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(...) I think it's based on a Marian (sp?) Zimmer Bradley book. The only fantasy I've even read is Tolkien, so I don't know else much about it. She's pretty popular, though; when I worked in a bookstore, I got a lot of questions about her, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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By and large, TV in the U.S. doesn't feature much source material for my Asian/Ninja theme creations, but occasionally there are glimmers of hope... While jogging around the wasteland of TV, I saw an advertisement for a movie on NBC (U.S. TV (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) FNF, for design Shanghai Surprise, good for parts (3 jewels, coins, emperor fig, 2 red ninjas, 6 2x4 tan bricks, which were hard to get) (...) Stone Walls, Samurai Helmets, and Trap Wall with Print (...) I really like the red robber fig with (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I think it is possible and you, of all of us, has ready source material for inspiration =8^) I would like to be able to "cover up" blemished/old/scratched bricks with a nice pattern... While I have been happy w/ my brick+ plate walls, it would (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) This is not a bad idea. I might be able to produce something from original sources and make a full page .EPS file available for download for anyone who wanted to print em. I'll think about adding this to my todo list. Chris Barker (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Flying Ninja Fortress (...) Probably the rock walls. (...) The standard samurai as in Samurai Swordsman. (...) More hair pieces, a hat instead of the radar dish, more faces. -Marc (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Mine are made thus far using a tan 1x frame containing "paper panels" of two 1x4's. Doesn't slide though :( (...) I'm working on a tea ceremony scene now. I also plan on using the set in a story. (...) I was thinking of trying something like (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I (...) I have a LEGO hair piece that has two ponytails, one over each shoulder. I think it came with a male 'fig, but it works better on females. Did you try using it? (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) The huge one, Flying Ninja Fortress. (...) I like the new spiky plant element, and the decorative fish statue. (...) I like the robbers in the 1998 subtheme. The ninja princess is the only figure I don't have. Can someone please show me a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Stone Tower Bridge. I thought all the second generation were poorer buys (less parts) than the first. (...) Sloped stone walls. The armor, helmets, and other accoutrements were all welcome, but to be expected. The walls were something very (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I never owned any islanders til I embarked on my superfortress plan a few years ago...After acquiring some islanders in the first couple bulk lots I purchased, I began experimenting w/ minifig accessories and figures (primarily determining (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I'm not really a Ninja fan, yet I own a ton of Ninja sets, go figure... Actually, I probably will make some Ninja MOCs, I'm just not a real student of Japanese culture, so my MOCs will be more based on what looks cool to me. I must complement (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I began designing interiors long before I ever tried the exteriors...lol I wanted to include some overhead beams, columns, raised suites/rooms, sliding doors, and floor mounted doors. The reason why my Gatehouse and other structures are so (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I really like the last one! I've been trying to figure out what to do for shoji walls for a while now. I really want to do sliding doors for the inside of a house/castle. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) True. It is fairly close to the hairstyle of Japanese women at that time. Maybe I'll have to get me an islander or three now. I'm gonna need a Tomoe Gozen minifig for a project and that would look better than the standard long hair. Chris (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) 3053 Emporor's Stronghold. (...) Stone walls, anything mini-fig related, i.e. faces, armor, katanas, helms, torsos, printed legs, ninja hoods, etc... (...) Really like them all. The Emperor fig is very cool. The green ninjas. The Shogun from (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I agree that the appeal of this set is undeniable =8^) I almost said 3053...After building a couple of these, there is alot of detail and the Tan+blue color scheme seems to really work. I have more elements in white, red, + black than Blue+tan (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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I guess it would only be fair if I also answer ^_^ (...) 3053 because it looks more "Japanese" than any of the others. I've been able to produce other interesting structures using the parts from this set as well. (...) Stone walls. It would just be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Tough call...I can think of positives for all of them. BUT, Ultimately, the 6093 FNF... Reasoning: 10 Sloped rock walls Good selection of figures White Log walls+bricks Interesting (if incomplete) design (...) TIE SCORE: Dark Gray Samurai (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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It had to come sooner or later (sooner in this case) and will probably come up again, but anyway... 1 Which is your favorite Ninja set? 2 Which is your favorite piece introduced by the Ninja theme? 3 which is your favorite Ninja theme minifig? 