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All this whoo-ha about BrikWars* I don't know. It's enough to make one want to say something like this. Wanted- A handful of players to play a one turn a week, play by email (but photos provided), dungeon hack kind of game, hand wavingly based on (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Wooden guard barracks
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(...) I was thinking I overdid that a bit. In a couple of cases, the equipment for one fighter just barely fits on his bed! (...) I'm game. Beware that all those grey bricks are Megabloks, however! It must be getting time for our next get-together. (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Lego Femme Fatale : A Reprise
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(...) Personally, I already have quite a few long-haired peasants. They look great with that hair, male and female alike! Too bad those aren't easier to get. The older hair & wig pack has three, which is great; but still not enough for my taste... (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wooden guard barracks
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(...) Hey, cool. I really like the interior detailing. The rooms look "in use", which is tricky to do. I especially like the armoury. (Hey - do you want to get together and figure out a "standard" for curtain wall sections? We've got enough (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Possible answer to the Bird question!!!
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(...) All right! That's the way (aha, aha, I like it, aha aha...) :-) (...) From Brickset it seems that 5934, 5987 and 5921 all have one. 5921 seems like the smallest, although 5987 isn't too large either. -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Old LEGO
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(...) Wow, you're right Kevin! I was looking at the cover of one book while looking at the inside pages of the other - "The Ultimate LEGO Book" is indeed the book I referenced. I couldn't find Henry Wiencek in the white pages, although I think he (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Possible answer to the Bird question!!!
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Yes it does!!!! 2x2, and he says the wings don't get in the way of putting it flat on a baseplate or plate either! Now it's just the chore of getting a couple... has anyone created a list of the sets they'll be available in yet? Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Goose that layed the Lego egg...
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(...) Oooh, lucky duck! Too bad I don't celebrate Easter... this is my first year of NOT finding the Afikoman in Passover, bummer... :-| Well happy easter, catchya later! -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | The Goose that layed the Lego egg...
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We're in the midst of Easter Egg hunting at my house, with all my relatives here. Right now it's my turn to find them, and I'm waiting for them to be hid. Anyway, this morning I woke up, walked out to the living room, and saw it. My parents bought (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eastern Invasion (II) continues ...
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(...) Thanks for your comments! It was fun doing the pictures this way ! (...) That is my son who is exactly one and a half years old yesterday. Of course he I am training him to be a "legomaniac" when he grows up. KK (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks ! Took a little planning but it was well worthwhile. (...) I did try to make the interiors somewhat historically accurate. For instance, the main donjon did not have living quarters. However,typical rooms/elements include the kitchen, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Old LEGO
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(...) John, either you've got your books mixed up or DK has re-released the World of Lego Toys without us noticing <g>. They did publish "The Ultimate Lego Book" last year, is that the one you mean? World of Lego Toys by Henry Wiencek was published (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Eastern Invasion (II) continues ...
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(...) Very nice! I like the fact that the structure makes sense as a physical structure (probably because its a model of a real one!). I also like the good use of modularity, so that everything can be examined and moved. The exterior is a good model (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Old LEGO
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I have new info regarding the "first LEGO Castle". On my webpage, I have pictured (1) what I had considered to be the first LEGO Castle, pictured in an ancient Model Book (it's not a catalog). However, I found a picture today of a LEGO Castle prior (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Possible answer to the Bird question!!!
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I'm waiting for Lindsey to get back to me, he's got pics of the (I can't spell it nor do I care to try!) flying bird... we might find out soon if it's got holes on the bottom!! if he doesn't post here and just mails me about it, I'll post it right (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Eastern Invasion (II) continues ...
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(...) I'd like to comment on the way you organized the pictures; I think that was brilliant. The order in which the pictures are made it fairly clear (to me) what part of the building belonged where. (...) LOL! Is that your son? Very cute! (...) Oh, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Eastern Invasion (II) continues ...
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This is part 2 of my Eastern Invasion featuring Kumamoto Castle MOC interiors of which I posted the exteriors last week. As promised last week, I am posting the interiors of Kumamoto Castle MOC - (URL) a week to finish but a last minute ebay auction (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !
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| | 6075 yellow castle stickers...
