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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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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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Erik Brok used this piece to make an 'Ice Princess' with the female ponytail hair, which you can see on the 'Ice Castle' page under 'Buildings' in the 'Models' section of his site: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I tried it last night-- I rather like it... thanks for the tip! (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmmm... I guess its idea snitching time... :) Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I know there was a discussion, or at least I mentioned, before that I thought the new brwon star wars hoods would make good monks. Last night I decided to try it. I used the young obi wan figure from the Gungan Sub set and put a brown torso on it. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have done the same thing with the Qui-Gon torso and brown legs. I used a regular smiley head, which often looks best. I am working on a "Holy Bible" tile sticker now... Actually, I have a whole thing planned around this monk idea, which (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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