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(...) Don't know if I qualify, but... (...) Best estimate is 60,000+, but my estimates get fuzzier as time goes on - I really don't bother keeping that close a track of it. A very significant chunk of that is in buckets and service packs. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Me either... I DON'T have a large collection, but still... (...) Sounds right to me... (...) LOL! (...) I have (as I mentioned earlier) much less than that. I have around 100 minifigs but most aren't castle figs. I wish I had a 100-minifig (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (Just a note - Richard Marchetti is the one who thought about the Jet face modification. However, Craig brought my attention to it in his page. Thanks, both of you!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Welcome to the dark side...(muffled maniacle laugh.. mmmmmmmwwwwwaaaaahah...ahhahaah!) Next thing you know, you'll be collecting clone pieces for their interesting atributes... well, like me. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would not consider myself a real heavy hitter but hear goes. (...) My guess is that I have somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 pieces. And I only have probably 200 or so figs with only about 20 of those being true castle figs (If you count (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi everyone, I just noticed Pawel's site is nominated to Cool Lego Site Of the week! Congrats, Pawel, I hope you win! (You deserve it!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! (...) Well, I don't know about that... but a month ago, I wouldn't have thought I'd ever customize a piece either... Ya never know, I guess. -Shiri (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Since I used the Qui Gon head for Erik I guess I could cheat and say Liam Neeson. After all he can use a sword and has an accent (that's not american). The only draw back is I see Erik as about 20 years younger. Hmm, I'll think some more James (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Since I used the Qui Gon head for Erik I guess I could cheat and say Liam Neeson. After all he can use a sword and has an accent (that's not american). The only draw back is I see Erik as about 20 years younger. Hmm, I'll think some more James (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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You say that now... but when you start getting a hankering for a Viking hull, I'll be hearing all about Mega Bloks, and where can I get one then. Hehehehe. Rich Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You'll have to bring that to the next meeting. I've never seen it before. Jeff "And the girl of the dawn, with eyes of blue and angel wings: The songs of the season are her only crown." (URL)In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes: (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) True enough. We did have some stone forts, Fort Sumter and Fort Pitt come to mind. Sumter surrendered at the start of the American civil war because it wasn't able to return fire effectively. (This is why my castle has two cannon overlapping (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very, very cool to get nominated so soon! Up against Brickshelf, though--that's some serious competition. ;) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My son has that viking set from "Meager" Blocks, it's not very good, can't get the *#@%! thing to stay together - really poor quality! The helmets, shields, swords, etc. just don't look right with Lego. There's a black sword with it and I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) some (...) 75,000 (...) 8 Years (...) None (...) Varies from 0 (due to having a young child) to 20+ hours (...) $50-$250 (...) you (...) Oh yes, but my wife's brother is who got be back into Lego so she's really to blame!!! (...) If its a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I recently traded some Star Wars toys for what turned out to be a treasure trove of castle Lego. I ended up with a (seemingly) complete yellow castle with all the minifigs! The set is dirty, but I'm sure I can clean it. The stickers are all in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My collection isn't all that large, but... (...) Somewhere in the neighborhood of 35,000 pieces. (...) The past 29612 pieces (roughly) have been accumulated in the past five or so years, post-dark-ages. (I know that number because I have all (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would hold on to it. I suspect that if you traded it, down the road you would regret it. (...) They are fairly common. I have found several in various figure and parts lots. I was able to trade one torso for several Wolfpack figures a while (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have created a couple of more models for Castle World. I need to work on describing the countries etc. and doing some background info. before actually officially submitting them. For now they are at: (URL) a look. Timbo (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) 115,00 plus pieces (...) 23+ years (...) Don't know, would guess >20 K pieces (...) 3-10 hrs, depending on homework (...) $300 (CDN) is what I get/month for hobbies (...) No. My wife is free to play with all my lego, but doesn't tend to too (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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