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(...) down (...) in (...) While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm not sure if anyone else noticed this, or MAYBE it was covered MONTHS ago, but..... I picked up a couple of red buckets of stuff last night at Target, and was flipping through the catalog that came with them. It's a 2000 catalog (pre-Dino island (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Interesting topic for discussion... I could recommend: * any of the instrumentals that employ harpsicord, harp, and violin/strings on your local classical station, but that's radio BUT also: Clannad was a great suggestion! Enigma has a nice (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd agree with that. If they are singing (at least in a language I can halfway follow) I get distracted. Virtually all the art courses I took in college used instrumentals. To answer your question, Eric, it depends on what you are looking for. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I don't think I have a surviving 2000 brochure, so I checked brickshelf. You're right, there is a strange wagon. My guess is that it is a 2001 set. Why? Grab a 1996 catalogue, and look at the Wild West diorama. What is that beneath the 6769 Fort (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snip> (...) Yeah, probably... there was a discussion about it earlier this year, but it never showed up. Too bad... :-( As for black treasure chests - they appeared in the desert Adventurers' line. -Shiri (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm not much in favor of a Disney theme per se, but if a contract with an outside source can bring about some higher quality standards (e.g., SW), then I'm all for it. Give me a Disney non-juniorized set, and I'll pick out the goofy[1] bits & (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) books (...) Let me guess what your thinkin', POKEMON!!!! YUK!!!!! The Star Wars was my respect for Lego sinking, Harry Potter is it sinking even more, Pokemon is the ultimate low. I'm sorry to use a revamped cinema cliche, but, "If TLG builds (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) :-, I discovered that I actually like Pokemon. The Game Boy game is pretty fun, and my wife and I (and a few co-workers) already have a list of our faves. (1) Pokemon Stadium is a blast. I wouldn't mind a few Pokemon Lego thingies, if they're (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ritvik/Mega Blox has the Pokemon license for building bricks. They seem to be using it to produce 'mosaics' of Pikachu and other Pokemon rather than minifig-style sets. J (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Luckily for you Ritvik already has (or had...not sure which) the license for Pokemon. Regarding the Harry Potter line, I'll be interested in seeing how adaptable the sets will be to a town layout, as we all know that there haven't been any (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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XP .castle (...) True. I'm not completely happy about the trend of licensing, but the SW sets were better than the rest of the system sets (like Eric mentioned) and brought a lot of great new pieces, many of them multiple uses. (...) Sorry, gotta (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) a (...) Actually, 6716 was available in 1996 (around Christmas) as part of a special bonus pack. Besides the wagon, the pack contained a 6755 Sheriff's lock-up and a 6712 Sheriff's showdown. It sold for 49.99 Can$ (about 35$ US). So, it is (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Aye, there's pieces in the SW line that I'd been wishing for ever since I can remember, both new pieces and old pieces in new colors. And the minifigs are the best I've seen yet; especially the face design. I hope that they continue this (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though. (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer' castles in them. The (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm with Scott on the soundtracks. These work for me: Gladiator (Hans Zimmer w/ Lisa Gerrard) (have I seen this movie enough times?) Spartacus (Alex North) A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Forum (Sondheim; new recording with Nathan (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree that the lyrics can be distracting sometimes (especially Nine Inch Nails)...depends on my mood. (...) Flight of the valkyries?....oh my....lol (...) I couldn't remember the composer but I also pop the movie in whle I am sorting or (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Outside ideas would be one thing, but I hope they don't go hog wild with the actual licensing trend. On the one hand, I love the SW line being a SW fanatic. On the other, if that special interest didn't overlap then I wouldn't pay it as much (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Can someone please help me with Ninja information. Who are the characters? are they named? What affiliation do they or don't they have? This info is not clear from the sets and prromo material. Maybe this would have helped the system to flourish? (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My current picks include: - Clannad and Celtic in general; - Sarah McLachlan; - Loreena McKennitt; - Some Classical; - Various Final Fantasy CDs by Nobuo Uematsu, especially Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite, Pray, and Final Fantasy IV Celtic (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) great topic, eric, and not "off" at all! music and lego castle building go hand in hand in my mind. i'll load specific cds in the stereo to build by. for my last castle, the wizard gregor's tower, i listened to loreena mc-kennit("the mask & (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes: <snip> (...) Hey, yo, whoa - don't let me take the credit here... that was totally your idea, I just had to use it because my stories were directly influenced by certain songs... (...) Definitely!! