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(...) Uh... huh? (...) Thanks! I got one when I moved here (couldn't resist it, I was so happy to have something like S@H) and two more about a month ago in the LIC in FL.(1) This was the first time I actually *needed* more! (Till now it was just (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this? (...) <grin> "What's that? A skyscraper, hmm... looks just like those three bricks I saw in that school project!" </grin> -Shiri (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Your story sounds interesting! I decided to do something else with my minifigs. Since I had more RK figs than any other subthemes, (I'm fortunate enough to own a 6090! Yay!) I decided I'd focus on these. I traded off some of the other minifigs (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ You mean the silvery cutlasses, right? If so, I definitely agree! -Shiri (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That big, colorful flag looks an awful lot like the Black Knights logo as well! Tony (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I dunno 'bout him, but I am! <grin> -Shiri (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That is 7. Fir the others you could have a crusader (with the lion torso) a royal knight a crusader (with the axe torso) this is assuming you have those torsos that is (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of my huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I have posted 40 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle) !!
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(...) Simply incredible! On par with Ed Boxer's famous castle. You HAVE to see this! Rob - Rob Farver - mailto:rfarver@rcn.com (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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<breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out> Wow, wow, wow. My word, Dan, that is FABULOUS. Truly amazing. I don't think anyone will fail to be moved by the picture of the 6075/375 YC shrinking next to your amazing castle. <bowing down> "We're (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) my (...) Dan has some amazing castle specific work on display there (albeit in a smaller scale) as well. ++Lar (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh yeah, terrific page! I love the tree-fort. Paul Davidson (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That is stunning, Dan. You are a master at your craft, and there's not much more to say. Except maybe "Wow". Wow. :) James (URL) getting paid for this --> alladvantage.com Sign up via me, the reference $$ go to fund Lugnet. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) my (...) have (...) found (...) This is great! I really like all your stuff a lot. In fact your Inn inspired me to do my Inn. You definitely have a rare talent with the Brick. I love your Kits too and it will be interesting to see how many you (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Tony Rowe wrote in message ... (...) That's because it is a LEVGO Black Knights flag (so the seller lied a little)... Frank (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) 1976 or 1977 Frank (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Truly amazing! You are of a rare breed my friend. Care to tell me how many pieces you used? <giggling> Again excellent, excellent, excellent work! (...) my (...) have (...) found (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yep, that'd be my vision too. Mainly because the only nanofig creations I've ever seen were yours. ;-) (...) Oh yah! Bring 'em on, buster! -Shiri (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) WOW! That thing is huge! Where did you get so many red bricks? (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Amazing! Those who know me know that I prefer space and technic creations, but that is fantastic! Congratulations! You have created a fine monument. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(wow, I feel inadequate posting this on the heels of Dan's Bloodstone Keep, but I was gonna do this tonight anyway...) I've put up a set of temporary pics of my latest fortress, the Mercenary HQ. There are still a few details to complete, but it's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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Hello, Does anyone know if the target piece from 6054 (Forestman's Hideout) is included in any other sets (it is the yellow 2x2 round tile with the bullseye decoration)? How about the shields with the deer pictured on them? I have about 8-10 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words! I've always thought of excuses of why my castle models were made from red bricks and I cam up with the Blood Stone "chronicles" years ago to help explain this (the next installment on the site will go into it the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Take 25 years of birthdays and Christmas', add a dozen 1200 piece bucks, two dozen more 800 piece buckets, 3 halloween buckets, plus enough service packs from S@H equivelent to the cost of a new car and you will get an idea of the over number (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sanguine castle? (not the cheerful, optimistic definition, but the blood- thirsty one, based on the medieval four humors). Crimson keep? Chris -- Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (snip) (...) Red has always been the most common basic color, so that's why I always built my castles with red ones. I'm actually going to start working on my next one soon, and it will be gray to keep the purists happy. Dan (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) May I suggest displaying the model and charge a fee for admission? (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) thanks so much :) I am glad my attempt at castle design went over well! After building a lot of smaller stuff, I just wanted to see how big I could go. I did the castle as a sort of practice in large scale building for the space ship I am (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) my (...) soon, (...) You could claim it was some Red Granite or some other stone that is mined locally and unique to the area. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks, I knew someone else must've tried this... it seemed so logical! The droid wings make such a great looking rustic wooden roof. And at 4 in each set, you don't have to buy a lot of the droids to make a really good sized roof. cheers! (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow. And half-timbered too! It's so much eye candy tonight that it makes me able to wish again that I could be minifig-size. Anybody else wishing for that? May your kin never tire of your Lego. