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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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