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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To All, Hmm.. well, I guess I should list some of my favorite tunes for LEGO (Building, sorting, filling orders, etc.) 1) Metal Gear Solid - I love this CD, excellent mood music 2) Starship Troopers - (I know, but Klendathu Drop is excellent for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) complex question.... MY personal factions are quite different than TLG'S version though...I generally don't subscribe to any Lego portrayal of good and bad... Lego's apparent scheme: (basically ugly faces are bad and serious but distinguished (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) AMEN TO THAT! The WOT (Wheel Of Time) books are IMHO the best fantasy literature out there, The lord of the rings trilogy comes pretty close but it just doesn't have the vivid descriptions that are characteristic of WOT books. (Some of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Sorry folks, gonna have to drift away from the popular building trend of listening to instrumental music, but I just put on some Metallica. I'm serious, Of Wolf And Man inspired me to create my entire group of evil wizards, and I Disappear helped me (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Sorry folks, gonna have to drift away from the popular building trend of listening to instrumental music, but I just put on some Metallica. I'm serious, Of Wolf And Man inspired me to create my entire group of evil wizards, and I Disappear helped me (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well... by the lengthening list of replies it looks like "inspirational" takes on many meanings dependent upon the listener. For subject-related tunes, looks like you've already got quite the list to choose from. But for pure broadband (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ok. Let me try this again. I started to reply to this message, and then all the power in the building went out. The generator kicked in and the computer room stayed up, but I was out of luck. As I started to say, When I am concentrating, I try not (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Martinson" <raymart@jam21.net> <snip>> What about Redwall books? They're a pretty fun read, and they'd be pretty cool (...) etc. (...) <snip> Well, if you are talking about mice, rabbits, moles, otters, etc. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, looks like I am going to have to read the books too, or at least the first one, if only so I'll know what to expect. Where are you going on vacation that you wont be reading lugnet (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Well, as long as we're making this public, I guess the castle folk would be interested in knowing. :-) XP .castle, XFUT .people I love you, Chris. -Shiri (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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(...) I love you too, Shiri. -Chris And to the rest of you: Just think of the castles that we (me and Shiri) will churn out now! Wohoo! ;-) (...) have (...) it (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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(...) Well, you won't be *suffering* from it, I'm sure. ;-) (...) Israel. I will be reading, just not very often. -Shiri (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means "settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D (...) The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase copies of that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) OK, this is too weird, I have been working on designs, for a white tower for a while now. I haven't gotten to building because I need a few thousand more white bricks, but I'm getting there...maybe by the end of the summer, I can start (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahhh...A return to the golden age of castle when the sets were all modular, and you connect them all to make a huge structure (sniff) I miss that... :) (...) Still have to pick up 4, 1-3 were very good. I like reading a book that makes me (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Too bad is right! It looks interesting!!! (...) Yes, I got a coupel of them. I think I got two from the Ninja lines also.... (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(URL) Teletubbies!!! Just to reiterate what everyone else said (in case you missed it) WOW!!! Bloodstone Castle is looking tres magnifique! I particularly like the use of the crowns on the tops of a number of different columns and parts of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) white (...) Please promise you'll share pictures! (...) nothing (...) I didn't care for The Illustrated Guide either. Darrell K. Sweet's cover I like but that's a pretty limited selection of scenes. Do you know of any good web sites for WOT (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was guessing Gaelic too but it appears to be Welsh. (...) Found in at (URL) It's framed so you need to run the search yourself but it comes up as "wall;castle;town." Everyone seems to have the right idea. (...) copies (...) The Science (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_, _The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_, _The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There are at least two more: _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain_, and the book about Fflewder Fflam. I *still* haven't figured out the name of that one yet... :\ Jeff (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well ya know I find listening to good ol' punk rock helps me. though all to often it seems to lead to my forestmen/wolpack/peasants starting uprisings against the royalty. --:-) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey there i'm another new guy to lugnet.. well i've been vivisiting this place for quite a long time but have just now decided to become involved. Castle has got to be me absolute favorite lego theme and pretty much the only thing i use my lego for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I had to get mine from Japan... I was surprised when the second generation sets were not released in OZ...I live in the US, but I traded some parts w/ an aussie who said the 1st generation sets were widely available for $4.25 AU. I have heard (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Welcome! 