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I've been showing my castle's blueprint to so many people privately, I might as well make it public. So, if you want to see the blueprint, follow the link below: (URL) isn't the link to my bricklink shop? Yeah it is. Desperate? Yeah. Underhanded? (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Blueprint to Castle [Yet Unnamed]
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(...) <SNIP> This is my first post to .castle; please fogive me if I break any rules. FOr a source of castle blueprints, check out this company: (URL) have no affiliation with the copmany. These are Real castles, some day I'd love to own one, but (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Two Toned Tree
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I mentioned this in a reply to another post, but I only had one answer and I haven't seen anyone else comment about it, so I thought I'd mention it again. Has anyone else looked closely at the new Bellville Ice Queen set ? In the background is a fir (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Two Toned Tree
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Hello! (...) Yes, that's a real item. I doubt, though, it will be released in other sets as well. LEGO is world champion in "Releasing anything usefull in just one set". :-) Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Two Toned Tree
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(...) If you look closely at the S@H large picture, it appears that the LURP may also be two toned (white and aqua). Ray (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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You're right. Good catch (also to Ray on the LURP). Do you think this is actually two different tones of plastic, or something we could all duplicate with existing trees and a can of white spraypaint (I suspect the latter)? Anyone else think the (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dragon by Sealug member
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Thanks! Todd, have you had a chance to take more photos of this beast? Bruce (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Three Trunk Tree and Tall Thin Tree
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Here's a three-trunk tree that I built for my railway layout: (URL) I used 2L black technic liftarms to attach more flex tubes to the central one. The white blobs underneath are geese! Also a tall thin tree next to an office block: (URL) tree uses a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Re: Two Toned Tree
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(...) snip Hi Bruce, a guy called ImperialJohn on Eurobricks claims Lego has invested in new machinery capable of producing two colour blends, he claims it is also capable of combining different types of plastic, so maybe we can all look forward to (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Two Toned Tree
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(...) Not primarily. The Snow Queen is part of a series of sets to celebrate the famous danish fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen. Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Two Toned Tree
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(...) If anything, Lego will enjoy all the free marketing from "HCA2005" which has been building up steadily since last year. (URL) you did not know that April 2, 1805 was Hans Christian Andersen's birthday (not Danny Kaye's) you do now... or that (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Belville Battle Bridge, Witches with NUNCHUCKS & Manriki gusari variant
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Word. Posted a few more pics to my brickshelf account. (URL) built this out of the white mountainside BUMPs that are included in 7417 (x2) & 7412 (x4 or 5), and dark grey bumps from 4709 (x2). I geuss the main inspiration for it was realising that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: New!
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(...) Yah, so i guess i shoulda cross-posted to a few more relevant groups as well! 'Cause, although the Harry Potter ship is of Jack Stone (4+ and up age) origin, it's still a nice hull that's in black with gray trim. And the Shark head that fit's (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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| | New Viking minifig has vicious looking face
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I just saw a close up of one of the new Viking minifigs on 1000steine.de today: (URL) This Norseman looks bad to the bone! The eyes are somewhat hidden by the helmet, but the mouth makes him look pretty furious. Also his red hair is kind of curly, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: New Viking minifig has vicious looking face
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(...) Ooooh yeah! Kinda reminds me of the scenes in 'Incredible Hulk' where he sometimes just goes AAA...AAAHHH...HHH!!!...!!! all the time. Sweet. Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: New Viking minifig has vicious looking face
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(...) Where are the beards? Why were there no beards? Are there going to be beards? Were the beards simply from the preliminary shots, and didn't make it to final production?!? ?I would like some new beards please? Questionly, --==Richard==-- (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Viking minifig has vicious looking face
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(...) So would I... :-) I personally think the beards were only for the prototype pictures. Actual mass-marketing of ABS beards in different styles was probably too expensive a proposition for Lego to make. Of course I could always be pleasantly (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005
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(...) cost? The ideals of the past gave relevance to the notions that Military (guns) and Mortality (graves) were not the ethics the company was founded upon… What compromise is this? ...unfortunately, it’s a realistic one! But the new gun-heavy (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Theed Capture
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The Neimoidians capture the city of Theed including it's highest ranking officials who are led away by Battle Droid units for processing. The Sith apprentice stands guard monitoring the decisions made by the Neimoidians are in line with the orders (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Supertrain pictures - SALUG
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Greetings, I have posted pictures of SALUG participation at Supertrain: (URL) is a large model train show that takes place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in mid February. This year SALUG (Southern Alberta Lego Users Group) won first place for the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.ca.salug) !!
