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| | | (...) I could be mistaken, but I thought it was considered valuable because it's the only set with red Tudor walls. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) From what I've been able to gather (I don't own the set, way too pricey for my blood) the kit not only has those red tudor walls, but one of them is a corner (hot diggety); it also had a maiden's cap or three, which were out of production for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) Size doesn't always matter :) (...) 1 5x6 red tudor castle wall (the only one in red ever) 2 3x3 red tudor castle corners (the only tudor castle corners ever in any color) (...) Yep. One of the 3 red maiden's hats, not to mention the 'pearl (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | (...) Oh yeah, that's because it promoted drinking, right? eric That was a joke. (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Guarded Inn is such a swell set, it's almost enough to make me like Castle all by itself. ++Lar (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hehe. Being able to count myself among the fortunate ones to have gotten this set back when it was actually available, it's one of the few Castle sets that just lept off the catalogue page with bright neon lights and sirens and I just .had. to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | (...) This is by no means a nitpick toward the set, because I think that it absolutely wonderful (wish I owned it), but, IMO, the only thing that keeps this set from pure perfection, from being the epitome of greatness, is if the two bricks in the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Good point. But weren't those out of production already when this set came out? I may be wrong. It's a Joshua Delahunty type question. I'm hoping to own a MIB copy someday if fortune smiles on me. I have most of one in one of the big used lots (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Back in 1986 I ordered a red windows and doors supplemental pack...among other things, it had two 1x1x2 windows, two 1x2x1, windows, and two 1x1x1 windows(1). This supplemental pack was probably a year or four old by '86, but wouldn't they (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Not necessarily. They may have run off an estimated 6 years worth of that pack in 1977 (or whenever it was released) with that being the last good shots the mold had left, and junked the mold. Then it sold a bit slower than expected so you got (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Set 836, a 1982 set per the Guide has the small red windows, I forget the quantities. (...) Well, 836 probably extends the life of the mould a bit... (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —James Simpson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) That's the set that i ordered in 1986! It had 2 1x1x1, 2 1x1x1 & 2 1x1x2 windows. Perhaps Gary can give us some definitive word on the last appearance of these windows? Could it have been in 836? james (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Joshua Delahunty
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) The guide was wrong about 836 (now corrected). I went through old brochure scans and found out it was introduced in 1980, and seems to be perhaps the last time these windows were released (I don't have it in this list)... 1x1 Window Brick, Old (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Oh, I agree. I've always thought that using headlight sockets reversed as windows was just... odd.. I think your idea is better, though. I think I might have one or two of those in red... since I've finally - after almost 5 years of marriage - (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —James Stacey
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| | | | | | | | (...) Its just a great set. I had it for a birthday way back (look on the bright side, loads of sets come out stateside now you cant get elsewhere) well designed, like the blacksmith and armour shop its an accessory piece to the castles and adds (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Mk(2) (was Re: Guarded Inn —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Nice complementary design! But you need to let that dude out of the stocks, I think he's wasting away. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Where did you get the corner walls in the yellow tudor design? I don't seem to recall any in castle sets...are they MOC? -- Richard (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —James Stacey
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| | | | | | | | (...) I cheated. when buying buckets of lego down boot sales I got lots of pirate stuff. ( I do kinda collect pirate stuff, but not so much) bit of masking tape, some car bumper back to black aerosol spray ~ viola. The good thing is it dosent matter (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) I figured. I think some large-ish "Hydro something or other" set has some of these yellow corner walls too -- just without the tudor wall lines, of course. You know, and I hate to keep plugging this stupid page, but you can score a printable (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Nick Cameron
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| | | | | | | | (...) "Hydro something or other"? Do you mean the "Neptune Discovery Lab (set 6195)"? Sometimes you can find it now for $45.00 , but 45 bucks for one yellow corner piece? Of course, you also get those completely unique door pieces. NICK :^L~~~ (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | (...) I give you 6496 The Whirling Time Warper, p 22. Craigo holds an empty clear wine goblet as he drives the family car... (URL) connect the dots. =oP -- Richard (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Guarded Inn —Brian Stuhan
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| | | | (...) Sorry to sound "snippy", but don't forget 6080 and 6073, the latter of which I own and the former of which I wish I did.... (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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