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(...) I have came up with my own theory (probably more a wish). When I checked up the sets at Lego.com and I looked at the prices. 6941 Battrax 25$ 6074 Black Flacons Fortress 35$ 6390 Main Street 60$ 375 Yellow Castle 70$ 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A gray yellow castle? I'm curious enough in what a black or blue yellow castle would look already! I'm sure a gray yellow castle wouldn't look that bad, in fact, It would probably look more akin to the sets from the mid to late '80's and I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hmmm sounds like you need to give that fork a good home ;) I'd be more than willing to do this for you :) hehehehehe Tamy (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mookie the Villain!
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Ya know Froggy legs :') If I'd had remembered who did them for me oh so long ago, I would have put you on the page. Especially if you read the first bit of text on the page, I said I didn't remember and the person should e-mail me and let me know! (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Black Seas Barracuda (Was Re: Battrax)
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GuJstp.Iut@lugnet.com... (...) win >out. (...) original (...) And about your most impressive Lego collection, of course.... Ahem. Anyway... I love Space Lego. I have always loved it. I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) Don, I have previously suggested a similar course of action for this set: (URL) this is one of my all time favorite sets, and at the top of my list for a Legends reissue, it frankly looks silly in blue. The vehicle it was based on was not blue (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi, Is it a betryed voting, as a real true castle fan, for the Pirate ship that I really think is a true legend, and wanting this ship for ages? Although I really hope that 375 & 6074 both also will be produced. We live to build Yaron Dori (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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O Villainy! To be stabbed thusly through the heart breaks the spirit of a mere frog -- doomed is he who has been forgotten, mislaid, cast aside, URL unbookmarked... ...but yes, it was I, the mad jester HOP-FROG who created the even more deranged (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It just might at that. I had been looking at a VERY good condition original release of the Battrax this afternoon and making a mental list of what is good about the set. Despite being constructed of so many common elements, many of which have (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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Hmmmm... I'm curious, would Lego consider re-releasing the Yellow Castle in gray or black bricks? Don Lugnet member 1239 (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I quite agree. I have little use for bulk yellow bricks. It's other big problem is the stickers. They never look as good to begin with and they last a fraction of the time. I may be interested in the figs if they print them instead but it's (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The Yellow Castle has one big problem: it's yellow. I rather suspect that you'll see the 6074 as the more popular choice of the two Castle sets. My own suspicion would be that the high price of the Yellow Castle and the BSB will count heavily (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pitchfork Liberation!
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How much fun is that! Would that I had more than 1 fork to pitch! (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I'll add mine ;) (URL) are the ones that were easy to gather :) Tamy (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Castle is all well and good, but we already have the Inn and the Blacksmith Shop. Besides, I just got into castle a coutple of years ago, but have been a space, especially blacktron, fan, ever since I started playing. I am voting for the Battrax. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's a bit of a shame though that the community will have to wait for a prolonged period of time to get their hands on each Legend. And, being the space/castle fan I am, I know the Battrax has a slim chance of winning, due to its size (the (...) (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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) Be careful waving all them pitchforks around! plucky (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: We should all back one legend
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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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