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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) ...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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(...) ...Come on now! How do you think they get soccer balls to the soccer fields? :-) ...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, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Naaa... A) Not prototypical. B) I only have 6 of them. Well actually I don't have any! They all technically "belong" to Nik. So far I have only bought 2 soccer sets. C) No time. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) end (...) Aye, and you could always...dare I say it...flatten the end of one of those o- so-precious spears, so it fit better. <Wincing at the idea, unless I get a load of em.> -Chris (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <set:8511> Frost robo-something set. Thanks to Lindsay, tho', I didn't have to waste my cash on these... I'm now the proud owner of four trans. blue spears. :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Shiri, Looks Good! So, where can one get that cool trans-blue staff in a production set???? Brad Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fw4061.D7M@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) hands!! (...) experimenal (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's a good idea, in fact I tried it myself... but the spear didn't seem to fit too well inside the hilt, because it has a rounded end. But maybe... hmmm.... <playing around with hilt and spear> Aha! The way the spear fits depends on what (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Cool Shiri! The spear does look really cool as a water elemental accessory. One thing you might think about doing is to put the lightsaber hilt on one end of the spear, then put the gem on the other end of the hilt. I did this with my earth (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm with ya on that one, although they do have a few cool looking figs and some great parts. I haven't got any yet, but I've sure scrutinized the catalog for hours on end. I got my first KK set last week for my birthday - the Guarded Treasury (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How about because they are villainously razing the dark forest to make room for cattle ranching? O wait, that's the Amazon rain forest -- I get mixed up...! -- Richard (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My first take on the Bulls was that they were wandering barbarians, but all of that siege equipment leads one to believe that they have a homebase *somewhere.* That the Dark Forest is mentioned as that somewhere is very promising, and very (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) fortress (...) If you read closely, the home of the Bulls is "the Dark Forest". So perhaps they have set up an eventual return of Forestmen. The Robin Hood theme seems too much the natural to abandon completely. If not 2001, then it would seem (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd like to see TLG go back to the idea of having two+ factions in which neither is as stereotypically "evil" as the Bulls or the Fright Knights. Something to encourage a little more creative play. (...) I'm thinking that there'll have to be a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, Shiri! Nice job. If you get one of the new "Race" sets with the green hair, you might want to see how the Nixie (water sprite) looks with that, as well. Just a thought. ;-) Franklin (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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CMIIW, but you're talking about speculations for year 2001, right? It's still quite early for that, but why not-- I'll join in on the fun. (...) I don't mind them cycling, if that means we get some new characters... three faces are not what I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Absolutely beautiful job, Shiri. The Trans blue spear is a great touch. (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I got an insectoids set as a prize at the brickfest, so I figured "what the heck, I might as well build it". And I discovered that... the insectoid queen has a blue head and blue hands!! Thought I, "is that cool or what?" And myself replied: "uh... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready for the bull faction to go away, though I'm sure they'll cycle through another time or two. A return of the forestmen would be nice, or perhaps another not-so-dastardly knight faction. At the very (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) One thing I like about the various displays is that while they have some huge creations, it looks like they also display all the actual sets. Nice touch. I like the one with all the soccer balls. I bet we'll be able to re-create that type of (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My site should be up soon Shiri....I'll post it here....it's just taking alot of time to do and I dont have much spare time.... About Neuschwanstein, have a look here: (URL) Castle is only based on it though.... Kev.... : ) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Me too! I'd love to see more pics, you Aussies are really disappointing that way. <grin> take more pics, ah tell ya!! (...) Ah, yes. I have actually been there. And believe me, it's every bit as bee- utiful in real life as in pictures. I'll (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) castle (...) and (...) think (...) bit...but the overall feel is the same. Kev... : ) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I really, really like it! I've got a precious picture of the real thing, and the Puzz3D version of it. It's cool to see the same thing in another medium. I understand you can get tours of it - something I'd love. (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Kev, I bought a 500 piece jigsaw of the castle at the local woolies for $2.99 ! The pics look great when you enlarge them. pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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G'day every1 in Castle Land, We just recently had our 3rd get together Down Under for LegOz where I managed to get a couple of photos of my recent castle taken, well they're up for viewing on: (URL) currently building my own site, with more detailed (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Legoland Billund was great, I got a chance to go there on the same trip as well. So you wiped out all the sets in Luxembourg, eh? Yoohoo! (...) That's good enough! :-) (...) Oh, I will, I will. She's bringing them all along when she moves (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yep, I saw it, it was great!! (...) Too bad, but understandable. :-) (...) That's Christina. Her collection is amazing, and she's really nice too. <grin> She doesn't go online much, I gather. I tried to convince her to join CW, she said she'll (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) ...If we can drag her back into a pirate game, she might not be an NLSO much longer :-) (...) ...Well, I hope that part of your trip was worth it! Next time we'll try to find you a hotel room so you can stay the nite and play more! :-) (...) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Thank you... :-) Actually, I did bring it, but my NLS and I were only there for about 6 hours... :-( It was a 4 hour drive, and we wanted to see some of the other sights in Washington DC. On Dan Boger's website, he put up some pictures of Brickfest, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) ...hey! How come u didn't bring it! :-) That's a nice building, I would have loved to see it to study the building tricks. ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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