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| | Fences 101 using #30056
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The latest moc using (URL) 30056> to create a diagonal fence got me started on these designs. (URL) Here are some designs for a straight fence starting from the left with a basic configuration, followed by some variations. (URL) With a 32x32 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: New!
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New stuff just in… Possibly the best set ever! (URL) now that the Vikings appear not to be as kewl as their original promos, (due to the lack of beards and simplification of the sets with tones of catapults that weren’t originally there) this set, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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snip (...) Well, I just read on <www.eurobricks.com> that vikings are only going to be sold in Europe. "Vikings for Europe and DINO for USA 2005-02-25 19:06:29 by Jipay After Jan’s speech, the rumour has spread all over the internet : the vikking (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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In lugnet.castle, Douglas R. Clark wrote: -snip- (...) I spoke to an employee at the MOA Imagination Center store last night, and was told they *would* be getting the Vikings sets. I guess we'll just have to wait and see! JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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(...) Shouldn't we also just go straight ahead and remind everyone (including LEGO!) vikings DID not have horns as part of their helmets. But I guess the horns are to the recognition of the minifig as viking what the castle is to the playability of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Congrats to da Freak....
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I just wanted to post that Pat Morgan AKA the LegoFreak has won the best overall in the Classic-castle building contest #2 as the "Master Builder" winning in one catagory and honorable mention is several others. Congrats, Freakie!!! :D (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | A spiral staircase
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While grading the contest entries in the CCC2, I cam across (URL) Lord Mikal's Sweetie Pie Bakery>. Mikal turned the stairs in the backery one turn using what I thought was a 3x3 facet brick, which gave me the idea to go full circle, so to speak. It (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: A spiral staircase
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Anthony, great work! It's simple in it's design, not becoming bulky, and it's not too difficult to build (considering you have the right bricks :-). It makes you wonder why Lego it self never came up with this idea. It would be interesting to see (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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(...) Thanks for sharing and making me smile! Weapons-Testing is my favorite of the batch. (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | Castle display @ Child & Parent Expo in Indy
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Last weekend (Feb. 19-21) IndyLUG had a display at the Child & Parent Expo in Indianapolis at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. We had three sections to the layout: Town/train, Space and Castle. Most of our club's shows are train oriented, but this (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX) !!
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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(...) Hey Nelson, I think all of these are interesting, but I think the Misc/Art one is my favorite. The boxing vignette made me thing of Raging Bull, I wonder if you could make a black and white version. Anyway, great job. -Keith (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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(...) Boxing was very cute...loved the choice of the Racers minifig head...captures the punch perfectly! Calum (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | Battle Contest on Classic-Castle.com
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Hey All, Just a quick note to let you know that there is a battle scene contest currently running on CC.com. Here is a link (URL) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | The Princess' Royal Coach
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Some of you may have seen this from the Colossal Castle Contest II at www.classic-castle.com.... (URL) Well, several centuries later, it's been redesigned and updated. Presenting... (URL) My homage to Ed Roth's Druid Princess. Enjoy! "Big Daddy" (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Château de Vignette
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Presenting a crazy castle made up of nine individual vignettes: (URL) The vignettes connect together using technic pins, similar to Classic-Castle standards and Moonbase MOCs. I hope that you will get a laugh at some of the jokes here, and hopefully (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | A Weekend of Vignettes
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Hey all, Spent most of the weekend building vignettes. Here are the results: COPS: (URL) Seven Deadly Sins (only three thus far: pride, gluttony, lust): (URL) sculptor: (URL) at my computer (don't ask why I have a sonar display on it :P) (URL) older (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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(...) Nice work Nelson. I love how modular the castle is. I love how the detail is spread out between the different vignettes but also combined to make a really smart looking castle as well, that must have taken a fair bit of planning. Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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(...) That's awesome. I've been playing around with a few ideas like this too.. This made me laugh. Great job!! -mark (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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Am I the only one who sees the amazing potential this idea has? Like builders with limited parts will be able to take part in moonbase-type setups...... I just love this concept :-). I think this model just screams 'Vignettes are here to stay'. I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: A spiral staircase
