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| (...) Good ideas, Dylan. This would, IMO, appeal to the youngin's, because there's lots of big things, and it would also be nice for us AFOL's. I'd buy it. Plus, TLG would be happy because they can save money by using big pieces. With all those (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) i also noticed this today comparing old euro style suits of armour to the newer samurai armour element. the older ones are much shinier and of a harder plastic. your observation is correct. sad... later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Huh? What's the dif. between old-timer broadswords ("longswords") and today's? They're just the same, aren't they? Armor, now that's another issue... -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Wow, it's not just me...I thought it was because I was bigger and stronger now or something. (...) Well, the shinier is actually because (for whatever reason) the samurai armor has a little bit of texture to it...I discovered this when I was (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes: <snip> (...) </snip> Believe me, there's a difference. The older ones are much thicker, and maybe even made out of a different type of plastic. The new ones also have a little texture on them. I've broken a few (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) well, this cheaper plastic does make these elements easier to modify. (paint and carve) and because they're so cheap; they deserve it! i'm cutting up my newer long axes to make neat spears in protest! i can at least pretend TLC is making cool (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes: [...] (...) LOL! That's what I tried to do when I customized those silvery pieces (bugle- like horns) (1). ie, I tried to imagine what TLC would never come up with, then I did it myself ;-) -Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) already) and we'd be giddy with excitement. I've also customized some things to better suit my characters. For example, I used an old sword and make a curvy snake-like dagger for my wizard, and cut some of the teardrop shaped shields to make (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Ya mon! :-) (...) Hm... I'd vote for just good... <grin> -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) They have been making the swords out of this "softer" plastic for a few years now, they had started sometime before nov 1995 (the end of my "dark ages"). I had never broke any of the old ones as I only had a few and any lose meant less to play (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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