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) [snip] (...) No, thank YOU, Dan! I've been looking forward to seeing your castle for some months now. [Stumbles away into the shadows, repeating "my collection is too small, my collection is too small...] -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, yes, and the throne room shot can carry the caption, "In the court of the Crimson Keep!" (Somebody out there will get this one -- FUT lugnet.off-topic.pun) -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. Department of Structural Biology Stanford University (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Actually the stone was salvaged from the lost city of Nazarine, stained eternally from river of blood left that washed over it after the butchery of its citizenry at the hands of the Northmen... doh! I'm giving the story away! Dan (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's in King's Archer, #1624. I just bought one just for that piece. -Marc (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I failed to say in my earlier response how awesome this is (hit SEND accidentally first; how I miss nn). And I didn't quite get the sense of scale until I went back and looked at it more closely... Incredible! Kind of puts my work in progress (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "purists"!? there are purists in .castle!? ;-) THE original, most "purist" castle is bright yellow! red, being, as you said, the most common lego color for bulk and diversity makes it the ideally pure building color. the elaborate (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Timber-Framed Buildings of England by R. J. Brown ISBN: 0709060920 $30.00 It's on Amazon, but I borrowed it from the bookstore where I work. Yes, it has a lot of great pictures. They are B/W, but since the buildings are mostly black and white (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Speaking of purism, I have another question along those lines (and one that you can probably answer better than anyone else, Craig). So how much of a faux pas is it to modify plates, etc. for your structures? I can see it for minifig character (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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First things first, words cannot describe the supercalafragalespie...aladocious quality of this amazing LEGO castle. This is what LEGO should be all about, letting people create large models by making cheap bulk orders available. But the other thing (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) well this throws the "have you ever warped or broken parts" thread into a new light of consideration! ~ doing it on purpose! if it's a good idea, such as yours and you can spare the piece, why not!? i'm looking at these pieces now, and will go (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oooh, I must have missed that one... But I've got a doozy involving 24 gray castle walls if the thread resurfaces. :) (...) Ick. :) Then you're suddenly at brick height with a slightly lesser range of motion... (...) :) (...) Cool! I just went (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) it's only a few hours old in .build! (...) gah! now i have to do another one! that would work even better! the pieces fit together quite nicely, anyway if not for that center nub. accomodating it is better than removing it. the side bar plate (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That grey steamer is going to be a gold mine of dark grey parts. Also, for Mike Stanley... (and other castle heads) did you see what the farmer behind the white horse is holding in set 4479(1)? 1 - which begs a question, why 44xx? Are we (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.castle)
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For those people that are sad about not having pitchforks for their revolting peasants to wave (or just to use when not revolting:-) the new train wagons in this picture (URL) one! Cool hmm? also check out 2.jpg on the same page the station might be (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Whoa, whoa, whoa... THESE will be sets sold later on sometime? What is going on? I've never seen them and they are all incredible for parts! Will we be able to get them in the United States? -- pn (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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To All, (...) All I know if we do, Mike Stanley is going to buy lots of sets, and he will have a lot of parts to sell! : ) Scott S. Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've been looking for a good excuse to get a train set ... I've been fascinated, but timid due to the large price tags. But this dark gray train looks like the little shove needed to finallly push me over the edge. Look out below ;) I like, I like. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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What Irony! The four thousandth post in .castle is about.... trains. And possibly hoax trains at that. Sorry to burst your bubble there Shiri! James (still laughing about life...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Huh?? Lugnet lists it as "3943" We've still got another day or two to go... Jeff P.S. Are you looking at the combined castle and castle.org.cw list? (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) FTR, as I posted in .trains, I am 100% sure this is a hoax. Read the entire thread here: (URL) Jeff (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oops! I guess that's it. I was on the main page which apparently list the total together. Sorry! James (who now looks rather silly, bedtime I think...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Frank, I don't remember ever having seen a 48x48 (or 50x50) baseplate in anything other than all gray. The only exception to this (AFAIK) was a 50x50 1970 Samsonite only LEGO green plate with a curvy "T" shaped roadway on it. Since this (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, there is another exception of course, but it's rather current... The Soccer baseplate, 48x48 green... This was a flat baseplate, with printing, I don't think it had any unstudded area (i.e. not a custom mold). It could easily have been a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been quiet these past few weeks (Gall durn busy work! We lost an employee!) but I just have to say I am thouroughly impressed. This is truly a masterful work. I can't begin to guess how many dragon master sets you have to be able to do (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) its (...) Hey...waitaminute!! That sounds awfully familar... (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oops, dunno if you read .cad.dat.models , but my reply is at: (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think this soccer base plate did have printed lines on it - white lines for the soccer pitch markings? (...) 