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(...) I used to use the tap to fix my round shields I have four that were broken when I was young. I just flipped the shield around and attached the tap to the stud on the shield. I now have taps glued to the backs of all my broken shields. John (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Excellent ideas with the taps; I hadn't thought of that. I think I prefer the shaft method if only because it holds the shield closer to the hand. Now I have to think about all the other "taps as handles" applications. My latest implement of (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I won an auction with a ton of Yellow Castle, Knight's Tournament, round shield and a few others with broken shields a while back and ordered a bunch of the Fight KNight packs (before I knew about Brickbay). What followed was an unholy massacre of (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Ive used taps as well to mend shields. They do tend to sit a bit far away from the minifig's body though. Looks fine if you use them as ornamental shields James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "John Carroll" <johnc@digitalacropolis.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I grind the graphics off FK shields and paint them. Cannibalizing them for parts is another good idea. JSA -- Green Bay Lacrosse-- Play hard; play often. (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I have sooo many fright knight shields. Fortunatey I also have a tin of brasso and acrylic paint. Glad Im not the only one. I feel better about it now :) James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "James Aldrich" <jaldrich@greenbaynet.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Heretics, all of you! None shall compromise the sanctity of Lego, what you did was wrong. (Is that what you expected to hear? Well you’ll get no plight from me. I customize ALL the time; everything I have is ‘customized!’ Whether it painted, (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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i used to take fright knight and royal knight shields and just put decals on them. i designed a sticker identical to the triangular blue dragon shield but altered the colors to make it a green dragon shield it looks pretty cool. also that faucet (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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