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| | | (...) Oh, darn, ya beat me to it! ;) Actually, I did make two airships about 10 years ago, but they're gone now... Anyway, I just want to say that's a great design! But, uh, where are the rotor-topped masts? ;) (...) IIRC, that is the Old English (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | (...) many (...) I heard about those, from reading other posts. I was hoping I could see pictures of those if you ever got around to photographing them. (...) Uh yeah, those, um, well, I was thinking of adding those when I was finished, but I just (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | Hi Wilson, I like the design of your ship, but I have one suggestion. IMO, your ship needs a trans-fluoro-green crystal piece right in the middle of your crystal room. It's like one you'd get in an Aquazone set (although those are chromed). I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | (...) Rock Raiders have 'em. :) (...) Technically, those are SPUDs, not POOPs. :) I prefer the alternate SPUD definition for the boat hulls, though: Single Purpose *Useful* Device. :) Jeff (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | (...) Aquaraiders or RR, I'd bet. (...) Too old, bah! Dat's vhat he sinks, yah! Ve'll show im! <znip> (...) Just wondering, why do you call them POOPs? They aren't really Pieces [that can or should be made] Of Other Pieces... more like SPUDs (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | (...) [that (...) Purpose (...) MHO. :-) (...) Because this is a family forum, and I can't call them "Pieces of Sh**" ;^) Maybe they can't be made of other pieces, but I definitely think they -should- be made of other pieces, and by that definition, (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | | | | (...) That crystal would look really good in there, the only problem is that I don't have one. I'll probably get one if some of the Rock Raiders sets ever go one clearance. (...) Great idea, I'll have to incorporate that into my giant cave I'm going (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | (...) don't (...) one (...) (URL) at most toy stores. HTH, ~Mark (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | | | <snip> (...) Something like this? (URL) is the Mother Crystal with the "crystal keeper". Wilson (URL) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Chris Maddison
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| | | | | | | (...) Hey, nice way to use up some of those 1x1 dots! -Chris (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | | (...) I think you missed out on a good opportunity: give the crystal keeper a trans- green lightsaber blade for a "crystal staff". (You could even stick a lighsaber handle and a gem or Rock Raiders crystal on the top of it.) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | | | | | | (...) big (...) Actually I didn't really miss out, I can still go back and change it. That sounds like an awesome idea though! (I just gotta get my hands on a couple of Rock Raider crystals.) Then when people try to take the crystal from its alter, (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | | | | | (...) big (...) I was playing around with the blade and the gem, and this is what I came up with: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | Hey, that looks great. Took me a second to figure out that you used the minifig's hand to hold the gem there. :^) You could invert a 1x1 cone and use it to connect the gem to the rod. ~Mark (...) came up (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | Yeah, that's the kind of thing I was talking about... :) I hadn't thought of putting the domes horizontally like that. I went home last night and toyed with them a bit. You can get two of them to "sandwich" vertically by using a couple of 1x2 (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | (...) Sorry, they were demolished many a year ago... :( Hopefully I can get one made by Brickfest, and get some good pics then. :) (...) Well, I gotta say it looks very good this way. :) Although the deck *is* a little plain... :) (...) I wouldn't (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Chris Maddison
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| | | | | <big snippage> (...) Disliked!? What? Granted, VII could never hold a torch to III or V, but it was still more than worthy of the FF title. Tell me, what exactly did you dislike about it, other than the horrible looking and disproportionate 3D (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | Alright, let's take it outside... To off-topic.fun! ;) (...) Heck, it couldn't hold a torch to Final Fantasy *I*! :) (...) but still, the worst of the lot, IMO. (I've played 'em all, btw. (1)) (...) The giant disproportionate swords wielded by Cloud (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Chris Maddison
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| | | | | | (...) Aye, as did I. And I agree with yer rankings(1), except my scale says that III is the best, and the rest follow suit accordingly. III was the first FF I ever played, and will always hold a special place in my videogame collection...sniff... (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Final Fantasy (Was: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) I was thinking last night, and I came to the conclusion that FFVII can't hold a torch to that much maligned spin-off, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. :) (...) Are you refering to FFIIIj or FFIIIus? Stupid Americans, we hafta renumber the series, (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Final Fantasy (Was: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs) —Chris Maddison
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| | | | | | <snip> (...) the (...) Japanese. <snip s'more> (...) 2D (...) True. That's because they're hand drawn. XG really displays this, too. (...) (this (...) Chocobos are like JarJar; no matter how hard you hate them, you always love them. I say all (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Final Fantasy (Was: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) The Joys of Emulation, or do you actually know Japanese? (...) And that brings me to yet another game with character sprites: Valkyrie Profile. That is one pretty game! :) (...) I gotta disagree here. I actually like Chocobos (and not the (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Final Fantasy (Was: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs) —Chris Maddison
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| | | | | | (...) The former; wish I knew the language. (...) Now, there's one I've never played. I must do that. (...) the (...) cuteness (...) PSX (...) Friday, (...) ever (...) If you can find a Saturn for extremely cheap, it's worth it for PD. (...) Yep! (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Final Fantasy (Was: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) Tell me about it... It is in my long term plans, though... :) (...) I, uh, guess I neglected to mention it hasn't been released yet. :) (...) hehe... I only meant a listing of the games with a percentage ranking. ;) I'd eventually work on (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Final Fantasy (Was: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs) —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | (...) renumber (...) their (...) too. (...) FFI, (...) FFVII. (...) ;) (...) reviews. (...) think... I woudn't even try to make a list or ranking, but the games magazines always have them. Then again, Tony Hawk Pro Skater's always there! I think my (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | <snip> (...) it (...) Shiri also mentioned this, and I decided to put two of these <part:2434> on the deck to make it less plain. (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | (...) on (...) You could also stick a few crossbow (or double crossbow) emplacements around the railing. ~Mark (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Wilson Raska
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| | | | (...) That would be a good way to use up some of those crossbows I've aquired recently. When I start using the ship in my stories, I plan on having "crossbow-gunners" set at stations around the deck. Wilson (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: A new mode of transportation for castle minifigs —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | (...) Crossbow-gunners! Makes a lot of sense, running around and shooting enemies. That would make a great addition to the cannon you already have on deck! What about making ballistas that fire the aquazone harpoons? I've seen them used as missiles (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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