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    Tough to find pieces —John DiRienzo
   Paul Davidson wrote in message ... (...) That was an interesting question for me, as a collector and player (with Legos, I mean!). The black sword falls into a category of the rarer pieces, but I wouldn't say its the most valuable. There are quite a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Tough to find pieces —Pawel Nazarewicz
      (...) Isn't that just a yellow torso? Is it really that rare? Or do you mean the torso AND the brown cape that goes with it? -- pn (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
    
         Re: Tough to find pieces —David Carriker
      (...) Mabye it's just the fact the the yellow torso has yellow arms with BLACK hands. (although I guess you could just rearrange several different minifigs) -David (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
     
          Re: Tough to find pieces —Bram Lambrecht
      (...) Maybe an *unprinted* yellow torso is rare...the only other instance I can think of is the figure-head on that big pirate ship (Black Seas Baracuda?) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
     
          Re: Tough to find pieces —Jeff Thompson
      (...) Use Brasso to remove the faded white "planet" logo from an old space torso. =) (Or just take the arms off a yellow torso and put them on backwards, and give the figure a cape to wear to hide the logo on his back. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
    
         Re: Tough to find pieces —John DiRienzo
      Pawel Nazarewicz wrote in message ... (...) the (...) You are right, that is what I meant. The yellow torso with black hands which at one time was not common, and the brown cape. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Tough to find pieces —Jeff Johnston
   (...) Er, isn't that just a lt. grey 1x1 cylinder? Is there something special about it? J (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Tough to find pieces —John DiRienzo
   Jeff Johnston wrote in message <386FB892.5AB0918E@m...ne.net>... (...) expensive, (...) about (...) Yes, there is something unusual about it. The directions show the cylinder without a hole in the top stud. Those older style cylinders were in a few (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Tough to find pieces —Jeff Johnston
   (...) Aha. I was looking at the picture of 6077, the US release, on LUGNET - and it appears to have the 'holy' cylinder. It looks like only the European set (677) had the cylinder with the solid top. So that would explain your problems... After a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Tough to find pieces —John DiRienzo
   Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38749C87.8BAB846D@m...ne.net>... (...) were (...) to (...) set (...) a (...) I have offered this explanation before, that 6077 contains a different cylinder than 677, but I am not really sure about that. I know the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Tough to find pieces —Jeff Johnston
   (...) I can't seem to locate eithe rright now, but note that either the box or the instructions for the Emperor's Stronghold (Ninja set) showed a firing cannon, even in the US release. (I think it was the instructions.) The US catalog picture (at (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
 

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