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(...) The arched window parts include (this may not be an exhaustive list): Red frame: 6097 (5?), 6281 (2), 6494 (4?) Green Frame: 6280 (1) Yellow Frame: 6289 (2) Black Frame: 6755 (2) Black Diagonal Lattice Insert: 6097 (3-4?), 6280 (1), 6281 (2), (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Arched Windows (Was: Re: 4x2ReVu: 6094 Guarded Treasury)
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(...) and now: Grey Frame: 6094 (1) Wow, there are a lot more than I thought! 'Course these all seem to be from 1996 or 1997... back when I didn't have much money to spend on Lego :( [and I was never as much into the ships either] Too bad they're (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6094 Guarded Treasury
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(...) 2556 (2) (...) 2556 (1) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Miscellaneous thoughts...
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(...) Ahhh, I just took another look at the box the 6091, you are correct sir! I had overlooked him. It was late when I sent that reply :^) I need to pay more attention, there goes my positively unique King. I just have to arrange something/someone (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle Minifig Races
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(...) Well, I'm planning (and starting) that type of world right now. My main types of characters/races are gonna be: (notice I have many names missing. I haven't thought of those yet.) The [Imperial? Royal? Monarchs?]: Good King Franz rules the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was thinking that the new knights could be used as special Royal Guard. I believe they have different arms, legs and face than the Chess King, and with that new helmet I guess they're different enough. Hey, what about a King who doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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<schnip!> (...) The shields in question did indeed come in trans-white (clear) in some old Space sets, but those will probably be *very* hard to come by... there were two in set 452/894 Mobile Tracking Station, from 1979. I don't recall any more, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I THINK that they might have come in trans-red as well, no? That might make for some sweet fire shields as well ... Dang - so many posibilites. I need to go home and work on characters alone - there is a project in itself. By they way - if any (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have looked at these new knights and bulls for a while on scans: The bulls, cows, whatever will be the Longhorns and make up one half of a conferderacy of barbarians with the Wolfpack ( another small subset )combining the two series will make them (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) i have three of the trans red sheilds from a trade. i think they are radar dishes from classic space. they are really awesome. i know i'll be using them for elric's ruby throne...<sigh>... one day... later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for the info. Set #6276 is a great looking set which I don't have. I was never into Pirates very much, and this came out in 1989 which was the year I started my dark ages and sold all my LEGO when I went off to college. I need these for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) has (...) and (...) turing out to be a lot larger than I expected. each 2x2 brick has to be (...) No problem. I was fortunate to find 6276 almost intact in a big-box auction I bought just little while ago (and no, you can't have the arches) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) for (...) Yeah, I won't even *try* to speculate what I might to with them, I'll just get disappointed - I don't have these :-) (...) will (...) I have some newly taken pics from my blue army - the first in a line of (I hope) many more. I think (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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The trans red shields are more common than the clear shields, as they were available in more, newer, smaller classic Space sets. Still neither is very common. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Mark Koesel wrote in message ... (...) Elsewhere on Lugnet recently, there was some talk about Lego copyrighting their models (and stickers, see the new Arctic stickers copyright date) a couple years in advance of releasing them. It is possible, I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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For whatever reason the inspiration hit me last night that the UFO aliens' shoulder pads would make a great barbarian horde leader-type guy... and the new Bulls' leader's head would go along great with that scheme... however since the back of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hey, dave~ the spanish armada helmets and visored helmets fit well with the shoulder pads. the result is a bit fantastical, though, suggesting advanced metalurgy skills that barbarians may not have. a fright knights batlord helmet also works (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) new (...) the (...) barbarian-type (...) Finally somebody else realizes the potential of this wonderful piece! Using the black ones, cut off a chunk on the back of a Batwing helmet, so it fits on the shoulder pads. it looks pretty cool when (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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What would be extremely cool for an Ice Knight soldier would be a white mini- fig with blue arms and hips, silver breastplate, clear shield, lt. trans blue spear, ninja head, and a white ninja swath thing that goes on the head. But the sad thing is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've used them w/o a helmet. I used an all white minifig and put on the aliens shoulder pads and the used old Islanders hair (the black one that pulls kinda into a knot at the top of the head). I can't quite figure out what to use in the top clip (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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