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(...) Very Nice! Of course I assume there is a story... Oh well. Great stuff especiall like the carridge and the gatehouse. God Bless, Nathan (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Anybody know (subject)? Thanks and God Bless, Nathan (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! Very nice! I also think that the way you built the beds ist very creative. Fine! All in all - like your "Festival-of-the-Gui...s"-gallery - great work again! (...) Hehe! And first of all the bricks will thank you: No biting marks. Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you liked my gallery. Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! Well, actually building is finished (mostley due to lack of grey bricks...). But more images will be shown. Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! There will be more pictures. Momentary I'm taking pictures as long as sun is shining into my dusky attic... Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! To be honest: I had no complete story in mind when I took the pictures. I just wanted to put them in a logical order. (...) Hehe! This blue 383-knight (sorry, i've to correct you in this point...) is one of my (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! Indeed I love details. Sometimes I build big structures just to elaborate one little detail :-) (...) There are more pictures to come. Currently I'm working on the structure of my BrickShelf folder. Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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waaaaa, here I was hoping you'd find the way to use them :( it's been driving me nuts, it's perfect for a pipe, though no way to make it gripable :( Love the Inn, btw! you did a great job on the stone section, I need to get more of the light light (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! Hehe, it seems there was a need for new tree designs. (...) Oh, he's not a king. Gero is just a likeable robber baron who couldn't do harm to anybody... Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! No, there is really not a complete story in this case. There are just some characters who were remaining from my International-System...est-story. Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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SHIRE!!! BAGGINS!!! We hates it precious... we hate the Bagginses... we hates it... Mean little hobbitses precious... we HATES the Bagginses... Even if this weren't a LOTR MOC, it's the best darn inn I've seen in a long time. All of your creations (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Jojo! Hey I saw your Medevil life post today, I think it's great! (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Tamyra, I really wanted to use those levers. I almost used blue poster tack, but Incorprating other non lego items is a slippery slope, and I'm starting to become one of those miserable "purists"! :-) I decided not to use stairs since I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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even better when posted to the correct subgroup. your work continues to amaze me in its subtle mix of complexity and simplicity. -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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your castle is awesome.. it was one of my favorite from the ISCC contest. this little story is really cute, but excuse me.. but don't they take really long to get through the gatehouse? there are like six shots of the carriage slowly going through.. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the use of basic gray bricks rather than the standard castle wall elements. It does make for a very customized and personalized look. I am also interested in "borrowing" your idea for arrow loops, but I haven't been able to replicate your (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | To Kevin Hall
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Kevin, I sent u an email and I wondered whether u got it or not. I placed an order (sorta) for some of those Female Torso, stickers. If u r willing to sell them to me of course. Well please contact me soon. Jay Rodarte (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Battering Ram
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Hello all, I haven't posted for a while as I have been in the process of moving into a new apartment. I made a clean spot on the floor long enough to take pictures of my new MOC, which barely survived the ride across town. The Battering Ram is on (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! (...) Hehe... I've to admit that I used the passage of the carriage to show some details of the building. (...) Indeed. But this castle is built on an rocky island in the river. So attackers would have a real (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! (...) Yes, I intentionally did build the castle without castle wall parts (although those parts used to be the incarnation of the desirable part in my childhood). I was somehow surprised when I finished building (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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This is my ldraw version of the timber house, with dat files. i used white instead of tan, and brown for the roof. also the body of the building is one brick higher than me "real" version (if anything can really be considered real). There is also a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Good stuff Jahannes, the trees are great. I am especially impressed by your good, clean photgraphry.....nice angles. BTW, where did you get the brown window frames and latice window panes? What set(s) do they come from? And where can I get black (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for your comment! (...) Brown window frames come from 6761 or 6769 (URL) latice window panes make the seat of 3451 (URL)And where can I get black latice windows? I don't know black latice window panes for rectangular windows. I (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've been meaning to build one of these for a while.. I love it.... I see its suspended on chains.. very nice.. and realistic... you've given me some great ideas now... thanx Kev..: ) www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia andrastavia@ozbricks.com (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Caerany:Fireballs from heaven
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(URL) some thought and a lot of reflection, I've decided to put the story on hiatus in order to focus on building. I've been having more and more ideas that require a larger % of my collection than I can devote given the pieces taken in keeping the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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i love the hanging on chains. also the lion head ram, both in construction and in appearance! a while back i had been working on some battering ram ideas. you've reinvigorated me to try again! great stuff! a few questions: would a minifig fit so as (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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It is a shame you have to stop your story but if you take a lot of pics now (with your characters in them)and later expand the story you can combine them to finish it. I personaly always find I have nearly finished a world and then I have to move (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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It is (or was) avaliable in the Lego store in Bluewater and the Castle Shop in Legoland Windsor (till we descended on them kicked over tables and took all their stock :) ) mmm discount - we ended up getting Blacksmith Shops for £21! nice -- James (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Of course, 383!! Or in the U.S., I think it was 6083. I am still getting used to describing lego according to set number. Anyway, I lost the red knight years and years ago, and haven't seen another one out there for less than an arm and a leg! (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) That's too bad. That's a reason I haven't started my Lego story on Lugnet yet. I don't have near enough pieces to even contemplate building the city of Albatross. (the city in my story) (...) Hmm... (...) That's some crazy stuff! Where do you (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! Nice work! The ram looks useful and the warriors are well protected by its armour. Much better than my own attempt. Bye Jojo (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Rodria Update
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Hi Guys, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have updated my website. As always I'd like to hear what you think. Jay (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Falblade, a microfig scale port town
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Hello! I feel odd posting in .castle! But here is something I made recently, I was encouraged to share the pics: (URL) you enjoy! Joel Kuester (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle) !
