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Meanwhile, while everyone else has hundreds of mini-figs, Rob is almost up to a hundred. Luckily, I've got 40 villagers :-) Rob (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:FrxL4J.JDy@lugnet.com... (...) Census (...) door... (...) that (...) 400 to (...) are (...) They (...) where (...) set, but (...) to (...) :) (...) saying: (...) Well, at least you did say (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hey andrew ~ my geisha 'fig is a town cutie head, short black "male" hairpiece, the white w/ black dragons emperor torso and a dress. the dress is made from two of the curved top bricks w/ side peg sticking out (red) and the old style mini-fig (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! "Wife pack"... ROFL... :-) (...) Oh, is that all women are? Wives for poor peasant farmers?! And 'cheap' nonetheless! <grin, duck & run> Seriousness aside though, I have a comparetively balanced population. True, my army is solely male, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Brought out by the recent mention of ninja armies, I thought I'd pose the following questions and end my days as a lurker: Due to the recent liquidation of ninja-themed legos in local stores, I've been wondering what to do with a sizeable force of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Actually (...) I changed the url slightly earlier this week sorry. Tim (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) BWAAAHAHHA! I loved the "Insect Man." Traumatised victims of being licked by an insect man...I love it. :) Terribly inventive use of a feather, btw. Great stuff! LFB (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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DBR wrote in message ... (...) Great job, btw. They look like... well, they look different. The helmets would look good with a black falcon torso. (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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Timbo wrote in message <38DBA8DE.ED1@cyberis.net>... (...) I think you mean: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I like the way you incorporated them in. The arachnis bodies are pretty cool, too! Hey, Timbo. Check your email. -Chris (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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I have 12-20 of the conquistador helmets and I am already using them for my castle creations. I am using them for helmet for my arachnis and humans who have close contact with them. See my web site at: www.cyberis.net/~tco...models.htm In the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Just snag the high minifig count sets whenever they are on sale and your army will grow. I've only been getting Castles stuff the last six months or so and I have about 150 figs from the Ninja line. I'll probably double that when the 2nd year (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) form (...) Wow, this is starting to sound like a mail-order-bride service! "Have you gotten your wife pack yet?" "Yeah, I'm up to 400 soldiers and 96 wives!" :) I'm wondering who the first female will be to reply to this message saying: "Oh, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I do know that there's two female figs in the King Leo's Castle set, but I say more women in the smaller sets! Make it cheap for us to find wives to all those poor peasant farmers! -Chris (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Funny you should ask! I just finished totalling mine up the other day! :) Anyway, it appears that I have 461 currently built Castle-Themed figs. Most of my Bulls are not put together, and I have a few extra torsos layin' around that have yet (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ah, a minifig census? That reminds me, I have to fill out that US Census form before one of those creepy Census field workers comes knocking on my door... Anyway, to minifigs. I have about 850 minifigs, with about 450 or so that came out of the box (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Don't worry, you're not stupid at all! Do you know how many times I left a message without the link I mentioned... I won't even BEGIN to count... :-) Your knights and heroes look great! I love those individual heroes... Your dwarves are very (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) With a very thin screwdriver you can separate the horse very careful. The best is to begin to lever between the horse's legs. (...) Wrap it in a letter together with some ketchup and send it to a neighbour you hate ;-) Regards, René PS: It's a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How did you pry the horse's body apart? I tried doing this the other day and wasn't successful, but I haven't tried since. Any special tricks? Chris P.S. Now, what to do with the horse's head? Now, if I had a Lego MafiaWorld... :) (for those (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You can take the horse to 3 pieces. I just removed the head of the horse, put the trunk together and -I know, it's a disgrase- GLUED the upper part of the knight's body on it. (...) But you must consider that all early 80's sets were available (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I usually introduce myself as Peter to people, but friends generally gravitate towards Pete (Peat,Peet just like heat) by themselves, which is ok by me. We have another Peter/Pete (Callaway) down here so we should fit in with the erics aarons (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like the dwarves...reminds me of J.R.R. Tolkien...Thorin et al...My sister got me a belated Christmas gift of a Box set of the hobbit and L'O'R trilogy on cd from the BBC radio program many years ago...I have been driving around listening to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Xcalabur wrote in message ... (...) interested... it (...) a (...) look (...) don't (...) It would look fantastic on the Bull's Fiasco..I mean Bull's knights' heads... (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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visit the link below to go to a gallery on (...) I'm such a stupid, here's the link: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Sun! I have a lot of knights here, visit the link below to go to a gallery on 1000steine.de where some of my knights and heroes are pictured (legion of Blue Falcons, Dwarves, Centaurs...) Regards from Germany, René (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Sun Yun wrote in message ... (...) Ninja (...) "Ninja (...) impressive (...) Ninja (...) My (...) better. (...) there. (...) Get ready to laugh <g>: In the 'Wonderful World of DBR' the populations are as follows: Black Falcons: 12 Broad Sword men, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think there's also at least one Divers set (big set) that has one of these. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hi Pete! Welcome to lugnet! (by the way, how do you pronounce your name? I'm always at loss with Pete's. Is it Pee-tee, or Peet? I have no idea. :-) (...) Great! I'd love to see pictures when you're done! (...) <grin> tell me about it... (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Brad and Shiri (and everyone else, this is my first post) I have one planned ! I have all of the current Belville sets sorted out and awaiting construction (so many themes,so little time). The castle I have planned will be minifig scale (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'll leave this spot open... but I doubt anyone ever did. ;-) The few BV fans/buyers that are also castle fans (Craig, Richard M, Frank F and Suz come to mind) haven't expressed anything about it, AFAIK... Frank even told me he'll try and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm curious if anyone has tried to create a credible looking castle using either the Belville pink spire piece (the big clear one) or the cream, round castle pillar? (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Shiri, Well, I think the Time Cruisers series were a real waste of plastic, talent, and manufacturing time. It seems that they had bunches of spare parts laying around, so they thought, hey, let's make some models out of it! The sets contain some (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ^^^^^ Hehe, I like that... haven't heard that one before. Now, please be honest with my here. I was unfortunate (fortunate?) enough to not have enough cash and lego accessability while the time cruisers sets were out. I don't have ONE Timmy or (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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Sun Yun wrote in message ... (...) there. (...) That's the next thing I need to count. I've recently counted my pirate theme minifigs (over 1200). I'm probably over 500 castle theme minifigs. Frank (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38DACFD8.1F4C8F79@m...ne.net>... (...) interested... it (...) found a (...) a bit (...) problem? (...) fantasy (...) pack (...) the (...) I think there's also at least one timelosers sets with it (a quick look at my (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) today's? (...) Actually, it wasn't until about five years ago that they switched to the new plastic. Before that, all swords (except yellow castle-era) where Dark Gray and made of the hard plastic. Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) late for Castle if you want to get historical, but why let that cause a problem? 8) TLC itself mixes arms and armor from all sorts of historical and fantasy periods... John Kanehl wrote: (...) There was also one in the second Shipwreck Island (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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Reminds me of the hat that the Ponce De Leon ghost wore in that Scooby Doo episode. If that doesn't qualify me as a history expert, I don't know what does. Markus (...) it (...) look (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) hope you get some, but not if i see 'em first! i love 'em and have a small army started in this style. they have a tiny socket that holds a plume, and it's one of the few helms that fits on really well with the ufo shoulderpad/ armour. those (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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