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My 8 year old was building castles this afternoon with a friend. Later he came up to his computer and logged onto the Lego Website and sawthe new "castle"figures. He was less than thrilled. He has built Bionicles and Bionicle like things (though the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | 2 new castle mocs.
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Hey all you castle heads out there. I have a couple of new castle mocs to show you! First of all, I have a booby trapped bridge over a raging river of lava, built for the Classic-Castle.com How-To contest on booby traps. You might want to go over (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Great Tower
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(...) Well done. As others mentoined, lots of activity. It's obvious that you planned the interior details as you were building this up. I always seem to have a problem with that. Instead I end up detailing stuff once the exterior is finished. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Great Hall
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Benjamin, I like your castle and especially the ceilings. I never paid much attention to ceilings and now I see how wrong I was! One small quibble with your great hall, if I may -- shouldn't a fireplace have a chimney above it? Or did I miss (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | [Press Release] MichLUG to show at Curious Kids Museum
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Contact: Jason Spears jason@michlug.org 269.556.1989 (home) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Benton Harbor Area, MI - The Michigan LEGO Users Group (MichLUG) is pleased to announce that it will be displaying at the Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph, MI. This (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space) !
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| | Re: Great Hall
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(...) Hi Matthew, Thank you for your compliments. I did forget the chimney that should have been incorporated into the tower. This needs to be added at a later time if I remodel the hall. (you are the second person to catch this terrible flaw - (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Great Tower
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Hi Jason, Thanks for the compliments! I usually try to build the outer shell first and then go back and redo/rebuild as I add the interior. The reason for the black slopes is that those were what I had around, and I had already spent too much on (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 new castle mocs.
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Just letting everyone knwo that the galleries are public and the mocpages sites have been updated... (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: March CoLUG Meeting: Castle vs Space...
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(...) probably seen, others you may have not. They are located at (URL) This is a new camera for me and it doesn't have a flash, nor that digital stabilization thingie, so I had to get creative with some of the picture names of the actual pictures. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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Hey what gives here? (URL) this "legal?" While I like the look of the castle, is building with this inferior material allowed? (read above comments in a French accent). ;^) Todd (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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Hello Everybody. Today I invite you to travel back to a simpler time; a time before classic castle, space or even dark gray. We visit the world of a TFOL over 25 years ago. Yes, that teenager was me. I had already seen the usefulness of various sets (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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(...) SNIP (URL) SNIP (...) SNIP I saw this on brickshelf last nite & was totally wowed! this took me back to the days of looking at the old idea books (specifically Mary? & Bill? idea book #6000). there was a recent thread about the old lego (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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(...) You're right; that inferior material is not allowed. The Brickshelf moderators get TONS of pics that they have to go through every day, so it's relatively easy for non-LEGO stuff to get through. (The moderators mainly check for stuff like (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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(...) Those rounded bricks look awfully good. And now they match LEGO colors! The only drawback (well, besides not being LEGO) is that the rounded corners let a lot of light through. But you could solve that by sandwiching a layer of regular bricks (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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(...) Very nice - has that Classic Lego feel to it. I like the pic showing the real cobweb in the archway - very cool. (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
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I need a little help from some of you castle builders out there. After several attempts at my first, I am struggling a bit to say the least. All of my castles look like a building with a castle theme! I'll start to build, take it apart, change (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
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(...) Hi Jeff, The only thing I can say is, look at pictures of some (real) English or French castles. Read a book about their construction. A very good book is Sidney Toy’s "Castles, their construction and history". Think of a castle as a strong (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
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(...) Hey Jeff, Use less grey. Add fewer windows to your castle. Not all castles were grey. Some were blue or red or even purple. Hope that helps, Joshua (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Last Minute Additions
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(...) Hey Anthony, I like them. I have just one question. What's a gong farmer? cool models, Joshua (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
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(...) Hey Jeff, Use less grey << Joshua I kinda like the old grays and due to the massive amount that we have I am kinda stuck using them.........not that it's a bad thing. Once I get all the other colors incorporated into the creation it may not (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Last Minute Additions
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(...) In the modern vernacular, one might call him a pooper-scooper. The term does make you wonder if there was perhaps some secret reason for naming a well-known TV series "The Gong Show". (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