6086 was a great set...I wish the new offerings were as good. Although I like the new SW sets and I still tinker w/ small Space and Pirate creations...Castle has been my favorite since the first 375 Yellow Castle. If you like the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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So, just how does your kingdom's evil villain hold up? Does your self centered antagonist cause trouble for your heroes? Does your vile megalomaniac seek to reek havoc accross the land? Can your nasty of nasties keep his whites his whitest? I'd like (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A search on Amazon reveals: The Truthful Harp. Long out of print, unfortunately. (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, hi, nice to meet you! Welcome aboard. :-) ("...on your left, you see..." ;-) (...) Neat! That is a great set, I used to dwell on it from the catalogs. (And I still don't have it...) I hope you got the tudor walls with it! (...) Ooooh! (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Once I begin, I plan on showing in progress pictures... I also have some designs for a few buildings from David Eddings various series... (...) I can't say as I have found any really good sights, but I haven't been looking too hard since I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Yes I have seen castle world and i thikn it's a great idea. Thanks for the warm welcome to. As for sharing pics of my creations at the moment my website is down(cuz i deleted it a while ago) but if i can i'll get some pics of all my castle stuff. Oh (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Never noticed that before. Maybe a $9.99 set? Kinda junky like the rest of the Knights Kingdom:), but it's a good way to get a black treasure chest. (...) I saw that too. I wondered what it was until it was released at the very end of '96 (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) Anyone (...) $9.99 American? Looking at it, I'd expect less than that, maybe $9.99 in Canada though. I agree, there is sometihng junky about the Knights Kingdom. I haven't pinpointed exactly what though, has anybody? Perhaps it is the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I myself was wondering about that little cart ever since the winter catalog arrived. I thought maybe it would show up as one of those sneaky mid year releases, but July1 has come and gone with no trace of new knights kingdom sets. Europe has 1 new (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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As and add on to my last post, I realized that official name for the moo men was intended as corporatly not singularly. I believe that they are refered to by their neighbors (the andersons) as the Bulls as in "attack of the Bulls" . (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What about the King's Outhouse.. err.. um. I mean "6026 King Leo" (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...hahahahahh Whew that was awesome! The only thing I can say for the outhouse is that it is a cheap way to get horses, soldiers, shields and towers for your own creations. That's what this new series is to me, a new way to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Given the way KK is priced, I'd believe $9.99 ... it only would need about 50 pieces to cost $9.99.. (...) I like the new box design. Yes, it's different, but it looks nice. The old design looks, well, old. The new design looks much more like (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I am glad that they killed off the fright knights, it was such a saturday morning cartoon. I wasn't down with the silly scariness of it all. YOu can't do scary for kids, unless it is the halloween episode of "Saved by the Bell". The bat Lord does (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I believe I heard about this awhile ago...but while watching MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN today,I saw an advertisement for Oppenheimer funds that is filmed in B+W featuring the 6097 Fright Knight Castle. It shows 2 children playing w/ the Castle and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the (...) too (...) I already have the Night Lord's Castle (great set!), but the smaller Witch's Manor castle is nowhere to be found (I am not allowed to buy off the Internet, so please don't offer). Scary was a bad choice of words, I said I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Strangely, calling it an outhouse makes it more desirable from my perspective- very few (if any) LEGO buildings are equiped with a toilet. (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well I have stated that Jar-Jar works well as an Orc before. I just tried puting the old knight torso armor overlay on Jar-Jar and it doesn't hit his ears in the back. Give him a round shield with the stud or a Fright Knights bat sheild and an Axe (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Sheild, (...) very (...) A better title would be "How AFOLs can make Jar Jar an Orc". LEGO would not be able to use the Jar Jar head on another figure that ain't a Gungan... Lucas wouldn't have it. I have not tried this yet, but how about the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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hmmm...mmm... Jar Jar as an orc? good idea. don't thikn it'd work for me though. I'm pretty firm on orcs being green, having much smaller ears, and not a gungan snout... i'm picky when it comesto orcs i guess.. though i think i may start using spare (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No no now be sensible!! there is no such thing as "a number 1" or a "number 2" in the world of lego. hehe (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here (...) Is that better? This title is what I meant originally. I guess I was just too excited after making the Discovery that Knight Armor works with Jar-Jar heads. I already have a use for the Bulls as is. The silver eyes are the key to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) How about an Oger or Goblin? (FYI the Original Orcs from Tolken's Lord of the Rings were grey. Lego's Wizzard Maejisto is a total copy of Tolken's Wizzard Gandalf.) -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Really? Where does it say that? I don't remember reading that. Is it in the Silmarillion? I haven't read that in a few years. I suppose it's time for a re-read. Just wondering.... ~Mark (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) not (...) Why not make Tolkien hobbits too? They would be hard though at half the height of a normal human, we shouldn't use standard torsos and legs for these- any good ideas? (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Well