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"Daan Bargerbos" <daan62@xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:001001c51bce$09...erkamer... (...) (URL) > (URL) (...) (URL) > (URL) (...) (URL) > (URL) (...) Ah! Staircase, plates, wingplates! That gave me an idea! At last I can find a use for all my (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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(...) WOW!!!! How cool, I like the idea a lot. It looks great the way it all connected and the final model of the castle itself look great as is. Yaron "EyE RoD" Dori (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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Hey Nelson, More great vignettes! The boxing ring is my favorite, with the clever take on the ropes and the way the faces and poses perfectly match the action. My other favorite is the crossing man (looks like that Podbrix guy). How many times did (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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Hello! That's a cool idea! And well executed as well. The set has a ...well... set-like look on it, and I like that. The single vignettes are very funny, too. Bye Jojo (URL) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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Hello! (...) Add "great" to it. You've got a cool sense of humour! Bye Jojo (URL) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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(...) Wow, I really liked the boxing one. Great use of colors and posing there. And the town one made me laugh. Great job, now go forth and make ye more! -mark (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | Classic castle layout a big party hit
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My daughter's 8th birthday party was this weekend, so we put in some extra hours to get our collection of classic castle sets laid out nicely. It turned out to be a big hit with all six 7-9 yr old girls: (URL) More playing action: (URL) brickshelf> (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Lego Painting
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Hey all, As part of my Painting II class last term, I did "Of Magic and Metal", a 24"x24" lego themed painting, complete with lego frame. (7 URLs) Folder: (URL) All comments, criticisms, etc are most welcomed. I personally don't much care for (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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Nelson, I really enjoyed these. I was particularly impressed by the construction of the cross in (URL) photo>. Is that an original design idea? Kudos. Also love the phantom's "floating in air" effect by planting the stud on his head into the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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(...) Thanks! Yeah, I came up with that cross design a few months ago as part of a yet-unfinished Adventurers MOC. But, when I was working on these vigs, I decided to put it in - it was too good to be just lying around. The floating ghost idea came (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Painting
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(...) I love it. Chris, this is fantastic. Whoever said LEGO was not art. ;-) You captured the essence of that night and wizard so well. It would really something to see a series of scenes like this. I'd buy em (er, one since that's all i could (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | From one Scale to the next (was Re: Belville Battle Bridge, Witches with NUNCHUCKS)
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Hey y'all, while discussing the idea of playsets/dioramas that transcend scales, i.e. are appropriate as "different" settings from m-fig, thru b-fig, and potentially up to galidor/knights kingdom II figs ("g-fig"?, "k-fig"?, what about "j-fig" for (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Jasper the troll
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G'day, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. This is Jasper, the troll. (URL) Jasper is my first castle MOC, based loosely upon the trolls from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. (The Discworld trolls were what I originally had in mind, but Jasper (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Jasper the troll
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Sorry about replying to my own post, but I thought people might like to know that Jasper's (URL) MOCPage> is up. Also, thanks to the very nice people who spotlighted Jasper! -Matt W. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Jasper the troll
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Dude, this is great work! It looks a little clunkier than i'd really like to see it, but I'm no mech or jumbo-fig modeling expert myself, so I offer that as truly constructive criticism (pun not necessarily intended, but certainly amusing as I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Jasper the troll
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Hello there, Firstly I must say that although this is not one of the most hi-tech looking creations out there (which I love), it is certainly one of the most characterful that I've ever seen! I simply love the head/face on this guy, truly Troll like (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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<snippage> (...) Sorry to reply to my own posting, but... I have decided to highlight it as the current project of the moment, as it was too good to pass up. Thanks, Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Jasper the troll
