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(...) Sorry i gave the wrong folder. So here a re the first two chapters to my story. (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | What makes 375 a Legend? (Was: New legend is up ))Color Variants(()
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[X-posted & FUT .castle] "Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gz401w.CG@lugnet.com... (...) Is it true that the original Yellow Castle was so appealing? This seems to be the concensus at LUGnet, but I remember (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What makes 375 a Legend? (Was: New legend is up ))Color Variants(()
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(...) Different timing in Europe and the U.S. In the U.S., Castle was introduced first in pictures in the 6000 Idea Book in 1979. All the kids I knew stared at the Castle pictures long after we had become familiar with our Space sets and so on. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I know no one realy cares but I just put all my time into chapter 3 legend of the griffin. it is labled ch3. (URL) so enjoy it and look out for chapter 4 tommrow ps need colaborated chapter volenteer (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What makes 375 a Legend? (Was: New legend is up ))Color Variants(()
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It seemed to me that the Yellow Castle came out a few years after the first Classic Space. I was very much into Classic Space when I was a kid, though I did look longingly at the new Castle sets when they came out. For me there are two reasons that (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle Room Walled Town Layout deadline approaching
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(...) Jeff, You mentioned the base will be one brick above a baseplate. You also mentioned you planned on making cobblestone roads using mosaic plates. Did you plan on the total thickness of the road being 4 plates or 3? I'm about to head upstairs (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Dan, I downloaded ch3.doc and it comes up looking like a Word file, but my Word (Macintosh Word 98) says it's not a Word file. What is the file type? Bruce (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:Gz5rII.Hpo@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks, this fully explains my confusion. (On hindsight I could have found out myself had I compared US catalogs over this period with European ones.) (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A little status report: I'm close to finished my first building, a street, and some dock. The first building houses a gambling house/pub in the basement and a sailmaker above. The gambling house has a secret passage which goes under the street (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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"Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:Gz68os.7zK@lugnet.com... (...) Apparently the Yellow Castle was released in different years in the US and Europe. The timeline would be something like: '78 YC introduced in Europe. '79 (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It is a Microsoft word file bruce. Although I want everyone to enjoy my chapters I don't know what to do maybe someone else douse. Ch4 is now avalible so you all can read it (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) I've got very vague memorizations of the Yellow Castle. When it was initially released in 1978 I was just one year old. However, it was in catalogue until 1983 and probably in many stores still available one or two years later. But (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If it is just a text file (in a word document), to make it more generally compatible, you need to make through Windows notepad. It will create the text file in a more universally recognized format... in .txt Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you're already using MS Word, why not select FILE > SAVE AS HTML.... It won't be pretty HTML but it will be readable by both PC and Mac users. If you can upload a .doc file to Brickshelf, can you also upload a .html file? Then when someone (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It is no t just text. Each chapter has pictures also fully edited mite I add. I know your thinking get a web page but it is to much trouble. (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Its a shame, you don't have a Lugnet Account, so you can post your text to LUGNET and then DEEPLINK from Brickshelf like I do...it is soooooooo easy!!! (hint...hint: GET A LUGNET membership...only $10....if you can afford to go to Brickfest, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Fall into dispair!
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In the next week or so I shall be releasing a major update to my story and my website. What could this update contain? Oh, how about three large castle MOCs? And I think I'll throw in three chapters of story in too just for fun. Until then, fall (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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More status: Well, I stayed up way too late last night (I was up until about 3:30 AM). I still have another evening of work, but I now have three dock sections and the two roads between them. The structures include a warehouse (including a secret (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) plots (...) Total road thickness is 3 plates. (...) Sounds good. Let me know soon whether you'll be wanting extra plots, though, as I have a backup plan for the unused dock sections. Jeff (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sounds great! So you filled up all three 32x32 waterfront sections? Can't wait to see it. :) Jeff (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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