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It looks to me like the roof would leak ;) Nice picture Brad. Build On! John Matthews Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G2LM12.5Fs@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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I came home today and found 8 chrome sets that I had ordered from Shop@Home waiting for me. The only disappointment is the Dragon Rider (#4818) -- I wish it had more pieces as dragons are a little too common around here. :) (As an aside, is anyone (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I just saw a commerceal on TV for this new Lego Creator Castle software. Apparently, it allows you to create a castle and a kingdom, and fight the opponents (Bulls). It had some pretty interesting stuff, such as siege weapons in action, jousting (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Travis, I did actually download and try out your new version of LDVIEW. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work well with my computer. I have a voodoo 2 3d card and a 450MHZ computer. It selects software rendering instead of the hardware (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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Yep - Unfortunately, the rendering program left a pretty big gap between those roof pieces. Well, it IS a water temple, so a little extra water from above should help to improve the religious feeling right? Brad John Matthews (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) My six (4816x2, 4817x2, and 4818x2) all came today as well. No time to open them, but I certainly will have fun when I do. When S@H stocks 4819, I shall order more! Yes, we have no baby T-Rex. We have no baby T-Rex today. Aaron :o) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Pictures on Brickshelf of a Medival Fortified town
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Christina is a member of Wamalug and Lugnet (#226) and one of my buddies =). She brought most of the castle sets people saw at Brickfest earlier this year, but that hardly scratches the surface, she's just about Castle complete... a really hefty (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) So, are you a Harry Chapin fan, a costermonger, or a fan of Silver & Conn? Just curious -- these banana references seem to be popping up in my life a lot this past month. :) Chris (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Is there anyone here who can say that they have all of the castle sets ever made? Is there anyone close and what are they missing? (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Now this is why I read .castle ...can't get enough of creatins like this (erick K.s Dave E, etc) This looks like something out of David Macauley's (sp) illustrated book "castle" documenting the building of the mythical welsh town of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I gave up trying to be complete after 6009 (and primarily because I couldn't score a Guarded Inn for under $150) Since the quality Castle of sets diminished markedly...I turned towards Pirates, Town, and Space after college in 1992 (some of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like it! Usually, I am not an Ldraw fan (no experience, to be fair)...BUT, I like the overall esthetic... I think your model is representative of the creative freedom and flavor of this hobby... (I have enjoyed your other monolithic designs, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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John Robert-Blaze Kanehl <johnNYblaze44@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G2oD9t.K54@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks! (...) the (...) I didn't like LDRAW either. It always seemed to be "cheating" to me. However, I finally decided to give it a try because (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Well, from the best of my knowledge....... If we don't count Ninja, and multi-bonus packs, I am missing: 1286 Kabaya 1289 Kabaya 1480 Kings Catapult 1592 Castle Town Square 2538 Shell Crossbow Flamer 2540 Shell Fright Knights Catapult 6103 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would expect castle complete to include Ninja. Beyond that I see some "optional" areas for considering theme completeness: - Having every set, but not necessarily in every set number (i.e., your yellow castle(s) are all 375 or 6075). - An (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can say that I'm modern US Castle complete. ie, I don't have 375 377 383 6023 6011 Otherwise I have all the mainstream sets, along with some other things like keychains, service packs, all multi-pak sets, most promotional (HTO) sets, some (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) When I was at the Mall of America this summer I got suckered into buying those foam castle shields and swords....along with buying the costume capes and money pouches. I thought they would be neat to hang up in my future toy room as well as (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like how that roof looks. When I first saw the 2x4x2 3 lobed top piece which goes with the 2x3 rounded pieces, I immediately thought about a roof treatment. Used as the edge of a roof, it is very remeniscent of European roof lines. (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Economy of scale certainly is something which affects the price of specialty pieces, but I bet they do cost somewhat more to make (the extra cost of plastic should be relatively small, but the mold makes fewer parts, and probably costs more to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Received Shop@Home chrome sets today
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I got mine today too. They are all pretty great. But the "Knight's Catapult" looks a bit bad when you look at it sideways. Otherwise the sets are awesome. I hope 4819 (Rebel's Chariot) would be available soon. In my opinion, it is the best of the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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