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(...) I'll echo Leo: research. Look through Brickshelf for castles, check out the links on the castle sidebar - Robert Carney's site is particularly inspiring (and intimidating!) as a guide to modeling real castles with Lego; Sava's Ikros stuff (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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(...) Hey Jeff, Thank you so much. I am, of course, proud of this castle; I've showed it to many people over the years, but it's strange to finally share it with my peers (not necessarily chronological peers as 'peers of interest') and not be so (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: New Casle Sets
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(...) I completely agree with your son, the new Castle sets look awful!!! Ok, apart from the new helmets (which might be OK) these sets look like they were designed by an idiot. There's certainly a case here to be made against the over (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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(...) Thanks Mark, That reminds me of a thought I had for a contest or just a simple challenge, although, this is kand of what people are doing by seeing what they can build out of a specific set. How about building something using only parts (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Great Tower
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(...) Excellent build, James. Lovely details, lots of fun. I was agreeing with the 'couldn't be a set' reasoning, and then I thought 'Why not?' What .castler, or kid who is into castles, wouldn't want this set?(1) No, it wouldn't be a big seller, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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Hey Prof, Welcome to .castle. This is a great creation and so much better when you consider this was done by a kfol with a limited palette before the advent of the internet. I really like the way it is all accessible, especially that staircase. Also (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Medieval Townhall
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As I am primarily a town and train builder, occasionally I wander off into other themes. Over the easter weekend, I made a Medieval Townhall. If deemed worthy by Troy, it will be shown in his Cleveland show early July. Here is are two pics: (2 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !!
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(...) (sarcasm) No, Paul, that just too lame to be included. I don't hink we'll have room for it. You'll have to do better! (/sarcasm) Seriously though, it looks great Paul and I'd be greatful to have it for the July Display. Should fit in nicely (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Awesome roof! never got the chance to do so. It confirms that the idea is well worth the effort and parts needed to build it! The whole thing is simply astonishing. One of the best and largest castle creation I've seen in a while. But since I (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(URL) The Home of my sigfig, Lord Marshal Leonhart. After Castle Julian was destroyed following the Delta Earthquake (on the way to pdx :o( ), Leonhart decided to build a slightly less expensive, less if-it-falls-apart-yo...ot-totally screwed home (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Beautiful! Simply beautiful! The main color scheme (old)brown/tan is always a winner. And with a bit of medium blue and dark red works very well indeed. Wow, and that roof is GREAT! (Never seen it before, your idea?) I'm amazed how you made it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | X-Pod Dragons
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(URL) I got a set of X-Pods the other day and decided to build something out of each pod. The Blue and Yellow turned into fairly un-inspired Jet and Car - but with the red I decided to build a dragon. I was inspired by Dave Eaton's (URL) from (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Thanks!! My camera may not be that good, or your screen ;) , but the color in the brown posts is regular blue and regular read (cheap!) (...) Yes, I did have the idea. I then bought the tiles (months ago), for this reason, but someone else a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: X-Pod Dragons
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(...) Nifty. The legs are cute. ~Kevin Blocksidge, who needs to get some X-Pods of his own (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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In lugnet.castle, Paul Janssen wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! the roof technique, the wall piece variation (straight juxtaposed with 1x1 cylinders & bands of colors, the gray & tan/brown color scheme & other details all come (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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(...) Paul, That is quite beautiful. It so enormous too. As others have mentioned, the bits of red and blue over it really add something. The grand staircase in the front in great and that roof! Wow. MichLUG & COLTC are gonna have to do another show (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) Things I like: The lamp upstairs has a neat design, the way all the tables & bookcases in the place have the bits of blue, it looks good and ties it all together. I also dig the balcony. I will have to remember to put one of those in my next (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Paul, This is great, I love to roof (how many circle tiles did that take). The use of 1x1 cylinders for the posts looks great, and the colors really make it come alive! Thanks, George (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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Paul, this is an awesome model. I'm sure the picture doesn't do its size justice! I really like how the circular 'tiled' roof looks. Why didn't you use this for all of the roofing? Can't wait to see the interior! James (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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Hey Lenny, Cool creation! I really like the hanging lamp upstairs! The balcony is cool too. James (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) I really hate that there must be a fireplace in order for a building to open up and the "Low-High" hinge technique is an elegant way to deal with it. And I'm comfortable if everyone doesn't like it, because there are many element's in others' (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) The Hanging Lamp is a design I used for Castle Julian - and thought it was a really cool concept. It may be a bit much for some guy's upstairs bachelor pad, but you know, he is the Lord Marshal after all. -Lenny (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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Item#: 4757 Hogwart's Castle Ages: 8+ Pieces: 927 I picked up 2 copies of the newest HP castle set a few days ago and I'm quite impressed by it. MAIN MODEL The main model is a rather large 3-wing castle with an extra tower building, and gate. The (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle) !