you got a point. they were grey. based on my favorite games and stories featuring orcs i'd rather have em' green. Ogres good Idea! but i just really really despise the head on jar jar. The rest of the minifig is good in my opinion but i really (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Princess Storm's arch rival Princess Kayla was raised on Paradisa Isle, and has a taste for the native colour scheme. Living the life of leisure in her pastel pink-trimmed castle, Princess Kayla's wealth was completely unknown to the Dark Bulls... (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) perspective- (...) I beg to differ; view <set:2535 number 1> and <set:1496 number 2>. Wait, that's not what you meant:). Alan (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Uhoh, a Tolkien debate. I don't think the orc color is determined. They have been various colors in licensed artwork. Gandalf became blue thanks to the animated features, therefore Majisto looks like a copy, but remember he's "Gandalf the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) 2" (...) So you can go to a car store & take a number 2??? (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Neat-o!! I'm in the process of making a series of houses for my Big Five; and for Rose, I'm thinking of a white house with pink trimming, or something... something that would look nice and inviting, but not too corny or ugh-y. ;-) -Shiri P.S. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) >-Erik hmmm. I don't want to tell anyone how an orc should look. it's just that my ideal orc is like a Tolken and Warcraft/Dark Omen orc. would be cool to make one but i've strayed away from magic/elves/dwarves/dragons and stuff like that in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.castle, Wesley Pauley writes: <snip> (...) Sorry, NTFH? Enlighten me, please. -Shiri XFUT .faq (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.faq)
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well, until he becomes Gandalf the White, that is ;) but that's just nitpicking .... -s (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Page 44, Grafton three book edition of The Lord Of The Rings (Part one); "An old man was driving it all alone. He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak anf a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrowss that stuck out (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Thanks James! I guess the animators liked the blue hat notion because they gave him a blue cloak in the 1979 movie... which the board game was based on... The board game is fun... the colorful orcs are black, red, brown and yellow all at once. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm using my spares to make Jar Jar torture scenes... ;) hehe, I've got enough of them to make a complete set... The Jar Jar Inquisition... <G> -Bryan (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Paradoxa; or Paradonna (allusion to either Madonna or Primadonna) Just random thoughts... (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sheild, (...) very (...) Actually, I've been planning on using a Jar-Jar head to help me represent a Lizard-man type character. This comes from my plans to put my rpg group's TORG adventures online in Minifig form. Two of the characters are (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) How about "Paradisa Lost?" Tony (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh god. I hope LEGO has snapped up the rights to a Lord of the Rings franchise before those movies start rolling out. It'd be so cool to have orc armies and balrogs and the like with which to menace our castles. -- Jeff <jthompson@esker.com> (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Here (...) with (...) Well, you could do away with the standard minifig legs altoghter. This would probably open up some possibilities. Or you could put a brick between the torso and the legs to build the tail off from, making a tall lizard. I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) nitpicking Gandalf was never made into a white wizzard, all Lego wizards are blue. (...) not (...) the (...) Wizzard (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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I have completed my Paradisa castle. It covers a 6x16 mint green plate, and stands 6 inches tall excluding the parasol on the tower. Its not big, but I think its a great-looking model. On the first floor there are two pink rectangular doors about 6 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Then u could use lego to recreate warcraft 2 :) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Hey everyone, Some of you know already that I'm leaving for 5 weeks to Israel. On the agenda, among camp, also regaining my old collection (somehow I don't think it'll seem be so big now!) as well as taking over my cousin's. And I couldn't forget (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.people)
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wahhh!!!! i'll miss having those exciting space vs castle flamewars in the chat room :`( at least have fun!!!! guess where i get to go for vacation: rural tennnese!!! <sarcasm>yay!!</sarcasm> (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.people)
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(...) Oooooooohh, those were FUN! I'll miss it, ;-( (...) Woooo hoooo, me toooo! It's a small world eh? I think I'm going to Gatlinburg for a week soon. ~~~it'll be fun!!!~~~ NOT! I'll live --Kyle chat room: (URL) join us! my aim: legomankyle (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.people)
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(...) And does your cousin yet know about these plans, or will it be a sneak attack? :^) Have a wonderful time in Israel, Shiri. Sneak online and post updates when you get the chance! -- Jeff <jthompson@esker.com> "Float on a river, forever and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.people)
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(...) Oh, she has given her complete consent. Woohoo!! (...) Thanks, I hope I will! (...) Hey, I'm *already* doing that! <grin> I *should* be finishing up packing right now... just a few more minutes online... -Shiri (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.people)
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