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(...) <set:5184>, isn't it? GBP 2.49, which is about $3.50 US. Incredible compared to the prices the pieces are going for now. Thanks for your offer, James. I expect you'll get quite a few replies. I do hope they cross the pond, though. Cheers, (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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OK OK If people want to arrange with me and pay for forwarding postage you can order stuff through my address email me at James@ the below url James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "Anthony Sava" <ajs0093@pop.tamu.edu> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But its not available in the US!!! AAA...AAARRRRRRRRGGG...HHH!!!!!!! THOSE MORONIC NAZI LEGO BASTARDS!!!!!!! Ok... breathe.... breathe.... ok I'm better. They better be available in the US soon or else I'm gonna raise heck! Heck I tells ya! (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Have people seen that the old accessory packs are already up. You can order Black Falcon Shields in Bulk (which of course I already have :) ) oops I'm supposed to be saving money. Ahh well James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "Jimmy Park" <madoka@jps.net> (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Presumably at some point you've ticked a box that says "I have carefully read, I understand, and I agree to all of the Terms of Use of this service. I also swear that I am not submitting any false, fraudulent, incomplete, or deceptive (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm guessing something to do with classic castle, maybe even Yellow Castle stuff. Whatever the case, have credit cards ready and make allowance for spending some of the royal funds in July. (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Well I'm comin' back from my Dark Ages, and wow the Lego world has passed me by. Today I broke down my 3-foot long space creation which has been with me for many years now in hopes of building a castle. I found my baseplates gathering dust under my (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Andy, I'm glad you've decided to keep your collection and keep working on the site. You and Brian have a unique site and I wish you well in your joint projects. I'm sorry that that situation has caused you so much grief but try to put (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hello Brian, I realize this response may be a little late in coming, but you've (...) I for one(or, apparently several), REALLY like your site. I think the castle community has sevral really good sites, yours included, and I'm sorry to hear you got (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm torn between exalting and offering profuse thanks for your posting that message, or throwing you to the ground (vewy woughly, centurion) for being a tease. Deep breath........sigh. Better. :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How dreadfully unfair to post a message like this ;) -- Pawel (URL) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I for one have been a bit disappointed that Lego seems to be more interested in the train fans than castle (even though I am 9v train complete). So I've been in contact with Lego about what they could do to please castle fans. I can't reveal much (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Richard You make some great points in the message to which this is a reply to. As Brian's co-creator I would like to say that you prefectly understand our feelings about this matter. While some LUGNET fans were very nice about our website and did (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (23 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, (...) (23 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 (...) (23 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. (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-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 (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes: <snipped> (...) What's this? How do you know ppl aren't gonna use them, dude? *poke* Be positive! You've got an excellent site with equally excellent creations! (...) I did enjoy, and you know what? They're (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's kinda hard to say as far as the domain goes-- I can definitely say that if I were Lego, I'd probably want you to change the domain, since assumedly, you're not a business (applies for the .com part, really), and then there's the (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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 (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Anthony! Glad to see you got them all up. My favorites are Show of Power, Into the Eyes of Fear and the Beast and I! I'm glad you made Into the Eyes of Fear! It's a cool shot and very well planned out! Excellent work all around!!! Matt (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Couldn't you also take one of those 1x1 "taps" and put between the four studs on the backside? That would make an adequate handle, I suppose. Here's the tap: (URL) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Better solution than glue: take a spigot and stick it in the center between the 4 studs. (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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They are really cool. I love the custom sails... ..hmm that gives me an idea :) James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3AEDD5F7.493F@m...ing.com... (...) Cutters (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Another dandy piece, if you don't mind a little cutting and pasting, can be made from the 2x2 round convex tiles. Cut a little length of shaft from anything you have handy and glue it to the back between the studs. [Ducking the bricks, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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So Pawel and I were talking a few weeks ago, about the guy who was making the rendered mech desktop wallpapers, and thought there wasn't enough castle wallpaper out there. You have already seen the awesome pic that Pawel made, and now I'm ready to (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Guys, *guys*.... please keep this out of all the theme groups. I for one don't enjoy wading thru tons of un-castle-related posts. Even the way-back post, was about SW, and this is posted in every theme group *but* .sw!! TIA -Shiri FUT .admin.general (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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-Having some inside/background info on this point I feel compelled to intervene… I'm responding to these statements first: (...) Apparently, there are those in the shadows who do not communicate through Lugnet, but choose to act as official (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Those are Sebulba prefab pieces from the Mos Espa Pod Race Set. (And about the only use I've seen for them.) Ben Gatrelle (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Personnally, I think it is one of the better websites. Not for its design, but for the creations in it. I just went through almost all of the major buildings and they all look great. One question, how did you make the little gargoyles (sp?) (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Sproaticus wrote in message ... (...) Probably, as most of the stuff I took to the fest was either copies of great models online, or inspired by the same. I just don't seem able to come up with many original ideas atm, but I still have to build, (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, the first picture is technically showing Castle creations... Special thanks go to Sheree Rosenkrantz for the sails. Note that these ships are slight mods of the little cutter in 6277 Imperial Trading Post. One difference is that (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Speaking of this, could people please set followups to the group appropriate for the MOCs you are discussing? Discussion of Star Wars MOCs don't belong in most of the groups this is posted to. Thanks (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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Dang, none of the DAT files work on Karim's page! (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | iPlanet Support - (URL) A division of AOL Time Warner | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, Brian, I think people (if they were not lawyers) were just trying to warn you, since people *have* been contacted by the LEGO Company about their URLs. e.g. Suzanne Rich had to move her old site to a new location (now www.baseplate.com). (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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* Lawrence Wilkes (lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk) [010430 14:30]: (...) The %20 is a space character, which isn't allowed in a URI, therefore it is escaped. (...) He was referring to your train post, not the micro scale starwars stuff (which isn't (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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(...) That was probably over the line, but all the people "yelling" at you were trying to look out for you. Ultimately you have to make your own decision about the risk level, but that domain name does fit a pattern that LEGO legal has acted on in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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