4 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Actually, I figured it was the Lego-something Or Other (LOO). I just wanted to know it's location. But thanks for the kind information! Bruce (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Hey Christopher! Thanks for looking, I appreciate it! I honestly think that LEGO has never produced a trans. pink 1x1 but I'd love for anyone to prove me wrong. As for the pink flowers, I do have those, and that's an awesome idea! Thanks! I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Then you might wanna consider checking this out! (URL) that helps! -Shiri (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) E-Ticket, LOL! Downtown Disney is an outdoor shopping center/entertainment complex that starts at the ticket booth area in front of Disneyland and stretches across the street to the Disneyland Hotel. It's open to the public with no addmission (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Ahhh! The sweet taste of success! Chris (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) It was the consumer catalog. There is no equivalent of shop.lego.com for Japan. Chris (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Can you put up some shots of these? AFAICT no one here in Japan knows of more than 4... Chris (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Oooo...oooh, yeah. I remember that... those were the good ole days. It was so much fun and brain-juice-flowing to hash out all the details... (...) What a brilliant idea! I wish I had thought of that... Thanks! (...) We sure did! -Shiri (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Cool! It's good to have something that you can call your own :) I remember that in the heat of all of the discussion about Castle World, .castle was # 1 overall - and by a pretty good margin. I figured that this might never happen again so I took a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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As of 4:15 am Sunday morning US EST, .castle.ninja had more posts in the last 24 hours than .castle... Nice momentum...I am thoroughly satisfied =8^) I don't care if it is a new group record or not (castleworld probably set that), but who cares! (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(steam coming out of ears at more cryptic comments) :-) Now, just imagine that I haven't lived in southern california all my life and didn't first visit Disneyland in (oh gosh! Erasing date and simply mentioning I remember it before the flying (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Sorry for not being specific enough. In LIC I meant Lego Imagination Center. As Jon said it is in the new Downtown Disney and has been open for about a month. The phone number in case anyone is intrested is 714-991-6512. I just got home from (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I personally think that an accessory pack would be completely awesome, especially if it had one or two pieces of armor in it and at least 3 helmets in it. I doubt it will happen, but a man can dream, no? - Craig Livingston (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) It was only a matter of time...Ninja theme stuff disappeared from my part of the world a year ago. Emmanuel in France has been pumping Ninja at discount for 6 months. The Ninja stock in Japan will probably appear in Europe or U.S. next if it (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I have 8 also...(4 purchased in Japan w/ Kabaya packaging and 4 from Australia in Lego boxes) There were 2 generations of Kabaya sets just as there were to the regular Ninja line (4 sets in each release) Sets from the first generation appeared (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Was that the Lego consumer catalog or a dealer catalog ? Some current product lines are not shown in the sping catalog. Most of the Ninja sets were (c) 1998 or 1999, which makes sense in the two year product cycle. Its time has come. I just (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Today I went to pick up a pack of Dacta technic joiners (at a shop in Akihabara, the electronics district, which specializes in robotics of all things) and saw the 2001 Lego Japan catalog. Zero Ninja sets. None, nada, nai. CHIKUSO!!!!! (18+ (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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snipped for brevity... (...) 8 Kabaya Ninja sets? I only know of four. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I orderd mine from the Lego S@H phone# on a few occasions...Initially, these sets were backordered, but that doesn't seem to be a problem anymore... ***I will caution you to order between 9am+5pm. Otherwise, you may get the less knowledgable (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I don't know if this is the store they are referring to, but between Disneyland and disney;s california adventure there is ashopping center called downtown disney. There is a sizable Lego store located at the west end. They have all of the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) AHHHH! I hate cryptic initials! :-) LIC store? Where in Anaheim? Bruce just up in Chino Hills, CA (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) <set:3345> and <set:3346> do not show up on the LegoShop website, are they still available over the phone? James (who hopes he hasn't missed out because L.D. can't keep to a timetable.) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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You can purchase sets #3344 and #3345 from S@H. They have actually been available from S@H for some time now. However, I've never seen them shown in the catalogues. -L (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I got mine at the new LIC store in Anaheim, CA. They still have a lot available if anyone's intrested in working something out. Sorry if I'm not supposed to ask anything like that in this group. Christopher Pisciotti Loch Forest, CA (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Hi all, I've been reading you guys posts about the ninja heroes sets. Are they available in the US. I got the green ninja set from S@H but I haven't seen the other two anywhere. Are they finally available from S@H? Thanks Steve (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) The most entertaining book I read about US subs in the Pacific was the venerable 'Pig Boats,' a popular-issue book that was as of 1992 still available in paperback. As for academic books, Morison like most was still enamoured with the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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In lugnet.castle, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes: Here is my review of the Ninja Heroes when I received them a few months ago (for those of you who are interested in my opinion or if you don't have these yet) (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I like the minifig pack and the miniheroes, but more than anything, I wish Lego would release a Ninja accessory pack with swords, helmets, etc so I may continue my tradition of "Samur-izing" every minifig and his brother... I felt the same way (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Cool, isn't it? (Thanks again to Chris for asking and Todd for delivering) (...) I had to sell off some assets awhile back, but my Samurai, Ronin, Ninja armies still number 1000+. (...) Ninja sets disappeared from retailers around me a year (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) "Blind Man's Bluff" is a great book about the history of submarine warfare. (...) Japanese pirates during the period that the Ninja sets apply often picked up Koreans from ports they raided as part of the crew. Chris (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm still working 300 years before that! (...) Before Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea, there was really no Japanese "navy" so ship building tended to be on a fairly small scale, except for troop transports which were very boxy. (...) extremely (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Glad to see I'm not the only one building Ninja armies. =) My latest storyline involves the ninja clans attacking the regular castle folk, so I've been bulking up on the ninja figs - mwhahahaha! Last night's count shows 492 which includes 219 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Hmmmm, I haven't counted it, and I still have a bunch in unopened boxes. 