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See (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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| | About the "European Bulk Order" (was: Re: Chat with Jake - Transcript)
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(...) (Deep Breath...) Weeeeellll. Executive Summary: + Availability of (rare) pieces in quantities +/- Prices (Good for the rare stuff, not so good for even large quantities of more common bricks) - Handling (Took ages, is not yet finished) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Andrzej, I really like both the idea and the MOC, especially the tombstones. However, I think that the graveyard itself is a bit misplaced; the shop should indeed have a stock of un-ingraved tombstones at hand, but the graveyard itself (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi James, Happy to oblige. Although I think I have forgotten to burn the design for Thanduril onto a CD before I left England, so won't be able to get that one up anytime soon ;) The rest should be up in no time. Thanks for your compliments also :) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hello, This is my new entry for CC contest: Gravedigger and Cemetery. Gravedigger was one of the most important jobs in middle ages, maybe even more important than doctor. This guy here sure likes his job: he's making the coffins, carving the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thank you Adrian. I agree that the questions and answers were great. Everyone should read up to find out information on everything from the difference at Shop at home from "Sold Out" and "Not Available" to discussion of the "Jakefig" :) Ben (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'd like to post my thanks Ben, Jake and to those who presented the questions. That was a very good, informative Q&A you had. To those who haven't read the transcript yet I certainly suggest doing so. Adr. (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (Thanks for organizing this) I have a question regarding this statement: "[julespitt] I'm wondering if there is a definite plan to do a trial of the bulk ordering that is being experimented with in Europe currently." What bulk ordering is (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow thanks Issac Your torso stickers are universally wonderful, and I've been drooling over them for a while can we request some earlier than others. :) The High Priestess and priest, the necromancer and King Thanduril would be on the top of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope definately not. I have them sitting in front of me -is this the first time we in Wales have sets before the US or are you all staying well away ?? They are made of the same sort of plastic as the hagrids hut roof or the hogwarts roof (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | I'm Back with a lot of Mocs to prove it
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A BIG hello to all of Lugnet .castle! I've really missed everybody! Now that I'm settled in New Zealand and have all my work under control I'm ready to become an active member of the lego community again : ) And to prove my good will I've brought a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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The Classic-Castle chat with Jake McKee, LEGO Community Developement Manager, was a great success. The CC members had great questions. The admins and members would like to thank Jake for spending time with us on his Saturday. I have placed the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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Red Bean Studio has been moved here: (URL) I'm still in the process of getting all my torso designs up for download, but eventually they will all be there so please visit often. Thanks!! R. B. (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! As far as I know I did :) I didn't copy it from anyone else, but it's hard to tell what is already out there! James (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Check out our entries to the CCC Colossal Contest; Bulls Gate (2 URLs) Blacksmith Shop/Sentry Outpost (URL) Siege Machine (URL) ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) different and that's very realistic. I especially like the tomb: (URL) lions at the front gate fit very nicely. The grave with the black knight on the capstone also looks good. It would have been fun if instead of the women captured by the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) very sturdy. The red thing leading up to the horses (technical name?) looks really good as well. I'm reminded of the two lumberjacks sawing the tree in Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (for the Super Nintendo). They never did finish that (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the details that went into this. The wooden shack is a very nice touch. A building like this would certainly be put up in this situation, and it just seems to "fit." You can pack a lot into a 32x32 baseplate. -- Pawel (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The "Precious" ... They stole from us... "Precious" Nicely done, the cut of his hand... the ring from half a key, brillient scene and you made quite a brillient work. Though in my opinion Tolkin should have ended the fight between Gollom and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi James, I really like the castle/city you built there. I like the rasied plates combined and the front entrence looks very much impressive. Though it looks a bit deserted, not a single clue that some1 is still living there, but I'll guess (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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First of all, I need to get a decent digital camera and some better lighting because I don't think the pictures do the scene justice. I thought some of the tombs and monuments came out nicely, as well as the whole 'altar.' I tried to give that a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey James, I think that the contest on classic-castle.com has really helped to spur some of this creativity. (...) I just thought it was a foggy day in your kingdom. :) This looks really impressive. I like how you built up the ground quite a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey James, Very nice. I really like the way you did the sides, and that saw is perhaps my favorite 7-element MOC ever. Very clever. Bruce (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow it's busy round here. Current issues surrounding LEGO in general certainly aren't stifling creativity in .castle I've been hard at work for waht seems like forever recreating my site. New design and functionality. It's slow going. I have been (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Hietbrink wrote: Hi Bruce, (...) the men in action. I can't think of anything to improve it. Great job! James (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Here is my first real attempt at a cart. I got some of my ideas from admiring the work of Jojo and Jason Spears. The timber cart features two woodcutters who are out to gather timber. The cart can hold up to four decent sized logs. The men are (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Hi all, Here are two more entries for the Classic-Castle.com contest. The first is for the "CCC Wall Buildings" category and it is people building a CCC wall The two figures by the shed are the foreman and a merchant. The others are working on the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Notice in the last couple pics that you can see the minifig versions next to them, the black and green have new visors. Which is frickin cool. (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks. I was very happy with how it turned out. I debated whether the slats should be horizontal or vertical. I'm not sure which would be more historically accurate, but it turned out that it was much easier to construct this with horizontal (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks, James. Originally the second floor didn't come apart easily like that, but I went back and put in the tiles so it would easily come out so you could get to some of the details on the first floor. (...) Thanks. I used that idea of (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message news:HrJDE3.21nG@lugnet.com... (...) out in (...) Is it true these sets have cardboard shields? Rosemary Regner, PE R Squared Digital Media rose@r2dm.com www.r2dm.com (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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These are out in the shops now .. no need to rely on fuzzy pics (URL) James Stacey ------ www.minifig.co.uk Lugnet Member #925 I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado "Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Castle Enthusiasts, Action-Figure.com has posted a few pictures of the large figures coming out in the new Knights Kingdom Theme. View the pictures at: (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) floor of the house - the 1x1 yellow round plates are a nice touch. I also like the symmetry of the Joust which is disrupted by the asymmetric house in the background. Finally, I'm glad that you have stairs going up to the battlement - it's an (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I really like the fact that you made the siege tower out of brown bricks. It's the closest emulation of what a real tower might look like. The tiles you used on the front and the sides are great representations of boards that would have been (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Finally got a chance to scope this out (after a very enjoyable chat with the creator last nite over at classic-castle)... Way cool! I think my fave touches are the reminder that you don't have to use split at the baseplate seams to do opening (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's hard to reach adult hands into a normally hinged building :) (...) creation. I like your battering ram too by the way :) For those who haven't seen it: (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Bryan, Thanks for the compliments! (...) Not sure about this, but I would guess it has been done before. The shop was built to the clasic-castle.com city wall standard, which in my interpretation requires a 32x32 baseplate. That's why it doesn't (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks. The 'propane tank' is just supposed to be another container. Something other than the standard barrel. Perhaps it could hold some 'knights' ale' or something :) James (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very cool. But why is there a propane tank under the stairs? Aaron S (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle)
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