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(...) I looked under the Lugnet database for Black Falcons, but I only came up to one result, that being the black falcon's fortress. Can anyone tell me what's up with this? Don't sets like King's Castle and Catapult also fit under this theme, if (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Lugnet categorizes based on the official subthemes. Since the Yellow Castle, King's Castle, Knight's Castle, and other early sets have no official subtheme, they fall under "classic." (...) See above. (...) Again, when the database was (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you look deeper into it you actually find a LUGNET category named Black Falcons including just one set, the 6018 Battle Dragon released in 1990. I looked through the BrickShelf scan library from 1990 and this 6018 was the only model with a (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) offer to provide mini-figs, and I hadn't intended some of my posts to be used for such. But I love it nonetheless! Thanks for all your efforts and all the input from others! -Hendo (22 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Gustafson writes: [snip] (...) Confusing?! Of course, I don't think the Lugnet Admin intentionally organized the earlier sets into the themes to confuse members, but I think there was a lack of logic in doing this. I mean, who (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You raise a very interesting point. Some things I see looking at 1989, 1990, and 1991 catalogs: - Based on my 1991 US catalog, "Crusaders" should simply be "Castle" - Based on the 1989 EU catalog on Brickshelf, 6066 should be "Legoland Castle" (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I think a walled town could be cool. If we were aiming for jeff's suggested 16 baseplates, I think we'd need at least 8 people or so, depending on how much stuff people were prepared to build and take with them. If there isn't enough interest, (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Are pictures like these worth posting at all? (URL) Kruer (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes: |>To get some more discussion going, I'd like to hear some feedback on |>"Large Scale Castle Building," a workshop I'd like to present. I would relate |>some of what I've learned while working on my own castle, (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, they are a bit foggy at that, but I think they are worth posting is someone can actually make out what they are attempting to portray. Were these made using a webcam, of a different medium of media? Anyway, my pictures taken using a (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I just got better quality ones- I'm going to post them soon. (...) Lego cam, which is actually a longitech quickcam in a Lego shell (or so so I read) (...) Man, that is bad digicam! (...) I did slightly- as I said erlier, I'm going to post (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Here's a rival chain! :-) Really bad pictures... but oh well. (URL) is were my character lives, and includes a hammer that turns when you spin the waterwheel. PLMKWYT! John Kruer (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Themes (was: Payback time)
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(...) You raise a very interesting point. Some things I see looking at 1989, 1990, and 1991 catalogs: - Based on my 1991 US catalog, "Crusaders" should simply be "Castle" - Based on the 1989 EU catalog on Brickshelf, 6066 should be "Legoland Castle" (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.database)
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Let's see if we can get some discussion going on the Tournaments Model Judging, and a panel idea for Brickfest. :) -Tournament- Personally, I thought last year's tournament was a bit too simplistic. I was thinking we could use the Brik Wars rules to (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh, yes, that sounds like it could be a lot of fun! Anyone else interested in participating? Jeff Brickfest 2002 Castle Room Coordinator (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree, a walled town would be great! The problem is the walls would take a *lot* of pieces to make, unless we were to use wall pieces. (...) I'd vote for 6 bricks high so people can make more walls. :) (...) <hypnosis> You WILL be coming to (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, I meant each module would be a 16x16 baseplate. :) Small enough for an average building, fairly easy to transport, and shouldn't require too many parts. People could easily build on multiple modules to get a larger building. (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I don't think the Black Falcons and crusaders really fit in "classic" castle, despite how they may have been classified by lego. But there may be complications when it comes to classifying sets which have two factions represented quite equally, such (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) It's clear that Lego no longer organizes Castle system sets the way it used to. Since the early 90's, rather than having various castle sets under the broad category of 'Legoland Castle,' Lego began to emphasize the different types of factions (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) -- Tony Hafner (who has recently lost too many Lego Purity Points) www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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