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(...) I think he means, for example, 8x2x2 arches. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I've never seen a brown dot at all. But 1x1 brown rounds are not uncommon, found in Rain Dance Ridge and Ninja Surprise (two sets I bought while I was keeping track!) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I had a look, cool! But I am wondering who the wainriders that you mention are. I don't recall them from LotR. James from Oz (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ---...--- (...) What's this part thing? Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | +---...---+ (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Look at this message in the web interface. :) Jeff (for those of you too lazy to, it creates a direct link to an image in the partsref database. ;) ) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Lindsay sent me the A-Wing this week and my worry on building it was, how are the guns going to stay up if they're held in by those wimpy black Technic pegs? Now I know. I have to plead your "we didn't HAVE no stinkin' friction pins". These are (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <grin> When I was young and inexperienced (1) I tried to build a catapult and used the friction pegs in the arm... What can I tell you, the catapult didn't really shoot that far ;-) (1) wait, what am I now? <grin, duck, and run away from (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In a thread a few weeks ago Eric Brouwer talked about using yellow for castle walls. That got me to thinking, would yellow realy be unrealistic? I think not and here is why. First a bit of backround. I work for a landscaping company and one of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey! For RA (Resident Assistant) class at UT I had to bring a bag full of things that describe me. Included in the bag were the required things (Sun Tzu's Art of War, Akabar and Jeff's Guide to Life, Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, The Tao of Pooh). I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice "Fortress Pawel." Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: #70 Visit (URL) & (URL) wait is over...) ..."The only thing we have to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) So, that was, what, a month ago? :) (j/k) (...) Young & *Experienced*? :) (...) I personally don't like outward opening doors... :) (...) How'd you do that? (...) Aaahhh!!!!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Love it! Really cute an' sweet, with nice touches that you can't apply to big castles (eg, corner walls with print)... Keep it, don't wreck it! Make it a watch tower or something. It's really good. -Shiri P.S. I plan to make a micro-fig scale (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice little fort. I like how you put such a lot of detail in such a small area. Dan (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) are (...) Hahaha. Really funny. (OK, I was cracking up, I'll admit ;-) (...) Thanks! (...) Truth is, me either. But I decided to give it a shot and see. (...) Too long to describe in words... you made me do it: (URL) are actually two updates (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like the new window! the red frame seems to set it off enough that I don't think you'll need the red inverted slopes, though it would be nice to see either way... sometimes it depends more on what else you might do too.. Keep the pictures (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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New picture include the casback1.jpg and the casnew1.jpg and casnew2.jpg Decided those were worth posting. However on the op art matter ... The pictures casop1.jpg, casop2.jpg and casop3.jpg were taken this weekend as an exercise in Lego Optical Art (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Oops ! Rude of me to forget the link. (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Sounds extremely cool, but where are the pics? -Shiri (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Great little castle! Keep it as a troop outpost or something, it's terrific! -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (shush... we're huntin' wabbits! :) I love the optical illusions, looking from bottom up, etc. The castle looks nice! I think your method of documententing the 'building' process is a great idea. The only bad thing about it is that you have to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | The NLF's first MOC: LEGO He-double-hockey-sticks
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I really don't know where to post this... As I mentioned on .general, I'm slowly converting Mel the NLF into a certified LEGOmaniac like myself. Today, she took a big first step...her first major MOC, now available on the web at my website. (URL in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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Pawel Nazarewicz wrote in message ... (...) The (...) Wow! I think it's great! Very simple - yet enumerated (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well I went looking for this set today and finally found some. I found *1* at a TRU, first I found the Arctic polybag so I knew I was close or had missed them and then I spied a now familiar color tucked in between some boxes :^). They only (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Eric and Jeff, thanks for the tips on pins. I have some of the 1x2's with the built in pins, so I will give those a try. I will need to wait untill the AucZILLA XI shipments arrive before I can try out the pins and beams. Thanks again! Bruce Duncan (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If they are not part of actual sets then I am getting rid. I have 2w x 3h x 8l in red 3, blue 4 and yellow 1. There are no attached plates though ??? Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I like it. It would look great perched on top of a rocky knoll overlooking a river or a nice green pasture. From the few castles I've seen around England and France this little one seems to be closer to the real thing than a lot of the larger Lego (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey ya'all, my castle is nearing completion (pics soon), and my attention is turning towards my surrounding town. I was wondering if anybody had ideas for making townspeople. Any ideas or links? Rob (the newbie) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well There are many ways to make villagers some people use SW Bodies for Villagers.They kind of look medevial or you could use Majisto and forestman torsos or you could use the Peasants lego already supplied. Hope that helps! Cj (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As CJ said, SW characters make excellent peasants (Qui-gon, old Obi-wan...) Jeff Stembel has a great minifig site with peasants among other things: (URL) you don't have to call yourself a newbie.... ;-) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would have to third the Star Wars figs especially the EP1 figs. Here are a list of all the