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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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----- 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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