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| | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Call me paranoid, I guess. But I'm not sure that seeing it come into the outlet is necessarily a good sign, unless it's there at regular retail price. outlet == overstocks we want to get rid of. Or at least it used to long long ago... ++Lar (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | (...) Oh come on. King Leo's Castle is a very Juniorized set. You can cheer it on in a general sort of way: yay, parents want to buy Castle for the holidays. But can you really cheer on Leo's castle itself? The line sold out all over New York too. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I am not all that pro or anti on the set itself, I was commenting on someone saying that the set is safe from the axe for a while because it appeared at a clearance location. so "good sign" refers only to that (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Timothy Carl Buchheim
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| | | | | | | | (...) I got one of these recently and was pleasantly surprised. It's really much better than I expected it to be. A lot of good parts, and the design wasn't any worse than any other recent LEGO buildings. (no, it doesn't even compare to something (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Ed T. Toton III
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| | | | | | | | (...) Has TLC actually said they're going to have Harry Potter as the -only- castle line running? I've been under the impression that it would be more like the Star Wars theme... Star Wars is a space theme, but it didn't replace their own space (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —John Carroll
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes it did. while you can occasionally find a insectoid set at TRU they haven't had a new space set in a few years I hope castle doesn't get replaced but Harry Potter isn't really a castle theme like star wars is a space theme. hopefully there (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Ed T. Toton III
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| | | | | | | | (...) Uhm, hello? Life on Mars? :-) Insectoids were actively sold right up until LOM came out, whether or not there were any new sets. Space had no down-time. -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —John Carroll
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| | | | | | | | | (...) oh yeah I forgot about LOM (...) I didn't want to make an a** of myself, again. ;) so I checked my catalogs unfortunatlly I could not find a full 2000 catalog but I don't remember seeing insectoids in there. They are definitlly in the 99 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Ed T. Toton III
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) That's possible.. I didn't check the catalogs, I just remember seeing them all over the place in stores up until about a month ago. :) (...) Hehehee... well, we can always hope, right? :) -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, it all depends on how you look at it. LOM is not (at least, not according to lugnet) considered as part of the Space line (1). I don't know how accurate that is, I wouldn't bet my life on it, but there's probably a reason for it not to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I would definitely be among those who like LOM. I just finished building the little promo sets, and a few days ago finished the big base. I must say that I have enjoyed building these sets. I think they are good designs (but like almost all (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Lucasfilm. There's that whole competition with Star Wars thingy we've all heard about. (...) Depends on who you ask. I don't think Exploriens or UFO were very good, either. Personally, I don't think there have been any really good Space sets (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) What on earth do you classify as a SPUD? I see perhaps 2 or 3, the main one being the air pump, and ok, there's that arch piece. The tubes? I don't call those SPUDs. The tube holders? Well, perhaps their spudsy, but since they are an important (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) How DARE you call that cool air pump a SPUD? :) Jonathan Wilson (wishing he could afford one of those cool air pumps :) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Aaron West
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) You're "cool air pump" is only cool if you are a Martian or a Battle Droid. If you are a Mini-figure it is discrimination because you CANNOT ride the tubes!!! *!?@#* tubes won't work in my Super-Battleship! Aaron (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Andrew Tyrone
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Were you gonna use them as escape pods? Or suicidal weapons? ;) -- dataAndrew (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Aaron West
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Nah, they were going to be fast-transit tubes from the crew quarters, control bridge and rec room to the main fighter hanger. My pilots were going to be the fastest to their ships in the fleet!! Now if I want to do that, I have to hire Martian (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM Can not be space —Jonathan McKay
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| | | | | | | | | (...) LOM has to be a continuation of the space port theme. C'mon, It started with astronauts and green crystals, and now it's astronauts and ugly green (or black or blue or pink or brown.......) aliens. Space always had no connection to earth or (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Nick Cameron