torsos that I use in my Medieval town setup. Qui-Gon Gin Young Obi-Wan Padme Anakin Jar Jar Binks Gungan Soldier Naboo Soldier (Flash Speeder pilot) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In addition to the aforementioned suggestions, there are a few Pirates torsos that work pretty well in a Castle setting, but these have the problem that they're not readily available either... (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) for (...) Like which torsos? I can't think of any in particular that fit. Some Adventurers' torsos work. For some, they work if you remove the gun- printing. (There I go again, rambling about dark-sided issues. I really should put something (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Heh heh heh! >:-) "Give in to the Dark Side! It is your Destiny!" This weekend, at the North Georgia Model Train Club Expo (or whatever it's called) that was held here in Marietta, just two or three miles from my apartment, I traded some Lego (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! I dunno, I'm just not willing to give in. I know I'm good! ;-) (...) Wow! Great idea! I was wondering what to do with that one, I took it off my trade list 'cause yellow torsos are too good to give up. That's excellent! (...) No, 'cause (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was thinking of the white shirt w/green vest 'fig mostly. The Imperial Armada torsos aren't bad either if you want to be a bit later in the Castle period. The one with the blue coat and brownish-greenish shirt could work as well, maybe as a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38CC5762.49FDCE1A@m...ne.net>... (...) This one is in 1747 which is available from S@H (and is on the page where if you order 5 or more sets from that page, you get them for 90 cents off each set [though you may need (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) for roofs, but having built very few MOC's, I've never used anything but roof bricks. How do you set that up? (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow! I can't believe you chose my pitiful site out of the dozens of amazing sites out there! Please link to the main page, though. The other stuff is kinda interesting, too (and it ups the counter! :) ). (...) Yeah, but newbies are cool! (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You could probably do it in a few methods (not sure which one Eric uses), these are just two: a. using <part:4459 friction pegs> and <part:3700 beams>. b. using hinges <part:3937 (base)> and <part:3938 (top). Attach the roof plate to either of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Err, that should be <part:3938 (top)>. -Shiri (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Understood. Then what do you do to fill in the wall space in between your roof plates. It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures. Thanks for your help. Markus (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) On the plates for the roof, use the <part:2444 Plate with Technic Hole> (...) These would be too fragile. I'd use <part:4625 1x4 Car Roof Hinge Tile>/<part:4315 1x4 Car Roof Hinge Plate> and <part:4213 Car Roof Hinge>. Jeff, "Thallid Lord" (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, your site is really great. Don't underestimate yourself. And it has the most concentrated minifig population I've seen around, except for Craig's (and I'm not sure about that either... I think you might have more *castle* minifigs). I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Apparently, these don't work with line breaks! :) It should read: <part:4625 1x4 Car Roof Hinge Tile> Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ #66153738 (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You could probably use slopes, either 45 degree or other. (depending on how high your roof is.) (...) Glad to! -Shiri "And the daffodils look lovely today..." (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm, but what are you going to call me? I'm not much older than you are (I'm 18), but I've been on LUGNET since the beginning, and before that on RTL since '96 :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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(...) Now I am in a quandry...I am....over 30....and I have only been lurking/ posting in RTL and Lugnet for 1 year.... However, I did get my first yellow Castle when it was new for 1980 ...lol I guess I am a "junior golden oldie" or a "geriatric (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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Snip (...) "and the rafflesia smell beatly today..."(1) I heard that it is possible to scan small 3d objects into a scanner-is this possible With a CIS based scanner? That way i could jump start my delayed Webpageproject and Shiri-isn't it past your (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Why not just try it? I do it all the time with my cheap UMAX scanner. Minifigs work pretty well. (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... if I'm not a newbie, then you sure aren't either. I've been lurking on lugnet since it started, but only really started posting around September this year. I feel like I know everyone because I've read everyone's posts, saw everyone's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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(...) Wars (...) First off I have to give credit to Dave Eaton once again this is really his design. (URL) I can sure try and explain how its done. :-). I have read several of the posts writen here by Shiri and Jeff and I will try and address some (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey all - I just put up the pics from today's WAMALUG [1] meeting... No trains today (except Kevin's metroliner (doh! no pics of that!) and Rich's Blue station)... But we did have some castle stuff, some iceplanet and a pirate ship :) Also, our (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) You can see what I am talking about here: (URL) This adds a lot of character to buildings, IMO. :) Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ #66153738 (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Cheater. :P Anyway, I wasn't trying to descibe how *you* did your houses, I was describing how I've done houses in the past. :) Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ #66153738 (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | WTB castle accessories
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I'm willing to purchase minifig accessories from the original "Yellow Castle" era. As I'm sure you know, this includes only Light-Gray helmets, swords, lances, shields, and breastplates. I don't mind if the sheilds and breastplates have stickers (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You said exactly everything I'd'a said! It works fairly well as a design, other than the fact that the roofs fall off if you go carrying them around and tip them over or anything-- but if you just leave 'em be they're perfectly secure! (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | A good day in Eric's Castle world.
