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(...) I agree that 6090 was a good castle, probably the best castle in the last 8 years or so (since 6086 Black Knight's Castle). In lugnet.castle, Bryan Wong writes: (...) I agree that the Yellow Castle is the best functionally (as far as use of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) instead... (...) The trouble with getting in on Castles so late is that the only affordable things that are available are definitely weaker. The one thing I'll say for the Night Lord's Castle is that it doesn't have a raised baseplate, and the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Let's see... DaveE's top 11: (pretty much all the large castles ever.. depends what you call a castle, really...) 1. 6080 King's Castle (664 pcs) - great set, lots of pieces, very elegant, well constructed, openable... 2. 3075 Castle (779 pcs) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have actally reproduced the castle to the best of my ability in grey (with black highlights). I took pictures of it that I will post soon so that all of you can give me feed back. I will also take a few pictures of the new iteration of the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wasn't clear if you were restricting us to just castles or any set within the Castle theme. On the basis of just being a castle, my order would be as follows: 6080, 6086, 375, 6085, 6074, 6090, 6073, 6081, 6097, 6091 In reality, I judge sets (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I am not particularly a castle collectors (I collect pirates), but I would love to be involved in creating info. for the world and some structures. Some of the pirate sets, like the El Dorado fortress, are really just castles in a different (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, take a look-- (I actually threw together a PAGE, can you believe it? [not that it's MUCH of a page, but hey]) (URL) their slight gigantism, I actually like my design for the chickens and the goose running around the town.. although they do (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well your villagers will never go hungry with those Chickens!!!. And what is with the Piano falling out of the sky. An odd to Chicken Little I suppose. And that Cat is hugh (oops thats not LEGO...). Very nice Dave, you have a great way of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Marcelo H. Sola wrote in message ... (...) Knight's (...) what (...) Age.... Hmm, having just recently built a bunch of castles, I've got some ideas. I haven't yet built all the large castles, though I think I have all of them except 375/6075, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I picked one up at Target for $1.44 ... great minifigs.. I especially like the torsos. They'll be going into my next castle. (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, I used a totally black shirt. Why work hard on taking out arms if I can use a pre-designed shirt? ;-) BTW, my minifig isn't a witch like yours - though I like yours a lot too! (...) Thanks! (...) Well, it just seemed that the picture (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well the chickens NEEDED to be big to defend off those huge cats! I think they'd fit in very nicely with Legoland's scale, but not as well with minifig scale... oh well... at least you can tell what they are :) in "correct" minifig scale (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) [not (...) what (...) Hi Dave, I like your shacks a lot! Chickens are a bit big but cute and great design! I would suggest (as you discussed with Eric K) to either pack the houses closer together, or on the other hand put them in great (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In dealing with this huge pile of LEGO bricks I bought from a kid entering his dark ages, I have some left over castle walls that I can't tie to a set: 11 3x3x6 black corners 3 1x5x6 black walls w/window 6 1x5x6 grey walls w/window 1 1x5x6 grey wall (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Very, very nice, David! A few suggestions -- I agree that there needs to be more "clutter", and that the 5 houses might look better cloistered in a circle. A few little sheds, stables, and troughs (for water and feed) would definitely add to the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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A few more comments -- that house interior looks really nice! Just begging for a table, some chairs, and some eating utensils. Maybe a ladder and loft for sleeping in? Since you asked, it's "medieval". ("mediaeval" and "mediæval" are also (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oooo! I forgot about troughs... those might look really cool! I was thinking of a chicken coop/mini-shed type thing, but I never got around to it... I think I'll work on some more clutter, etc, tonight... I put two small barrels in the scene, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've posted a ".DAT" file for a chicken that should be more to scale with minifig farmers. "(URL) let me know what you think. Thanks, Franklin (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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This is all some good stuff, I hope that the kid doesn't reget selling it someday. I sure would have if I had ever sold my Lego. -David (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Fellow brick junkies, All those posts about armies, races, Castle World and special characters inspired me to create a special leader for my dark forces. I haven't found the right name for him yet, but then again, he's not completey finished yet (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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