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(...) Hmm... I'd think that clothing would rot long before the body, OTOH armor would stay much longer. Brick Apple, BTW, is one of the best towns I've seen online. -Shiri (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Seeing the Marcus messages at lunchtime enticed me to look at this now! I never thought of putting clothing on skeletons.. hmm.. in my town there is a sidewalk construction crew uncovering (or is it hiding?) a skeleton (I made raised sidewalks like (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Castle design against seige craft
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Howdy All, I am currently playing around with ideas for my first castle. In doing research (since I'm typically a space guy) I have found that seige craft (towers and rams) pose the greatest threat to a walled defense. Since a moat is hard to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Howdy All, I am currently playing around with ideas for my first castle. In doing research (since I'm typically a space guy) I have found that seige craft (towers and rams) pose the greatest threat to a walled defense. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Tanabry: What happened to Sir Marcus?
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Hi Marcus, (...) Well, clicking on the "back to the main castle page" link brought me to this page, where I found the info about Sir Marcus... (URL)My name is Marcus but i dunno what ur talkin bout so plz give me more details That's a neat (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Survey: Which sets are useful for Casle building? (Was: Re: 7184 useful for castle!?)
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(...) Like you said - pretty much every set qualifies... I find the SW sets as awesome resources for castle parts and population. Town and trains are normally less helpful, but on occasion there are some cool pieces that come with them so it's worth (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Sir Marcus Who Is That?!?!?!?!?!?! well all i know is that i vited tha site and look but problem was i didnt know who Sir Marcus is? (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Survey: Which sets are useful for Casle building? (Was: Re: 7184 useful for castle!?)
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(...) these (...) Which brings me to the basic question: which sets do you think are useful in building Castle? (Of course every LEGO set qualifies ;-)) Daan P.S.: thanks to John Robert Blaze Kanehl and Shiri Dori for answering my questions sofar (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Tanabry: What happened to Sir Marcus?
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(...) Youch... doesn't he deserve proper burial, Bryan? ;-) -Shiri P.S. I constantly drop hints and forshadowings... it's more fun to wait a while and to see if someone figures it out by themselves until the moment you unravel it all. Meanwhile, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In the picture below, the "off limits area" is uncovered. There appears to be a skeleton in armor laying next to some treasure chests. (URL) Thanks, Elliot (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) their (...) The best way I have found, is just a small rubber band....simply wrap it round the waist of the minnifig....and push the sword...axe...anything really...under the band on the side....easy....!!! Kev...: ) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Tanabry: What happened to Sir Marcus?
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Hi, A few days ago, I introduced you all to Tanabry and Mount Greystone. But in that message, I also challenged you to see if you could determine the fate of Sir Marcus. However, nobody has really addressed this yet! So, I challenge you again, to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The World of Tanabry!
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Hi Shiri, (...) Hehe thanks for the compliments! (...) Yes, the lake is made from raised baseplates. Most of the upper level is built on large green baseplates too. The advantage is not needing to use tiles, but these baseplates are much more flimsy (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I used to make swordbelts when I was younger. I would make a small loop of thread (enough to loop around, say, two 1x1 cylinder bricks). Separate the torso from the legs slightly and slip the thread in on the right side, looping around the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, it's easy to make it appear that the sword is sheathed and the knight is "resting his hand on the pommel": Take the minifig, and be sure that the hand is in its "normal" position: C-shaped from above, curved edges down. Place the sword (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ahh, yes, Castle legos... What better medium for us kids at heart to build our dreams on a coffee table. However, I just wish the figures lent themselves more to realistic posing. In particular, I would like to know if anyone has found a way to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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XP to .castle, .adventurers (...) smart. (...) That is an awesome idea! TLG tried to combine themes with little success in the Time Losers theme (although it provided great variety). Maybe this is the answer...I know I'd buy em up like mad! -Chris (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Note On Huge Model Design: Masada and other Ancient
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(...) I knew this would get someone's attention. (; It's a lot of bricks! 'Wait' is a short word for it! And if I only build the northern tip it will be massive, but the minifigs will have a fine view from above. I hope to see it for myself someday. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Forgive me, Erik, for some massive snippage. I just wanted to say, wow. Massada is amazing - I studied it for a long time and was even there first-hand (which was an experience I'm not likely to forget anytime soon). Herod, or Hordus in Hebrew, is (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Having put a lot of hours into Town building (result: one new 16x32 3-story building completed with no interior) it's back to Ancient, "the fan-created Theme". I'm posting this under Castle because that's where we Ancient buffs squeeze in, right? (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 7184 useful for castle!?
