 | | Re: NELUG's 2nd Window display at The Construction Site in Waltham MA
|
|
(...) got a little grey)...Possibly a blue door?? I saw the one above when he announced it.. (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Question about #6038 Wolfpack Renegades
|
|
(...) Why, the treasure chest itself, of course! -Shiri (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Question about #6038 Wolfpack Renegades
|
|
It's been a little while since I put this together, but I think the chest fits in there (it kind of hangs underneath there, making the bottom look solid, try it out). Matt (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Question about #6038 Wolfpack Renegades
|
|
I just got this cool little set and I was wondering what these guys smuggle in the hiding place under the treasure chest. I tried to fit a 'fig in there but they're too big. Any suggestions? Dave -- "There is no end, no beginning. There is only the (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: NELUG's 2nd Window display at The Construction Site in Waltham MA
|
|
(...) That's Chris Phillips' Castle. He actually did announce it a while ago: (URL)also the little (...) It's Eric's IIRC: (URL)Thanks for the pics!!! I really like how you guys are setting up the (...) Isn't it great?! (<sigh>... wish I could join) (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NELUG's 2nd Window display at The Construction Site in Waltham MA
|
|
Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!! also the little house that sits directly in front of it??? who's is that.. and where are the pictures! Looks great though!!! (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | NELUG's 2nd Window display at The Construction Site in Waltham MA
|
|
Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at The Construction Site in Waltham MA (URL) . At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris Phillips, and Eric (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general) !
|
| |
| | Re: This little dwarf went to the market...
|
|
"You sound like chapters out of a (...) Ive read 1 too many. Hey, I just relized that I have that kefka laugh (Along with about 700 other midi's from that game) on my other computer =) -Pearson (Little off topic) P.S. Why dont you use clear peices (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: This little dwarf went to the market...
|
|
(...) laugh (...) Or FFVI in Japan, and it was rereleased for the Playstation as FFVI as well. I own both, FFIII for the Super Nintendo, and now FFVI for the Playstation, ugh! Anyway, Kefka was a great EVIL enemy, "You sound like chapters out of a (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: This little dwarf went to the market...
|
|
(...) I love that game! That, CT, and FFIII. They were so entertaining, even though I was like 7-8 when I got them. -Pearson (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: This little dwarf went to the market...
|
|
(...) In FFIII (Final Fantasy III for those that lack taste) When your about to fight the main-I'm-gonna-toast...-boss-guy, you hear his wicked laugh OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I almost cut the sytem off it got so annoying... Pearson (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
(...) From tons of sources. 6097 has two IIRC, and pretty much every wizard-magician- witch set has one. If you need a few, LMK - I've got about 20 lyin' around with no use... -Shiri (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
Maybe the wizard keeps spares of his more innocuous semi-magical items in the living room...like an extra silver basin, a hanging mirror or two (if you have any Belleville), a grandfather clock, some other clockwork contraptions. How about a hidden (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
(...) Where would one get scrolls from? (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
(...) And instead of reading some then going to bed like I'd planned, I worked more on the castle after posting my message that prompted this. And what I wound up with is similar to this. Fireplace two comfy chairs, breakfront, bookshelf (for (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Guarded Inn ?
|
|
(...) come (...) I shoulda just shut up! Not barely 2 hours or so until this auction shows up: (URL) it's only got 1 of the corners, but it DOES have A corner, and a red wall section... DaveE (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Guarded Inn ?
|
|
(...) Actually, better than you might think... I recently won a lot with at least 3 pairs of these off eBay for a quite reasonable price (and no, they aren't for sale - perhaps for trade for the right thing). (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Guarded Inn ?
|
|
(...) Yep. The only one :( (...) :( (...) :) (very cool part) (...) Not good. Unless you want to shell out for the entire set itself... those come and go every once in a while on ebay, etc... (...) I wonder how that'd look-- it might look kinda (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Guarded Inn ?
|
|
(...) Yes. (...) I would say very slim. This is the only set to have the red walls, and is one of the more valued sets out there, rarely going for less than $100, regardless of condition, and a sealed one would (at a guess) easily go for several (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.appraisal)
|
| |
| | Guarded Inn ?