30 cavalry, I know. Somewhere around 150-180 foot including MIB shirkers, maybe a third of that Ninja that I'm slowly acquiring helmets so they can be converted to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I have a total ninja/samurai army of about 80. I can probably muster 20-25 mounted units. Christopher Pisciotti Loch Forest, CA (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Was the train in the water? Can you recommend any good books about submarines the Pacific theater? I've read the Pacific volumes of Samuel Eliot Morison's History of US Naval Operations, but I don't remember there being too much in there about (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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My name is Sun and I TOO am a Lego Ninja theme fan. Like many other compatriots on this board, I was brought out of my dark ages thanks in part to this theme. My current involvement with the theme is fairly limited because of other Lego projects etc (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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I didn't even notice this news group until today. It's great that there is a place now where I can be sure to see stuff on ninja and nothing else to water things down :) So I was just wondering, how big are everyone's ninja armies? I asked this (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Maybe not as ambitious as you think. I was only going to build one of the main donjon but it would span 4 large grey baseplates - am guessing 84n x 84 studs wide at the base of the donjon. Will report once I have done a nawabari ("laying down (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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I spent last night sorting my ninjas and was wondering how you guys categorized them. There are black, grey, white, red, and green ninjas. So does each ninja class perform different jobs in your worlds? (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) You'll need some black hulls! (...) I think there's a minor difference between full-blown junks and sampans (sorry, I learned the spelling used by the US Navy during WWII--as maru traffic vanished, US subs began spending torpedoes on (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yes...when the Ninja theme came out, I immediately thought cool! Shogun with Lego! If you ever read or saw James Clavell's "shogun" you'll see that the Portuguese were very active in Japan. I realize this novel takes great liberties with (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) To the best of my knowledge, junks (later called san-pans) were Chinese/Korean in origin. I was under the impression that a majority of Japanese ships were coastal vessels, small fishing boats or galleys, designed for short journeys and (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That's a great scene! You can build some neat small ships out of non-pirate pieces - then you could do a Commodore Perry scene. Well, you have definitely inspired me - I already have my pirate crew assembled, and I'm going to start working on (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) You and me both =8^) (...) The reason why I built my "Gatehouse" in such large scale was to get a feel for how large a structure would need to be to accomodate many of the rooms you mention. A personal goal is to build a structure that can (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Answered offline (...) www.bricksmiths.com (...) Count me as interested, depending on price point, and I don't even "do" castle. :-) Larry Pieniazek Bricksmith www.miltontrainworks.com (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) No pirate ships. I don't have any and they are WAY too expensive in Japan. Two pics from that MoC are here (URL) plan to rebuild and overhaul this idea later since very few of the photos came out well. Chris (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, there were a lot of Japanese pirates. They used to make life very unpleasant for the Koreans and Chinese. The Koreans called em "Wako". Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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4 48x48 plates? Are you sure that will be big enough ?_? I went there years ago and all I remember is that the rooms were small and the floors were dark brown wood... Have you looked at (URL) ? lots of pics and it has a good English section for (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Guild of Bricksmiths (URL) Finally, I like the white+ blue combo for castles e.g. Himeji which was (...) Very ambitious! Are you thinking of dealing with the fact that each structure is built from a different base altitute? Chris (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Hmm, a Ninja island for the Pirate Game... I'll have to think about how that might work into the game... Of course there's lots of opportunity for piracy and whatnot in the oriental world. In fact, that corner of the world is one area where (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Definitely! Especially the Imperial Armada troops like in set 6280. I've even considered adding a William Adams/Blackthorne character to my Samurai ranks. Christopher Pisciotti Loch Forest, CA (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Actually, I was just thinking about that whole concept. There is a big Pirate Game get-together that is supposed to be happening in June, and I was thinking about the possibility of building an island inhabited by Ninja types. I would love to (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Also the usual range of rooms you'll find at any military-type