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I noticed we are getting nearer the 3000th post every day, in an incredibely fast rate. Just for interest, I checked out the 2000th, 1000th and 3rd posts... (third because first two are charter and ToS.) The 2000th message was already about CW! (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're both right -- haven't you seen Mel Brooks' classic movie, "History of the World, Part One"? At the end of the film, we get a sneak preview of (never-made, and most likely never intended to be made) "History of the World, Part Two." (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "I was the first one to crack 3000!!! I win!!!!" "The new map for Castle World is online ... first one to send me a message gets a bonus gift and high honors." "Are you guys as excited as I am for outlet stores (leftovers from Canada) having (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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ROFLOLAP! (AP being as possible :-) Thanks for making my day, I'll reply shortly because I still have a 250-word essay to write about "A tale of Two Cities"... (...) Oooh! (...) Yes! I am! (...) LOL! (...) Nah, that'll be 4000th post. (...) Let's (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Probably. :) (...) If one of 'em did, you'd be complaining about me, not Larry. :) Either that or you wouldn't hear from me 'cause I hijacked the truck... ;) Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh my goodness!!! Are there really 6086's somewhere?? Where are they? =) I'm a little excited here. I had a great castle collection going in the 80's, and now I'm trying to catch up! Would it be possible for anyone to pick up an extra? I'd cut (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I got e-mailed by Jeff Huit and checked out his site. Great stuff! The true essence of story telling with inserted pictures. Some highlights that caught my eye: 1) The monk. Simple modification on the head ... great robes. 2) The toilet paper rolls (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh oh ... I was hoping that this whole thing would be one big joke. These were just some of the things I "predict" will happen at the 3000th post. Although I wish that some of them would be true, none of them are ... So yeah ... Michael is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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wow! I had to breeze through it quickly but it looks great. (note the links: I totally agree with his only link, and the reasoning as well ;) btw, why doesn't Jeff use heads/hair? And, is he a lurker? Jeff, are you there? Your site looks amazing! (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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before I go to bed in a couple of seconds.. I just wanted to post something I noticed tonight... I was looking at the parts in the 6038... and I got to thinking.. the hoods the WolfPack guys wear have been in 3 different sub sets of Castle.. Classic (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Maybe *because* they root back so long ago, and they are no longer available... (...) Why? Verneer wears a forestman hat, and it looks good :) (IMO) The 6038s are really excellent, see my review... I advise them (whether you use the hoods or (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ditto, but I'd never let real flame get that close to valuable 'figs... (...) That bugs you too? I can never do that. It looks too wierd. :) (...) There's lots of us here. We're gonna take over the world! Mwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! :) Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Using the "Dragon Helm" on WP guys looks pretty good, IMO. I've got a couple Wolfpack Knights, 'cause I needed the cowls for my Heralds. See my webpage for the results. Jeff "Broken sword and shield and tears that never fall" (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm not going to answer your whole letter, I don't participate in .auction and won't get involved too much, but let me get these straight: (...) What bickering exactly do you mean? I don't really see what you're talking about, unless it's on (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Me either. I witnessed a brick melt-down first hand, it was a sorry sight... I had nightmares for days afterward :) (...) Especially with the newer head type, with holes through the top. They are simply hollow, you gotta cover it our their (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think he's talking about the discussions on the map and stuff I was having with Craig. I must admit, at times, we didn't sound totally pleasent. :( Anyway (and Craig, I'd e-mail this to you if my server wasn't down), I've decided to wait (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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[FU to off-topic.fun] (...) I know of at least six Jeff's inside the Lego community, and a couple others outside of it. So beware... :] Jeff "The song remains Like a haunting melody Of angel music held in chains." (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) and (...) I'm glad you decided that. Craig and Pawel can't really explain exactly what they have without the graphics (1) and the rest. It's obviously going to be something bigger than we can imagine without it, so it's best to wait and see (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I must have missed the clearing up, then. All I saw was some pretty harsh words, or maybe they seemed more harsh than they were, in light of all this other mess. Still to harsh for LUGNET, imo. (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're right. I thought they were too much as well. Which was why I wrote this: (URL) which Jeff answered with an apology about the harsh words he had said: (URL) replied to that with an apology as well: (URL) hope this won't repeat itself (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) i mutually saw fit to continue privately. :-) jeff honors me with his patience and cooperation. his (sometimes harsh) criticism keeps me on my toes, and is as an important contribution to Castle World as shiri's faith, wisdom, and constant (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Someone would have to figure out how to make a LEGO goat-drawn chariot. Really. Those wacky Norsemen had some "interesting" ideas. Eric "the" Lind (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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Wouldn't