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(...) <snip description> (...) A beautiful creation. I particularly like the lamps you have outside. The willy-nilly way you built the grey walls is interesting too. I also dig the way the roof flars out at the bottom too. Great work. -Jason (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! Hahaha! Great! I never saw such a big(?) scenery in microfig scale before. I like it a lot! Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks everybody for your compliments. In answer to questions: There is room for 2 minifigures inside, one on either side. You can see them about 5 pictures down(the one labeled "The stone lion's head is a fearsome sight" and the one beneath it). (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very nice. I like that you thought to include fields near the town--a nice touch of day-to-day life. Also you did a pretty good job of breaking up straight lines to make things look more natural. One thing I don't personally like is the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Pipe dreams
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Hi all, but especially Jon and Tamyra, I've been thinking about pipes, spurred by the discussion here and also the needs of my next Tolkien chapter, and came up with a couple of ideas. (URL) will notice that I also recently got a couple of those (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pipe dreams
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WOOWOO Bruce! thank you, you solved the problem of how they can grip it! (offers you a big hug!) if you don't want that.. a hearty handshake! I'm glad I didn't finally just throw those tool wheels away.. hmmm now to find where they got buried... (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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This is so cool! it gave me an idea.. what an awesome way to plan out a city before building in in minifig scale.. i am so totally gonna do that. the countryside is cool too... just how much countryside did you include.. how big is the total area? (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Out of curiosity-- where did all the light blue plates come from? They look really good for the 'less deep' water by the shore... DaveE (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, that's prettty tight, seriously! Just a question, where did you get all of those BURPS?! Even a lot of the pirate sets I have couldn't come up with that many of them. Guess I'm continually amazed at the amount of bricks and plates people (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | LIFE SIZE SCULPTURES
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Hiya all.... I was just wondering if anyone has looked at my NEW Lego life size Sculptures I have built and put on my website??? www.andrastavia.com/andrastavia Go to The Village.... then click on the door to Sculptures....!!! There are Sculptures (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I saw them the other day- pretty cool. You captured the crest well on the shield. I'm not convinced about the crown, though- is there some kind of padding, or at least slopework on the inside? I've put Lego constructions on my head before and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi, They are granaries actually, so they are *sorta* like big barrels... and maybe giant barrels of mead wouldn't be out of place, the Dwarves are a thirsty lot ;) cheers! Joel K (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) thanks (...) about 2 baseplates by 3 (...) those are supposed to represent foliage along the sides of the roads. The farmers usually plant trees to help guard their property from passers-by. cheers! Joel K (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) too late :) I took it apart a few days ago! (...) those plates are actually the teal color from the rock raiders sets, and I was trying to make them look like swampy type of plants in the water... oh well :) cheers! Joel K (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think most of them were from western sets. If you need them, have you tried Bricklink? There is probably someone out there who just uploaded a bunch of his BURPs for sale the other day. Perhaps it was just after disassembling this very (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Uh, this should be (URL) right? I can't get andrastavia.com to work. Anyhow, no, I hadn't seen the sculptures before but I love them, especially the (not life-size) dragon. You do a great job in capturing curved surfaces, especially. Now you (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Lord of the Rings project update
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Hi all, I've added three chapters to my tolkien project: (URL) new ones are "The Road to Isengard", "Flotsam and Jetsam", and "Many Partings." If you haven't read the book (which you should :)) this will be confusing. I had to photograph all of the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sorry... the address is: www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia Thanx.. Kev...: ) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lord of the Rings project update
