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| (...) I'm on dial up here, and I can't slam the site cuz it doesn't load. I have the newest flash and 98 too. It starts the loading progress bar and then stalls out. I'd love to see it when it gets changed. (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) -snip- While he could have been more tactful, he is right. The pop-up is annoying, and websites that require the user to have the newest software and/or hardware are poorly designed. My initial experience (dialup/windows 98/newest version of (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) Good luck on your latest venture! One thing though you missed out on posting it to .market where I think this should belong. Or at least all FUTs should be there rather than flooding all the other newsgroups with the announcement. Regards, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) While a couple people have stated this might be a bit of a harsh reply, I find my self in the same boat. I would like to see the new castle stuff and probably buy some, but your page has requirements that exceed my setup. If you want to make (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The Watchtower at Fjordthrotte
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| (...) I too like this tower. What makes it come more alive is the back-story you give it. Well done! It has a true-to-Norse-life feel to it. Old Norse behaviour was brought to my attention through the book "Farfarers" by Farley Mowat. It's more of a (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| I am on a Cable Modem and had no problems at all with your site. If he wants to complain, then he should at least show a little more restraint and tact. After all, you are not responsible for their connection speed/internet settings. Anyway, glad to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Standing on the shoulders of Giants
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| (...) Anthony, About the only way you can top this is to produce a stop-action animation of this behemoth moving. I'd love to see it move about. Of course, I don't expect to see it fly (except with the help of Photoshop). Great work!! Alan (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Official Website Is Launched!
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| In lugnet.build.ancient, Richard Marchetti wrote: Great! Blame the supposedly welcome and would-be customer... (...) First of all, I think that was a little harsh. Second of all, great site Jeff, I had no trouble with anything on it. I might order (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) I like the design of the weapons and most of the page works fine for me. However, i have 3 questions. First, how do the droids hold their robot blasters? Secondly, are the handgrips on the castle weapons and blasters round? They look a bit (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Bruce Thanks Bruce. Specific pics have or will be fixed this evening. I don't know what to tell you about the "view details" thing. It works fine for me, as well as MANY others. Jeff (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| Hello! Nice little watchtower! It looks quite compact and solid. The use of different shades of grey may stem from your limited stock of grey pieces but it doesn't derogate the model at all. Quite the contrary! (...) Hey, Don't say the quality of (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Hey Jeff, Congratulations on the new site. It looks great! I really like the "in situ" photos especially. I also noticed that on several of the space weapons, when you click on "view details" you just see the detail of the robot blaster. These (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Er... uh... yeah. That's Richard. He needs a nickname like "Mr. Sunshine" or something. I will agree that it might be nice if the portal page didn't spawn the popup, but everything else worked ok for me here at work (MSIE 5.0 on NT) other than (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) You must be joking, right? (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) Great! Blame the supposedly welcome and would-be customer... Things that suck about your site: 1. You have a useless portal page that forces a pop-up (and therefore forces me to change my "quick preference" browser settings to see your stupid (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| Very nice work! I love your space weapons! God luck with this business. Terry (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I did have a bit of trouble when loading detail pages for different weapons. Sometimes pictures of other weapons would pop up in the sidebar, even though the description was correct. -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Advice for lego Purchase
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| (...) My first recommendation would be 10039, the Black Falcon's Fortress. It has a good price point and is the largest source of corner wall panels, which are almost impossible to replace with bricks. (URL) is also a good source of gray parts and (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) LENNY, It might be your computer. This site requires updated flash stuff. Well, that and a decent modem speed. (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) the site looks pretty cool. I clicked the 'load catalog' link, another window opened that said "loading catalog" but nothing happened after that. -Lenny (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
| | | | | Official Website Is Launched!
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| Well folks, here it is. Some of the pics are being tweaked as I write this, but 95% is complete. The last minute changes will be finished by this evening. (URL) Thanks, Jeff (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars) !
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| (...) My recommendation is to buy as many copies of 3739 Blacksmith Shop as you can. It has a great number of grey bricks, arches, windows, roof bricks, and detail pieces. As for bulk packs, I've done some studying, and you're better off ordering (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hi all, I need some advice on a lego purchase. It'll probably be the last shop at home order I do in a while as I'm headed down to NZ. So would you all recomend bulk pieces or legend sets? (All for castle purposes). Thanks and God Bless, Nathan My (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The Watchtower at Fjordthrotte
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| (...) Thanks Jason, In addition to not having enough gray, I don't have enough doors and such, so Harry Potter sets at clearance prices are a cheap way to get parts. I think I like the Harry Potter doors better than the same sized classic castle (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Harry Potter door piece. I don't see that piece being used that often. As said before; the sail and main door are also interesting. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Why, thank you. (...) That's very encouraging to hear. Getting Lego to evoke a feeling is a challange and I am delighted to think that you are almost smelling the swamp. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Standing on the shoulders of Giants
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| (...) Thanks much! I will admit the cloth wings are a bit of a cop out, but look at the original wings. I much prefer the way it is now than before. But yes, I agree, it would probably have been better made from plates. However, in my own defense, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The Elephant Shop and a few other MMs
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| (...) Mmmm...I like it. There needs to be more Orient Expedition MOCs. My only suggestion would be to add a bit more color to the Elephant shop (like dark blue). (URL) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| Hello! (...) For a picture to pop up you have to insert the URL of the actual picture. You inserted the URL of the folder with the picture within. To get the URL of the picture you may once more click on the image in the folder to get it seperated (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Hi all, Here is the Elephant Shop: (URL) and also my 'orient self defence' and 'gold embroider store' see them all (URL) here> These are all made from the new orient sets ( all the pieces I currently have on hand) so I think they worked out pretty (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Richard and Jojo, The 2x2x3 double convex slopes in red are in the new Air Blazers (#4403) set. I do not own it but you can see one of the slopes in the picture on LEGO.com This set looks very cool with many pieces that will be good for (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Hello! (...) This would have been my next question. Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Which Designer set contains the red 2x2x3 corner slopes? -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Ben, Thanks! I was trying to work within the limitations of not having many gray bricks, so I made a backstory explaining a smallish, crudely built tower. I almost cheated and used muslin for the sailboat, but then I saw the Ewok attack wing, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Some people inside LEGO may be aware of the existence of AFOLs, but most of the company does not seem to care about this potential market. Learning new paradigms is something especially large companies are more or less incapable of. For years, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| Excellent Job Anthony, but I do have a bone to pick with you here....what's with the cloth wings?!?! That doesn't look like Lego to me...I was hoping someone else had finally come up with a strong stable reptillian wing design. :( I guess I wait (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I stumbled on this article accidentally and it intrigues me. I agree that LEGO is most likely aware of what many afol's want. Sometimes they do give us these things. However, it usually is because that piece is necessary for them in a set, not (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Hi George, I like your watchtower. The little dock and natural stone steps are neat. The entrance doors are beautiful (when is Lego going to make 1x4x6 doors in brown?!!!) Your sailboat is also very cool. I like the massiveness of the tower. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| "Hello boat, come to and show yourself. Be warned, if you try anything, you will have an arrow shaft in your chest before you can lift your bow!" "Hush Bjarne, if I meant to harm to you and the garrison, you would be sprouting arrows from your eyes (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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