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(...) I think $30 is a good price for a 15-year old Castle set. It's only $0.30/piece, and you'll probably enjoy it more than the Bulls Attack set that you might be able ot get for the same price in a store. Is that a 100% yellow torso on the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I may be considered insane by most of you, and I want an Armor Shop, but I could really care less if I get a black sword or not. I would much rather get that Crusaders' flag that comes in the set. I admit it would be neat to have a black sword, but (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A pike is nothing more than a really long spear, that needs both hands to use. About 15-20 feet long, sometimes longer. Lego doesn't make a pike, per se - we had a lengthy discussion about making one a while back here (see the sawed-off (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There weren't any yellow visors, what Thomas was saying was that he wanted to see a rerelease of the visors used in (URL) which is affectionately known as the "Yellow Castle". White, red, black, and grey are the colors of the visors. (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Speaking of black weapons, one of the best-kept secrets of King Leo's Castle is (...) What's a pike? Actually, I see lots of good/unique parts and accessories: exclusive queen mini-fig with old-style hat, brown bird, brown crossbows, princess with (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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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| | Black Sword (was Re: ???Where did the HORSES go???)
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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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| | boxed 1592 CastleTown Square set, new record for "castle" set?
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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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