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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(...) STOP IT! You are making me want this set even more and the fact that I have run out of lego money (money set aside just for buying lego) for now is making me sad :-( (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That is remarkable, and that roof is beautiful! I wish I could afford to buy enough of those 2x2 round tiles in order to do a roof like that. Just great. Now I'm really disappointed that I'm not going to be able to make the Homedays show. I'd (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) Well when the entertainers get off work at the (URL) Inn of the Fallen Angels>, maybe they go over to the Lord Marshal's and they needed something to hang from? Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I'm not keen on all of my buildings opening up on the fireplace either, I just haven't found a solution I am happy with. Although, wouldn't most buildings have a fireplace in those days anyway? Hmm.. Actually an idea that just hit me now is (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Paul this rocks! I can't wait to see it in person.Great use of my fav. colors(all dark :-) ).Chris (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Not that it matters(it may to her) I saw this style of roof on Suzanne Green (Rich) web site at least a year ago.... (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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My impression is that the 2004 sets have improved architecture: between Harry Potter and Spider-man there are much better looking, less juniorized buildings this year. At least, there is more ornament. There's the laid-on plate roof of the castle, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2004)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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(...) Hey Brad, thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to getting this set. Do you have the origninal Hogwarts? I'm wondering how they look if you put them together. (...) That sounds good. My main concern with the new grays is the difficulty of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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Hey Lenny, Nice creation. One detail I like is that the windows don't all line up, giving a less symmetric, more realistic feeling than many buildings (incl. my own) have. Bruce (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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Hi, See below. "Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:HwA6JJ.1rwD@lugnet.com... (...) Do (...) them (...) Yes, but the parts of the original hogwarts have long been recycled into the buildings in my LEGO city, BrickTopia. I have (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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(...) I think the biggest complaint that people will have about these is that there are no sand-green skeleton legs. You get the skeleton torso and arms, and a sand-green head (or you can use Frankie's, if you want eyes), but no sand-green skeleton (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Ooops. Are you serious? BTW, did i got to tell you that i'm colour-blind?:-) (...) Sometimes different people in different times have the same idea. It happens. For instance, several mathematicians, in the past, reached to the same results and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) By my count, it's 727. 323 on the entrance side of the main roof, 326 on the other side, 20 laid flat at the peak, and 58 on the little section over the balcony. (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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Amazing work Paul, like everybody else, I'm blown away by the roof. The entrance is also a great piece of building. The color scheme is perfect, espicially with those bits of red and blue on the corners. Well done. -Keith (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Wow, I can't believe someone actually counted, I didn't!! Thanks, that number sounds about right (I bet it is), I had 1000 of them available, and am left with about 1/4. Paul (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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(...) i have read the books and from the pictures its pretty much 50/50 book and movie. since i dont remember there being a clock tower in the book but from the screenshots of the movie there is a humungous clock. (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) The fact I didn't do both roofs like this was three-fold: I wanted to finish the buidling over easter weekend, and had "only" 1000 tiles, which would have not been enough to cover all. Second, I wanted some variation, as many of such buildings (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) What? Someone counted them all? Who? Certainly not me. Well, I counted 37 of them, but that's it. After that it was just a matter of doing some simple multiplication and adjusting quantities a bit here and there for stuff like the chimney and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Greetings. Whoa, that's a really trippy design. Your model really caught my attention so I felt I'd give you some props on your aesthetics here. The whole thing is consistent, nice and uniform, but not at all flat like some sililar nuances (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Medieval Townhall
