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(...) Not to bring up an old debate, but: They never really tried to sell the Legends, if you put the guarded inn in a decent box (what were they thinking with a black and white one?) and put it on a shelf next to a thrown together model like this (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I never was able to overcome the colour switch so these are too bley for me to buy, but I'm glad to hear someone is enjoying them. God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I'm not much of a fan of the new wings but this is an interesting design...Thanks for sharing! God Bless, Nathan (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) What is the contest deadline? Thanks--Mark (18 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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(...) Nothing more than sales expectations, but that is of course the main issue. It's pretty square-looking, takes a lot of patience to build and leaves a lot to the imagination. Patience and imagination are two qualities of which there seems to be (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, it's pretty good. I'm not sure of all the parts you used tought. Maybe I you can put a list up, I would really be glad. (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it's like they took 6090 and 6091/6098 and built some kind of combo castle with them. Comparing them is like saying that 6062 is a re-release of 6061. Same general idea, same general design, but made to be prettier and be more (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Compare (URL) the new 10176> with (URL) the original 6090>. Clearly the new castle was merely inspired by the original. I am surprised S@H is even making the comparison. The new one actually looks much better from a design stand point. It also (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) It's not a Legend, it's completely different!!!! (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) We do have it in the USA. It will ship by July 18th and does not come with the bonus flag pack. The set is called "King's Castle" here, much to my dismay. Ben (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle)
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I noticed that a new Legend set appeared on Shop at Home: #K10176 - Classic Castle, a recreation of set #6090 - Royal Knight's Castle "with updated parts and colors". At this moment only for the European/Oceana side, will ship by 14 Jul 2006. With (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce) !
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(URL) Text from Classic-Castle.com Purpose: The object of this contest is to encourage the creation of castle theme stories. Subject matter may be anything within the castle theme, including historical and the fantastical. All stories must have a (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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I haven't seen much about the new knight's kingdom III set he except a few pics of the new armor and sheilds. I picked up all three new sets yesterday at Toys R Us and I'm pretty impressed. Tho I wish that there were more sets including a small set. (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle)
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I generally lurk in space so I don't know if this has been discussed yet or not...I worked out a way of attaching batman wings to the old school lego dragon and Voila!: (URL) Dragon 2.0 Pat Bunn (18 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) thak you for this clue. Adrian on (URL) Brique Technique blog> finally has linked to (URL) Kerouac BS gallery>. (thanks also to Phoenix from Classic-Space forum)1 Kerouac seems to be one of these pretty talented but unknown Japanese AFOLs. His (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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This is a nice MOC. I normally hate castles in white but you carried this one off well. I am however always partial to ninja walls used horizontally, and this is an excellent example. The courtyard has a real nice feel to it and the overall (...) (18 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I just wanted to make sure all you non-train heads out there were aware that one of the catagories for the SNVT Build-a-Train contest is "Fantasy". We wanted to allow everyone participate and this is were everyone can participate. Some ideas... (...) (18 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.vikings, lugnet.belville)
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BrickFest is fast approaching, and it's time to get the ball rolling on our Mecha contests! Our first contest is the Fantasy Mecha Contest. Participants are asked to imagine what ancient, medieval, or fantasy cultures might design if they had the (...) (18 years ago, 21-May-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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(URL) Mindstorms/Technic Events BrickFest 2006 is fast approaching! This year, the Technic and Mindstorms Theme coordinators are pleased to announce 5 competitions. The competitions will be spread across the 3 days of BrickFest. The planned (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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Hey all, Troy has restored the CC forums. Big thanks to him for all the work he's done. Bruce (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) The server is back up and running, and the static pages of CC have been restored. I am still working on getting the forums back up and running. Troy (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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No problem Bruce, it is good to see some cross community interaction again (I've bumped into CCers on Eurobricks and am reading Lugnet as we speak...). Each of our little niche cites should have an export day where we go bother other themes in (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Nice work, The tower has a beautifully 'balanced' lean to it. The water wheel is well done (I always struggle with them) and the colours are nicely coordinated. Well done! God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Bruce! Josh (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hey all, Just in case anyone is looking for news about Classic-Castle, apparently the server that hosts us was compromised on Friday. Troy and the tech guys are working hard on it and we hope it is back up soon, but it might not be until Monday that (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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Hi all! A samll fortified workshop along the Eastern border of my fictional empire: water powered sawmill, windpowered foundry and the local Duchess with her new silver longbow... Folder post-mod: (URL) link #1: (URL) link #2: (URL) link # 3: (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here is a link to Viking ships I made over a couple of years ago from just bricks. Each Longboat holds about 40 minifigs. I do own one of the new Longships and I have modified it by taking out the catapult and reworking the back tower. (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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I like this a lot! Especially the colour scheme. It works very well but I would never have thought to chose it. Well done! The shields are also a great way to disguise those annoying gaps. Great work all round! God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf (...) (18 years ago, 21-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Very nice! I'm glad to see this other type of ship represented. -Suz (18 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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Ahoy etc Although the longship is the iconic viking vessel, the knarr (or knorr) was generally the vessel of choice for trading. (URL) My knarr (or knorr) is shorter than my longship (only two hull centre sections). The rail is a perhaps fanciful, (...) (18 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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I've got around to updating my site finally. If you head over to (URL) you can my new (and some not so new) Viking mocs. Some of them have been on Brickshelf for a little while, some are new. Shortly before the Viking range came out I quite fancied (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.castle) !
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Excellent work Mr. Richie, now all you need is a port to sack and women to haul away. -Keith (It's all about the plunder) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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In lugnet.pirates, Suzanne Rich wrote: <SNIP> (...) Agreed! I have to chuckle, too, as I've got a half completed rework of my own long ship sitting on my work bench. I hope to complete this week to also share. SNIP (...) The set's scale is close, (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) SNIP (...) Well done, Richie! It looks great with all those oars. My own longship project is limited to 4 oars per side because..it's all I have. :) (...) They look great; I'd love to pick up a couple more copies of this set to fill out my (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) All the references that I've seen have awnings like that used whilst at anchor... there are probably exceptions, though. The awning would be in the way for any sailhandling, and I wonder if the arm wasn't used to support the ridge of the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Stupid question - why not? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) (URL) well, Jacob PS: Any chance we'll get a "lugnet.vikings" group? (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Here are some links for more info: Intact viking ship with data and links to other ships (Swedish site): (URL) (new and ancient) and pictures of newly made ships (also in Swedish, with part ot the text in english): (URL) collection with many (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Fabulous! This is funny timing because I'm in the middle of researching Viking ships now for a BrikWars game. (In fact, If you could recommend good links to Viking info online, I'd really appreciate it.) (...) [snip] Really? cool. I was (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks, Mark! I've done a few vessels with real cloth sails, and I have to say that the paper is better looking, easier to work with, and holds its shape better. (...) Absolutely! Probably not while under sail though. ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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