a viking theme be based on the Viking Mythos anyway? I mean, there were no dragons in medieval times either, but I gots ta have my dragon in my castle set. Even the pirates are kind of archetypical, based more on Errol Flynn movies than the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) Aaah, but you see, I was quibbling. I'd make Vikings horned, too. Interesting note, Viking Voyager didn't have horns (URL) This is another set I loved as a kid. I'm sure I still have it... somewhere. Eric "the" Lind (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) Interesting (...) I think TLG could do a first rate job on a Viking theme. Large Viking boat Viknig fiord village or even attaking an English village(understanding they were not English but really Saxons at that time) Maybe even get into the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) I HIGHLY agree... on an HTML note, I find that you can always tell who's the newbie web programmer because they often try to use all the cool tricks they can think of: midi files, animated gifs, java applets, funky frame layouts, etc... All (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) and (...) I (and others) need to be careful about what we write, because it may not seem harsh at the time of writing. (...) "...a three hour tour..." :) *fwap* *fwap* *fwap* Okay, okay! I'll stop quoting annoying songs! :) (...) Yeah, me too! (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I always wanted that set... :( (...) Yes, it would be cool. I'd kinda like to see more rotation of Castle themes, so we can get other cultures in our lands. :) I now actually think Ninja was a good thing, and I'd like to see it make another (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) Come to think of it, I may not have had it, only building detailed copies. I've never found the instructions for it, and I always saved those. Drat! (...) I agree! I disliked the Fright Knights (hokey, IMHO), but I like the other cultural (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) was (...) theme. (...) happen. Varangian guard, Kataphracts and Kontos: I'd like 'em, but somehow it doesn't seem to be the most recognizable theme to pick. (...) are (...) Sigh, I suspect you are right. Those pesky Danish raiders were often (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The much reviled bat-wing helmet isn't too far off of some viking helmets if you slice off the bat wings. I intend to perform some further surgery on a few of these to see what I can come up with. Bruce (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) dark-grey hand, the brown-ish/red-ish bearded face from Western/Castle/Pirates, and some red hippy-hair, and you're in business! Steve (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh, come on, Jeff! Shiri didn't say anything *that* frightening! Steve (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I bet your female masters have some complaints for you. Steve (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! I agree, I'd love to participate in your game but if I would I'd have some trouble - one of my Big Five magicians is actually a sorceress... -Shiri (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Maybe you can paint the fright knights white that kind of looks like the Helmet Thor has in marvel comics anyways my recipe for Thor(Marvel Version) is: 1. Painted white Fright nights helm 2. black knights head (the guy with the red mustache) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, just make sure it's constructive criticsm! (Gosh, I hate how that sounds in English...) (...) Thanks! I can't help sticking in some wise-cracks here and there, in real life I don't get much chances to shine... I'm normally overlooked as (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) How about the (Trans-Cyan) Light Sabre Blade?... Franklin (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... off-topic, I now, but which sets does this appear in? I know there are SW fans over here so could you please tell me, or alternatively make a trade offer? I want one of these (with a handle preferably) to make a better blue staff for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You can get one the the $6 landspeeder set. Obi-wan and Luke make good peasants too. -Lord Insanity "A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men" Visit me at: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! -Shiri (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, my most recent collection of new pics is available at: (URL) it out! There's now 9 houses, a grey stone building with red trim, 3 little market tents, and part of a city wall! It's really hard to tell, but there's a portcullis about 6 studs in (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not in this group. 8) J (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! OK, I'll refrain from threatening from now on, I don't wanna scare any Jeffs off ;) (especially not Jeff Huit who might get the wrong impression :) -Shiri (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David, I love the overall effect and the way you are bringing it all together. I like the individual strutures and the fact that you have defined their reason for being. I look forward to watching your walled city grow. Brian (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Impressive, Dave! And to think, all that started with one house and a chicken... :-) IMO, your village looks great, better every time you add more stuff, and I'm sure you'll have a great big town/city soon! The steering wheel was Pawel's idea (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The wall is obviously being erected to keep out Catzilla from the previous set of pictures, but what precautions are being taken against falling baby grand pianos?! Once again, a marvellous job. Bill (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) OK then, new rule then... "Master specialist magic-users have beards or lipstick or a maniacal grin with only one tooth. Apprentice specialist magic-users have plain smiley faces, no makeup or stubble." I'd hate to see what you guys think of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) 'Shiri' loosely translates to 'little song,' right? Isn't Shira a more Israeli name? Tony (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How about this: "Master mages are armed with a staff. Apprentice mages are armed with a wand." Just trying to help. . . . Franklin (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Why? They get