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I've thought up a story to go along with my castle MOC's and I've put one page up on the internet as a trial page to hopefully get some feedback. I have lots of story material, so I'm wondering if there are anybody fans of castle lego out there that (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmmm... now there's something that hasn't crossed my mind (at least not in that direction)- using castle for other themes... o'course, I often use pirates and other themes in castle, but somehow, for some mysterious reasons, I don't go the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Dear Brad: Once again some of us in the AFOL community are up in arms about a series of releases that appear to be geographically specific to Germany, or to Europe. I am repeatedly outraged that we AFOL are not promoted to or kept within the loop of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: WHOLE MISB Lego Castle Silver Armour Series
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If I spend lots of money for german sets, then they come out in the US, I WILL BE MADDDDDD!!!...!!! (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: WHOLE MISB Lego Castle Silver Armour Series
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John, (...) school (They are at home, I am not caught up yet!) Thanks for the link, John. I really *hate* how TLC does not have all of their products worldwide, for everyone, Americans, Europe, Australia, etc. Here is another example of it. Does (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Oooooh.... intruiging... But I don't think I would, for the sole reason that the color combo fits very well within the Lion Kingdom, and I just *can't* pass the idea of having some sort of majickal bodyguards for Cleo. <grin> (...) Intruiging (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Between auctions and retail over the years I've managed a decent pile. Not sure of the exact count but it's two or three dozen. Enough though for the personal troops of some baron or lord. The 'Black Falcons' as a group always suggested to me (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well through the magic of Mavica and editing, yo could probably "appear to have more" I saw someone post a pic of a Falcon wizard w/ willas black hat and majisto's beard...that looked very cool. I would be tempted to turn the 3 into visiting (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Having just got in 40 muskets and 15 backpacks yesterday, my whole horde of 10 Black Falcons are currently an elite corp in my blue-soldier army. I ran out of spare shakos, so they have tricorns. Admittedly, they'll go back to castle duty as (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I only have two of them, from (URL) use one of them for my (URL) CW sig fig Halcyon and the other guy... um... hmm.. he's Halcyon's stunt double!! ;-) ~Nathan *wishes he had buckets of Black Falcons* (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My wife has accumulated somewhere around 100 BF guys, and she uses them for her regular army. :) James (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hiya'll, Well. Now that I've gotten my first few BFs, I'm trying to figure out what to do with them. ATM I only have three, not a whole lot. The number seemed to suggest itself to some form of elite squad (which the Falcons always seem like, to me), (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Making Pikes
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(...) I seem to recall hearing of one diminutive warlord who greatly favored the use of a short-barrelled arquebus for controlling unruly crowds and was thereafter referred to as the Sawed-Off Shogun. Dave! (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) As far I understood from my studies, the military history of medieval Japan is basically divided into two sections, divided by the development of the shogunate. The shoguns began to encourage sword-worship and a harsh division between the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks. They look a little small though. Easy enough though to take the concept and make something a little larger. Frank (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) shurikens...I could (...) those little pointy metal (...) painted on the torsos (...) That's right...throwing stars...I was pretty good with those...I couold almost play cricket or 301 with them) I stand corrected = ) (I just couldn't think of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here ya go! (URL) fun. -John Rudy www.cortland.edu/ace...e2000/john (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) Could someone post a picture for those of us who are LCad defficient? (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) To be clear, I didn't say *I* referred to the Naginata disparagingly as a "woman's weapon". I am quite aware of the damage one of these things can do in the wrong hands. For more information, play Kyoshiro in Samurai Showdown III on the Sony (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Naginatas and George Lucas (was Re: Making Pikes)
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(...) families (...) I've done some research and found some more information. I quote the following: Women, usually of high-rank, were allowed an education and training in martial arts. It was not considered unusual for clan princesses to be taught (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) weapon", (...) Prior to the Edo period, the Naginata was a weapon used on the battlefields by samurai. The Edo period was relatively peaceful, and women of samurai families were trained with the Naginata. This is where the tradition of women (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, those asian polearms are Naginata. Shuriken are those little pointy metal stars everyone loved in the mid-80's. They can be seen painted on the torsos of most Lego ninja, tucked in their belts. As an aside, Naginata are often disparaginly (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Great pics! I like your Ninja theme game variation...heck I really lke the Bamboo glade idea too! (...) I will have to read the other messages in this thread shortly... I believe the large Asain style spear/axe polearms are shurikens...I could (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How many wolfpack would you need? I have three... (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) suggestion. And no, faced with someone weilding a claymore, I'm not going to call him unsophisticated, or make fun of haggis, or suggest that he might be overly thrifty. I would probably just back away slowly. eric (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Anthony is a happy boy
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(...) much. (...) Anthony now has two black, one grey, one white, and three red classic knights, as well as a couple of their squires. (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No (...) I (...) matching (...) live (...) And the A-Wing has black 4 stud long rods, which I will be adding soon to my sales page, along with many dark gray rods as well. Scott S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) have (...) The Naboo swamp has four dark gray ones for the stap fighter thingies. Sean (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) For the non-purists, I may have just stumbled upon another solution. I was walking past the coffee machine here at work, and noticed they have small black straws for stirring the coffee. I picked on up, and thought "that would fit a minifig (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I believe the Emperor's cane is also one in the SW Sith figure pack. John (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How many classic knights does Happy Anthony have? (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I just read your game story, and it's great! I'm sorry the archer had to have happen to him what did happen to him (so as not ruin it for anyone), and that poor grey ninja made me feel sad. But the Timmy Lords were excellent. (Off topic, I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Even longer, the little Xteam hangglider has some slightly longer ones in black as well...they might work even better, not sure. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The Star Wars A-Wing has two of them in black. JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I had a good time tinkering with Lego (okay, okay, playing with Lego, stop twisting my arm) last night. Best visually sans color is the lightsabre with a spear in the other end. No huge out-of-proportion pieces. Is there a black lightsabre (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Anthony is a happy boy
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Anthony is a happy boy. He just got himself some more classic castle style knights. You know, from the yellow castle 375. Anthony likes this very much. And soon he will put new characters on his website, alone with new MOC weapons. Yes, Anthony is a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) whatever) (...) to (...) Ok, I am away from my legos, so I can't test this, but tell me what you think, cause after all, I seem to be famous for my makeshift weapons. How about if you did this. Take a lance, turn it around, and put two 1x1 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Making Pikes
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(...) with 1x1 round and katana. Either style is fine for a naginata, but not quite what I'm looking for in a western pike. (...) Ummmm, errr, I was refering to the Scots methods of pike-handling as opposed to the Swiss. The Swiss were capable of (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL... Them guys are totally hopeless without me ;-)... just ask Chris <grin, duck and run>... (...) They're not *that* interesting... but, I guess... whatever ;-) It's nice to be appreciated, tho' ;-) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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