50x50 (...) other (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) (snip) (...) I loaded up on Dragon Masters sets about 4-5 years ago when my favorite toy store closed up shop and sort of ended up with 2 or 3 of each major set and dozens of the smaller ones. My core of my castle army has about 5-600 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Howdy! This is my first post, I've been "lurking" for a while on .castle but finally have something to post! I just submitted my CW character to Pawel, and he suggested I might post the URL here... These are just the first three characters I have (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Just a couple of thoughts. (...) Let me add a little. WOW! WOW! WOW! (...) It seems to me that just about everybody has a castle named after a rock. Mine for instance is called Black Roch Keep. Too bad most of us don't have the pieces to make castle (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Oops, typo, that should be Black Rock Keep. Rob (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well.. after the last 4 weeks of hell dealing with putting my cat down then mid terms, then major computer crash *3...(I almost hate computers right now) I spent the last week and a half in bed with the flu and a nasty nasty cold. <to bad I wasn't (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool! It's good to see another section of Castle World with Geomancers running around! Also, I like the concept of a Demon Ship plaguing the oceans. Tony (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello everyone, my name is the Happiest Person Who Ever Lived! I just scored 10 polybagged Defense Archers from the local Shop Ko! Nobody has to reply to this, but I just wanted to express my joy for all to see. Well, now that I am through rambling, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) -I got 12 for 25% off at Ames a while ago. Have you thought of anything to do with all the black turntables? The grey pieces with the cross-shaped holes are neat, I might use those for arrow loops. -Marc (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) am (...) I haven't thought of anything yet, but I'll eventually use them for something. I'm trying to get more Defense Archers and Axe Carts to build up two huge armies. Those bull guys are pretty neat. Wilson (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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hi guys, id just like to let you know that I have added 4 more characters to my website here is the link (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The only one I can recall is Matthew Verdier's cool tower, named Wizard Mathias' Tower. See here: (URL) on models, then under Castle choose Wizard Mathias' Tower. I saw this during my first lego-web days, when I was just discovering there were (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I concour, your excellency. (...) Well... rocks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me ;-) Rocks/stones/boulders are often part of the setting/terrian around the building, or alternatively the building is *made* of stone... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean, it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of those "OPOC's" are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening. But, the more I think about it, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well IMHO the combined list is what counts, isn't that so? I dunno. I need to sleep too. -Shiri P.S. I don't care if the post was on trains... heck, it involved a pitchfork and that's what counts! :-) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Aw yeah, I know. (BTW, I see you've been reading my posts carefully... should I update the acronym list? ;-) (j/k) (...) Yeah. And, sometimes I try to not think of being "biggest and best" but drop the biggest and try to do as much as possible (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Daniel Siskind wrote in message ... (...) of my (...) have (...) found (...) the (...) Simply extraordinary! Incredible... I am actually working on a large castle myself, but now, I just get depressed looking at it after seeing yours <G>. Also, I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Love the "double Ceron" plot, very intruiging! Dash and Chance sound way cool, can't wait to see your Dragons wing tavern! Here a question for you. The torso you used for Dash, is that a pirate babe torso? 'Coz I recall the forest babe has the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ah can't believe ah missed this! Sorry! Your mercenary HQ is really cool! I love the intricate interior details (I mentioned a few times that interiors are my faves, many times over!) and the terrain effects. The size is quite large as well, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ooooh! Nice nice, like like! (Sorry, some of my Cavemen ancestors' features return to me whenever I start drooling ;-) Great job Matt! Glad to meet you and see some work! I love your demons, the skeletons look so cool like that. The invasion has (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an Imperial Star Destroyer, it is. Now some word-book-fun. Some neighbors moved away last week and left behind a heap of books in the junkroom. A curious mixture: History of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Wilson Raska writes: snip (...) snip Wilson, I know what you mean. There is nothing like a great deal to make you do the happy dance. I just cleaned out my local (Chico, Calif.) Target of their King Leos. They had them mismarked at (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, that's very comforting. :-) <snip> (...) Sounds like a great book for inspiration! <snip> (...) That's a great description. Can I coax you to scan some of these? Will bribery do the trick? :-) (...) Such a dumb town! ;-) (...) I have to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Barnes and Noble had this a couple years back, and may still do. My copy says "1993 Barnes and Noble Books". I was hoping for more detailed pictures and plans, but there is certainly a lot of historical stuff in it. (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Castle, (...) "OPOC's" (...) the (...) Actually, I think building on such a large scale is actually less satisfying than smaller scale projects. Huge works such as my castle take years to build and progress can be annoyingly slow. For example, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wouldn't REALLY know but I tend to agree. My inn is fun and I love it, but creating Helfire in two hours and having it come out nicely was MUCH more satisfying. I think my inn could be great when I'm done with it, but meanwhile it's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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The black turntable (1.25"diameter -12 stud) placed on the 2 4x4 green plates, all found in the $1.99 Defense Archer poly bag #4811 makes a very nice display stand for a favorite figure. I have the Fabuland Lion holding the lion shield on this set (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.fabuland) !
