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(...) Not exactly. I noticed the change around, oh, let's say 1996. Fright Knights definately have soft swords (I still have 6097 assembled), and I think Dark Forestmen did too. Don't blame Knights Kingdom for this one. A Black Knight's sword might (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for all the info on where to acquire cheep sets that contain Horses. And yes, I am a member of Lego Shop @ Home. Nevertheless, this simply won’t do! My army is well over 800+ troops, and I need about 45 black horse, 20 white horses, and 15 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Now that you mention these two, my son had these set up on his latest siege (4816 and 6030). Both types hurled a nice load over the castle walls no problem (various 1x1 rounds, 2x2 rounds, and the odd Timmy head). We weren't really going for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, but I'll put my money on 6030-- not because of great leverage or anything, but I'm betting it's the sturdiest, and therefore has the most "bash potential"-- although the new catapult bucket/arm pieces can probably stand a good wallup (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Looks like my friend from Sweden Elin Overnas had the old castle. If you haven't seen it yet, go now :) (URL) along with Dan Jezek's Skull Kragg keep got me back into building. Anyone have THAT one on their computers? Also, be sure to check out some (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Lately I've seen a lot of messages that start out with, or include the phrase "when I get time to build I'm going to......" I find that I, myself, fall into this trap on a weekly, if not daily basis. I'm constantly thinking, "Well when I get time (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, it's along the back wall of the shop. See (URL) of black weapons, one of the best-kept secrets of King Leo's Castle is that it comes with two black pikes, as well as the grey one. Weapons from the 80s! Those weapons are about the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.castle, Bradley Dale writes: [snip] (...) It is behind the horse's front legs, in the saddle clip. John (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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I was about to dump pictures off my digital camera, when my son asked me to take a picture of my triceratops with howdah. So for your amusement I posted the pic at my wife's web space (no, nothing but a raw picture). Hannibal appears to have taken a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Has anyone ever bothered to see which is the most effective of the castle catapult sets? (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow! I forgot about that one. Did he make a bigger display because that is similar to the pictures I remember. Thanks for the help, James "Pawel Nazarewicz" <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:GArrt5.G8K@lugnet.com... (...) there are (...) and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Its been argued wether this is strictly a town set or both town and castle. I think every castle fan out there would very much want this set, because of that it should also be concidered a castle set I think. Anyway, if concidered a castle set, I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ... found an old picture: (URL) me know if that's it. -- Pawel (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could it possibly be Michael Ulring's 1st Giant Castle? I don't think there are any pictures of it online anymore, so you might want to e-mail Michael and ask him if he has it on his hard drive (sorry - I don't have the e-mail on hand). Or if (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would have considered the Flowers & Trees accessory set far more fundamental to general LEGO building than horses and the latest version of that went the way of the wind as well. While the new bulk system has a long way to go to replace all (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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I'm not sure exactly the site you're talking about, sorry :( though, Frank has a good listing of castle sites on his server, you could check (URL) and maybe you'd recognize something from there. HTH Tamy (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Check out (URL) have over 60 personal moc characters, 12 beasties several castles and buildings. It may also give you some ideas for your web page. Also, if you are interested, I can add you to my map and roll in your personal characters and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I have been out of touch for awhile with night school and I am curious what happened to a castle/build site that was available two years ago. I am keenly interested in joining Castle World when I get time to build and I have visited every site I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yo Rex, Check out Castle World for some cool creations and minifigures: (URL) by Nathan McD) -- Pawel (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Might I suggest.... Pawel Nazarewicz' page: (URL) Dori's page: (URL) Raska's page: (URL) my own (URL) to name a few --Anthony (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi everyone, i was wondering if some of you good creators of castle figure moc's could help me, I am working on a castle website and now i am stuck. I got some of my castle moc's on my site, but i need to make some custom figure moc's. I wanted to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Kev...: ) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello, I am looking for broken shields; ones with the handles snapped off. It doesn't matter what kind of shield it is, I want 'em all. I'm sure just about everyone has one or two broken shields; rather than throw them away, allow me to give them a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.castle)
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(...) It paid off. :) (...) Well, sometimes the best creations are made that way. Looks like this is another example. :) Joel J (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think he means the quality of the swords has gone down. Prior to Knight's Kingdom release, swords were always made of the same hard ABS plastic as other parts, now they are made of softer stuff and the color is a slightly different shade of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) them (...) than (...) Dark grey swords aren't new. My oldest Castle sets are from 1990, and they came with dark grey swords. Silver goes back ot 1995. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Sorry, I didn't even know saddles ever existed in black and white! I'm a bit too young to have any one-clip saddles. (...) I can't see it in the picture. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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Thanks Joel, I guess the Guarded Inn *was* a contributing factor in this structure, but I didn't really realize it while I was building it. The red and black color scheme from the Guarded Inn works, and believe me, I tried several colors together to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Bryan, I'll try your suggestion next time I take some pictures of MOCs. They say that the devil is in the details, and boy are they right... Details can really add to the presentation of a model. I am still trying to get better at the little (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Chris, I'm pretty sure that I saw the 1x4 tiles used before as timbering, but I can't remember where. Gotta love those 1 x 1 headlight bricks.. :-) -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xcalabur" <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gotta disagree here...I say black and white one clip-ers. The only two sets I know of are the King's Castle <set:6080> (both saddles) and Jousting Knights <set:6021> (white saddle). I have only one black saddle. (...) There was one in the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) the (...) Ah. They're not absurdly rare; they're just in sets I probably wouldn't get. . . (...) I remember looking for my <set:6080 King's Castle> off and on for *years*, primarily because it had a yellow saddle (it had been lost when my (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) 6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon came with a green saddle. Maggie C. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) No. I have a green saddle from <set:6718 Rain Dance Ridge>. Looking at the pics in the guide, it was also in <set:6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon>, and in <set:6766 Rapid River Village>. Maybe some others too. I consider yellow saddles to be the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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wow. I hadn't seen the foal before. they are cool "TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:GAo987.Ixq@lugnet.com... (...) US (...) Good (...) longer (...) cavalry (...) a (...) about (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> I don't care about the horses---Lego always has a high proportion of cavalry anyway. But what about the SADDLE? Wasn't 5394 the only set to come with a green saddle? Doesn't this mean that now green saddles are going to be (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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I have both sets, and I think that as far as looks are concerned, from the front 6077 looks better, but overall 6066 does, and for playability, 6066 wins hands down. When I was a kid, 6066 was a favourite of mine - i used to love the way the whole (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Maybe you can't get horses as conveniently, but TLG still makes them. If you're a club member, you can buy <set:6013 Samauri Swordsman> for $2.00 US from S@H. Cheap black horse and blue saddle, plus a mini-fig and armour. Good buy if you like (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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-Set number #5394 (Horses & Saddles) ***Discontinued***?- I ordered 15 sets of #5394 along with a few other sets a week ago from Lego Shop at Home, and on the invoice it said: “The following items have been canceled 15 #5394 Horses & Saddles” “The (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wicked looking tower Anthony. It turned out GREAT! I Remember talking about it with you a few weeks(months?) back. I like how the subsidiary towers turned out around it. I also really like the throne you built for the (I assume) lich in side. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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