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I know of three types of body armor: Classic Castle, Pirates chrome breastplate, and the samurai armor from the Ninja/Castle subtheme. Any others that can be pressed into service? A reasonable price to pay for them (please no "whatever its worth to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I know that I wouldn't pay more than $2 for the samurai armor, since you can buy the shogun and his horse for that much. As for the other two, I have no clue. I'll tell you this much, I wouldn't sell my castle armor for less than $20. I, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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There's also a very cool quasi-armor piece from the UFO space line, kind of like football pads, but wicked looking. I found these after buying a UFO clearance set from Zany Brainy for the big saucer sections (making a rotunda). After some careful (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, there was also the CLASSIC Classic castle "body armor" piece that came with some of the earliest sets, like yellow castle as seen here: (URL) piece is less like a breastplate and more like a tabard, though. Tony (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) others (...) This piece also came in construction sets, too: (URL) used to pretend it was a magic golden breastplate. eric (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) others (...) Yeah, it doesn't really "read" as armor. I can see why they improved it. Thanks for the note (an excuse to go look at Lego <g>). Bruce (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) After looking through the UFO stuff, the only cheap little set I could find this in was 2847. Anyone know if this is still available lurking on some forgotten shelf? Any other sets that contain it? Bruce (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Last I checked, my local Toys R Us had a few boxes of set #6837 -Anthony (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) 2965 has one. But I also found 5384 UFO accessories which has two (gray and black). Oh wow! Perfect! That is until I called Lego Shop-at-Home and they confirmed that they are sold out. :-( Bruce (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) When I was at the Georgia Lego Outlet earlier this week they had 2 to 3 cardboard displays of set 2847 for $1.99. Last I heard, they ship older out of production sets anywhere in the U.S. Their phone # is 706-216-2800. Ken (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for the info! I appreciate it. Bruce (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Kind of a delayed reaction response to my own message, but three months later, I gave the Tuesday Morning sale a try yesterday, and found eight of the 2847s which have the black shoulder-pads-armor. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hello Bruce! You could use an Xacto knife for best results, watch your fingers! If you don't cut of the tab on the armor you must leave the head slightly raised, advantage is a taller warrior. The red head is good for fire demons, goblins or (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahhhh, got a visored-helm here with me (shopping spree with the stuff still in the car). Kind of a hulking look, but that's okay. I'm good with an X-acto blade, I'll give that a try when I get home. Some good suggestions. Thanks. I had a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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X-Acto sells a #13 micro saw blade that might work well for this application. I bet you can find it at a hardware store or a well-stocked model/train store. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I tried saw blades years ago, and I found them on the useless side for this type of work. If you are actually cutting all the way through, it works better, but I prefer a jeweler's saw at that point. A good old #11 is my flensing tool of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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The UFO armor pads also appear in many Insectoids sets. It's been seen in two colors: Black and Dark Grey. The black version appears to have made more appearances and is available in many smaller sets. Don't destroy those wonderful UFO figs though. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I dremeled the tab away using a small coarse sanding drum. Worked fine, though the ABS is so hard, it took a while. I've gone the X-acto route and I'd say the ABS is too hard to hand-cut the piece safely, unless you use a vise. binky "Bruce (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I dug out a flat hobby file from the set I use for taking the flashing off of table top figurines to get rid of that tab, myself. It took some time and requires a bit of attention to prevent going too far or accidentally filing the 'front' (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I found using files on flashing was slower than that #11 blade - use it enough and you develop a good touch. I know the popular thing is to refer to the dragon helmet as "Roman" (oddly, the Roman Gallic style is what comes to mind, but they (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: [ker-snip!] (...) Hehe - it might be - if one possessed more manual dexterity and didn't know that any knives (Hobby, pocket, butter...) held in their hands quickly develop a taste for the wielder's blood (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) A post mentioned the problem of cutting youself with an hobby knife while doing fine work on minifigs accessorites. There are kevlar (SP?) gloves specifically made to protect the hands in these situations. They are marketed to wood carvers and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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In lugnet.castle, Lester Witter writes: [snipped] (...) [snipped] (...) Hmm. That's a good idea, actually. I'm generally pretty careful but every once in a while I just point the business end the wrong way and away she goes. I'll have to look into (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Shouldn't castle people be wearing gauntlets? ;^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) goes. (...) You can get modern-equivalent-of "chain mail" gauntlets - they are used by slaughterhouse workers. Those should be suitable :-) Kevin (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Yowza! They're pricey, though, if you're only going to use them for protected LEGO use. In addition, of course, they'd provide no protection against the tapered Xacto point! Dave! (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Totally agreed. They make a great scare-off-the-peasants armor. (...) Well, I know of a few who used those armors in their MOCs. First that comes to mind is Dave E with his CW sig-fig... but I recall many posts exclaiming the awesome cool-ness (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) *bada BOOM* Wasn't it enough that you corrupted .space and doomed us all to expanding waistlines with your Space Donut Shop? (mmm...dooonuts..) Now you have to harass .castle, too?? Go eat your donuts or something. Hehe. ;P~ Joel (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Just wait 'til I get the time machine up and running. I'll have a medieval donut shop set up in no time. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) I've seen butchers wearing them, too. Theirs might be lighter and cheaper, since they only have to protect against knives and slicers, not axes and chainsaws ;-) (...) Not for punctures, true. But they could prevent really nasty stuff like (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Ye gods! You just had to prove you were demon spawn, didn't you.. now my knights shall have to ignore yon-evil-bad-guy and go after the Demon-Spawn known only as "Muffin Head"....all 15 of them. oi... Joel Ya know I'm fat, I'm huge!Really (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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