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(...) Only gripe I've got with a bow and arrow is that there's always an arrow nocked and drawn. Peasants may have known how to use a bow and arrow, but they generally didn't wander through town with an arrow ready to let fly. :) I'd like to see (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, judging from what's in the toy stores, I would suspect a farm theme would be marketable. I think it's Ertl which has a wonderfull looking series of HO scale farm playsets. Being HO scale, suggests that there is a sufficient market of (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very nifty. I like the roof treatments in the castle, and I love the surroundings. (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm just announcing that I have some new pictures up on Brickshelf. I have a blacksmith shop(which has already been announced to lugnet.caste), a Technic car that I made a couple of years ago, some fire/rescue models, & pictures from when I went to (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks. I don't have many pieces that are rerally good for making castle style buildings, but I thought this came out great. (...) I used a Canon Rebel G and I ended up just using a table lamp from above because I couldn't get enough light any (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I would just like to announce that my Royal Castle has been finished and I have set it up in it's surrounding countryside. The links that have been updated are Royal Castle and the new one, Landscape. You can find the new pictures here: (URL) let me (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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I would just like to announce that my Royal Castle has been finished and I have set it up in it's surrounding countryside. The links that have been updated are Royal Castle and the new one, Landscape. You can find the new pictures here: (URL) let me (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I made a couple of pack horses using the Adventurer backpacks. Put the solid backs (1x2 brick & plate) into the horse's back, and then hang a backpack off of each side. I have a tiny caravan consisting of a goldsmith and his guards that uses (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree to all the above. (...) You mean the pitchforks? (or is there a rake I'm oblivious of?) (...) Hm. I had a thought that some peasants might be leading a horse, not riding but leading one. Not that I know how that'd work... I saw we need (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David Simmons wrote in message ... (...) I am actually struggling with this now. "Just what elements DOES a legoman carry?" Well, I've narrowed down the options to the following: 1.) A backpacker - using a brown Imperial (pirates) back-pack. Maybe (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) To some degree, I agree with Eric who said they won't carry a thing. However, I think that a bit of accesories provides a lot of variety and is definitely cool. The peasant "bucket" is a great fit, as well as pitchforks <sigh>. I think that (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have used the Star Wars solid lightsaber piece as a walking stick see picture here (URL). I have some guys holding hatchets, women with brooms. The hammer is a good idea too. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, it depends on what they're doing. If they're just out for a stroll they probably won't carry anything. If they're on their way to market they might have one of those basket backpacks (available recently/currently in 6097 among others). A (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) -They could be pushing carts or wheelbarrows full of hay or wood or something. If they are near a forest, they could have hatchets for cutting down trees. You could have 2 or them working together carrying a log. They could be carrying grey (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) on (...) Use (...) Or, for a nicer looking walking stick: If you have any spears or oars with the tips broken off, they're perfect for walking sticks. Heck, cut a few off yourself! I know I have way more oars than I'll ever need. But that's (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I guess my first suggestion would be nothing :-). Thats what most of mine carry and they look fine. Another suggestion is the basket thing that hangs on their back. I have a few of these in brown and they look good on peasants. (...) Well (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey all, I've started to create a peasant population with all these spare Qui-Gong, Anakin, Jar-Jar, and Majisto torso's. The only problem is, other than the pitchfork, which is harder to find than hen's teeth (I only have one), I'm stuck as to what (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Some of the Extreme Team sets also had both a helmet and a cap for each minifig. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) The Divers sets were a notable exception - they had SCUBA masks and baseball hats for all the divers. And since the 'fig comes with the hair *and* a helmet in the large set, there's a chance it might do so in the smaller ones as well... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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Has anyone else been able to order 6707? I just called S@H, and the customer rep told me I was the second person to call her, and that they're not showing it in their database under that number. Thanks to anyone who answers. Paul (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'll bet not -- there isn't usually more than one "headgear" piece per figure. BUT, I think it's time to assign a name to this excellent figure, and following the unduly neglected movie "Matinee", I propose that we go with GAL-IGATOR (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've been looking at the scans of the new sets (at (URL) and I have to say that the Scorpion guy is incredibly ugly. But it's a cool face. He looks like a toad, with his incredibly wide mouth. It looks like Lady Greenhair is also in 6713, so (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) I don't think it's the Ninja Princess because if it were, her hair would show. The alligator racer's face is very similar in design to the ninja faces though. Yay! this face is perfect for a character idea I had today, and it comes in (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'll let you know soon. I just ordered one along with a S@H special Race Elements pack. Should arrive Saturday or Monday. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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Hi Ryan! I like your shop. The way you constructed the cut-off corner is nice, and I like the way you incorporated the castle-wall sections in the building so that they are almost unnoticable. A few quests/comments: What camera did you use? With (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <crossing fingers> please-oh-please-oh-please... -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) This figure also appears in 6707, a small RACE set that is $2.50 from S@H. Maybe the green hair comes in that one too! (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Check out the same numbers in www.brickset.co.uk. (Can't link directly, 'coz there're frames, sorry) -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) Where're y'all seeing these pictures at? I tried looking up the mentioned set #, but I got nothing returned. Is there a link to the cool green hair that I could be directed to? Thank ye. Greg Majewski (URL) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually... it looks strikingly familiar. Ninja princess, anyone? (maybe it's not the same face, but a similar design!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) It looks like she has a new face, too. :) (...) Darn, I need a ponytail hair piece in green... Oh, well! Straight is cool, too!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:Fu0BLG.K21@lugnet.com... (...) It appears a green clad female fig comes with set 6707, maybe we can get it there! -- ---D M Garcia (URL) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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Hey everyone! I just got pictures of my blacksmith shop back, and uploaded to Brickshelf. Check them out at (URL) please let me know what you think of it. I plan on LDrawing it as soon as I get the time and ambition. Now some captioning for the (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes this fig comes with a Green helmet as well and her torso has a picture of an alligator on it. (...) Straight! I is way cool. I just got to get one. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You mean the set with the brown 2x4x4 half cylinder pieces and the two cars with *really* big wheels? I don't see it in the picture I have, so can I assume the fig's come with both a hat/helmet and hairpiece? Also, what style hair is it? the (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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Has anyone seen the TV series "The 10th Kingdom"? My sis bought the whole series on tape the other day, and I watched some of it. It's about this NY chick who ends up in the Land of the 9 Kingdoms, where Snow White and Cinderella and such live or (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well all I was at The Construction Site in Waltham MA today and they were unpacking a hugh load of new sets and I saw one of the coolest hair pieces I have seen in a while. The set was 6617 and is one of the new "Race" sets and the hair piece in (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That is Chris Phillips' University. He also did the larger Keep, the Windmill, and the Trojan Bunny. I will be trying to get more pictures of everything when I can get down to TCS again. And BTW those are the odd inverse slope pieces from (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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It seems so obvious now, yet the instruction scans don't hint at this. I'll be it was shown on the back of the original box along with the alternate model pictures. Cool! Now I'll have to put together another chest of real treasures and make the one (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's the one I was asking about as well. It looks like it uses those odd inverse slope pieces from Vader's TIE and the Sith Infiltrator for Turrets... Jeff (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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