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(...) Bruce, I am hoping that the CC Forums become an active, complementary service to .castle. I think it will in time attract a different audience than lugnet does. I would suggest posting MOC announcements to both for now, and see what sort of (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If the cc forum has an e-mail gateway, then they could be linked pretty easily. --Todd (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Seriously, has anyone thought about gatewaying lugnet.castle to the cc forum at all? It's probably an unrealistic prospect, with message coding issues (!) and such, but I am aware something similar was done with the (crynwrr) robotics mailing (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I couldn't disagree more. As the community grows (and, from what I know, it is growing constantly) - having a central place to communicate will devolve into cacophony. Lugnet is such a great central place because it automatically divides (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I totally agree with Jason on this. In the end, I -- and probably many, many people besides myself -- just don't have the time to visit all the many forums that are popping up. I pretty much gave up RTL for Lugnet. I try to occasionally read the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: A brothel is born...
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(...) wife is out of town visiting the moonbase... -Teddy (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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Okay, I've redesigned my minifig posable horse. The result is now a little more to the same scale as a minifig, and generally it looks better and more horse-like. It still has 11 pivot points. If I could figure out how to make the head move up and (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) A tinker gets his name because he works so much with tin, the way a plumber works with lead (Latin plumbum = lead). Tinkers usually made and repaired pots, pans, and other small metal objects which were made from nonferrous metals and required (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I see nothing wrong with having a new forum at Classic Castle, and I see nothing wrong with cross posting. Right now, the new forum has some interesting topics going. It's true that they could have all been posted here, but they weren't. This forum (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) One minute to fill out.. three days before it goes active. And becoming an actual member.. can take weeks. What finally convinced me to support the idea of a new forum at c-c is the volatility of Lugnet itself (this past weekend it went down (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Introducing from what I've read, most likely the 1st brothel to Castle. The King's Dream is the latest addition to my small village to join the latest castle. (URL) Other pictures of the village and castle can be found at... (URL) is welcome. Fred (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Jojo, Great cart. I especially like the harness for the horse. Much more elegant and realistic than what I've come up with for my posable horse. I shall do some more brainstorming (and perhaps purchasing on BL). Alan (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! Currently I like to build carts, obviously. (URL) me, I'm a link!>> (URL) me, I'm a link, too!>> This time it's the ...caravan (? How are those antique homes on wheels called actually?) of a gipsy family. The poor jade has a hard time hauling (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) But what does the 'multi-day process to become a Lugnet member' have to do with posting on LUGNET, since last I checked LUGNET posting just required the one minute to fill out (URL) Well, for good or bad, Lugnet is fragmenting anyway. The (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would post to lugnet.castle, since that's what I read. I don't have enough time to waste it trying to deal with an http-based discussion venue. (21 years ago, 20-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've since uploaded better pictures of the forest, as you can now see on the start of this thread. I hope I don't offend anyone for advertising this, but I've also written and posted my foliage article that features my fall foliage forest. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Bruce, Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. It's a topic that's been on my mind ever since the Classic-Castle announcement was made. I like the C-C site, and believe that it fills a lot of needs and wants of castle-heads, like me. I (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) except (...) I'm going to do this piecemeal, though I'll still try to view the post on a whole. I don't think double posting is necessary, simply because if you, the individual, has said something in reply to a post, then you've said what (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, the .starwars forum used to have quite a bit of traffic, but FBTB forum kinda killed it. I still read .starwars and never read the FBTB forum. I think that those kinds of forums are bad for the community personally. They spilt it up. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hey all, I've been wondering about the forum here versus that at classic-castle.com. Do you think it's better to post at one place, the other, or both. For the last couple of days I've been trying to post there, because I think if that forum is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not to be pedantic but the correct term for this sort of merchant is simply "tinker". A tinkerer is someone who plays around with mechanical things in his workshop. Just FYI. :) Ted (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Very good looking trees at minifig scale. I certainly wouldn't want to be a minifig standing under them when the "leaves" actually start to fall. THUD. Ouch! Alan ;) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow, it feels pretty cool to be considered an 'inspiration' on these! I like 'em. A lot! Something similar might have to show up on the GMLTC train layout at our next show. *grin* (John rumages through the bricks looking for yellow, brown, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) They're good enough to convey intent, I'd say! (...) Very spiffy. I would suggest some mottling, though, as real trees (with some exceptions like red maples) tend not to be solidly one color. Usually a lot of one with some dapples of another. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I look forward to the article. (...) Nicely done. I like the birch ones in particular. This may end up being our only way to achieve fall trees. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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First I must apologize for the dark pictures. It's late at night while I write this, and I don't have a good lighting set up at the moment. Anyway, after being inspired by (URL) THIS POST>, I decided to do a study for an article about foliage for (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Jojo, I really like the harnesses on first and the yolks on the second. using the string like that really works well and makes a nice change to the usual lego hitchings. Good job - thanks (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank you Ben for posting and a double thank you to Todd for making it so I can post again. Newsreader posts is my next objective. Anyways... I've added a few more folders of castle and misc village buildings to my website, (URL) . Direct (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It has already been added to the City page at Classic-Castle.com (URL) love to see more! -Lenny (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Jojo, I saw these carts the other day. They look great! I wish I had two brown ladders (and a pitchfork or two) to make the second cart. Ben (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) James, do please post all the links to these files. There's no point in anyone else reinventing the wheel, right? All of this stuff has been on my "to do" list along with some Paradisa tile elements, but if you've already done it -- pass it (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hi Felix! I really love your work. Your castles and scenarios are so simplistic yet they really hit the mark. I enjoyed every minute. My favorite was the city hall. Plus, I like how your story tells more than just the story... :-) -Shiri (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Nope, not me sorry, I live i the UK not Canada :) Like I said I have brought a set off him and they are well done but I dont know him and have no vested interest here, if you think they are a ripoff dont buy them, if you think they are cool (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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hmmm... if there is not a great profit - let him sell these stickers! :) the "real" collectors are warned if someone will sell a 375 on ebay with new-looking stickers anyway ! But my opinion is: don't fake it - restore it. Does anyone have a good (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jep ! that's the bad thing about it. And in a few years the "non- collecting-just-have...ay"-Seller do not know the fake himself :) (...) why should you bye more of them? your collection of the old knights seemed to be very complete... ;) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Andy, Very cool! I see what you mean about the dark grey. Maybe if the whole thing was bigger and you could use more of it to give parts of the dragon's body a 3-dimensional texture. I also agree with Anne that it would look great on a shield! (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That Black Falcon's Fortress is gigantic. Great Stuff. Other sets like King's Castle or Battering Ram could be done as well. It will look good as a part of a classic castle city. Ben (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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I have 2 sets of the 6074 The Black Falcon Fortress. I built one as per the instructions and then built the other set according to CCS. I took pix of both versions and posted them on Brickshelf. Here is the link. (URL) this is just one way it could (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! ....just two carts. This (URL) me, I'm a link!>> is the cart of a tinkerer. This (URL) me, I'm a link, too!>> is the hay wagon that already carried the harvested grain to the mill. That's been a 19th-century-gallery, therefore a more "modern" (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I don't know. Those guys look a little mean if you ask me. ;) -Hendo (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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