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| | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) You are indeed correct sir! It actually appears to come with the 'lead' bull knight rather than the 'timmy' knight... AND it comes with the old style wagon wheels instead of the brown 4x4 rounds! The description is "A small but harmful attack (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | (...) Timmy knight... that's an interesting concept... (Timmy = noble?! :-) (...) Yay! Cheap way to make wagons! (...) LOL! TLC is again(st) violent... ;-) (...) I wonder what will they call 'em this time? -Shiri (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes: <snip> (...) I wouldn't mind having that set in the States. It would be a nice cheap way to build a bull army other than the Defense Archer. It is a little odd that is it the Bull Leader though. I just wish they (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Nathan McDowell
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| | | | (...) wagon (...) to (...) it (...) According to the LEGO Castle page's shockwave movie thing-a-ma-jig, the Bull Leader's name is Cedric. It ought to be something like Baron Von Moo or Augustus Von Bovine. =) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Cedric? Now where is that name familiar from... Ah, I know... this book called "Time Cat" mentions a Cerdic Longtooth, leader of the Britons around 55 BC...the book is fiction but has lots of RL references, like Leonardo Da-Vinci. I wonder if (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) Time Cat. Lloyd Alexander? Bruce (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) That's the one! I liked the book. Although by the print size it seems to be for smaller-than-me kids... not that I care, my english reading level is adaptable... :-) -Shiri FUT o-t.fun (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) Heck, I didn't read the Chronicles of Prydain by Alexander until I was in my 30s. Great books regardless of the age of their intended audience. Bruce (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Point taken. :-) This the first Alexander book I've read (actully, it's the only one). Are his other books good? Any specific ones you recommend? -Shiri (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 2000 catalog page 16 —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) The Prydain Chronicles (The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer, and The High King) is one of the best Fantasy series I've read (especially for a Juvenile/Young Adult fiction series). Unfortunately, I broke my (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Sounds like I've got a lot of reading to catch up on ;-) Well, I've also got a lot of homework to catch up on... Thanks for the suggestion! I still have to finish "Wizard of Earthsea" before I can start anything else, tho' - it's loaned from (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | ... lots of snipped quotes ... Hmm, which book is Phlewder Phlam in? One of Lloyd Alexander's one-of-a-kind books is: The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian. Though I liked the Prydain books a lot, this no-magic tale was weirdly fun. Hey, somebody (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Earthsea (was Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16)) —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Woohoo! Earthsea is one of my favorite series. LeGuin has a rare talent for 'minimalist' descriptions - very capable of drawing out the essence of something in very few words. You know, the sort of skill Robert Jordan could use... <GD&R> James (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Earthsea (was Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16)) —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | | | | Look out, fans of EarthSea, your world is about to be changed forever... Some fans of EarthSea would rather creator Ursula K. LeGuin had not revisited what seemed to her to be an unresolved trilogy. The trickle of new stories and novels is (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | (...) I can't remember, but I had a heckuva time finding a copy. It is similar to The Foundling and Coll and his White Pig, in that it tells about Fflewddur Fflam's life before he appeared in the Prydain Chronicles. I think the title had his name in (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Got it - The Truthful Harp. There are three copies floating around the Montgomery County Public Library System, in Maryland. :) Jeff (24 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | | Man, I have got to re-read all of these, that is, the ones I didn't read the first time around! Last summer I picked up the Book of Three because my friend Bryce left it around. Oops, two summers ago. (...) Sebastian is this ordinary guy who goes (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) Ya gotta be careful when you ask us fantasy fans what to read, 'cause there is a lot of good stuff out there, and many of us are bookwyrms. ;) We'll flood you with suggestions. :) (...) Eeeww... I hate homework. :P (...) That's another good (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lloyd Alexander books (was:Re: 2000 catalog page 16) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Hey, I'm a bookwyrm too - 'cept I don't have any time! Arrgh! (...) Tell me about it... C: (...) I haven't had a chance to read the fourth either. Or the third, or second, for that matter. I've barely started the first... ;-P -Shiri (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Cedric was: 2000 catalog page 16 —Erik Olson
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| | | | (...) Cedric is a trusty old Anglo-Saxon name but it sounds fictional in 55 BC. Maybe this Cedric was time traveling? 55 BC was when Caesar was in Britannia concluding his miserable expedition. The relevant books are available in Penguin editions (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Cedric was: 2000 catalog page 16 —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Actually, it's the guy who meets him who's time-travelling. Or 'Visiting', as the cat calls it... (...) Yep, the cat and his kid travel with the Roman Legion, with the cat being a mascot or whatever... they get seperated from their group at a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Cedric was: 2000 catalog page 16 —Erik Olson
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| | | | OK, audience is > 0 for a web page about catapults. I spent some time at a recent exhibit on Da Vinci and Brunelleschi and other artist-engineers. There were many catapult designs there! Actually, the model that was under development was the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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