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(...) Hoho! Finally a good use for those turntables! Thanks Sheree! -Shiri (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) it (...) the (...) towers, (...) sucks. (...) had (...) One nice thing about building on a small project, is that you can do the interiors without having all of your small pieces disappear. Another is not having to spend a week or two (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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[Not sure what ng's to crosspost this to . . . it's kinda a hodge-podge of DUPLO and Star Wars and Castle and mecha stuff. I guess I'll go with that. Followups to .duplo?] (URL) were a lot of fun to make. Here's the secret: The backs of the DUPLO (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle) !
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Here are some pics of the almost finished product. I've got 99% of the exterior done and most of the interior design completed. I'll be adding more interior detail like furniture, some tiled flooring and of course occupants. The last two pics reveal (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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Great job, Mike! Now I'm wondering; do the soldiers sleep on the floor? Sleeping bags and all? <grin, duck, run> Serously tho', really nice. I love the exterior design, the turrets are cool. Can't be long with compliments (gotta go) but you have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Now here's something to ponder... What's your favorite castle set made by TLC (no MOCs Please :-)? And please explain *why*. I'm really interested. I don't have enough castle sets to judge, and I want to know what everyone thinks. I'd really rather (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like 6073. Probobly because it was the only castle I ever had. I accually made in ldraw a tavern in the spirit of 6073. (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Tough question because I have different criteria... My sentimental all time favorite: The Yellow Castle was my first and was very expandable...at the time the Yellow Castle came out gray was scarce in non space sets, and the yellow 1x4 hinge (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) prefab (...) castle, (...) myself (...) even (...) because I (...) :-) (...) Hmm... Well, I guess my favorite CASTLE-castle is 6081 (followed closely by 6077). The reasons why I like this castle the best are (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It would have to be 6085. The Black Monarch's Castle was the first castle i received as a kid. The sentimental value alone makes it my favorite. But on top of that i realy like the design, it has a nice selection of figs, and the Black (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Okay, I missed participating in your survey that began in February, but I will answer now. First off, I have nearly every Castle set ever released. Of those that I am missing, 6062, 6041, and 6035 are highest on my wish list now. Since I own (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Check out my cool castle
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I completes and posted the dat file a while ago but am posting this here to let people know about it and also because I will probobly be posting pictures and building instructions for the model in the near future (if my home page ftp starts working (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd have to say 6086, because of the design, very good, and some of the elements, the yellow tudor wall pieces among others. My biggest complaint about all of the Castle sets is that they are all facades, very good exteriors with nothing on (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I think there are 11 "castle"s you might mean: 6075 Castle (classic yellow castle) 6080 King's Castle 6073 Knight's Castle 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress 6085 Black Monarch's Castle 6081 King's Mountain Fortress 6086 Black Knight's Castle (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, thanks for the feedback, any and all is welcome. (hint hint) The kitchen looks even better with the fires under the kettle and in the stove flickering merrily, but I haven't been able to get a decent pic of it. :/ And stories are (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nicely done. I really liked the way you integrated the lion head elements. The variety of architecture works very well too - different window styles, rooflines/colors, etc, all contribute to a very "real" feel to it. (...) "build it all and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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