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To all fellow enthusiasts, Is there anyone out there who might have either an intact sticker sheet or the acutal figures that can be scanned and posted? I'm looking for hi resolution images because I have many "blank" shields and armor pieces but (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wooden guard barracks
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(...) Thanks - praise helps build confidence for the next project! (...) I think I first saw the idea in a newsgroup posting. I wanted to do a green one, but I was missing half; red and yellow are the only transparent colours I have both cylinders (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wooden guard barracks
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Hi Shiri! Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FtFCz0.7G6@lugnet.com... (...) term. (...) In a small castle, the entire structure is considered the "keep." This is where the interior spaces lie. However, in a larger castle, the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wooden guard barracks
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Hey Chris! Great job, I love those barracks! I'm not sure what you mean by curtain wall, I'm not familiar with that term. Can you explain what that is? I absolutely adore your attention to interior details. I'm a goner for interior (1) and your's is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Cut off the dying vine (or Rock Monster clan)
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(...) True. Every set has too many specialty pieces, and they can't be easily integrated into other themes. Plus, the price:piece ratio is too expensive. I'd buy a few of the sets, IF they went on extreme clearance. Of course, that would only be for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Knight's armor
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As much as I would love to see the return of the European Armor, Or even the silver armor from the imperial armada, I just don't see it happening. If they were going to start using it again why not include it with the Royal Joust (6095)? If you give (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Direct means Ice Dragons (oh please oh please oh please)
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Chris' main point was: (...) Can't help you with the trans lt blue stuff... I know some people will resent me saying this... but Craig once made a great white dragon using designers spray paint. It was beautiful (or so he says) but he wanted a red (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Wooden guard barracks
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I've finally built the first part of my castle complex! I started simple with a wooden castle guard barracks. It is up against the exterior curtain wall (well, its against a fake piece of the curtain wall). I've also redone my Lego pages, getting (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle) !
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| | Lego Direct means Ice Dragons (oh please oh please oh please)
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I'm sure everyone knows about Brad's announcement for Lego Direct, so I won't get into that. I just hope that they open it up to more than 40 elements. Ever since I saw the dragons in '94(?), I've wanted a white dragon w/ trans. light blue wings and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Knight's armor
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(...) Hmmm, I HAVE noticed those dents before, but never noticed the connection to the armor. Hopefully TLG is planning something... -Chris (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The cost of minifigs
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YIKES.... who's site is that? some of those are pretty "nasty", though I like some of the torso designs! Definately not for little ones to view though, that's for sure. Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Improper Mold Use (was Re: New 2000 Sets from S@H)
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(...) I can't believe that TLG used Dragon arms on the T-Rex, shame shame. It ain't gonna kill 'em to make a mold that doesn't have "spikes" on the arms! -Chris (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Knight's armor
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Has anyone else noticed that the new pan helmets have little 3 slight indentions on the bottom. the one on the back is for the quiver but the ones on the side make it so that the pan helmet can be used with the european body armor. (over course you (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bull's Attack (6096)
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(...) If you go to: (URL) select Knights' Kingdom from the Castle set listing, you can see which minifigs come which each set and which sets that come with a particular minifig. Grahame (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Kevin Knoot wrote in message ... (...) the (...) someone (...) found (...) to (...) lego (...) and (...) if (...) Ditto. The samurai armor just doesn't cut it. As for 6009, I did buy about 50, but could use about 50 more. (I could have sword the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
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(...) As far as I know there is no real cost efficient way to acquire large quantities of 1xN grey bricks. I plan on tackling my first large building in white since it is more readily available in brick buckets. Rob - Rob Farver - (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Knight's armor
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(...) I bought several dozen of the Samurai Swordsman and other Ninja sets because of the removable armor they had. If the European armor came back into production I'd buy...well...I'd buy a whole lot more than that! J (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Knight's armor
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Right here! Those armor peices are a valuble part of my feudal min-fig militia. Ive only been collecting odly about 11-12 years (I'm 13 now). My focus on castle in the early ninties made me stop buying space altogether- so i got 2 to 3 of each black (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) the (...) someone (...) Aye, Kevin is DEFINITELY on to something. I have only two armor pieces. I know of at least 20 or 30 people (a VERY small percentage) personally who would gobble up droves of 6009's or the like, myself included. After a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Knight's armor
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(...) <snip> If it's worth anything, I would like to see that as well. -Shiri fut .dear-lego (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Knight's armor
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I would like to let you know how much I, and many others, would like to see the return of the European-style body armor piece to the Castle series. As someone who not collecting legos while these pieces were being produced, I have found them (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bull's Attack (6096)
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(...) 6096 Bull's Attack 6091/8 King Leo's Castle. They're apparently "supposed" to be for the chainmailed guy, but I personally think they look a lot better on the Bulls... J (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bull's Attack (6096)
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Dominik Dabrowski <toyota_terror@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FtByB6.IHH@lugnet.com... (...) problem (...) prisoner). A (...) A question re the Legs with brown leather straps; what other set(s?) is this available in. Also I was quite taken (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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