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(...) Sauron was Morgoth's lieutenant in the Bad Ol' Days. Morgoth was the original Dark Lord, sort of a fallen-angel figure that had a great hand in the making of Middle-earth. He was originally known as Melkor, and was on the first rung of power (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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A whole batch of the Chrome Knights 4816,7,8,9) has just suddenly appeared in some UK stores. Are there now unavailable elsewhere? Is there still demand, or has everyone stocked up when they could? regards lawrence (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, I was just looking through the 80s catologs, trying to see if there was any other accessory pack sets I hadn't looked up the numbers for, and I didnt see any that had the 016 castle figure set offered. I thought maybe a lot of you haven't (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In the U.S. these items are supposedly readily available from Shop@Home at full retail price plus shipping. I bought several boxes worth, enough to make 4 complete chrome warriors at a KB Toy Liquidators for BOGO 50%. Then I went back the next (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As I posted in the shopping section of the marketplace newsgroup yesterday, my local Kaybee Toys store here in Virginia just got in a fresh shipment of the Chrome Knights after previously selling out of them last month. So it seems like (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Glad someone else feels that set isn't worth $80.00. I want the black hat too, but not for that price. All the other rare elements (flags, banners) I picked up on Brickbay dirt cheap (less then a buck for all the flags and 'sail' back castle (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Hobbits, Ringwraiths - minifig MOCs. Was: [Middle Earth Ramblings (loooong)]
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Todd I checked out your creations. Very nice. The black riders look very menacing. Great job. Hard to make the hobbits look shorter though. It would be nice if Lego would go more fantasy and come out with a hobbit, dwarf, or even child size minifig. (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gee, here in Australia the Castle sells for $199 Aud.. thats around $100US....!!!!!!! Kev...: ) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In Canada, King Leo's Castle goes for about $86.00 Canadian! (Thats about $60.00 USD) I still think that Canada has the best Lego prices in the world...Sure, we don't have the bogo 50% off sales, or those Aims 75% off super sales, but overall (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wholeheartedly agree. I hoped that lego would be forced to make a smaller minifigure when they purchased the rights to SW Episode I. It was pretty disappointing when Anakin turned out to be normal sized. Then I hoped that Lego would buy the (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The shield was certainly a disappointment. Even the Lion shield would be better. I was surprised that they gave the "bad guys" the silver shield... I also didn't like the dragon set. Expensive given that I really don't need anymore dragons (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ok, I know this thread has been beaten into the ground, but I have to say this one thing. According to Jimmy, he says that there will be something added to the S@H catalog. Some long requested wishes will soon be granted. Well, I don't know (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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What UK stores have the Chrome sets. I haven't seen amy about. btw. TRU in Peterborough (who incidentally seem to have the best selection of Lego anywhere Ive seen -better than the Cardiff store which sucks anyhow) has a fair few Fright Knight sets (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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"James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GD26q2.Aw0@lugnet.com... (...) anyhow) (...) see thread in lugnet.loc.uk Woolies regards lawrence (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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My packs arrived last night so I'd imagine the orders placed on Friday will arrive within the next day or so. I'll keep people uptodate on their packages. Is there any problems with customs sending packages to the states from the UK. Ive had (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Just been to the Entertainer and TRU in Cardiff and they both say they are no longer stocking Castle Lego the guy at TRU said it was due to product line refocusing. Now I know the sort of people who work in toy shops - I worked in one for a few (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) One method to make shorter looking mini-figs may be seen at this link: (URL) look a basic 1x2 black brick (or you can use 2 1x2 black plates for even shorter people) and painted one small gray/white line to make it look like legs and then 2 (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I'm not sure that this means that it's only the S@H dept. that's doing this, although it could be. My guess is that it's one of three things: - Accessory pack w/ Kinghts' Kingdom equipment - Bulk ordering for castle parts - Something (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There is no customs duty on LEGO being shipped into the US, I think what needs to be done is for the description put Construction Toys, LEGO in that box on the form. Ask in Lugnet.shipping to be sure (I don't do a lot of shipping either way). (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It could be just the fact that there is/was new castle sets released this year... That's my guess anyways, a number of store around me have either NO castle or just the leftovers.... Mike (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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