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(...) Nice job, Matthew. I certainly appreciate the scale you're working with. There aren't too many precedence to follow, so you have to make up the rules as you go. The pose-ability does well for him-- especially the pose where he's laying back. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Hello! This is the Hall of Albirona: (URL) me, I'm a link!>> In real life it's a pre-romanesque Palace Hall that was later on turned into a church. It can be found near Oviedo, Spain. Read my story on MOCpages, it's written for the ISCC4 (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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(...) Wow! I loved it! I loved the model, but I love the backstory even more. I also thoroughly enjoyed all the detail work involved and your special "added touches" like the bird cage, the harp and Black Falcon guy. Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | New blog: VignetteBricks
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Hi all, Well, I timed this just about right. I've actually been working on the idea for a bit, but with the new .build.vignette newsgroup, the recent great success of the vignette category in the classic-castle contest, and the spate of great (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Hello Jojo, before reading your story, I just want to comment on the pics that I saw earlier today. I immediately searched for an anouncemnt from your side, but didn't find any.... till now! Wonderfll pics, wonderfull building: colour scheme light (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Jojo, this structure is so impressive! Every once in a while I get it in my head that I'm starting to become a good builder, but then something like this comes along and I feel humbled. Excellent job capturing the overall look of the building, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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This MOC is truly amazing!! Jojo, your work constantly astounds me. You are constantly raising the bar. The arched ceiling is absolutely fantastic, and is made even more remarkable by the fact that you don't seem to use any specialized elements to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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(...) I'll second all the compliments. One thing I wanted to add was that I also saw the pictures first. That there was a story about a young woman becoming a wizard and them setting out and finding her own home was quite obvious. Frank (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dragon by Sealug member
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(...) Hey Bruce, Sorry I never really saw this post!!! I can shoot a bunch for you and I'll post them at Brickshelf. I am planning on dismantling this soon and replacing all the click joints with new ones, I used the ones strictly from the Super (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for the praise! I too am pleased with the outcome of the sandy-grey mottling. I pondered to build it completely in sand (since the original is sand-coloured) but I didn't have close to enough parts to do it, and there wouldn't (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for the praise! Well, the story... I don't build for the purpose of illustrating stories, but I wrote the story to accompany the pictures. I'm afraid this does affect the quality of the story... Henceforth there shall not be a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Hello! (...) Oooh, actually you are the last one to have reason to feel humbled! Your skills of illustrating a story (the Bible, but whom do I tell that) are hardly equaled. (...) Hehe, I happened to have a not too small an amount of those flat (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Hall of Albirona - The full story (Director's Cut)
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Hello! (...) Thanks for the praise! (...) I don't hope so. Maybe I'd not be able to jump over it myself... (...) For the arched ceiling I used the most ordinary and non-specialized bricks imaginable, i.e. 2x4 bricks and 2x2 bricks :-) It's an (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.color)
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| | Macedonian Phalanx and Alexander the Great
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The caption reads "In a small valley after the Battle of Hydaspas in 326 B.C.Alexander the Great and one of his elite Macedonian phalanx units corners King Porus of India." OR "How to use up a bunch of minifig without really trying" Folder (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Château de Vignette
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I didn't get around to saying how much I enjoyed this. There is geat humour and technique in this one (or should I say nine?) I'm especially impressed by the sheer audacity, confidence and even decadence of buttressing the walls. It's like fighting (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Palace Stairwell
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The palace stairwell used in the (URL) Theed Palace Chamber> has been deconstructed to show details that were obscured by the palace walls. (URL) Front view (URL) Top view (URL) More pics on (URL) gallery> when moderated. AC (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Classic-Castle forums
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Hey all, The bad news: The classic-castle forums have been hacked. Right now they look ugly and the normal url doesn't work. The good news: The data is all still there and you can post. Use this url: (URL) Hopefully everything will be back to normal (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Classic-Castle forums
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Hmm, Sorry to respond to myself, but it appears that the old address works again (not my doing). Bruce (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hi everyone This is actually my first posting as up to now I've mostly been lurking. Very much inspired by the yellow castle contest on Classic-Castle I decided to built my own version of the classic yellow castle. For the contest I was however both (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle) !!
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(...) Welcome to Lugnet. I hope you choose to post more. Very nice work. I like that you didn't let a scarcity of grey hold you back. Your yellow castle looks excellent. All those great shaped towers and walls at angles. There are some ideas in (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Castle Lego fun at Casa Loma...
