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(...) The 1x1 tall pieces were put to great use but I love the white lattice fences on the second floor. And the size of the gatehouse is very awe-inspiring. Would make any decent army think twice. Way to go in moving japanese castle development (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Do you know how close you came to a pun? John's thunder - that's awfully close to Johnny Thunder, the Adventurer! Ha Ha :0) <<KM>> (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's what's great about it - simple but very refreshing. A new look to an old, bleh thing, as Chris mentioned. (...) Huh? Is he against customizing or something? -Shiri (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, I think that's white. The tan looks tan in this picture (and-- ooh, there's a lot of it!!). (...) Yeah, that's what I think. -Shiri (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) grey? (...) Judging from the colour of the battledroids and other already-known pieces, that really light blue is actually tan. I'm guessin that the darker smoky blue is actually dark grey, and the middle blue is light grey. Paul Davidson (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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My favourites are Castle, Space, Star Wars (as my .sig probably gives away), and Adventurers. I have large projects planned for all of them, but I'm usually only working on one at a time. Right now, I'm building a large multi-deck space cruiser. -- (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not to steal John's thunder, but it's just a matter of orienting the brick that way when you put it on the brick under it. Take a 1x1 brick and stick it on a stud- you can turn it, still mounted on the stud, 360 degrees. So, when placing the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Penguin Classics, with a black spine Decks of cards, no nudies though ! Old Hi Fi...... Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) great oriental architecture!! the roof's shape and long "curves" are stunning! reveal the serets of those columns along the entrance hall, please! are they on 2x2 turnables? they look set into the structure diagonaly. this subtly compliments (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The tall columns, fancy windows, and arch on the side of the building give it (to me) the flavor of a "reclaimed building"- ie, it looks like it was once a much larger and grander building that fell to ruin and was rebuilt in part by the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm sorry people. I haven't been ignoring you, it's just that my other hobbies have taken me away from .castle(1) You see, I don't just collect castle legos, I collect star wars legos, and star wars figures. Both of my star wars infatuations cost A (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thnaks! (...) Ah-yep! (...) I'm not really sure what you mean by "heavy look"...? (...) Yeah, I really had to be minimalistic there... (...) Thanks!! -Shiri (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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It looks nice! I like the teaser story too. I guess that those gray slopes that are en route will help to correct those few red/dark gray ones still on there! It has a very heavy look to it which is nice. I like the angled door approach that you (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Am I prolly looking ? :) (Have to look up prolly in my dictionary...no-one told me I was looking like that...;) (...) The set costs about US$ 50 and is only available in Germany at TRS (which kind of s....) I don´t know if you still have some (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) HECK YEAH! The color seems a bit wonky...is that 'light blue' color actually light grey? And are those 4 light grey extreme corner slopes?! J, droooooooling... (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, I'll tell you the model does not excite me but the parts look awsome!!! I can see myself buying these in bulk for quite a while. I have added .castle and .general to the list because I think everyone would be interested in the parts in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) There are 8-10 of them in Minifig Box #2 (which I sent off to Susan Hoover this week). (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, I hadn't seen that yet. Very cool! I'm glad that someone's keeping the Ninja spirit alive... :) I really liked the columns with the 1x1 angled bricks -- nice way to take something that could be "blah" and give it pizazz! Chris -- Remove (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Don't know if anyone saw this, but John Robert Blaze Kanehl (1) updated his homepage with a cool ninja creation... Nice job, John! I like the columns and narrow passages, and can relate to "no room in apartment" ;-) Anyway, here's da link: (URL) So (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks everyone for the info. I greatly appreciate it. Wilson (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I suspect they'll have stickers, like the previous promo. Someone mentioned that each bus would come with stickers for 4 teams. Frank (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Unless they have numbers on the back. Alan (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Kevin Salm wrote in message ... (...) just (...) That's going to be one of the nice things about the Football Team Buses... 5, maybe 6 plain torsos in each. Frank (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Wilson Raska wrote in message ... (...) know (...) 6648 Dump Truck (1980) 575 Coast Guard Station (1977) (minifigs had stickers) 6624 Delivery Van (1983) 542 Street Crew (1979) 560 Town House (1977) 605 Street Sweeper (1978) 607 Mini Loader (1979) (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gotta love plain torsos. Wish more set had them today. Anyway, plain Blue torsos have been around for a while and if I were to just pick a number of set that have them I would probably guess about 30 or more sets have had plain Blue torsos. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow. A solid blue torso. I believe I have at least one, let me think... Hey, thanks! I just went to hunt down what set it was, and discovered another thing in the process... The set I got it from is definitely <set:6356>. This was either my (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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I know this may not be castle related, but I was wondering if any of you know what set a solid blue torso comes with. I have one on my water elemental (URL) , and I believe Pawel has one for his too, but I don't know where it came from. If any of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! I haven't tried it either, until now when I realized that would be a great space-conservation thing (they say need is the father of invention, eh? :) (...) LOL, never thought of that. As I was typing the teaser (after most of the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Shiri, great job. I've been waiting to see the completed inn for a while now. I , like everyone else, also like the single, angled doors to the rooms. I don't think I've ever tried that. The teaser's pretty cool too, I like Jon. He looks (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm, I never thought of it that way... I guess I am a bit more influenced from ancient Israeli/Middle Eastern buildings than European, after all that *is* where I grew up... In school we always had field trips to some ancient ruins... (Oh, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) shiri~ it seems to me, your inn has a bit of an "ancient world" look to it, that reminds me of pictures i've seen of buildings in israel, egypt, and even pakistan, (where my cousins grew up.) it's very interesting how all of our individual (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Thanks. I want to be an architect, so while my aunt and uncle were renovating, I paid close attention to the architect's ideas... I liked the way she had used an angled door on my cousin's room, that way it added space to both (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The inn looks realy cool. I like the way you used the angled doors. I may have to try that some time. You've made great use of a tight space and have added some nice little details. An inn is just ripe with story posibilities and it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! I thought that three rooms are not enough... The beds are also designed to conserve space, although I don't have close-up pics. The are centered on 2 1x1 rounds, and the rounds are restraightened by using 2x1 tiles w/center stud... (I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Nice job, darlin'. I like the way you used the angled doors to conserve space. Tried somethin' like that myself, but I didn't like the way it worked, so I scrapped it. Also, that worker's hut sounds like a cool idea. If you do it, let us all know. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The Inn looks great Shiri. Those are some pretty tight rooms on the second floor but I do like the layout and how you used the angled doors to fit everything in. I also noticed the one outside corner in red and the one other read slope mixed (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow! Amazing as usual, Eric. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message news:FsnKzF.69z@lugnet.com... (...) over (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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in article FsnKzF.69z@lugnet.com, Eric Brok at brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl wrote on 4/7/00 8:39 AM: (...) @#$&! I'm completely gobsmacked! (1). I would love to see some more detailed pictures. I am completely astounded by the scale of the structure. I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) man, these are some beautiful pics! i can't wait for some close-ups, and hopefully, interior views! the over-all look is truly impressive and feels very real. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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I finished my inn... I have a teaser story up... I combined them both... Also, check out the main page - there's another teaser pic, for the first chapter as well. What more can I say?! Oh, one more thing. The girl in the teaser story is Matthew (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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