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(I'm posting this to Castle for lack of a place of its own.) The past few days, I've been tinkering with Roman foot soldiers. I've collected the results into a kind of sourcebook of my Lego guys as well as illustrations that serve as models. (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 4811 Defense Archer
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(...) I am in Chico, CA.,which is in northern California. I've tried the Toys R Us, Kmart, Walmart, and Target chains, but had no luck. Is anyone else in California having the same problem? I have not seen ANY polybags of any kind. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't know where you live....but here in NY state, Ames stores had 25% off Lego today and are running a Buy-one-get-one at 50% off sale this Wednesday....they had a couple dozen of the defense archer polybags mixed in w/the Arctic theme (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I borrowed a Sony Mavica from a friend tonight...I decided to take a few pics...then what the heck...I started a webpage... (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | 4811 Defense Archer
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I have been looking for the Knight's Kingdom Defense Archer sets, but can not find them anywhere. Has anyone seen this set released elsewhere? The stores I have tried have all of the other Knight's Kingdom sets, but not this one. I have only (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Some silly uses for all those extra treasure chests
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(...) Its ravi. its brillo cause the only thing i try 2 do with my chests is fillem up with treasure(NO You cant have some MINE ALL MINE HAHAHAHAHA) sorry got a little into my tryanical nut mode 8-) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: About the sages (was Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs)
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(...) Thanks! -L (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: About the sages (was Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs)
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(...) Sounds really interesting! Great storyline material, I hope you have something in store for us... can't wait to hear it! (...) I'll be glad to see them. (...) Don't worry, I've seen longer :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | About the sages (was Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs)
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(...) Story? Yes. The sages are a very old group that travel the kingdom of Auren searching for artifacts and information. Several have "posts" in places of general inerest, and it's a well known fact that a sage will quickly apear when anything (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs
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(...) Cool! Any special story about them, or pictures? That sounds interesting. -Shiri (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) For castle, I have used the Dr. Kilroy head with a majisto torso and a black peasant hood as a member of a group of scholars called the sages. The Baron's head made a good Wolfpack Ranger. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! I don't think this was brilliant - you said it ;-) (...) Ah-yep, I'll try to do that :-) (...) Is Ravi your first name or Mohan? -Shiri (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Great, when i'm sick i end up with wierd creations when you're sick you get brillient ideas it ain' fair (lol)get well soon shiri and meanwhile keep the ideas flowing ravi (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: All of those [adventurer] minifigs
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(...) I haven't even tried he x-acto tricks yet...I prefer to mix and match spare parts.... As the ever present Ninja theme builder....I simply replaced the head and added Shogun armor, Islander top knot/helmet and katana...whoosh....new individual (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) OK... then I guess I *can* bring those faces to good use! Thanks! (...) Cool! -Shiri (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) [ahem] . . . WIZARDS!!! :-) (...) No, actually, IIRC (from *reading* about it, not from firsthand experience) :-P spectacles were invented in the Late Dark Ages/Early Rennaisance. They weren't very *good*, being simply generic lenses, very (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mystery Castle Piece
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(...) I've made a standing offer of $10 each for Yellow or Red Tudor-style walls before. Never taken it back, either. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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cross-posted to .build.minifigs and .castle (...) I'm a castle person too... (...) I have 5 Johnny T faces so I decided to use them as smug knights. Under the new castle helmet, you can see little difference between them and the black mustached (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: My personal FOTW
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(...) Lego outlet stores are great stores that are directly affiliated with TLC. Some of them (maybe all?) have very cool large scale models, as one would see in legoland, (1) and display cases that you don't see everyday. Often they have older, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Fred M. Sloniker <lazuli@fidalgo.net> schreef in berichtnieuws mtd3csc5mhcop23cnta7...4ax.com... (...) I'm not sure... Sofar I've heard people talk about Lego outlet stores, but I have no idea what they are cause we don't have them here in Holland. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mystery Castle Piece
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Hold onto them! :) These much-sought-after Tudor-style (half-timbered) wall pieces go for as much as $10 apiece on eBay. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I saw the survey results and want to jump on the wagon (or is a crusader's cart? maybe it's a palanquin...) (...) 1. yes 2. yes 3. yes 4. 375 5. 375 6. no 7. 383 hmm.. my castle years were 1979-1981, so, not a lot of variety in my answers. I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mystery Castle Piece
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(...) Yep. Plus one in 6074: (URL) pn (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) other (...) is (...) Exactly the same!! this must be the set! Thanks for the advice! (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Are they like the one's on the right hand side of 6086? (I can't recall if other sets have these or not). :) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello there, this is my first message so I hope i'm doing this right! I need help - I have a castle wall piece (like the grey or black pieces) but this is yellow, with black lines up and down it. I have two of these pieces - can anyone tell me which (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: My 'ups and downs' lego week
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(...) (I'm really a very nice person. Modest, too. ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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Someone was complaining recently about excess treasure chests and no use for them. Personally I don't have enough (4 brown ones, 2 black and 1 trans pink). However, I'm sick right now and can't think straight (so I can't do my homework) but I tried (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I didn't think they were anything special. I ordered 5 packs of them a year or so ago from the shop in MOA. In fact, I didn't know they were FK until I got them, then I just left them in the bag they came in. (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Page 7 of Spring S@H catalog
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(...) Man, that BLOWS. Give me a break, LEGO. This is beginning to resemble the stupid Megabloks "4 molded pieces make a racecar" crap. What is this - Duplo meets System? (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) no... but my cousin in law does (funny story) (...) no. (...) yes. (...) 6086 (split with a friend) (...) 6090 (full price, yikes) (...) no, but there's pictures floating around someplace... (...) not sure i have a favorite set... it's hard (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Announcing: LUGknight
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(...) <grin> -Shiri (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Announcing: LUGknight
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Maybe someone else has done this already, but I decided to apply the little LUGNET membership decals and I made LUGknight. (classic style) (URL) doesn't have a web page or even a horse yet. -Erik (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle Survey Results!
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(...) too (...) Hehe, yeah, Craig was teasing me about that. No, I wasn't trying to find a date... ;) (...) Great! -Shiri (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) it's a bit weird when the 2nd or 3rd question is "are you male" it was more sounding like a dating survey than anything lego or castley :) I'll find the survey and respond in a bit :) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) mail, or would I have to drive somewhere? (And if so, anywhere in Western Washington?) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Page 7 of Spring S@H catalog
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What's worse than King Leo's Tapestry? A Fright Knights version of it: (URL) Richard (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: King Leo's Ship (Was Page 7 of Spring S@H catalog)
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(...) Hi Rob! Welcome! I thought the same thing about this tapestry... I don't have any pirate hulls tho', so I'll make do with the ten-wide hull from 5976. It'll look kinda silly... A huge hull and a tiny body behind it... My kingdom lays among (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | King Leo's Ship (Was Page 7 of Spring S@H catalog)
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(...) bottom of the tapestry. This gave me the idea of using it as a sail. Maybe I could build a one masted ship on some brown pirate hulls. Anybody else have any ideas? Rob (The Newbie) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | King Leo's Ship (Was Page 7 of Spring S@H catalog)
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(...) bottom of the tapestry. This gave me the idea of using it as a sail. Maybe I could build a one masted ship on some brown pirate hulls. Any other ideas ? Rob (The Newbie) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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