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Part of its Spring Break special programming, "Knights and Knaves" there is a Lego Knights Kingdom section where you can see the life-size model(s) of Jayko and put together your own creations there. Information found here: (URL) won't be going (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.castle)
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(...) that though, I how I'm impressed with how you modeled all the different towers; square, octagonal, triangular and round. This would be a great resource for someone wondering just how to make a non-rectangular tower. Thanks for sharing this, I (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: When the King got more money (bigger yellow castle)
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(...) Geometrical perfection... I LOVE IT! (...) I look forward to seeing those too. (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | MOC: a Chinese style building
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(URL) simple creation, with some cheating applied (some slopes are jammed together) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This is quite a pretty building, even with the cheating. Thanks for sharing. Xposted to town. (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: MOC: a Chinese style building
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(...) Very nice work !! I have been meaning to build something of a Chinese style buildings recently but with outside corridors with pillars and have just started gathering pieces to do that. I really like the overlapping roof work. Keep it up. KK (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Two Vignettes and a Funeral
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Hey all, Spent the morning making three vignettes: This one is from a scene in my favorite movie, which I was watching while I was building. Its called "The Floor is On Fire:" (URL) second one illustrates the dangers of setting up sun-bathing camp (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Two Vignettes and a Funeral
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Very nice! The sun bathing one is my favorite! In fact, I had nearly the very same idea for a Joe Vig vignette! I think the wave might look better if it had some transparent blue and white pieces in it, but the shape itself looks good. The Floor Is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | New MOC: Celtic Longhouse
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(2 URLs) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks. Hadn't thought about the transblue. Not sure if I have enough transblue bricks or any transblue slopes. (...) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! (...) Any suggestions on how to make it less static? Steve (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New MOC: Celtic Longhouse
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Wells wrote: -snip- (...) Hey, I think this is very nice. Using those parts like that is perfect! Great idea. Thank you for sharring. e (20 years ago, 19-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was just watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (one of *My* faviorite movies) last night. Weird, but great! Though I'll have to say the beach MOC was my fav... God Bless, Nathan (20 years ago, 20-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Those were all very good, especially the beach one. The Southern California wave rider in me came out when I saw it. Question- Did you intentionally make it look like the surfer is going to go over the falls? A nice accent if you did. Adr. (20 years ago, 20-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When the King got more money (bigger yellow castle)
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WOW! This is the nicest castle I've seen in a long time! Love the towers, the interesting angles, and the asymetry. Magnus (20 years ago, 20-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | My first post - Red Tower
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Hello All, This is my first post here, but I have been on Classic-Castle for a while. I have been inspired by the Henning Friis Andersen's big yellow castle, to build my own non-gray tower. It is pretty basic, but uses an idea I had for a different (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Henning, I keep coming back to look at this castle as it is a great source of ideas. I love the short curved connecting walls as well as all the angles you used in the towers. I have been duplicating some of these ideas already as they have (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Bulls Palace (Interior)
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The Bulls build a palace to commemorate their recent conquests. An MOC previously used in a SW theme was modified to conform to Castle while still keeping the main structural design intact. (2 URLs) AC (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: When the King got more money (bigger yellow castle)
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(...) Hi Bert I've noticed your red tower (if it's the red and blue one?) and I think it's excellent. Definitely at least as good as what I built just a little less of it. I'm very happy that I've inspired you and that others are building non-grey (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Cool, unique, and your usual standard of greatness : ) Just one question: Are the Bulls really capable of overcoming anyone? God Bless, Nathan (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | A whole plethora of Castle MOCs...
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Hi all, I built most of these ages ago but never got round to posting them (sorry) so here is a quick selection: A Forestmen Lair: (URL) A Tournament Supply Co. using the new 'teeth' pieces: (URL) Another lair, but this time for those crafty Wolf (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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SNIP (...) SNIP I really like how the teeth pieces work here. They make surprisingly good 'banners'. I'd be surprised if other castle folk didn't pick up on this idea and use it. I like the others too, but this is my favorite of the bunch. Jason (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Not just castle! Town too, which is why I XFUT there. I agree, these are nifty. Spotlighted. (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | New MOC: Celtic Cottage
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(2 URLs) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Bulls Palace (Interior)
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(...) Thanks! They better be as they're the only faction that I have in quantity. AC (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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