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Well I will not be able to update my site for a couple of weeks but I quickly took a few pictures of the Stable I have been working on to go with my inn. I have not created a page for this yet and I don't really have time to get into details but I (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) buy (...) I don't know what sets you had in the past, but the first thing I would do is get out your old legos. When I came out of my dark ages, the first thing I did was get my old box of legos out of the closet :-) Rob (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) buy (...) I don't know what sets you had in the past, but the first thing I would do is get out your old legos. When I came out of my dark ages, the first thing I did was get my old box of legos out of the closet :-) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yup, I'm working on that around here, too. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Tim! Your characters are great! The queen sounds interesting and the bkg info about your chars is really intruiging! I'd love to hear more. Your character design is great, each one is an individual, custom-made with different elements... That's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have posted more castle creations at: (URL) a look. Thanks, Tim (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I see nothing wrong with it other than the fact that is is an opened set. Remember, bidding tends to get fast and furious as the auction nears completion. Check to see what it goes for when the auction is over before deciding to sell yours.... (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) maybe the $20 shipping cost is discouraging :) and the $10 bank fee.. for the last 3.5 months, i've seen them go anywhere from $76 to $33 (in the us, i don't keep track of most other auctions, yet)... :) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not *wrong* - just something that scares off lots of people... Shipping costs. The runner of the auction lives in Germany - there's a $10 fee for exchange rates, + minimum $10 shipping... My guess would be, people don't wanna take risks with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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With only 21 hours left this 6066 camoflouged output is stuck at just $17.50 (URL) ones have gone for $60+ Is there anything wrong? The reason I ask is I was just about to put one on auction myself, but if there is no demand I may as well keep it. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's funny; I've got quite a few brown bows (no, they're not for sale :]) and I'm looking for black ones. Don't know if I should get some of those Wild West Indian sets while they're still available... Bryan (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I cleaned out the only place that had them around here. Chris (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And don't forget, 4811 Defense Archer for standard soldiers!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, there is a bow in that set. Tony (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, after being at home today and having a cold, I reworked my LEGO page. First it now is in english (in contrast to the other pages that are still in german only). On the other hand, I first present my modular castle parts. Gate, castle wall and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) buy (...) Chris, IMO, I think it's better to buy the older sets online. Find a theme that you like and buy all the sets of that theme. That is what I am doing (as I can). I just finished the Wolfpack and am starting on the Forestmen and Black (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) buy (...) It really kind of depends on what you want to do: make one humongous castle, a whole village, various factions bases, have massive armies, whatever. Having gone through this with the pirates line just as it expired and now with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My advice - pick up two 6097s at kbkids.com. Pick up some star wars sets for villagers, and go from there... If you want to, get some service packs from S@H. -- pn (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Chris, I had about a 13 year dark age myself and never collected castle as a kid (space was my game). For me getting into castle was a little tough and as you can see from my creations I use very few specialized castle pieces. I really don't (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm just coming out of my dark age so I was wondering if I could get a bit of advice from those of you who have also experienced a dark age. What's the best way to get back into castle? Buy the new sets despite juniorization or buy parts and old (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can't remember for sure either but I think there is a bow in the castle set at least and maybe bulls attack too. <set:6091> That does not make them easy to get though. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Although I have not seen any brown bows recently <set:4811> does have a brown arrow. Chris (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Definitely correct! Black Falcon figs for a buck fifty? I wish! (...) Really? As of late I've been paying between $3 and $4 per fig... there have been plenty of these lots going on ebay-- although some I have noticed getting to ridculous (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Tamyra Teed writes: <snip> (...) I also like what Shiri is doing. I wish I could get myself to do the same. My problem is when I get going on something I kind of get into a zone and just can't stop building to take a few shots and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree, I like the updates, when I start my next thing I might do it the same as Shiri is doing.. post pictures along the way to get feedback. That way something I can't think of someone else will and I'm sure the end product would be better! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Brian, (...) Check out this message and the replies to it... Eric explains his method in detail, plus some other methods are suggested. (URL)You know, I'm really a townie, but after viewing your pics I'm really, (...) C'mon, join us! The magnet (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) for (...) You know, I'm really a townie, but after viewing your pics I'm really, really tempted to build more castle. Excellent job. I keep wandering back to your site with every update, so please, keep us (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) I think he was... (...) Don't worry, just try to word your posts so that people understand WHY the post doesn't fit or is inappropriate to that place. Otherwise they might feel accused and get hurt (I discovered that way too quickly). (...) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) i (...) holidays!!!I (...) SINGAPORENCIS (...) Well i sure hope he was meaning it the way i thought he was-the smiles would have cleared up a lot of trouble for all of us-i really did this cause i made a similar error quite recently with my (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, I sure didn't see any :)'s after anything.. though if you take those words the way they are.. they are not nice.. Though as long as you are ok with it, that's fine with me :) Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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And to add a few points to Shiri's very fine ones below.. You'll never get them at that price.. most of the figs you want go for more than 7.00 EACH if.. and that's a big IF.. you can get anyone to sell them.. much less abundant helmets for about (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(You're prolly thinking: what the hell is she doing? Xposting to .castle, .belville, .western AND .build.minifigs? Well, there's a reason... patience... :) Today I got a 6676 (my first Native American set) on sale, let me tell you the model was (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.belville, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Hi Jonathan! I have a suggestion for you: post this in lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade. This, for a few reasons: a. Castle fans are very likely to want to keep their castle minifigs, not sell them. b. People who read .market.b-s-t are likely to be (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahh mookie-its just the way the average Ah Beng (Genus AHBENGUS SINGAPORENCIS SCAPIAN)sounds its a little joke when people who are capable of perfectly polite speech rather than Flowery speech use the lousy english usually sprinkled with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually mookie is female(her psudonym seems to be a basketball referance) ravi (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hello all. I have a pitiful minifig army and I am willing to buy some castle minifigs from whoever is willing to sell them. Here is what I would pay for them and thier accesories: Black Falcon minifig 1.50 Lion emblem on front of torso (crusader?) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well... this is no excuse for them, (I don't like them) but they *can't* be made out of other pieces, unlike the definition of POOP (Piece [that could/should be made] Of Other Pieces). OTOH, the wall pieces are DEFINITELY SPUDs (Single Purpose (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And wall pieces. Everybody always forgets about them when talking about POOPs, but really...why not just bricks and arches? J (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(FUT .o-t.fun) (...) Hmm.. I'm really awful at all sports but I always managed a B- minimum... why, you ask? Cause I had asthma... So if I did *anything* at all, my teachers would classify it as 'tried hard, nice efforts'... <grin> ... and here in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <Grin>... It's Mike Timm, IIRC, and the line is "All themes are spare parts for Castle!" (...) Yep! I just got a 6441 just for spare parts and now I'm going to try and find uses for all the pieces... Now there's a challange ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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