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Well said, Anthony. I wish I'd said it. Alan (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I withdraw my comment. You are correct, Mark, that Bionicle is a big money maker for the LEGO Company. I should have done more research before I implied that it isn't. However, no one is "blamimg" Bionicle fans for anything. It's just that we (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I see little difference there...a toy I don't want to buy is still a toy I don't want to buy. That line of product places Lego in the same category as hundreds of other manufacturers, at least for me. The problem with Bioknuckles is the break (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) LOL - Thats actually funny. The reason that part of Lugnet is dead is because the Bionicle fans were basically bashed and bashed and bashed by the folks here on Lugnet until they went to another site to play. Go visit the true home for (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Backatcha! (...) Okay, i think i have to announce this. Im a bionicle nut. Bionicle is absolute junk now after they went and ripped the plot to shreds, but i still collect old bionicle and i still flame the new junk their making. So i just (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) GREAT job. Now if someone (at least more talented in such matters than myself and ol' BMP2DAT) could come up with a LDRAW file for these stickers... BTW - they look more like Griffins than Lions to me :P (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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If they make medieval Bionicle sets in ADDITION to normal castle sets, then that's OK. However, if medieval Bionicle is all that they're going to give us, then I also am very disappointed. (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) At least they didn't make Sir Jack of Stone. Bionicle is infinitely cooler than Jack of All Trades (no doubt swordfighting and princess stealing would come naturally to him too, except his hair is styled wrong for it.) Ever since they gave (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But that's the real kicker of it all, isn't it?. LEGO Castle is what it is because we make it what it is. LEGO Castle is the fan's theme. LEGO only supplies the bricks. It's the same with space, with town, with trains, with all the known (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I just went to the Bionicle Forum (inside the Technic Forum) and saw that the last four posts are 1 and 2 months old! It seems like the Castle community is much more active and it would be a shame if The LEGO Company just decided to dump us in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If Bionicle is TLC's #1 selling theme, and it is, wouldn't it make sense to replicate it somehwere else in an attempt to mirror that success? (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) William, I think that all of this worrying is not good. I highly doubt that LEGO would replace one of its great themes with Bionicle. It is probably just a new type of Bionicle set. Bionicle will not replace Castle, Town, etc. I think it is a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi All, Not sure how many are left since Classic-Castle, but I must draw your attention to a crisis in Castle. It appears TLC has decided to bring back the Castle line in a Bionicle-like theme. The world is over and if this rumors proves true, I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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hey Joey, i think this belong in .town more than .castle (or .general, etc). pretty cool, none-the-less -Lenny (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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Hey all, I haven't posted here in a really long time.....but I just dropped in to reveal my newest creation.... Slash (URL) his Guitar (URL) always let me know what you guys think.... Laterz Joey (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hehe, those shipping racks are cool. Maybe I will get to take photos of my rubber band technique sometime. Please let me know if it works for you. Thanks. Ben (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hi All, Here's a new MOC made to fit the CCC standard: (URL) PLMKWYT! (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Indeed, Shaft is one bad motha...watch yo' mouth! *laugh* yeah, I can't wait until it's done and I can start of the competing castle, which will be all gray with some black highlights. Then....it's WAR! Dave (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Awesome! The only thing cooler, bigger and blacker than that is Samuel L. Jackson. (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Why not show them that people as old as 60 years old still "play and build" with Lego. Show them the people involved in Brickshelf.com, as well as BrickLink.com. There are picture of ADULTS buildings, collecting, and buying Lego if they need (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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daniel ravenda wrote: > hey. whats up. douse anyone else have a problem with non builder > people. many people see legos as toy and play things and not as > art. :( > > Why why why. at home I am not aloud to build my parent say it is to > babyish. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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If you like, take a look at the current pics of the tower. Thank evilness it's almost done. Tower D is complete (small one in front) Tower C (with the Dragon's Loft) is done but for half the roof section. Tower B will only go one floor higher and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for clearing up that bit about Star Trek fans. I was about to beam myself home, put on my Starfleet uniform, grab my phaser and tricorder, jump in my personal warp capable shuttle and hunt you down across the galaxy if necessary. Steven (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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I'd pretty much second everything said above. A couple of additional comments: I'm a Ph.D. organic chemist in part due to LEGO. Chemists tend to build lots of models of molecules using special building sets. For instance, see here: (URL) the nobel (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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I just thought I'd add one more bit about adults building with LEGO. When I first arrived here in Portland, I was somewhat amazed to see LEGO building tables in the conference rooms at the old Informix (now IBM) office building. Of course despite (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The next time you're told that your interest in LEGO is babyish, throw this at them: • There are tons of adults who do this. I'm only one example (www.texbrick.com) • I show people, including co-workers, my models and I've never received any (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) *Had to snip that unpleasant stuff out* Speaking from the viewpoint of 30+ years of building, my own experience has shown ignorance to play a significant role. The grade school and high school years were tough but there wasn't much of an (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A couple of suggestions: Is there an AFOL club in your area? Perhaps if you could show your parents that there are "responsible adults" playing with Lego, they would allow you to attend club events occasionally. Second, you have a computer or (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Indeed, I've enojoyed reading all these comments. The only things I can add are: 1) Lego was named 'Toy of the Century' by Forbes 500 -- I think I remember that right, and, 2) There is nothing more valuable than imagination or creative thought (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How about a 41 year old just coming out of his dark age 2 years ago after 30 years. Yes, at age 10 or 11 my parents stopped buying me Lego and I became uninterested. I thought it was for kids younger than I was at that time. 2 years ago when I (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There isn't much I can add to all the other nuggets of wisdom that have already been presented. My father always taught me never to let other peoples opinions get in the way of what you like to do. He said 'the only opinion of yourself that (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! Thanks! :) I'm very happy to be of service to our community. Perhaps sometime soon I'll continue working on my oval shield template and get that article out to the public. Thanks for the reply! --Anthony (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Serf's up, dude! :) I'm glad you liked what I've done, it was a lot of effort. Hopefully it'll prove useful to the community, if not now then in the future. Otherwise I suppose I'll just cower back under the rock from which I came. :) But (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) With LEGO... MONEY IS NO OBJECT! Only the BEST for your soldiers will do! Hehe... thanks for the reply. Glad you liked what I've done. --Anthony (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! Glad you liked what I've done. I did the same as you when I first did stickers, using a glue stick. My only beef with them is that the glue doesn' last very long and after a while the stickers start peeling or just pop right off. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Daniel, I'll let all the comments about language stand--I don't need to rehash that--you've had enough. Do you smoke? If not--tell them you can spend your money on cigarettes or booze instead of Lego. Take a quick poll of most AFOL's here. A (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hang in there... Although my situation wasn't as bad as your situation, my parents didn't really care for me to start building...and in some cases, playing with Lego. I entered a small dark-age a few years ago, threw my Lego into plastic bins, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) First let me say that if you want to be taken seriously, cutting out the foul language will be a big help. It doesn't make anyone sound any more grown up, and it can damage people's perception of you if used inappropriately. The same can be (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) These problems are why many people entire a "dark age". I can't really give you any specific advice, as I don't know your exact situation. However, it terms of general advice.... Make sure your building does not interfere with school work. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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(...) I dont get that problem from my folks but I do get it from friends sometimes, and I agree its a load of bullshizzle (trying not to curse here). It can really cause you to wanna give up the hobby sometimes but after awhile you just ignore what (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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