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Well today was a very good day for me. As many of you know I don't really care all that much about sets and am more interested in MOC's but I do love Minifigs and I just got a bunch today. I got 8 figs in a trade for a bunch of my ninja figs that I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Eric! Glad you had a good lego day. I had a good lego-weekend, I spent a lot of time (1) on lego, and aside from starting my inn I got some divine inspiration on Sunday and ideas are flowing for my story. (...) Cool! I don't have any Falcons, my (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) BTW, I'd suggest you (and anyone else out there) to add a link from your side pages to the main page. That way, people who are referred to a side page can see the rest of the site. I do that, and it ups the counter too, because the people (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.publish)
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(...) True. I'd feel like a newbie if I got into robotics more... I think you stop being a newbie when you start getting mildly annoyed by seeing the same questions over and over again :) (...) Thanks! (It was on the 4th, actually--didn't get any (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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| | I've Built Them (Re: Villiager Mini-Figs?)
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Thanks for everything. I pulled up my fig tray and began putting some stuff together. Here's what I built: Jeff Stembel's Lich 2 Innkeepers 1 Bartender 1 Prisoner 1 Smithy 1 Wizard 2 Mercenaries 9 People to walk around 7 Merchants (2 to sell stuff, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <clown mode> Well then I'm definitely not a newbie anymore! <);-) </clown mode> (...) If it's any consolation, I never do either. I asked for a metroliner for my 15th birthday, about 10 months in advance... my parents said they'll get me one (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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Why is the 6088 Robber's Retreat called that if it only has one funky robber minifig but 2 ninjas and a samurai guy? (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The black ninja is a robber according to the S@H catalog. Took me a while to get that, too ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Because the ninja and samurai have come to the Robber's Retreat to open up a can of painful memories on him. -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) [snip] (...) ...and which is, oddly enough, the inspiration for the Vileplume poke'mon. (Its original Japanese name was 'Rafureshia', which is their version of our word.) (Followups to l.o-t.f.) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) A question: How exactly does one get a S@H catalog? Is it the tiny one included with some sets or another larger one? Chris (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, this is a ~60 pg booklet with huge pics and detailed (sort of) descriptions, including prices and ordering info. To get it, call 1-800-453-4652 and ask for one to be sent to your addy. It's free (being a commercial :). Ordering from there, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) TRUs in Canada aren't what they are in the USA apparently. The only TRU anywhere near me has few lego aside from the Star Wars sets which they have in industrial quantaties. The Walmart near me has Time Twister sets on its shelves. The Bay, a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: I've Built Them (Re: Villiager Mini-Figs?)
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(...) <snipped nice diverse list> (...) I don't mind at all! I'm flattered that you like my lich enough to use it in your own Castle lands. :) (...) That's the way to go! :) Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well... I actually never go to TRUs - I don't drive (yet!) and the closest one to me is ~an hour drive. I often buy in KB (on sale of course - otherwise it's too expensive :) or in The Construction Site... a small, privately owned store. So (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | One new building, 2 new market buildings, A fake door for a peasant house, + more.
