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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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| | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Jimmy Park
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Adrian Drake
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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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| | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Bryan Wong
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Bruce Schlickbernd
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Benjamin Medinets
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Jimmy Park
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Aaron Dalan
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —John Heins
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Mark de Kock
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| | | | | | (...) If there is: keep it a secret. You see, I don't suffer from a Lego Addiction, I enjoy every minute of it! But seriously, seeing all these numbers puts me way back into the shadows. I have only like 100 castle minifigs in total. That includes (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Bruce Schlickbernd
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Jimmy Park
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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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| | | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Maggie Cambron
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Tanya K. Burkhart
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Frank Filz
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Brett A. Antaya
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Kevin Salm
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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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| | | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Magnus Lauglo
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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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| | | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Bruce Schlickbernd
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Thomas Garrison
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Aaron Dalan
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| | | | | | | (...) 300 Knight's Procession guys is very impressive. I have about 20, and they are my all time favorites. Are you the person who keeps outbidding me for Knight's Procession sets on ebay??? :) How long have you been collecting those...I would (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | | Hello! (...) What do you count as a substantial army? I've got about 20 of them that I count as the "faction" + 12 still sealed in their boxes. There are also some torsos that aren't assambled to any figure. (URL) know a guy in Germany who owns (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Magnus Lauglo
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| | | | | | (...) I dunno, real medieval armies were usually counted by the thousand or even hundred, as opposed to the ten/hundred thousand of ancient times. Of course medieval armies were made up of lots of different factions, the soldiers of various lords (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Aaron Dalan
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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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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Richard Noeckel
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Chuck Rex
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Richard Noeckel
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —John P. Henderson
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —John P. Henderson
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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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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Jimmy Park
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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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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Richard Noeckel
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Benjamin Medinets
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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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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Mark Chittenden
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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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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Bruce Hietbrink
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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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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | ~This is sick, really sick! No man should ever have the power to wield an army of this size! (URL) have an insane number of troops in each category. The Black Falcons and Crusaders are my personal fav’s. Remind me never to go to 'War' with you. My (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Aaron Dalan
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| | | | (...) Jimmy, you are my hero as well! Those armies are righteous! The uniformity you have is incredible, I guess you could probably field an even bigger force if you lined up the irregulars and reserve militias. I was especially impressed by the 30 (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Help! I'm being overrun by minifigs! —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | (...) His BrickShelf gallery has been steadily growin’ since the beginnings of this thread. About 4 months ago Jimmy started photographing each of his contingents. (And I believe he’s still got a few more to go…) (...) Wicked, I can’t wait to see (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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