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<SNIP> (...) Which arches do you need? (...) into the walls. Do you run into any trouble during the actual snapping of the two sections together? (...) Good Point -- Do you have any idea what the width and depth is going to be? (...) I definitely (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What I need are... 11 1x4x1 Gray Arches 1 1x6x1 Gray Arch I did notice that the Large "Moo Men" set for next year has quite a few of both. This catalog scan has the best picture. Look at the model on the right side of the pic. (URL) anyone has (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd certainly agree... size is everything. The larger a model is, the more difficult it becomes to modify it. And it sounds like you're planning a pretty big model (being more than 30 bricks in height). Hence, I'd argue for either the open (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I used pneumatics to make a castle tower extend as a telescope. Obviously, it was a fantasy castle. (URL) Buildings: Frost Castle. Eric Brok -------- Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Submit your own link: (URL) section: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I just recently purchased a 10 gallon bucket full of lego sets at a garage sale (for only $12.00!) for my two young children. Problem is-no instructions to tell me what I have. It looks like I have two castles, two boats with hulls and motor (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Check out www.brickshelf.com . This is Kevin Loch's site and you can find most directions for sets that are over 3 years old there. Good luck, Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hulls (...) most (...) Thanx so much Eric, I'm headed there right now! Tammy Goddard (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The shields with the lions would be the the Royal Knight sets, I think. The shields with dragons on them either go back to the Black Knight sets or the Dragon Master sets, most likely. On the bigger shields, are the dragons blue, or green? The (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hulls (...) My two cents, Also, if you look through some of the catalog scans here in the guide you notice that cetain sets have parts unique to each set, such as a spiral staircase with Dark Dragon's Den, yellow and black house walls with (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Either that or Crusaders/Lionhearts! (...) Well... we're kind of assuming that there are actually large castles in the collection if we say that :) .And, if there AREN'T any baseplates, they could be old-style castles... There are actually a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) instructions (...) Royal (...) the (...) If you have large green dragon shields and red conical tower roof pieces keep in mind set 1906 was a promo set and outside the 6000 range (one of my favorites). Browse throug the catalog scans on (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The best term would be "Breastplate Torso". If I remember, I'll find a description of platemail tonight. Jeff (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Well this is not quite as impressive as some of the castle creations that have been posted recently but I am quite happy with it. This is my first creation in the Castle theme (Actually this could fit well in town too but I made it for a castle (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) for (...) Cool, I like it. What color/size arches do you need? It looks like 1x4 white. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Avoid that at all costs, it takes away so much from the overall architecture. (...) That worked for my castle and some of my town buildings. Its very stable and movable. (...) Very easily knocked over, bumped or simply falls out of place, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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<snip> (...) Actually they are Gray and I need 11 of them plus 1 1x6x1 Gray arch for the enterance. I am actually working on a deal with someone and will hopefully have the arches in a couple of weeks. Eric The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Very nice! It has a good clean design to it. Effective detailing with minimal pieces (I like the lamps). Make sure you let us know when its finished. Silas Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) have (...) creation (...) for (...) and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Perhaps the use of plates resting on tiles may work. For example, the room below could be 8x10 (studs). Assuming you provide the proper supports, you could have a room above that's 6x8, fit inside the room below. I'm not sure if you get what I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This sounds similar to the Night Lord's Castle Tower setup. It is resting between two support bricks that run the length of the tower's base, a table at the front, a fortified wall behind offering support, on top of a pair of tiles that are 1 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I am surprised no one has mentioned the fibblesnork minifig guide. This is an excellent way to determine what figs go with a set. John DiR has turned it inside out so you can root through figs and determine what sets they go with. I have to go to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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