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(...) Whoa...dude! It's been too long (4 months, I think) nice to see you posting something again. What do you think of the side-bar in your absence fellow curator? ps... I was lucky this time and ended up not having to go overseas... (wheew! (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Medinets wrote: Greetings again. (...) Certainly. I've been pretty much 'dead' here due to college stuff : getting up to snuff with my drawing skills and nailing gestures for figure drawing. Naturally, thinking about those (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: New Harry Potter Castle Review - 4757
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(...) I, too, lament the loss of legs. Nary a moldy old skeleton for us. :( (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Phoenix from red Xpod
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a few days ago, I got an idea for a phoenix, then i saw these great dragons by Leonard Hoffman: (URL) & noticed the red one looked like what i had in mind for my phoenix & wanted to hurry up & post mine before someone beat me to it-thanks to Lenny (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) (URL) Like this perhaps? ;) Nathan Wells Lord Of The LEGO (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Blue Castle, a 25 year-old MOC
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(...) Thanks Bruce. This castle keeps reminding me that we can do so much, no matter what our limitations. I'm really proud of that window detail. I'm sure it was partly inspired by the back cover of Hot Rocks by the Rolling Stones. I too, am amazed (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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(...) Enjoyable, albeit rather cozy and maybe a tad austere... Nice details and colour, though. It's good to see that he was able to save the chandelier. I like the windows and the balcony. I wonder if an outside staircase to the balcony would be in (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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Where did you get purple pieces? I have honestly never seen them. Oh wait . . . the new Harry Potter bus. (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | XIX Century Portuguese Northern House (was: Casa Minhota no final do século XIX)
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(...) Thanks Bruce! So you're right, i'm posting in english and at .castle and .town. (URL) the folder: (URL) This is a characteristic house of the northern portugal at the end of the XIX century. In those times the industry and commerce were almost (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | set383: 1x1 round studs hollow or not ?
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Hmmm... I wonder of something you might know about: - the early castle set 383 is from 1979 - in the building instructions it seemed that they used 3062a "Yellow Brick, Round 1 x 1 Solid Stud" instead of 3062b "Yellow Brick, Round 1 x 1 Open Stud" (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: set383: 1x1 round studs hollow or not ?
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(...) (URL) from a gallery ((URL) by "jojo" Rick. (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | James' Castle Project
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After a few months of sitting on my hard drive I've uploaded the pictures of my latest project to my site. The project is to build a castle modularly, each time building on the previous so at the end of each stage I havew a full castle. Stages 1-3 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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James, that's looking really ace. I don't suppose that hill is modular is it? Is there any chance we'll get to see it in the ABS? If it's not movable then you owe us a minifest - I want to see it for real when it's done! Psi (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, James Stacey wrote thusly: (...) Whence Tw0nst3r replieth: This is really cool! I like how you've decided to evolve the castle like a real one would grow...it lends an air of authenticity to your MOC. Especially nice to me are the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looks very nice. You have done a good job of having the castle conform to the terrain. Also you put in a lot of different buildings, which is good. The crane to get goods is a great idea as well. I'm looking forward to the next stages. Jason (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Bard(ing)'s Tale
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These have gone up piecemeal on Classic-Castle, but since I have my initial batch of four done, here they are. Almost all of the barding pieces have had their original designs brassoed off since covering them exactly around bends isn't always (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: set383: 1x1 round studs hollow or not ?
