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(...) ...talking to yourself is not a problem... its only a problem when you reply to yourself... :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very cool. I hadn't thought about using the spear for a water elemental... I was thinking more along the lines of Ice Knights. Paul (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That traffic is containerized, too many balls lost due to shrinkage from open top hoppers. YCLIU. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) with (...) Ack! No, they aren't out yet are they, the Blue Spear Tech racer set thingy, are they?! Don't cut it! Eek! Maybe when they become commonly available to you you'll feel different, but when I was wee, I cannabalized Yellow Castle (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yep! I've seen a few out in stores. (...) <set:8511> -Shiri (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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What castle parts would people be likely to order in bulk, now that LD is here. (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:39486EAB.DBD65B....com.au... (...) Walls. Walls, and plenty of them. (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Kevin Knoot <kevin-knoot@uiowa.edu> wrote in message news:Fw3zL7.4p9@lugnet.com... (...) go (...) of (...) fortress (...) I think a theme leaning more towards the 'magical' side of Medieval times would attract consumers like, well, me... Things (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Personally? Grey bricks, green bricks, trees, tiles, grey plates, in that order. (...) :-) I think he was asking about thepieces that re already in production. But either way, I wouldn't want to order castle walls now that grey bricks are (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Heck no - I'd rather have bricks than pre-fab too. The only kind of walls I'd really think about ordering would be the quarter-octagon ones (both large and small), because you can't do that well with bricks. If I want a window I'll use an (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What pisses me off (or would if IO was accually going to order from them...) is that you cant order 1 x 1 and 1 x 2 bricks, which are hard to get in grey AFAIK unless you buy a lot of the grey brick packs to get them. (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sheep? Are we talking about fierce-fire breathers, or wizard pals? I'll take my sheep mundane or medium well in my castle sets please. Barnyards and taverns only. Thoughts, Aaron (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sheep are all well and good, but I'll take mine armored (battering Rams!), and while we're at it, why not some vorpal bunnies with giant FANGS!!!! Nee! Kevin (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No arguments here with anyone, but I would make a small plea for printed walls (i.e. tudor, pirate arch brick patterns, dark grey on grey rock patterns, grey on black rock patterns, etc.) -- these are appealing for a variety of reasons having (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Besides lots of grey, dark grey, and brown bricks: -arches, 1x3, 1x4, half arches, inverse arches, and a lot of brown arches for trees -arched windows -roof pieces (already ordered some of these) -1x1x2 black shutter-holding bricks -small (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would buy lots of either black or grey wall pieces because you can then build large structures easier and faster. And then, with any type of building, the larger the building becomes, the smaller the wall piece becomes. Because if you're (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL!! I'd love some nice-lookin' sheeps, but I must admit I'd probably prefer Franklin Cain's design of them over any pre-fab sheep that TLC might produce. I've already made some of these, but not many, for lack of 1x1 bricks w/4 side studs... (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, I know what you mean there. The 'rock pattern' walls are pretty nice. I wonder...a lot of people don't like stickers because they're so permanent, but does anybody remember Colorforms? They were a sort of thick plastic 'sticker' that you (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I bought some stuff like this at Sam's Club.. it was for making static window clings, it's not the same stuff :( you can run them through a printer so you could put anything you want on them. though I wasn't able to get it to stick to glass (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Glad to see I'm not alone. :-) I just remembered someone commenting about me disliking the walls, so I figured I'm in a minority about this. I agree with Richard, though- patterned walls would be nice to see. Or, if that would work, stickers (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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