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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) using (...) remote (...) battery (...) too (...) You might still ask. Offer to pay the shipping cost. Someone who has way to many might just give you one. Of course if you think about the cost of batteries, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <sniped bits> (...) Sure, why not. It can't hurt to ask, neh? Is there anyone out there willing to give me a plug-in transformer? I'll pay shipping costs, either as cash, or as credit in my next parts sale. Heck, if someone steps up to bat, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) very difficult to model. I am hopeing that using your buildings as inspiration will help me along to path to making better buildings. Great work! Eric K. The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was going to say flat-out no, but then I remembered I *did* have one playmobil set. My dad actually just told me I had more than one... Weird, I don't remember that... Guess I was blocking it out of my mind... (probably with lego blocks ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Shiri wrote in message ... (...) at (...) thousands (...) It (...) I'm 99.99% certain we didn't have any Playmobil. When did it start being sold in the US? Frank (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) castle. Wow!! Wish I had space for something that immense. Ed "Boxer" Jones (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I liked that too! And the use of inverted black arcs, also. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Ben I think it is called half-timbered construction Don't know the style (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes but here in the USA it's called Tudor :) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello everyone and thanks for all the feedback on my last posting! I've been away from the computer for the past couple days so I wasn't able to answer all of the replies it produced, hence I'm doing it all at once here. In the next week I will post (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) get (...) some, (...) too (...) I found a nice and realistic way to place a horizontal lego piece across to make Tudor (easier than saying Half Timber) :) Lord Doyle Of Nelsonshire (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Besides the great line of Playmobil 'accessory packs', there's one other thing we wish LEGO would do similarly: To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Playmobil just released a rerun of their classic Playmobil truck from 1975 ! And it's even budget (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Care to share it??? (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Horizontal is OK: how about diagonal? That's the hard part (even the miniland half-timbered buildings use stepped standard bricks which looks bad close up). Kevin (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) make Tudor (easier than saying Half Timber) :) (...) After thinking about this one, the only thing I can think of would be to put 1x1 or 1x2 technic beams w/ single hole in the wall, with a technic 1/2 peg, and then stick on long black tiles (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Very nice! Very nice site overall! -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Dan <Blackened@visi.com> wrote in message news:FLqnr1.9s4@lugnet.com... (...) catalog at (...) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I managed to put a good one together not too long ago ... Try this: Black waist/Brown Legs Black or Brown Torso Flat Plate Armor - the kind that came with the Yellow Castle - without any decals, of course. head with reddish-brown beard and stubble (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) make Tudor (easier than saying Half Timber) :) (...) Darn! I meant Diagonal! It was late :) Doyle (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I've been reading with interest some of the threads about how almost all the Lego minifigs, especially Lego, are action-oriented (soldiers and stuff), and how few "normal folk" there are. I guess Lego is assuming that kids would find these boring. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree that there should be more mundane characters available or at least parts (body parts too) to make our own. I always had more fun putting ordinary people in extraordinary situations as a child, it offered more role- play ability. My (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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