that!!! *cause I’d already sold my kidney to get a 3075. ;) --==Richard==-- (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Alright, I'm GAME!!! =) (I've been waiting a lonnnnggg time to showcase my Legion…) [I guess this is a call-to-arms for ANYONE with a Castle force greater that 300!] I'll post some advanced pictures of my millennium Legion in all their glory. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Here is my first entry: (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Impressive!! however, I would have placed my "archers" to the rear of my "infantry" I like it though, looks like a terrible band of war, ready to pillage... scary thing is, there are so many figures from only 2 available sets... yikes!!! (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) wow....strange priorities!!! :) I'd have better used my body parts for a 375/6075 castle!!! Ben (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow! That's quite an army considering how few wolfpack sets they released. I have started creating my own WP "unit", but its less than 20 men at the present. I've given them all helmets, using them as an ordinary faction as opposed of a bunch of (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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My forces are quite humble compared to some of teh vast armies out there, but I've spent soem time organising them into factions and such. One thing I try to do with some factions is to make the guys all look a bit different, I think it is a little (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) While known to purchase in excess myself I believe that the criteria above cry out for an intervention. Is there a 12 step program for Lego addiction? ;) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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the freaky thing about this is the thought of so many archers with only one eye each. i mean, two eyes is supposed to give you depth perseption (sp). you have to wonder if that's part of joining process. "oh, would you like to be an archer? well, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That is what I did too. I gave them regular black helms. but I changed their leg color to d. grey with black hips. My wolfpack army is rather small also, 18 members including 2 commanders. (URL) pic is alittle out of focus. John (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) you can also use the blue "goalie" torso that is like the d.grey fright knight torso w/ the silver circles. I use them mostly for my black falcon archers because the quiver covers the printed 1 on the back. (...) if you are talking about the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I just happened to read this in Tolkien's _Return_of_the_King_ Appendix A, III "Durin's Folk"... "It was said by Gimli that there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello @ all! Do you remember? There was (there IS) the ISCC ;-) Over two thirds of the entries came short before New Years Day (deadline was Dec-31), so it took time until now to place all 157 entries. But now it's done and I wouldn't know what to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space) !!
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(...) He he he! My thought exactly! There's no way my husband of eight years would even think to buy that many sets for me. Of course he needs to buy me a bigger house right now to keep my current collection under one roof! ;) Tanya (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm. You guys make me a tad jealous, but also appreciative of your efforts! My total mini-fig population during the 2000 Census was only 742, of which only 193 were Castle. Those numbers have gone up slightly since then, but certainly nowhere (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey guys! Check out the new pictures of the Symdrall, and let me know what you think! (URL) ya missed the story of the Symdrall and the creation of Velaria, then go here to clear up the confusion: (URL) next excerpt will arrive within the next (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Just counted what I have (although an odd fig or two may have been misplaced in my spare piece boxes at the time)... I have modified color schemes and divided my Castle figs into factions to follow my own storyline, so I will include my (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, I finally found a little time to look up a few things in my home library and return to the topic of Motte and Bailey Castles. About a month ago, a few questions about this came up as a few of you had considered building one of LEGO, perhaps (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am both embarrased and delighted to share that I have been secretly collecting an army of Knights Procession minifigs in hopes that no one has more than me. The grand total is somewhere around 300 (give or take 10). Collecting the shields to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have got 18 of these figs; 12 of which I have had since I opened the boxes about 1983 or so. I thought 18 was a lot. Guess I was wrong. My grand total of all Castle figs must be over 1,000 but I have never counted and I haven't lined them up (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not substantial. . .I think 27 when my most recent BrickLink order comes in (although I might be distinctive for owning that many without actually owning a complete 677). For the record (I really did count them before this thread started, but (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think you raise a good point. I can easily see medieval army building as very addctive, but while I have 300 medieval figures or so, I have never really used them at the same time for anything. I have never really gotten into brickwars, and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think the thing that bugs me most about them is that they have 3 different torso patterns, and a fourth on their shields. I would optimally like a faction to have the same single heraldic device on their shields and torsos. For this reason I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't know why anyone would give you a hard time about it. I use the figures for gaming - I just don't have the time to paint miniatures anymore - and my 10 year old also plays with them. But that's me. I also build - but I wouldn't need (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh no! Now I have to list my factions in order of preference! Curse you! :-) I'm only refering to the minifigs, not the sets that go with it (which would change the list radically). 1. Black Falcons: my son and I agree, our favorites! 2. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Let me add my compliments to those previously expressed. I think the whole things is great. So much detail! Wow! I must have missed your post two years ago announcing this. I think it is just awesome. BEN GATRELLE (...) It's actually under (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree, roughly, with this list. I would probably put crusaders and classic a little higher, and knock Knight's Kingdom down near the bottom of the list. I don't like the too-distinctive minifig face prints, although the KK guys look a bit (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The thing that bugs me most about the Dragon Masters is that they are hideously ugly and don't seem to be related to any actual historical period that I can discern, although their helmets look Roman and their architecture is vaguely (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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