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Here in Britain, a boot fair is where people go to sell the stuff that they dont want anymore. They are usually held in car parks or fields. I never much cared for them untill a friend of mine picked up 3 town sets for £5. Since then i started (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: **My very first posting of MOC pics!!!!**
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(...) That's actually what I call it - the Black Hawk Bird of Prey. (I prefer Black Hawks to Black Falcons) (...) I finished the exterior on Xmas vacation, I do plan to complete the interior asap. I have plans for stalls in the stables; bunks, mess (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: **My very first posting of MOC pics!!!!**
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(...) Thanx, I try to make a unique seige type machine for each faction so that when they unite to storm the Royal castle they compliment each other. I have a bunch of storylines imagined but no time to act them out. (...) You mean you don't think (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Joel Jacobsen writes: Snip (...) Yeah, I guess it's like the drawing test at the beginning of "The Little Prince." Grown-ups just don't get it. (...) Snip (...) Mainly they like to drive thru crowded battle fields and use them like (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: CAR BOOT FAIR....!!!!
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(...) Wow... , i've learned something new today!!! -! "a Boot Fair" !- what a great concept. -R (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | CAR BOOT FAIR....!!!!
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A "BOOT FAIR" or a "CAR BOOT FAIR" as know here in Australia..... is where alot of people park there cars with there boots.... or as you say in the US... trunks.... facing inward in a circle of some sorts and sell second hand goods to passers by.... (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: MY BUY OF THE CENTURY
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(...) What is a bleeping "boot fair"? Sounds like a kick in the pants. God plays with LEGO, didn't you know? Aaron (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, it had two of them. (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) IIRC there were some on a castle boat of some kind, I think it was called sea serpent or something. (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Ed Boxer's website has new URL
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Geocities changed their naming conventions. Any links to my website will need to be reset. Simply delete the tilda, "~", before edboxer ("www.geocities.com/...lego.html" to "www.geocities.com/e...go.html"). (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce)
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(...) You mean merlons, right? I agree, they look pretty cool.. (crenelations are the spaces between the merlons) -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Future of Belville
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(...) Check out this thread, Wes. (URL) Sean (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter speculation
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(...) Agreed. It depends on how Warner Bros. feels about Lego interpretation of the work. Warner seems to have most of the domestic (U.S.) merchandising for HP tied up with some sort of an agreement to approve or disapprove licensed items based on (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter speculation
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(...) "leaning in the Belville direction" ??? ?Really? --What do you base that on? Wouldn't it be hard to create a train large enough for those silly Belville characters. Also, I would have never thought that if Lego purchased a licensing agreement (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter speculation
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Actually, I think the Hogwarts Express is a VERY likely candidate for inclusion in the HP Lego series, but probably NOT as a 9v train line item. Think Time Twisters Twisted Time Train (6497) rather than true Lego 9v Train. Lego is thinking for sets (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: MY BUY OF THE CENTURY
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(...) I think "boot fair" comes from brits selling things out of the boot (trunk) of their car. With that perspective, it seems like it's something like a flea market (or the tailgating area of a hamfest [amateur radio gathering]). (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ??? 2 Castle set Questions ???
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(...) I know the items that your talking about. However, I'm fully aware of the complete line of Japanese Lego specials. “BUT,” why is there also an American item number (“4807 Fire Attack”) and Notth American Packaging!!!!!!!! Thanks to Grahame (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow Congrats . . . What is a boot fair? is that like a flea market?[1] I've never seen any LEGO at any Flea Markets around here (Pittsburgh) but I haven't really been searching hard. Anyone else got a good Flea market (boot fair?) stories? (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | MY BUY OF THE CENTURY
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We stopped of at a boot fair yesterday, and while i was looking round, i spotted a yellow lego box. I went over to have a look , and i could hardly believe my eyes, it was none other then a excellent conditioned 6067 'The town wall tavern', and it (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: **My very first posting of MOC pics!!!!**
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(...) you have the resources, is to make it brown. Or most of it brown with the grey slopes as accents. All stone battering rams would have been a bit heavy to shove into castle doors. (...) from? The ones on the top of your wings and the tail (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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