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(...) I haven't been able to find this set on sale here yet (Central NY state)...I would probably buy a couple to add to my structures...I could rally use alot of the brown plates and elements... I have bought a few 7144 Slave-1s on sale also...this (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh, I can imagine that all right!!! (...) Well, I'm waiting to find it on sale, and that won't happen for a while yet... and I'm sure I'm not the only one olding my horses for this otherwise fabulous set. :-) (...) Well, I'd love to see your (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | 7184 useful for castle!?
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Hello everyone I've found the Star Wars set 7184, of which I immediately thought: wow, these parts can be very useful in building structures (houses or castle). Normally they cost here in the Netherlands ca. $64,50 but they are now (in some shops) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Good deal on Castle item (heads up Castle Heads!)
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(...) Nope. The ones going for > $1 in Auczilla were Fright Knights triangle shields! Go figure... Black Falcon shields generally go for more than that, but whatever... (...) #6428 Wave Saver 17 pc. $1.99 USD. -- Richard (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Good deal on Castle item (heads up Castle Heads!)
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Not a bad idea, although I'd rather get the McDonalds restaurant. I wonder what kind of alternate you could get by combining ten Defense Archers? Of course, it is probably rare shields (like Black Falcons, I have only one of these) that are worth $1 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: An idea searching for credibility
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(...) Yes. NELUG has held two BrikWars games and will probably hold more. If you join their group (you must be over 18) you can play. For more info check out lugnet.org.us.nelug ...or... (URL)And is there a place to download the (...) Yep! (URL) it (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Actually I had heard in mentioned in passing. Are there any ardent games then. Say in the Rhode Island/ Mass. Area? And is there a place to download the rules from? (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Y'all: I note that the Summer 2000 catalogue has the #4811 Defense Archer for $1.99 USD each. At the same time the page is marked "Buy any 5 items ... and save $4! Buy 10 items and save $8!" -- which is essentially the same discount to these (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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Hi there! My FOTW is set 6497 for only (?) $25.75. I saw the black castle elements in the last train compartment and the wooden structure in the middle train compartment. And there is a winding stair, that can be used. And then there are these (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: old castle elements
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Hi Michael, I'm sure you'll find someone who's interested in those... those are quite sought-after pieces... :-) However, you should know that buying/selling/trading posts aren't extremely welcome in themed groups (like lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Is there anyone who wants to buy these parts from me? I'll trade if you have some pith helmets or imperial armada soldiers torsos(the blue ones) here is where you can see what i have i also have like 2 more shields that aren't in the picture (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: An idea searching for credibility
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(...) Have you ever heard of BrikWars? That's exactly that. :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I was wondering, how often do lego fans get together and stage mock ( or real in a plastic sense ) battles. I know half the fun is building the army and the fortresses, but are there others Lego maniacs who ever feel like putting on the General's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The World of Tanabry!
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Hi Bryan, Wow... I've been speechless ever since I saw that beautiful mountain!! (Good excuse for not posting earlier, eh? ;-) What a *great* design. Using raised baeplates above ground is something that never occured to me! That probably makes for (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Shiri's temporary Castle World site URL?
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(...) Sure, here it is: (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sure, it's www.geocities.com/ca...orld_temp/ -Chris (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Y'all: Can someone help me with the URL please? I am looking for Shiri's temporary site, and NOT Pawel's original one. Thanks, Richard (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Aquana Pynora: Interior (long post)
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(...) Yep, I'm quickly becoming very fond of my Mavica. The lighting was much better than in previous attempts. And on a day there was pouring rain! (...) Arlow (...) I like the ninja fig and use them a lot in my realms, just not as ninjas... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Green Ninjas! and the Red Warlord!
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(...) Got the warlord today....woohoo! (ok 6 or six of them) I'll focus on the fig for the sake of brevity... HEAD....same as the Black ninjas. I have 100+ of these but they do deserve to see the light of day. This head adds a little variety to my (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Tim's models (The World of Tanabry!)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ (you mean .castle.org.cw, right?) Definitely agreed. It was slightly disappointing, no doubt. But it looks like things are picking up now, and I'm glad!! Dunno about you guys, but I never for a moment forgot about CW or my (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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