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(...) That's come crazy stuff there! I'm guessing you're a big Fan of LOR, right? (well, It seems obvious enough to me) I haven't read Lord or The Rings myself yet, I'm not really a Tolkein buff, but good work all the way through. Just my two (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lord of the Rings project update
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Very,Very nice Bruce! I got pretty worked up seeing treebeard in all of his wooded glory! I about went ape but I was able to hold it in, that is until I checked out those Pipes! Nice Work man. I think you are doing a good of editing also (keeping (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Legend voting
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Hey all, Did you see the announcement in lego.announce? You can vote on the next legend at: (URL) castle sets are proposed, including the big one. Yup, good old Yellow Castle! Actually all the sets are good, but I sooooo want a Yellow Castle! Bruce (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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The one thing I don't kind of like.... they are going to be splitting the Castle vote between 2 sets, which means neither of which will win... Granted, we did already get the GI and the Blacksmith MOC.... so we in all reality have been treated (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think out of all the choices we have the greatest chance of winning. (And not just because we have the greatest legend (6075) ever, but two out of the five are Castle. These are amazing odds no matter what the outcome.) Is it just me, or is (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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I'm thinkin’ that Castle-heads are in a real bind! Although I find the 6074 (Black Falcon's Fortress) (URL) be the superior Castle model I'm still gonna vote for the classic 6075 (Yellow Castle) (URL) Why you ask? ¯¯¯...¯¯¯ -Well the original does (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Prolly not, actually. Your theme is going to divide votes among two candidates while the townies, pirates and spacers all have one clear candidate to vote for. In fact, putting two up may have been an evil plot by Jake and co. to make sure a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sounds intereting.... although I already have a yellow castle... still remember getting off the shelf all those many years ago... glad I kept it.... and I also have 4 of the Falcon Fortress.... but you can never have too much Lego..... : ) So (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes sir. (...) Umm.... no, I don't think so. I'll explain further down. (...) Ok, first of all I don't like the Montey Python visor. You can disagree, you are entitled to your opinion, as am I. And I don't like it. I feel it's just too big. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Has anyone from Lego said what the new helmet for 6075 would be? I've browsed through what Jake said but didn't see anything. The only attraction to the 6075 castle for me is the minifigs and gear. If they will not have the same helmets and other (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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(...) Read the description: (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) just be the regular visored helmets that are used in castle nowadays. "If the Yellow Castle becomes a LEGO Legend and is reissued, the knights' helmet and visor would be a little different from the original, updated to be the SAME shapes as (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Yes, I read it "If the Yellow Castle becomes a LEGO Legend and is reissued, the knights' helmet and visor would be a little different from the original, updated to be the same shapes as modern-day LEGO helmets." What I'm confused about is where is (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Pitchfork Liberation!
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The PLF (Pitchfork Liberation Front) striks again! Shazaam! (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) I wouldn't count on this, Larry. 1. The price point of the 6074 makes it extremely appealing, even to non-castleheads. Lots of people can use grey brick--especially Space, and a number of spacies don't think the Battrax is the best choice. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) Good analysis. You're prolly right. 375 would have too many compromised in it and doesn't have the curb appeal. We'll see. But as I said on our list, I almost don't care which one wins. I'll be getting multiple copies of the winner in any (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pitchfork Liberation!
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(...) rifle? Even the later Arthurian tales don't go quite that far... -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) Just another view here... I think both Peter and Larry make good points. (...) My view on grey is "who cares". We have a good selection of Grey brick available in bulk as well as the "castle expander pack" for the arches. (...) But I don't (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pitchfork Liberation!
