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eToys is having a sale on King Leo's castle. I think it ends Saturday. (URL) Mark's Lego Creations (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Interesting Wolfpack item on eBay
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I am also quessing it is a fake. The cape seems to be a Star Wars cape to me also. Tim (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Interesting Wolfpack item on eBay
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(...) As far as I can tell, it's probably a modified item. Wolfpack sets were issued in 1992, with wolfpack figs being minted all the way through 1994 (6105 Medieval Knights) Capes in that time period were shorter, with only 1 neck hole (see Dragon (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) isn't being totally honest. It's pretty obvious to me that the seller has made some kind of transfer to put the Wolfpack symbol onto a cloak/cape from a Star Wars set (given that the figure in the picture is obviously a Star Wars figure). I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Interesting Wolfpack item on eBay
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Hrm.... interesting. (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: MOC Pike with stylish grip
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Now that's just darn cool. I like the "magic weapon" quality the trans-blue spear gives it. ~Mark (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I remember there being a debate for how to make a lego pike a while back. I don't know if someone's come up with this idea yet, I'm too lazy to check. So here is my idea. I bought me a 8511 and used some star wars pieces, and made a pike. Using a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I know all about you and dragons:) We even had some cool plans that had to do with them. I have two more pictures that might show off some more detail: (URL) hands are your standard lego legs. I have two pairs of them per hand, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Chapter 11 of the Verneer Chronicles
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Check it out: (URL) Pawel (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !!
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AIIIIEEEEEE!!!! GOJIRA!!!!! <runs> ~M (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Pawel, that is amazing...I love the teeth and mouth! How is this beast jointed? I agree w/ Shiri...more pics!! :-) -Chris (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) look, and a third, before I figured out what they were. ;-) Pawel, you gotta stop doing that... by "that" I mean giving us one picture of every creation... and people call *me* a tease! C'mon... give us s'more poses... Can't wait for Chapter (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, let me say this, being the grandson of a master craftsman. It is very possible to get a thin coat of pait from a can of krylon paint. I know because I've gotten one myself. Your problem was you did not let the primer cure for a long (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) john ~ i have to stand up and be counted as a proponent of customizing. ;-) check out my site, especially the "tips & techniques" page (which has a recounting of my first dragon painting "incident") (URL) as for the green mini-fig head, i have (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) dude! that is so cool!! describe the joints and articulations please! it looks very pose-able and non-mechanical, which is the creative challlenge here. i love dragon/ (dino) building because it is like a hybrid between sculpture and mecha (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey! Chapter 11 of the Verneer Chronicles will be up tomorrow. In the meantime, with all the talk about the need for more dragons, I built one all by myself. It took about 8 hours or so, but I got it done from scratch. You be the judge whether it (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Best Star Wars set for Castle use?
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(...) no?) (...) The older ones are often ref'ed to as peasant/WP cowls... and the new one in brown is sometimes called Obi-wan hood (he *is* the only one wearing it...) -Shiri (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) or (...) Wow, somebody else is trying to do the same thing I am, Lego AD&D! On betatesting with my cuz' it turned out great. :) -- Mark Nelson Speedy's Lego Page: (URL) (No castle content!) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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The oddest thing happened to me today. I was contacted by a man who wished to turn my castle website world into a dungeons and dragons suppliment series. Though he has no links to TSR, and it's a non profit, internet free ware type of thing, I think (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Bryan Wong <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G17y74.E1p@lugnet.com... (...) But (...) more (...) I've been looking at possibly using them for hanging chandeliers (did I spell that right? In case not, I meant lights...) inside a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bellville Castle MOC
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(...) Very nice, very nice!! It has a real storybook feel to it, more so than many minifig scale creations. Absolutely charming! You have an excellent eye for composition, design, and colour. Good on ya. Robin P.S. BTW, do you have any pix of your (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Correct you are! It's the only SW set (well, only LEGO set) to come with the young version of Obi-Wan... (...) Don't think this hood has an unofficial name yet-- but yes, I'm pretty sure that 'cowl' referrs to the Peasant/Wolfpack hoods. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I call them Star Wars hoods, big hoods, new hoods. (sounds like Dr. Seuss, no?) The old ones I call: Old hoods, small hoods, classic hoods, or forestmen or wolfpack hoods. Any others? -- Pawel (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) a (...) And I forgot about the ball itself- is you built a tower that could drop it on approaching enemies, you'd have a pretty cool trap. It would even roll after them! (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Another nice thing about the Gungan Sub is that it has the Star Wars hood in Brown. I think, but am not positive, that it is the only set that has one. What is the "unofficial" name of this hood? I have seen people call some hoods "cowls", but am (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The Gungan sub is also a very good parts pack. It isn't mentioned as often (it's almost a well kept secret). Lots of dark grey and blue slopes and plates. A bunch of useful figures (which you don't get so many of in the Sith Infiltrator), a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You shouldn't have trouble getting rid of these if you don't find a use for them yourself. The transparent Star Wars laser cannon piece is usefull for putting flying creatures up in the air. The whole stand of course would be usefull in a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Bellville Castle MOC
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Ever since I acquired every set in the Belville fairy tale Castle series, I have wanted to build one large Castle using all the pieces possible. It was quite difficult considering I was limited to the Belville colors -- adding regular LEGO® colored (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'd be inclined to open them for parts. The SW sets (especially, it seems the Sith Infiltrator) have done a fairly decent job of saturating the market, so you'd have to hang onto them for quite a while before getting a good return. Parts, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I certainly didn't have an interest in a Sith Infiltrator or Gungan Sub for my Castles of Pirates stuff, but I found a WalMart that has them for $10 each. Open 'em for parts or just hang onto to 'em for now and trade/sell 'em later to get real (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ... <delurking> ... And which TRU would that be, fellow VLC'er? Do tell. ;-) Robin (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That was <set:4138>, where I got mine too. I've marked it the Guide. Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I know around me this set is still available for $20. It has a sort of a "lap play table" (URL) haven't gotten around to getting one just for the green wizard hat though. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hoekwater" (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The 2x4 low slope first appeared in the Star Wars line and there are several in several different colors and some printed throughout the Star Wars Line. So no this is not the first time the part has been used. Although it is the only place it (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) on (...) Stickers have nothing to do with juniorization, in my opinion. Some sets that people think are juniorized, like Railway Express and the Arctic subtheme, have tons of stickers. I prefer printed parts. And speaking of that alligator (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's a good point Bradley. I hadn't really looked at it that way. The alligatgor piece is imprinted. I think TLG is moving away from stickers more and more, part of that Juniorization. (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm pretty sure I got my green wizard hat in a bucket from Meijer for $10 in 1998 (<set:4055 4055?>). Timmy was wearing it, as I recall. -Adam 8^D (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looking at the picture of it in my catalog, I don't think it was that much of a waste. Here's what I noticed- Reusable parts - flags; red, green and checkered - A 2x4? slope with aligator hide print (or is it a sticker?)- if you plan on (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I got mine from a set that sold with a small fabric backpack a couple of years ago... I don't remember the set number, but I'll see if I can find it out for you. JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I haven't hit on a single misrprint on anything yet. I've got all the KK sets and they all turned out fine... Matt (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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