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Hi everyone, I don't know if anyone of you have noticed, but while looking at the new 2000 castle, I noticed something that looked like a girl in the window. Now, I wasn't sure, but when I re-looked at the catalog (Kevin Loch's database) I noticed (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hi, shiri ~ the close up scans showed here up a month or two ago, and the tex avery wolf behavior sky-rocketed in some fun and funny posts... too lazy to search for them now...but worth finding for a chuckle. one of the funnier observations (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Heresy! And what -- take off the black castle maiden hat! No, no, no! You just leave my Black Queen alone, okay? Sheeesh! First the moo-men, now this... -- Richard (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But did you notice the female guard of the castle? No closeups, just a glimpse of red lips in the big castle photo. It might be the same face as the maiden fair, but it's hard to tell for sure from the photo. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) glimpse (...) It *may* be a new face, it is hard to tell. Looking at my catalog, she appears to have lips similar to the old Pirate babe ("Full"? "Pouty"? Can anyone think of a good word? I'm pretty sure they're different from the Princess's (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually (resizing and enhancing the scanned image), it almost looks like the female head from Adventurers... Hey! I just realized that her torso has a print for 'feminine armor'! :):) Well, ok, I'm not 100% sure (it's a tiny picture!). And (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well if you're gonna have a female wearing armor, you've got to take those features into account! (Female fencers in the real world do). Kevin (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Any armorer in... 1) A Frazetta painting 2) A Dungeons & Dragons illustration 3) An Operad-sd 4) A Fantasy Movie etc, etc, etc. Armor with... ahem... feminine features is a pretty common thing in fictional sword-and-sorcery settings, which (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Anybody seen Xena Warrior Princess lately?????? -Nick Steve Bliss wrote in message <8thPOAILDokZwCUfsfS...ax.com>... (...) <snip> (...) idea -- (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm pretty sure it isn't Gail Storm. The eyse are different. (...) It doesn't appear to be form fitting armor. It *is* a shweet new Plate Mail design, though. There may be an opening showing off some of her cleavage, but it could just as (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) yeah, she was over here at my place sunday night, and we were enjoying a couple of glasses of wine by the fire... meanwhile, back in reality: i just saw the magnificent "fallen angel" episode. one day i'll post pics of my xena & gabrielle (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm. I can't tell. Dr. Kilroy is hoarding all the magnifying glasses. It would be cool to get another face based on the "pouty lips" face (there are two, right? The Pirate Wench/Islander Babe face, and the Ice Planet Babe face). But it doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the (...) face). (...) -- (...) but (...) like (...) build a (...) You's guy's must live in the Bermuda Triangle where all the new stuff mysteriously goes, We ain't got nuttin' down here in the South. I am tired of tipping boxes to see the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the (...) Everytime someone uses that name, I think of a robot from Secret of Mana. Anyone else? No? 'Kay, guess I'm just wierd... :) (...) Definitely. As far as I know, yes, those are the only two. (...) Yeah, yer right! Cool, actual female (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) are (...) People, she is just wearing a *tight* blue dress, nooo armor (she's got cleavage!) with a shawl (spelling?) or sweatery thing over her shoulders. She ain't no warrior chick. Aaron>maniac@vol.com (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Look at the knight by the ramp up to the gate. It's a she. You can tell by the obviously red lips. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looks like Joan of arch time. :/ Time to get the fire ready! :) Lord Doyle of Nelsonshire (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ah yes, a warrior babe. About time lego put another chick who can fight into the castle theme (besides that brown-haired chick from the Dark Forest). I most definitely will try to get her in any way that I can, even if I have to shell out a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I got lucky - I came across a Snowspeeder in Wal-Mart which was opened, but complete. Otherwise, I'd still be 2000-catalog-less. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) glimpse (...) Do you mean the guard to the right of the king? From Brickshelf, it's hard to tell... (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ooooh! I wanna see! Can you send me them, maybe? Thanx Shiri (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Perhaps you have a larger picture than I do, but I have to say that the only female I see is on the top of the tower of 6091. The knight by the gate shows no obvious female characteristics. In fact, with that style helm on, how can you say for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) armor'! :):) (...) Mail (...) I think they're talking about a different girl - they think there are two girls - the "princess", AND a warrior-girl. I'm not so sure - I don't have the catalog with me, and the one at brickshelf isn't clear (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My Reasons (may not be enough for you, though): A. I own The Catalog; B. I looked at it under magnification; C. If that is a Mustache, the knight has no mouth and a very long face; D. It looks an awful lot like the Pirate Wench's Head; E. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And we all know that only girls have eyelashes. *laugh* (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) shows (...) red (...) minute (...) You seem quite proud of yourself (and quick to temper), Ok, I know now that I was wrong, cause I have SEEN it. I did not wish to offend (no need to get riled), just wished to make a statement from opinion and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <Snipped my stuff> (...) Ack! I should've realized that sounded angry and arrogant, I apologize. I didn't *mean* for it to sound that way, in fact I wasn't very angry at all. I just wanted to plainly state why I believed what I did. After I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But, but, Hollywood says that all people in the middle ages were beautiful. That must make it true! James (URL) not an actor, but I play one on TV..." (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Too true. And in the interest of equality, why don't they make printed muscle-bound males to go with these ambitiously-drawn female figures? How are we supposed to make hulking barbarians? Is this some sort of TLG bias? All in fun, Dave! (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I don´t like her torso print. It´s too... well, you probably know what I mean. and lego babes shouldn´t look like that. In Paradisa, none of the girl minifigs looked like that. --Tobias (...) 2000 (...) work (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Don't forget the Islanders babe who was even topless, save for her strategically placed lei. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Actually, I never saw she was a woman until a few months ago. But I still think that the castle babe is "worse", I don´t know why. --Tobias Kevin Knoot skrev i meddelandet ... (...) girl (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Provocative? (...) There was a paradisa babe (or a townie, in any event) with visibly defined sexual characteristics (breasts) printed on her. A yellow torso printed with a red swimsuit-looking top. LEGO's been making figures with visibly (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I thought the "red space" was a robe or cloak... Jeff (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Yeah. Exactly. (...) I have seen that, but the swimsuit was "flat-looking". This one has curved lines, which I don´t like. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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