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(...) Hey, liberating pitchforks requires cutting-edge weaponry! Those are valuable things, you know. (Also: We need a pitchfork service pack! ;) ) LFB (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) I wonder how much they will charge, should the 375 win. All those solid bricks, plus 14 minifigs, it could get a little pricey. Maybe double the price of the New Blacksmith's Shop. The compromises you spoke of, presumably, would be one or more (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In the survey itself, they listed the prices. On the page with descriptions before you go into the survey, they don't, and of course you can only vote once. Does anyone have the prices? Peter (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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(...) I agree with you. The rerelease of 375 will probably have standard pointy visored knight helmets. But it would be cool to have a red and a white one of those! Plus the armor is cool, and the description doesn't say anything about changing (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) Did you vote? Did you read the descriptions as you voted? The estimated prices for each set (in USD -AND- Euro no less) was given. I didn't think to record the prices for posterity... I remember the BSB was going to be $100 US... and I think (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) Actually haven't other Legends sets used stickers in some places instead of printing? I forget. (...) Probably... in fact almost certainly. But if they DID bring that 1x1 window back... look out! (...) Almost certainly. (...) Almost certainly. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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(...) Has anyone even stopped and considered that by saying 'modern-day LEGO helmets' that they weren't talking about the visored helms we castle heads are familiar with? You all MUST know that the helm base, the "HELMET" part of the visored helm is (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Prices of the various legends
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(...) Here is the complete text of the descriptions, posted without permission, for the purposes of furthering discussion. - start - Below are some pictures of LEGO sets. Assuming that all of these sets were available right now, in your market, how (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) Huh? Are there any printed bricks in this set? The flag uses a sticker (at least mine does), as do the torso armor parts and the shields (all of mine do). There's some front tower decoration as well, right? I think that's a sticker too. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) I think Aaron meant that they'd replace those stickers (from the original set) with printed bricks, not vice versa. However I would expect that not to be the case, that rather they would issue stickers. I might have guessed wrong about what (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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(...) Remember that we're talking about LEGO Direct, not the traditional division of LEGO that produces mainstream sets. Up until this point, LEGO Direct's powers have NOT included manufacturing of new parts. They can get current parts in any color (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: -CASTLE _4_ EVER-
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(...) Small point of contention here (and I am reminded of the recent assertion that the new cypress trees were somehow defective or made of cheaper plastic -- which likewise proved false), but the old style "classic" helmet was of two distinct (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) 4558 - stickers on 1x5x4 cargo doors. I think stickers would increase the attractiveness of this set. With stickers the set is primarily basic bricks, and plain minifigs (which are easily useable in town). (...) The 1x1 w/side stud is pretty (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Legend voting
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(...) My initial thought was that the rereleased set would NOT have a sticker sheet, since Lego seems to have moved away from that sort of thing. After reading several posts relating to the sticker subject, I now agree that if 375 were rereleased, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I hope you are right because I love the old visors and they cost an arm and a leg and you mostly have to get them from Germany right now. I highly doubt, however, that the phrase 'looking like modern day helmets' in the 375 rerelease (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ah, but then there are the wild cards (like me) who actually do not have a true and permanent preference for just one theme... I love my Town sets, and in fact when I set up my Town, it is one of the Themes that is only 50% MOC, meaning I like (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) O, I totally agree. My only purpose in the previous post was to defend the design of the classic helmet -- I do not believe that it is unusually susceptible to damage, I have many classic space sets and some castle figures with both types of (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I got a few of those visors myself, and I have yet to see any damage occur on them. But, I think a newer version of the helmet would look pretty cool. I was hoping in part that the newer version of the visor would be in part like the custom (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would assume it is much cheaper to print a sticker sheet than to paint bricks, so that's probably what they'd go with. Personally I dislike stickers and never put them on. If you play (rather than display) they can get sort of ragged. Of (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) These?: (URL) would cinch the deal for me!!! Sadly, this again would require an element mold be made for the element to be put into production. This whole subject makes me crazy... (...) They have it, last seen in the Women's Soccer (Futball!) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I think it’s a guarantee that the Castle ‘helmets’ will be of the current design. (URL) Hop-Frog’s logical statement about the condition of the classic style reinforced-chin strap. (URL) which I agree, I think TLG just changed the helmets to the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That would be cool, though! Looks a lot better than the current visor design. (...) Oh, great! Yeah, the subject is confusing enough, but I guess that's why older sets usually aren't considered to become Legends, IMO. <<_Matt Hein_>> Lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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We shouldn't let the Castle vote be split. I think most of us would rather have one of the castles then a blacktron space set (no offence). Therefore I think we should have a poll here and all back one set. Personally I like the BFF and I don't see (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Keep in mind that the collective LUGNET vote will pale in comparison to the voting audience of lego.com. -Rob. (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I've already cast my vote and will not cast another. Call me a turncoat but I didn't vote for either castle set, tho I consider myself first and foremost a castlehead. I already have a 6075 and think the compromises on the helmets and windows are (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Be careful waving all them pitchforks around! plucky (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm not sure if anyone's done this yet-- I certainly haven't seen it done to date... BUT... I broke down and bought the Alpha Team squid (4796) & killer whale (4797) just for kicks-- but as soon as I started putting the "whale" together, I realized (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the area for opposing liberators, or has he brushed into trouble while attempting to get his hands on a more suitable weapon? Lemme guess? A group of locals got drunk and decided to go on a complete rampage in hopes of looting the castle wine (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Spiffy :) (...) doesn't seem like it would be too much harder to build the body. Carpe Diem, Dave! -- Pawel (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Ok - here is my theory (and only a theory): Lego will produce all of these sets and voters are only choosing the order of releasing them. The company went to the trouble of making this survey with prices and thinking about which sets could be made (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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