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I liked insectoids, myabe just because of the cool borg-like figures though... Anyway, think of all the uses for transparent green spider legs: 1. (see no. 2) 2. toothpicks 3. some magical castle item 4. Technic clown shoes? Never mind. I just (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | | | | | Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) Now there's earlier Classic Space and later Classic Space. The earlier sets are probably the best Space sets ever made, but the later ones, especially most of the white sets, are subject to the most gratuitous (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I want lego to go back to the ways of classic castle where it was more like real castle than fantasy castle. (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Noone said that fantasy has to have orcs and so forth; Mech designs, for example, are clearly fantasy. Not a Tokien fan, I surmise? Anyway, my main building endeavors are in castle, and I assure you that there is no derth of possibilities (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Check out KK Quah's site (it's been up for CLSOTW for awhile, although I voted for it every week so far). Some awesome stuff! I'm not sure if he's Japanese, or Japanese-American, or what; but his creations are mind blowing. :-) Plus I just (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) the Tolkien universe? And perhaps maybe people who grew up in different cultures, such as the Japanese, think their literary works of the past are to yawn about and that the Tolkien universe is where its at. I mean, come on man, when you list (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Kirby Warden
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.year.2001, Anthony Sava writes: <<snip>> (...) with his guts splattered all over the ground and eminating a strange unearthly glow from the impact of my flashy brand spankin' new hand held particle excellerator set on low :^) ~Kirby~ (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Can we take this argument of this theme vs that theme to lugnet.off-topic.debate? (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) How un-sporting of you! james (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) ConfusedUs say: Man with gun (blaster, particle accellerator, etc.) not hear man with sword chop his head off. -Mike Petrucelli aka Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Aaron West
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) "The Black Knight always triumphs!" Aaron :oD (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —William Brumbach
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) "What are you going to do? Bleed on me?" (junior) FUT> off.topic.fun (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —William Brumbach
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| | | | | | | | | (...) It does depend upon who you ask. I don't like any space sets after 1983 but that's just me. (...) <Me too me too> I also like the SW sets in terms if pieces parts, although some of the color uses can always be debated. </me too me too> (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) In a real world historical sense the Ninja theme is parallelled with Pirate not castle. (How do you think they got those muskets and cannons anyway?) So it actually makes perfect sense for ninjas to run around a pirate ship. Just FYI. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Aaron West
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) You sir, are slightly incorrect. Historical fact places gun powder weapons in Frace in 1411. At that time knights were still on horseback, broadswords were common weapons, crossbows and longbows were still effective and Castles were very much (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —John D. Forinash
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| | | | | | | | | | Note to Spaceheads: This started here, so I'm posting here, but also to .castle and that's where I pointed followups to. If you've no desire to hear anything about the adjustment of warfare during the Renaissance, go to the next post now. :) (...) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | | (...) OK, then. He can have his sword, and I'll use mine. <ignites lightsaber> :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Ed T. Toton III
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| | | | | | | | | (...) "I'm invincible!" -- -Bones- "Being Optimized for Nocturnal Exploration and Sabotage" = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Jonathan Mizner
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| | | | | | | | (...) Please, for the sake of all, make a new post. The "was Re:LoM vs. Space(was On Paranoia... is getting long. Make a post to lugnet.off-topic.fun if you wish to continue. I am finding this whole debate rather amusing, by the way. LoM IS SPACE!!! (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guns vs. Swords (was Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | (...) What I find amusing is that you posted this message to something that has already been FUT'd to off-topic.fun. :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Ed T. Toton III
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| | | | | | (...) price. (...) long (...) Actually, that's not the case.. the Lego outlet carries mostly current stuff at list price or -higher-. All the KK stuff is at list price. They do have some discontinued sets from time to time, and usually at a slightly (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle —Tom McNeal
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| | | | In my area, all the local Wal Marts have/had this set CLEARANCED for $60 after New Years.... take that to mean what you will, but the only other clearanced sets are Star Wars Y Wing/TIE and the big Bulls set (forget the name and #). (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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