handed a big fake white beard at graduation the same as the guys. 8) J (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's hilarious! It's like a diploma. It goes with the enormous pointed hat in black, blue or green. Eric "I've got a goatee" Lind (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Or: "Master Mages are who their creator says they are." ;) Jeff "Let's hold on tight to dreams of ours, Even though we've still got a long way to go..." (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Israeli (...) Sorry, I meant to type "Isn't Shira (as opposed to Shiri) a more _common_ Isaeli name?" This wasn't any sort of jab about your name not being Israeli enough. Tony (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Why isn't that going to happen? Here is an idea TLG, you have the disney liscence, make hercules and alladin sets -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I use the eyepatch to indicate that the character is in some way disabled. Since medicine was not particularly good back then, damage from combat, illnesses, and plague/infections often caused infirmities which lasted a lifetime. It's easy to (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Coming along very nicely! I like it! -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:Fq58K1.703@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh, yeah, like that would be any sort of compromise. I really want those horibly mangled versions of Greek and Arabic Mythology. Disney hasn't made a proper version of a fairy tale or myth in a *long* time (if at all). The only good thing I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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OK, now that I have more time... Your ideas about magic use are very interesting. I thought about different element magicians (in my Big Five, each magician is something different) but I like your 8 directions, with opposite sides cancelling. I LOVE (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! Shiri doesn't mean little song but 'my song', or alternatively 'sing' (imperative form). Shira is more common, and yet Shiri is still common enough. My sister had a good friend that was named Shiri, and one of my mom's co-worker's (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I started with two schools of magic (Basic and Advanced) but I soon realized that I wanted the four elements represented so that I could use the big rock creature from Rock Raiders as an Earth Elemental. Also, I needed necromancy to explain (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Shades of Dungeons & Dragons! :) Jeff "Was it real, or just my fantasy?" (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh, hold tight, Jeff. You'll never get there... -Shiri P.S. if you have no idea what I'm talking about, please don't think I'm rude, just read the other Jeff-Shiri thread in o-t.fun, where the FUT are set :) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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A friend of mine let me borrow the updated version of SW ep 4 today.... I wanted to have a few of the "guys who get it" when the Stormtroopers breach the bulkhead in the beginning of the movie....I took some old plain black, white and blue torsos (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) rules, (...) I like the rules you made up, Richard, especially the HP idea. Seems like Tony's ideas (they appear briefly on his magic users page) are gonna turn out cool as well. (...) CW is in planning now. The point of it (check out (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, in all fairness, can you name a movie in, say, the last 30 years that actually portrayed a myth accurately? The last 40 years? 50? I'm drawing a blank. And let's keep the selection field arbitrarily limited to English-language films, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Doesn't the flare represent mail? I've always thought so, and it could be argued that it does so on the new kettle helms, too... Dave! (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm almost done with this hill landscaping I'm doing. It's for my first chapter, and (due to my lack of pieces in any color, especially green) is only 3.3 studs high and approx. 32x32 in the widest places. Has anyone done this before, and can give (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (some of/most of these you've probably already figured out, but it doesn't hurt to mention them) Vary your elevations. Don't have the top of the hill right in the middle, and don't have the sides symmetrical. Mix colors. If your selection of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've seen white firemen's helmets used effectively for Alderaan (rebel) troops. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News John Robert Blaze Kanehl (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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snip (...) Floria???.where's that well my first ever bona-fide castles creation is under way.its a dark dingy cave but hey its mine(my creation not my room but it is kinda dark in there.... ravi (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I meant Florida... I seem to make many typos lately... (tired I guess) (...) LOL! Let us know when you have pics! -Shiri (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well ... There are a few apporoaches here. Check out Thomas Refert's work: (URL) Jeff Huit simply used baseplates to get hills ... like this: (URL) course if you have limited resources, the second approach is the preferred one;) -- pn (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The link is (URL) the page is Mr. Fujita's Star Wars. (URL) an amazing page ... -- pn (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Shiri wrote in message ... (...) ____ (...) $160 (...) set. NO, I won't sell one) Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis 932 AD (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Of course, depending on their availabilty and the amount of time you want to take to ue them, you might foind a younger child Duplos A) can increase heigh quickly, and B) haev a realtively large number of green bricks. It is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for the mention Pawel. For a more complete scenery picture look here, (URL) I know it's trains but I'm trying to do the same idea for my castle layout now. The structural support is made out of Duplo and basic brick and plate then covered in (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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We're going to be getting a new domain name very soon (hopefully), so I'm going to try to get the cash for it ... I'm thinking of selling some minifigures that I designed (although some of the ideas for them are "borrowed" ... ;) Here is the lot: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm. Maybe we should organize a Castle World fundraiser. Sort of like a bake sale, but a LEGO sale instead. Interested people (presumable CW participants) could donate small (or large, I guess) MOCs to the auction and/or sale, with all (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Pawel Nazarewicz wrote: Oh yeah. I forgot to answer your actual question. (...) Anyway, I think maybe a LUGNET auction (or maybe using Mike Stanley's BRICKS@Guarded-Inn.com) would be the best idea. Or at least heavy publicity here on LUGNET. It (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah ... my thinking has been on that as well. My original plan was to put a few figs on e-bay with a link back to the site - pretty much a $.25 ad for the site;) But since we're not quite where we want to be, this has been delayed. The main (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I thought about doing this and thought about how and what I could do for it. I think doing this over e-bay would give us the most publicity ... something like a character put together and a little text. I will set up a form for this which will (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Just a note - BRICKS is no more. Won't be coming back. Exactly how much money are you talking about needing, Pawel, and for what? You'll need $70 for the Domain registration most likely. If you do setup an account at Pair (I like 'em - have 3 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LUGNET isn't hosted _on_ pair.com, LUGNET is running on a dedicated server all by itself and its network connectivity is _provided_ by pair.com. I'd wager Todd pays a fair bit more than $29.95 per month (especially if you consider the cost of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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<snip> (...) Well I have been stuck in airports for the last 2 days so I have missed quite a bit. I do have a few suggestions here though. 1. I think pair.com is great it is where the NELUG site ( (URL) is hosted and I have been very happy with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Dave it looks great. I really like your wall and just the look and feel of your village/now city is great. As you know I have been working on my own city gates which I hope to have some pictures of up soon but things have been delayed thanks (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well .. being a college student, I really can't afford to fund it all myself. That's what I'm thinking about right now ... (...) I don't see us doing that at any time ... we could have "sponsors" of the page - people that would be willing to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Correct me if I'm wrong here ... can I get it for $35? 0 (URL) then there is the fee for having the URL catcher at namesecure.com. I think those are the fees that are necessary for right now. I am not really aware of any extra ones UNLESS we (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Or, you could do what a lot of "free" places on the web do. Have a base service level that is free. And offer other services for those willing to pay a fee. This could be increased disk space, more functionality, maybe an @castleworld.org (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) names, yeah. There are also problems with them (from what I've seen) although most of the problems I've seen have been getting NetworkSolutions to transfer a domain to another registrar. After looking into it I knew I didn't have the time to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I just had an idea and I don't remember anyone posting it before so I thought I would even though someone must have thought of it before. Many of us live close to at least one other member of CW and in my case I live near Jeff Johnstone, Shiri Dori, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Shiri, I have actually done quite a bit creating hill's. Unfortunately most are a lot bigger than what you are doing. Strangly enough the only hill landscape I ever posted was for my Star Wars Rebel Base which was built into a hill side. (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I fianlly started construction on my walled city. I started on the gate house, and the front wall. I was building in gray. Very early in the building process, it became painfully obvious that I just don't have enough gray... As I was sitting there (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love the Yellow Castle myself. As far as using Yellow on a large scale I say why not! I personally have more Gray now than any other color thanks to a bunch of Gray Service Packs I bought last year. I think any color done right would look (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) eric (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gee, I am willing to take all of these black swords off of your disgusted hands for a cheap price! And if you happen to have any other MegaBloks stuff: silver swords, winged lions, griffons, witches, Kings with lion maces, brown castle chairs, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) say (...) Just out of curiosity, how many gray packs did you buy? (...) look (...) to (...) Thanks kinda what I was thinking, too. This will be a peacefull, "good" city, so I think the bright, cheery yellow will work. I will prolly use black (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I bought around 50 of the service packs last year. Which is 700 2x4 bricks alone. Unfortunately there are not as many 1xX bricks in the packs so I am running low on 1xX's now. I still have a lot of 2xX's though so my limiting factor for the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have a large hill (volcano) behind my Imperial town at: www.cyberis.net/~tco...models.htm Take a look. Tim (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow! That's a lot of gray. I have to believe that out of the 7 1200 piece tubs I have, I should be able to come up with plenty of yellow for the time being. I also plan on trading a lot of the bulk colors I don't need no for more yellow. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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