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(...) If you have a look at the building instruction and the box of the set 542 you'll see the grey brick solid, so I think lego just changed it in fact of producing the new "open stud"-bricks :) I've just ordered the solid parts ot be sure my (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:HwJ75o.4nF@lugnet.com... (...) it? (...) then (...) Hi Simon, the whole thing is modular (32 x 80 studs sections I think) or I'd never move it. It has been to 2 fests, once as it is (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Fellow AFOLs, Once upon a time I built a castelish setting called "The Inn at the Olde Road", which (among others) featured a large tree in the inns courtyard. The album with the Olde Inn and the first version of the tree can be seen here: (URL). (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle) !
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(...) The tree was impressive next to your inn. This is really impressive. I'm not sure I have 800 of that piece at all, never mind in one tree. Well done. It would be great to see it next to the inn, or some minifigs to get a better sense of scale. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) As I said, it took some time and effort to get the pieces. (...) Thank you. (...) > sense of scale. The Inn is currently boxed, as I am working on the rear part of that scenario at the moment (The inn as depicted in the gallery is only the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: James' Castle Project
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(...) That is simply beautifull. The cliffs... the castle itself, and the landscape are amazing. And the courtyards of the castle look great, and the wooden scaffolding/crane is a very nice touch. One minor complaint. I dont really like the way your (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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Sometime back I did 3 Viking Longboats: (URL) wanted to do some Castle, shore raiding and I have seen "The Vikings" many times and thought it would make a great BrikWars game. Recently I was watching the film again and thought about doing naval (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) All well done. I know a guy who did the exact set of rules that you are looking for that were specifically medieval. They were for resin ships and metal minatures, but they should work for Lego (and I'll warn you that low Viking ships facing (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)
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"Don Cox" <the1hugh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HwMsqz.9t2@lugnet.com... (...) many (...) actions. I (...) ship to (...) (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Curious Kids' Museum Show - Caslte, Town/Train, Space & Aquazone
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MichLUG was pleased to display at the Curious Kids' Museum for a second year running during their annual LEGO creation contest. This year we assembled displays for four seperate themes. The Space and Aquazone were a little on the small side and we (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !!
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| | New Castle on Brickshelf?
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I was wondering who posted the new brickshelf pics of the white castle and huge understructure. I'd love to know what your planning to do with all the space below the castle and if your plans started with the castle or the earthwork? (URL) Just (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Ahboo Roo design ideas
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Greetings, Earth-Mortals! I was just doodling a bit tonight in MLCAD, and found myself more focused on entry detailing than structure (which is where I started). These pics are really only quick design ideas for a country cottage trying to get out (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| | The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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Just wondering if any of you guys would be up to making some dioramas of figs, as well as buildings and best of all.... BATTLE SCENES from the movie? I have my Greeks, but they're not all ready nor fully equipped and I've just added the Phagians (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Horatio Spike: Dragon
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Look to your left! Look to your right! When Horatio Spike is here, everything is tight! (URL) Check it! My second dragon, this one came to me in a vision while i was bathing, and i built him furiously a few minutes before I had to get to work. I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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(...) Ahahahaha, that's excellent! Looks a bit like Puff the Magic Dragon. Or looks like something that would be called Puff the Magic Dragon, anyway. Very niftykeen. Adrian (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Wizard's fire spell
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Does anyone remember that post several months ago where some guy made a really cool looking tree out of tons of flame pieces hooked together? Well, I got to thinking about other cool stuff that could be made out of lots of flame pieces hooked (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Back Building
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Hiya everyone.... I've just got back to Australia after living for a year in the UK... so just getting back into my lego now.... brushing off the dust and getting back to building. After living in an 800 year old town in England for a year, I have (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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About Troy... I'm not sure about the movie -- I hope it doesn't suck -- but I have been following the comic _Age of Bronze_ for some years and prefer that for references for MOCs. Eric Shanower uses every real detail he can get, while trying to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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Well, I do not know much about the movie, heard about it first here. Yes, thousands of remakes, on big screen and little stupid box. Scrounging up somewhat authentic minifigs will be kind of hard, the closest I can think of are the knights with the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Very nice. He's huge compared to a minifig, but has that adolescent feel to him, which makes you wonder how big he will eventually get. He facial features are so expressive. Good work. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Does this mean that in some future we might also expect to see a new custom set from your hand? With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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