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Has anyone made a village wheelhouse (river house)... I'm not quite sure of the name, but I'm sure you know what I mean. How would you guys go about building the paddle wheel? If you have any url's, it would be greatly appreciated. Felix (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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The cross did make an appearance in the original castle set, and since it IS the most common charge in heraldry, Lego should very well consider making more of them! I've also always fancied a castle theme taking the crusaders to the holy land, with (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very nicely executed. Cast helmets or hand-carved? Bruce (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think that would be agreat expansion to the Lego Castle line. If only religion didn't complicate the issue, a Crusaders line would be great. Not only does it have real historical interest but Lego could have minifigures of Richard the Lion (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Kyle, Those are exactly the kind of helmets I've wished Lego would make for YEARS. I'm very interested in the how-to, and would be interested in buying some. (and nice tunics, too!) Kevin (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Just thought I'd entertain you with a MOC. (URL) file warning) I will be putting together a "howto" document on my next run (for those who are interested in finding out how its done). Also, if there is much interest-I might get into creating and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What do you call the alien armor shoulderpads?
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(...) I've used it: (URL) with this character it is used more as supplimental armor since the torso is what I consider to be ring-mail. I've never thought of a 'style name' for the armor, but my use was inspired by one of the bad guys in part of a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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: Hannibal crossing Alps on Triceratops?
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(...) Mabey the castle guy on his back trains baby elephants? If it could be in battle as a baby, it could fight in wars as an adult... NICK :^L~~ (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Eventually, mabey you will have enough pieces to make an extra skelleton! "Buy 1,343,113 get 1 free!" as The Lego Group would say. Extra skelleton limbs may look spooky if cliped onto an ax (especially the black axes in set 8510 (LAVA). NICK (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm (...) not (...) I made an elephant last year that's a bit closer to Bruce's description. Whether or not its minifig scale is a matter of opinion, though. The howdah can hold 5 minifigs. Pictures are at (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I got a few of those chrome sets down here in Australia, and in the 4817 sets, of wich I got 8 of them... I got a spare leg and arm in each one...!!! Almost every set I've got in the past year, has come with extra... extra spears...(in a 3017 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope! But I will say that out of all my skeleton parts, I've NEVER received a broken arm. Hence I've got scads of extra arms. BUT, the one part I HAVE received broken was a skeleton leg, which looked as though it had been slightly melted. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You... get... ectra parts!? GIMME! Rick (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not too bad, all considered. Creating anything organic with Lego at minifig scale is quite a challenge. With an African elephant, the top of the head is more in line with the back, the back has something of a hump towards the rear, and the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I recently acquired my ninth set containing a skeleton. All of the previous sets have contained a spare skeletal arm, which is fair enough considering the fragile nature of their connection to the torso. But this latest skeleton also had a spare (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Add a brick to the torso thickness. African elephants have long legs, so the legs are fine. How about some tusks ? Maybe the 1 x 2 plate with side thingies in white. Nice job so far though. (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Excellent pachyderm dude! I agree with both you and Sean about the size, which is easily remedied, but it IS an awesome likeness. I love how you did the tail, very cool! Hey, if you do make it bigger maybe you could use grey 2x2 round bricks (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) I'm (...) not (...) I like the elephant, Marc, but I can see how you might think it's a little too small. Not that i'm an expert or anything, perhaps one or two longer and a brick taller, or maybe shorten the legs and add the height to the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I guess this means that Playmates is getting into the clone bricks business. Their license must include 'construction' toys as well as action figures. Too bad we won't be seeing any TLC LotR sets, though if these are cool enough I won't mind (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here are some pics of an elephant I made a while back (it was at brickfest). I'm not totally happy with the size. It seems like it should be bigger, but I'm not sure how big an elephant actually is. (URL) Nelson Jr. (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I just read this over on IGN and thought I'd let people know here. Copied from the article "Lord of the Rings will be a major part of this year's Playmates line. Building upon the interactive voice chip technology used in their very successful (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What do you call the alien armor shoulderpads?
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(...) not (...) what (...) Hmmm... I was thinking something along those lines as well. It looks to me like hide armor or furs (especially when worn with a cloak). I might go with that... but I also have to figure out how to make it different from (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) This isn't going to happen, it seems. Quoted from a Toy Fair report(1): "Lord of the Rings will be a major part of this year's Playmates line. Building upon the interactive voice chip technology used in their very successful Simpsons line, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd call it Barbarian Armor. It looks kind of barbarin-like... Matt (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Well, I'd be inclined to call it 'pauldrons'. Technically a pauldron only covers the shoulder, but it's the closest thing that comes to mind. It doesn't really have a "real" equivalent. Pauldron (or pawldron, or poldron) is an authentic term, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I've been working on my Lego Combat wargame and have been focusing on the Castle theme rules. I've noticed that many of you like to use the black or grey alien armor shoulderpad piece to use as armor in your Castle MOCs. If you don't know what I'm (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I remember when I saw Toshiaki's elephant ((URL) that was the first thing that went through my head. Still haven't gotten around to doing it though. Felix (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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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