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I have once again updated my castle pages. This must be getting tiresome for some of you :-) I have been doing this a lot lately. First an most exciting I have added a new "Generic Building" to my site. This really looks more like an upper middle (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I did i get beastly ghostlike imageswhich don't do minifigs justice\i'll put one of em spectres up soon (hold on a second new special effect idea!!!!!!-i need to get a digicam *-() Ravi (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Dont forget that they are the only place in the US outside of s&h to get things like the train washer set and that snowplough set (AFAIK) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not at all! On the contarary, I love to see your work. (...) (not gabled, um, whatstheirname) on the roof. (...) Cool! I haven't seen Dave use this but I think you talked about that and I wasn't paying attention... It looks awesome, realistic (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Well, it shouldn't be called Robber's Retreat if it had more than one robber, since the s in robber's is only there to show possesion of the retreat by the robber.. If it had more than one robber, it should be Robbers' Retreat, since the when (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, TLC are ESLers like me so they should be given a break ;-) I'm not really given one ('specially not in english class!) but heck, let's be nice - maybe they'll decide to return a favor and rerelease Guarded Inn ;-) -Shiri FUT .o-t.fun (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FrE4Hw.397@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) Nope. I always like to see new models. Keep posting. (...) It has a very solid look to it. I like it. I like the way you put the gray bricks (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Not tired of any of it, keep up the great work. (...) buildings of similar style to get pics up of. (...) shops (...) to (...) correctly the door is offset half a stud? I've borrowed a similar technic from other members of PNLTC for the look (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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On Saturday at the Reddifest I picked up an incomplete 6066, camouflaged outpost, in Alans auction for £5, which with a bit of rumaging through Jon's part bins I managed to get more complete with a set of forestmen. This is a relatively rare set (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Never say "yes". Say "Hmm. Ah. Not really. I think my kids have that one. I'll come around and have a look at it as I'll be passing your remote & isolated hilltop croft soon anyway." Then drop everything, and burn rubber to get to the seller's (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Absolutely, I always try to hide my enthusiasm. I always try to take my 12 year old son and have him play a role, "well? do you want it?", "dont know" he replies,.... (...) Car boots have only just started again round here (they shut for the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle)
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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FrEsE0.71z@lugnet.com... (...) I'll (...) isolated (...) to (...) know" he (...) Bringing my kids only confirms their suspisions that I'm mad. (...) slizer - (...) for a 2 (...) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Good lego sets, especially boxed, are still rare at car boots though. Whilst there's always lots of toys on offer - and collectable ones like beanie babies, corgi, etc - there is typically not much lego (down here anyway) - Certainly never as (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Whoops wrong group but where does it go help me ,ravi the clueless before i get smited by rigtous indignation-i gotta do something bout me spouting lines.... TBR (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks to everyone for your responses. I am glad you all like the blue house. It is kind of an odd color but like I said I like it better than I thought I would. (...) Oops! Thats the problem with big updates you always seem to forget to test (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) hey, nothing's greater than an oft-updated page! i often stop by your page and marvel at the terrific castle stuff. visiting your page helps take the sting out of the somewhat-disappointing 2000 sets. thanks for a great page, eric. ..joseph g (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Well, if you're talking about camera/photos of your lego stuff it probably fits best in lugnet.publish. The best way to move a thread without people losing track of it is: a. In 'Newsgroups' you write the new NG in *addition* to the current (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hey Eric, glad the deal made you happy! I had a great weekend as well...went to Mike Poindexter's on Saturday and my first BayLUG meeting on Sunday and made some very nice trades. In addition to the other online trades I received, I got: 3 Majistos (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) To tell you the truth I have shied away from trading until recently. Now I love it. In general both parties get something they really want while giving up something that either they don't use a lot of or just don't need at all. The best part (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Boba Fett has Dark Grey hands. As far as I know, he's the first instance of them, though. Good luck getting 15 Boba Fetts at a reasonable price, though. :D eric (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think "Alpha Draconis" (the 'leader' of the UFO sets) had dark grey hands? I tried to check the pics in the pause guide but it's not really easy to see... I'll have to check again tonight when I go home... (...) Yep.. this UFO guy only came (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Huh, it's possible. I have to admit I wasn't paying much attention during the UFO days. I was going on other people's statements about the hands. (...) Hmm. Actually, you might find it easier/cheaper to get the UFO fig. After all, someone who (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well if they're going to be undead ninjas you may want to use white hands to simulate bone hands where the flesh has rotten/fallen off. Chris (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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--No, I'm not kidding-- I actually doubled my foot-soldiers legion today! Not too hard, considering it only consisted of 7 guys 'till now. But still, impressive - for me. I now have 18 foot soldiers, comprising of: -7 spearmen: scale mail torso, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hmmm...that's an idea. I just got a couple more skeletons and heads from Night Lord's Castle sets, so maybe I can use the two spare skulls with some white hands. What I'm going to do with the mummy-head ninjas is just use red hands, so they're (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The cheapest way is to pick up a couple copies of 6470, a little construction vehicle. Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ #66153738 (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sometimes you can get pieces direct from lego. I never tried it is such large quanities though :( I have gotten a cat and a flag or two. Rob (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Like everyone is saying, no one minds. (...) shops (...) type of tool or construction shop. Mabe a shop that sells stone and wood for buildings. (...) to (...) Rob (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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