|
|
Is this the set with the red walls ? I have the plans and some but not all the parts I do have the tavern sign though. What are my chances of getting two red walls with black timbers to complete the set ? I could swap for white walls with bricks (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
|
|
(...) ...Or alternately: "A 1x1 trans-* piece that falls on the floor can only be found by the vacuum cleaner"... this after my daughter tipped over my 1x1 trans dot box :-/ ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
BOOKS!!!!!!! (screams the man who has an estimated 3,000 pounds [1.5 tons] of books in a storage shed...) Lots and lots of books! And scrolls! And maps! (Books are avaiable, IIRC, from the Fairy/Castle Belville sets, and of course map tiles are (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
(...) J.D., I've done some extensive research on just that question[1], so I thought I'd share the results here in this august forum. The Red Fox: "A pair of comfortable chairs and a matching table, made by that charming fellow who used to live down (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
Perhaps a wall of ancient dusty tomes inscribed with strange runes. Or perhaps a statue of a bizarre creature. Or maybe a big fish tank! Dave J.D. Forinash <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:8eimsj$rnn$1@cc...ome.com... (...) dangerous (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: The last time I'll bother you...
|
|
(...) No, thank *you* and everybody else for the awesome feedback. I couldn't have done it without you all! The suggestions and ideas that were given to me early on inspired me so much, you have no idea! -Shiri (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
(...) Hmm... I would suspect a wizard would have some nice, comfy chairs and nothing on the walls. After all, you don't want anyone poking thru his stuff... Maybe there's a humble kitchen next door, so he can give his guests some nice newt soup... (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Roborider's 'berd (was:This little dwarf went to the market)
|
|
(...) Cool! Black halberds... ah, the places this could go... Joining the ranks of black spears and bows... now, if only we could get some cheap sets w/black swords ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | So what's a Wizard keep in his living room?
|
|
And so I'm building this castle (c.f. some other thread here). And I have some neat ideas come to me, and it pretty much gets determined that the castle isn't owned by some lord or duke or knight-commander or whatnot, but instead by a wizard. No (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
|
|
(...) Or, if you're *really* lucky, you don't fall, but manage to jump to a different location - which of course also has a few sharp pieces... Having wall-to-wall carpeting never helps, somehow... -Shiri (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | RE: The Law of Falling Lego
|
|
And not always the piece with the sharpest point...Some of the shields/roadsigns/other fragile pieces also fall into the step-on and fall-on categories. :( Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
|
|
(...) with (...) And after the initial shock of the impaled foot is felt, you are unconciously driven to lift your foot off the ground very abruptly, placing yourself in the least stable standing position possible. Then after trying in vain to grab (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Roborider's 'berd (was:This little dwarf went to the market)
|
|
(...) Having just seen a lava roborider in the um,. ABS I can report the halberds are indeed black. The Roboriders were in a roadshow display at the local shopping centre, dispite the fact that they're not due in stores for another two months. (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Divers set 6560 is great for castle parts!
|
|
(...) I've never been big on arches, but we'll see. Seems they're all over the place these days, may as well figure out some way to use 'em. Last time I tried, I wound up with something that looked like a spanish mission in grey. Shoulda taken some (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
|
|
One more collary to add to this thread: If a piece of Lego has a sharp point on it and falls to the ground, the point will always be facing up. This piece can only be located by stepping on it with bare feet. :-) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: The last time I'll bother you...
|
|
(...) Your inn looks great! Thanks for showing the final product. (...) Looks like a great idea to steal! The tops (I think they're called capitals - maybe with an "o" instead of the second "a") I've seen at LEGOLAND use a different technique. They (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
|
|
(...) I must add yet another corrolary that I discovered... I felt it appropriate enough to hunt this thread up for it... :-) Any piece that is completly unwanted will appear in the largest quantities possible, in a very ubiquitous manner. Once you (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Western European Kingdom? (was Re: No more steel in jolly old England)
|
|
(...) Oh. My mistake then. (...) "owoooo!"? (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: Western European Kingdom? (was Re: No more steel in jolly old England)
|
|
(...) Just FTR: Lindsay is a monsieur, not a mademoiselle... (...) Arr, arr, arroo! Or maybe arr, arr, archaic?! I have no idea ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Western European Kingdom? (was Re: No more steel in jolly old England)
|
|
(...) it (...) agreement (...) Riders"--one (...) katanas. (...) Mademoiselle Braun, I'll keep that in mind, but keep in mind that the acutal Knights/Guards of the kingdom wear Spanish hat-shaped helmets and possibly armor too. The Bulls do have a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
| |
| | Re: No more steel in jolly old England
|
|
(...) I didn't mean that TLG's "Indians" were specifically Cherokee, I meant that I am specifically a Cherokee descendant. As far as I know, they were going for a basic Southwestern "Indian" design. -- James J. (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
