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| (...) Soon (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: 4819 Instructions
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| I found them in Reno, and now that I think about it, it may have been a KB Toyworks. It was the only one of the chrome ones they had (though they di have some soccor ones too). They had one left after I got mine. Steve (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| Looks nice. Do you have larger pictures of the tiger hawk and S24. They look neat. Brad Robert Thomas <nryche@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G5oJvq.L9F@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: new site
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| OOPS.....No url Here it is: (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
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| Ok I got my site up today. Please have a look Besure to check out the films area. I know its a space theme but I am Posting everywhere for the films Robert Lego Carnage Carnage Films (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Brick Horse
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| This has probably been done before, but here is mine... I built a horse out of bricks that models the dimensions of the actual Lego Horse. This is for modeling scenes in the various CAD programs. The actual horse isn't available yet, ( and I'm (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
| | | | | Re: 4819 Instructions
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| (...) I found 'em in a KB Toyworks. (None of the KB Toys I visited had them at all.) The first time I visited, some were on a standalone display unit and some were shelved in with the other small LEGO sets. The second time the display unit was gone (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 4819 Instructions
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| (...) Where are you? I'd like to know if it was KB Toys or Toyworks, and how many, was it a display unit!? I've still never seen one out in the Riverside/Ontario area of Southern California. Help! Aaron #279 (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: 4819 Instructions
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| I uploaded a 72 dpi scan of each page to my website. I will probably take them down Monday, so try to download them before Sunday: (URL) Bishop" <sjbishop@jps.net> wrote in message news:G5Mr2q.Ls3@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Call for LEGO movies and links.
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| Hello fellow filmmakers! I will be creating and uploading a new LEGO movie directory/Film page this weekend at: (note there is nothing there yet, give me till Sat night to create the page) (URL) I am making a general call to anyone who has posted a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
| | | | | 4819 Instructions
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| I just found a 4819 at the local KB Toys here, but when I went to put it together the instructions included were for 4818 (not really sure why you would need instructions for that set anyway). Anyway, I tried to put it together by looking at the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: Red wizard hats?
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| (...) Unfortunately, I've never had any of the maiden's hats. But if anyone's willing so ship me one, I'll be happy to try this out! ;) (...) I think I'll hold out for a red wizard's cap. :) I just wanted to match the green/blue/black ones that I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Hi Sergio, Mate when you are young things change very quick, you discover girls, cars, better games ect, but believe me in years to come you will remember the good times when you built things using your imagination or remember looking at some models (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) DO NOT SELL! DO NOT SELL! I was in your *EXACT* situation when I was 15. I had collected for a few years (this was 1983, so I had a nice bit of classic space) but had stopped playing with them about a year before the move. I packed them up and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) I went through a brief "dark age" period from ages 10 to 12 and I'm not sure if I have completely come out of it yet (I am 14 now). I am absolutely crazy about the Technic and Mindstorms series, but have never really regained my interest in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | thanks
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| Hey, thanks everybody for your help. I really appreciate it. Jonathan McNeally (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Could we consider trimming ALL the theme groups out of followups and slimming down to just .general? While this is interesting and posting to lots of themes gets lots of attention, setting proper followups is only polite. Thanks. FUT .general ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| jonathan Lopes wrote in message ... (...) Definitely. Also, try another creative medium. When I was in my teens I gave up building Lego spaceships, and I began drawing spaceships and making plastic models of spaceships, then later I was making (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Red wizard hats?
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| (...) I presume you are unsatisfied with the appearance of the red castle maiden's hat (a.k.a. steeple headdress)? I happen to like the look of it myself. Really, it's a great alternative. Try this with the BLACK castle maiden's hat: find any kind (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Red wizard hats?
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| Now that we have unprinted red capes in the Imperial Shuttle set, I'd love to see a red wizard's hat. Or does such a beast already exist? I've had the Star Wars Imperial Shuttle box sitting on my desk for about a week now, and I finally put it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Well, of course, as with anything else, if it makes you uncomfortable, don't do it. If you feel ok building on your own, keep doing so- I built stuff for a long time with no one really to share it with (while my friends all know I collect (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) I have to agree with this whole-heartedly.. My entire lego collection from when I was a kid ended up being sold off as part of one of our yard sales for a measly $5.. That's right, the entire lot, hundreds of dollars worth of classic space (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Sergio! Don't jump! Please, come back in through the window and get off that ledge! It doesn't have to end this way! Look, we all care about you! Don't do this thing! Things will get better, it's going to be OK, just come back inside!! :^) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Johnathan and everybody else are absolutely right, Sergio. When I was young, my mom did a very wise thing: she made me promise never to get rid of my LEGO. Of course, *she* thought it was because I'd be passing it on to my kids someday. I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Hi Sergio! I guess I'll share my perspecive since I did go through a definate Dark Age. Although some AFOL's have never had a dark age, it does happen to a lot of us as we grow up that we start to get really busy in the hustle and bustle of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| As Shiri mentions, you may be entering a dark or dim ages. My suggestion would be to pack it all up neatly so as to present the least problem to yourself and your folks. Then hold on to it, resist the urge to sell it to get a few bucks, unless you (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) I have two things to say: 1. hold on to all of your lego, you will regret it if you don't. You will hit an age when you don't feel 'embarrassed' about it. 2. best of luck Jonathan (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Sure! Sell me your stuff cheap (it has no REAL value to you anyhow :o) and then in 5 to 10 years lament the loss of all that lost ABS. Seriously, I am now 27 and lost my LEGO interest at about age 15 (at least in public) and only built one (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Hi Sergio, Maybe you're going through dark ages... maybe it's just a "dim" age, though. Or perhaps you have a builder's block. I personally slightly lost interest in lego for awhile (around 14-15), but sparked the interest again actually when we (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Hi Lugnet users, I am moving next week and like Lego fans always do, they pack up their Lego. I am 15 years old and I have been actively collecting Lego since December 1996 up to now. But, I haven't even looked inside my cabinet since this summer, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western) !
| | | | | Re: Sword holders
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| I use thsi same technique in my upcoming movie. It also lets you draw the sword easily. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| The over the shoulder look is great! I discovered something similar with my Pirate minifigs. If I want the 'fig to look like he has his hand on the hilt, ready to draw his sword, I just put the sword in his hand facing backward and then position the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) eric (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Sword holders
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| Someone mentioned sword holders as a possible new piece from LEGO, but an idea made its way into my brain. We don't need plastic sword holders at all - we've got everything we need, and it's Official LEGO, too! The idea is simple: take some of the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: brown Wolfpack shield.
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| (...) Brown collar now that is something that I would like. I've never seen anything like that. The brown of my shield and other browns where reds should be it may be an accidential double print of the red. I worked for two years as a screen (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: brown Wolfpack shield.
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| (...) Just like the classic forestmen torso i have with a brown collar? Was there ever a set back in the classic forestmen days when a set was supposed to come with this? -Wes (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: brown Wolfpack shield.
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| (...) I've noticed that a lot of times, there's 'variants' of red-printed pieces in a sort of reddish-brown color. There's a bearded head that I've got in both colors, among other things. J (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I have such a shield -- I don't know what it signifies though... -- Richard (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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