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thanks for the compliments but on the standing part I kind of cheated a bit. in case you didn't notice, I just used technic parts to hold the leg to the torso but the leg can't move!! it's stationary but can be wiggled a bit. I couldn't figure out (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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thanks for the complements! the only problem is whenever I do build my "own" style of mech, it either can't stand up, or looks like a big blob of plastic so whenever building mechs i have to cheat and copy someone else or else it doesn't work. I am (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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Dave, Thanks for the encouragement. I'm pretty positive you and the rest of the gang will be quite pleased with the rest of the designs. I am printing out a test page and applying them to various minifigs to see how they will turn out. I'll be sure (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Kyle, I wanted to post this to the Yahoo group but it's not up right now. After reading your last post to that group I just want to say I'm behind you all the way. As far as cost per sheet is concerned, if the rest of the designs are this good, (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Bah, I could care less about the legobuilders thing, that's an awesome site. Those dwarves look great--I'll definitely be using his method. (...) Well, I've never heard an actual description of Sauron other than in his giant bird form. (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thought this might be a neat place for a quick preview. (URL) is great, Illustrator is better" (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (URL) a look at that for Dwarves. Brian did an excellent job on the site: If you haven't seen it, look at it! (And don't give him trouble about the legobuilders part. :) (...) Holy moly!!! Sounds neato! What about Sauron? What will he look (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Radagast would probably work better with wolfpack torso, brown legs, brown Star Wars cowl and cape. Reverse the torso and switch the arms around if you don't like the wolfpack symbol. For Gandalf, the gray peasant torso, find some gray arms (I (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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thats a really great job, it looks kind of gladiator like too. are you planning on producing these for sale also? (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you need black heads, buy a couple of sith infiltrators, you will get 3 black heads AND a darth maul head. (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yay, Tolkien! If LEGO has to go after licenses, I really wish they would get a LOTR deal. I would like to do the Prancing Pony one day. (...) I have a wizard I made that was inspired by Radagast. I'll put up a pic. The other two wizards were (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Kev...: ) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Tell me about it. I haven't been able to build anything tan or brown for months! I'd grumble more if my wife hadn't used them to build a stunningly cool tavern/inn. :) (pictures will happen soon) James (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey I'm famous! <blushes> Thanks for the props! For a first mech that is very tall. Looks good. You have a handle on how to get it to stand and hey that's 3/4 of the battle with mecha. I like the upside down boat hull for feet. I was trying to do (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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(...) <nod nod nod nod> It is definitely great. (How many more times will we discuss this? ;-) -Shiri (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Sticker number 2. Enjoy. (URL) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Geordan! That is one great first Gundam (my first mobile suit was a walking trashcan). It is really refreshing to see something different than micro fig scale mechs. In the future, however, have more confidence in your building skills and (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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(...) In one day?? Geeze, probably the day the E1 Star Wars stuff came out, about $400. All told that month was probably closer to $700. But I may have done more that that is a single month period (likely). However, I'd best not say more, or the (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "Honey! I can't seem to find my red cannons or my center hull sections. Have you seen them anywhere???" Sharing is HARD. Aaron (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow, that was some really good constructive criticism there and that gallery should help alot. Although I didn't realize who it was by, that painting of Barad-Dur was what I was going to base my model off of. I don't quite know if I can make (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for your reply, and I just thought I'd take this time to thank everyone on Lugnet for being some of the friendliest people I've ever met. Without people like you, this world would be a much worse place to live in. By the way, I went and tried (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Being a HUGE Tolkien fan, I'd like to provide some input. *Please note that I favour John Howe's paintings of Tolkien's work the most, so I will give links to his paintings. (...) Nitpick: Rivendell (A.K.A. Imladris, The Last Homely House) is (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Absolutely. It was a set she'd never had, and always wanted, and outside of the budget she allows herself. I can take or leave pirates, and given $300 to spend, would spend it on a couple old castles long before I'd buy some old boat. <grin, (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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About the only word to describe the dimensions of Barad-Dur that you have proposed is wow. wow, wow, wow, wow, wow and wow some more! But seriously if you intend to put as much care and effort into it as you have done planning this thing out, it (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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As some of you might know, I just came out of my Dark Ages. As my post-Dark Ages masterpiece, I'm going to build a replica of J.R.R Tolkien's Middle Earth, very very microfig-style. However, I want to build Barad-Dur (Sauron's MASSIVE tower in (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Everyone, Just wanted to share the pictures from our meeting yesterday. This has been cross posted to .castle because almost all the pics are Castle MOCs! Every meeting we place scraps of paper in a box and draw ideas for the building theme for (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.us.sealug)
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It seems to me, now that I look back, that I have grown as a lego enthusiast. Grown, or reverted, who knows. Now that I look back... I see that my building style has matured. When I think about my first huge castle, built with the help of my friend (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I finally got pictures up of my first gundam. I can't say it's bad but it definitely needs work. My ninja fortress is my favourite. three levels with living quarters beneath and inter changeable roofs. the gundam was styled after bryce's big blue (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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Hello all, I've been giving some more thought to the tournament that would happen at The Gathering at Brickfest 2001. I got to thinking; we all have been discussing this a bit, and people are wanting different things. So, here's what I toss up to (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahh...I remember that. Yeah, took long enough, and I've still got only a few...more I tells ya, I need more! -Chris (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I do believe that you are a ‘benchmark’ in the Castle community and in Lugnet in general!!! (...) Thanks Shiri, it’s nice to be remembered. On a nostalgic trip into the annals of .Castle I dug up my first post. It was with Chris Maddison, and (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) everyone...: ) Kev...: ) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) none the less quite well done. My hat's off to ya! JJ (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey all, I just thought I'd let you see some torso stickers I threw together. I plan to use them as soon as I find myself access to a printer capable of printing them out to a good quality. I hope you like them. More to come. (URL) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think I'm pretty well known, but in that sort of agravating, "darn, there's that ffilz guy bidding on every single item I was interested in from eBay today" sort of way.... Hey, I am slowing down, though I did just figure out that the pile (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And if you type in "Shiri" in the search box, you get about 1400 in .castle! Sorry, just had to point that out. : ) (...) I know what that's like! My webpage won't even feature castle for the near future, because I don't have a digital camera (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for clearing that up. I'm satisfied. Now we can all return to patiently but anxiously awaiting the "big announcemnent" in July. (insert winking smiley face emoticon here if you're in to that kind of silliness) G. (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think only $500. (?!) surprising. But I then split it up and gave away the LEGO. At peak, in 1995, I know I was spending about $1,500 a month. I remember the shock each time I got my AmEx bill. I had zero discipline. I think I spent at that (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) For your *wife*, huh? <wink, wink, nudge, nudge> ;-) -Shiri (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, I think we're all kinda wondering that. You don't have to tell us what your relationship to them is. Then again, without any additional info, I (and probably many others) will take most info with a grain of salt. (BTW, it's interesting (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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