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(...) Highly unlikely. If you actually look at the date on the magazine, it's 1993... The 1st castle corner pieces came out in 1986 with Black Falcon's Fortress (6074) (also premiered in the Guarded Inn (6067) that year, but not in grey), which (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ages of the Royal Minifigures (was Re:Chiefs arm?)
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(...) I'd agree about adding a few years, perhaps 34-35? (...) Well basing the ages of LEGO minifig characters from anime probably is not the most logical (at least to me, and mecha combat shows! yea!!! :^) But since TLC doesn't supply us with (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) otherwise. (...) Then why post a reply at all? ~M -- Mark's Lego Creations (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Personally I could care less about about the dragons, prefab or otherwise. And I'm a castle fan. BEN GATRELLE (PS Anyone want to buy some dragons...) (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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And make 'em BIGGER! C'mon, who's afraid of a dragon that's barely larger than a horse? I propose a set that comes with a few dragon-specific SPUDs, and the rest is built from bricks and maybe a couple of hinges for poseability... you could even (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I’d like to make a suggestion for TLC. Referencing a role playing game created by TSR (Dungeon & Dragons). There are many different varieties of dragons. I suggest creating more dragons in different colors. Colors such as white, blue & red even (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle sets are in what Era
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(...) LOL! Jude (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The castles themselves or all the sets? They seem to borrow from the entire range of the middle ages. The early castles have a 1100-1300 look to them. Plate armor and visored helms means we are straying into the 1300-1500 period. Nasals on (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) OK, based solely on my perceptions and because I think this is a fun thread: (...) I think she is around 18-22. She is coming into her own and reaching full adulthood. (...) 35-40 This is the King's right hand man. He is a mentor to John of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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What era do you think most of the castle sets are built to represent? BK> (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Check out Paradisa too, 6417 Jumping Course at least. They were a S@H special for $2 last spring IIRC. John (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) He is one of the Leo Knights w/ the black mustache,beard, and a smirk similiar to Johnny Thunder's. He looks young to me. (...) And that's why I don't like King Leo as much as the Royal Knights King. (...) She is Storm's mom, but you were (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, sounds like there's a consensus, and this set is complete. Thanks for the help! Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Air Market: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There is a pretty long history of LEGO constructions not having stairs or ladders between all the floors. LEGO minifigs are very religious, and often rely on the Hand of God to move them between floors (either that or they are all quite (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Leo must be young. How else could he climb up the walls to get to highers floors. They are no stairs in the NEW lego world (there used to be!)! (...) The only problem with wezil is he looks too happy compared with the others. Princess storm (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Do the math - but then again, I suppose they did things young in the middle ages. 30 and a gray beard? More like 50 or over. Leonora has that 40+ year old look to me. This leaves the Princess room to be at least a little older than Shiri. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Yup, just one saddle - yellow, 2 clips. "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:G13rv7.JDF@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Based on my box, I would say no, only one yellow one. (I'm not about to open it though...it is for sale on my brickbay site :) James P (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree. About 14-15. (...) Maybe a bit younger, but not by much. (...) Who is he? (...) Nah, Leo is about 40 or 50. (...) Maybe add a few years. She is Storm's mom, isn't she? (...) Or a bit older. (...) Weezil is basically an evil Timmy. How (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmmm. Princess Storm: 15 Richard the Strong: 25 John of Mayne: 21 King Leo: 30(or 99 LOL) Queen Leonora: 30 Cedric the Bull: 30 Weezil:15 Gilbert the Bad:25 This is my guess. Anyone have anything different? --==Sergio==-- (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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"Bradley Dale" <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:G13qvF.G30@lugnet.com... (...) Yup sets #372, #617 and #697, see: (URL) the Wild West Train #726: (URL) Buiting Visit the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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(...) As far as I know, it only has the one saddle. However, I've only gotten this set used, and never seen in "from sealed", so can't say for certain. But I'd lay odds on it. James (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Neat town. Were any other Western sets produced in the 70s? (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western)
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Hi all, I'm just trying to complete a 6056 Dragon Wagon from a garage sale pile, and I think I have all the pieces except that I'm not sure if there's a second horse saddle. There are 2 horses, and one yellow saddle shown on the near side of the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Copying other's work? (Was: Re: Chrome Knight's Kingdom)
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(...) I've (...) What does everybody think about this idea of copying? Personally, if I posted a minifig design and then someone else used a similar one, I wouldn't consider that person to be "copying" me. I'd figure they just had an idea similar to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My apologies. I hadn't used that account in ages and decided to re-employ it when I started posting on LUGNET again, not realizing that it had expired. I've now e-mailed you, and you'll note that my e-mail addy shown above has now been changed (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ooh, showing your age.... (...) Hmm, web page is slow to load, I'll have to dig out the mag tonight, what issue (not that there's that many to look through)?. One of these days, I either need to sell my DW collection (I don't use the mags much (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How old is Princess Storm (and the others)? (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Sorry, I know I just posted, but I have a couple things for you guys to check out... I guess you should all know that I used to play a miniatures-based (much better the text based!) RPG game called Warhammer Quest. I also ran the best WHQ page on (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for all the help, guys... I really liked Will's page, btw. While I must admit I am a little iffy when it comes to mixing 'technology' or even magic into a historical medieval world, I really liked the quest for the crystals series; I think (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Here's a truly obscure shared universe that predates D&D (I know 'cause I was part of it): (URL) Greg's Costikyan's article in the long-defunct Different Worlds magazine (illustrated by me, but they don't appear on-line). Bruce (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yup. Too bad they're a little expensive. Good to see at least some of Fabuland returning. Frank (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It can be a lot of fun to try and work with another persons creations. This is what makes RPGs so much fun. Of course a full shared universe is very difficult to pull off well (which is why the shared universe fiction of the 80s has mostly (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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In my search for information about shared universe stories, I came upon a couple interesting sites: The first, and most interesting to this group is: (URL) is a bibliography of resources for castle floorplans. It has a few web links, but is mostly a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Did anyone else notice that there is a blue version of the rounded peasant backpack/basket in one of the new Mickey Mouse sets. Just thought I would mention it. Actually there are a bunch of other cool pieces too. Tim (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There have been old (or at least presumably old) female minifigs in the past. The old pigtail hairpiece is available in white (which of course doesn't absolutely say "old", but generally does). Set 365: (URL) one such set. There is also a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Or they could have been protoypes of the pieces. (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) w/ window and brick-pattern on them as well. One of them (seen at top of tower) is just reversed right-to-left. The second (seen at lower right of tower) is not only reversed right-to-left, but is actually MISSING a section of stones! The two (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I don't want to say that my site is the greatest (because it's not :) but here's the link to my stories page: (URL) can also check out Castle World at: (URL) look through the balladeers pages, some of them have some really good stories! (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahh, time to start checking out Food Lion stores (if any of the NC folks see these, I'm interested in several of each at a minimum - probably a bunch of the Princess Storm ones). Frank (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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