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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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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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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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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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(...) 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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| | Re: How Anyone could Make Jar-Jar an Orc, or something else
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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Paradisa Castle
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(...) How about "Paradisa Lost?" Tony (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: How Anyone could Make Jar-Jar an Orc, or something else
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) >-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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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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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