structure... kitchens, training rooms (dojo, in the case of ninja stuff), barracks, servants quarters... probably more stuff, but these are the first things that pop to mind with (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Here's my open question for the group which will help me out when I am planning my interiors. I am planning a very large (4 gray baseplate) Himeji castle and would like to have some ideas on what people have read or think are legitimate Japanese (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Chris, Now you got me intrigued. Who are the GoB folks ? Do they have a website ? I might explore the possibility of a custom castle if people are interested but I don't even know how to gauge interest ? Also, to make the custom set reasonably (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I looked at all these when I was at Legoland - I felt 3344 was dreadfully overpriced for a single figure. The set with the green ninja was okay, but still on the high side. Bruce (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) The Mini Heroes Collection, sets 3344, 3345, 3346, add a little more variation. I especially like 3344 with it's black armor and horned helmet. I think he makes a pretty cool Ronin leader or a Diamyo for your red army. Would have been nice if (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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At least we got firing cannons! Cannons were not common in Japan during this period, but they did exist. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Has anyone considered that pirate minifigs work well as Portugese traders and missionaries within the Ninja world? I did a MoC based on this which I'll post pics of one day. Maybe I'll get around to doing some Nagasaki MoCs since it was one of the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Yeah 7,800 yen to be exact. 14,800 yen for the FNF. And we do not have anything like Walmart where stuff can be bought at closeout prices. Even the used pricing in online auctions over here is outragous. (...) Maybe KK could be convinced to (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Well, 1099, (some of the other small ones were released by Kabaya) and maybe 6082 + 6045. I'll have to check on this... (...) AFAICT the Ninja line did not sell well here. The euro castle stuff seems to sell OK though. They managed to (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) When I was in Japan last September, I noticed that there were a lot of Ninja sets on the shelves there. However, it wasn't clear to me if there were lots of Ninja sets because it was selling so well in Japan, or whether because they didn't (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Know that feeling well...lol (and I never really had a dark age) (...) I remember buying the 6089 Stone Tower Bridge and 6093 FNF in the same week shortly after they were released. After I built both of them, I realized that I would need MANY (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) <blush> Thank You...twice I am of the same thought as KK, I will credit you WHEN your design shows up in my future creations =8^) (...) Ahh...yes my "warriors of the steppes" AKA the Michelin clan...lol I would be interested in seeing what you (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Very cool. Chris (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) ROTFL! I'm also one someone who was lured back into Lego by the Ninja theme. I build lego every spare moment as a boy but dropped out of Lego for about 20 years until I happened to be in a toy store last year and saw the Ninja sets. My (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Marc, Excellent design for nagatina. I for one have always gone for look and feel and this captures the essence of the curved spear. Don't be surprised if this shows up on one or more of the troops on the next Japanese castle I build. Credit (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Thanks! It's pretty neat to teach something to somebody who has come up with such cool stuff. I'll have to put up some pics of my minifigs that were inspired by your tire-hat guys. Actually, I got the idea about a naginata from those same (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Not a bad reason to get back into collecting.... personally, I don't know what brought me back into collecting.... maybe it was all the stuff I was missing most of all....fantasies associated with setting up and "playing" with a Lego City, or (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Very cool and servicable design...far superior to my Lightsaber hilt design in terms of strength. Your design captures the essence of what I wanted...Thanks for sharing this...I never thought of using a Technic pin to secure the katana. Learn (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I make mine with an antenna, technic half-peg, and katana: (URL) I'm really glad there's a ninja group now. Along with Wild West, it was one of the themes that got me really back into LEGO. Thanks, everybody! -Marc (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I'll third it :) the Ninja theme was what got me back into Lego too. I was very disappointed it only Ran (pun intended, for you Kurosawa fans) for two years. Christopher Pisciotti (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I pretty much leave the banners affixed to structures or saddles...at least for now (A couple viewings of "Samurai Banners" and you will have a strong desire to add flags to everything...lol) SNIP (...) That reminds me...I longed for the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) build items which (...) not available as (...) involving a "brick (...) other solutions (...) To see what Chris means click on the link and there are pics about 2 pages in: (URL) apologize if the link is broken. The Lugnet server truncates my (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Butt. I just use one hand to hold the side-grip on the lance or saddle-mount it. The Japanese didn't seem to be long on shields, so minifig anatomy being what it is, only one hand is needed for a weapon. (...) Not a lot of other choices. You (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Some suggestions in addition to S@H: Don't forget to check your local retailer...KayBee near my old apartment had Ninja Surprise and FIre Fortress out the wazoo (and we know how paiful that can be) Ninja items began showing up frequently in (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Yeah they are available at S@H....most are on sale too. Give code JS01 to get special pricing. i.e. Emperor's Stronghold $32.00. Jonathan (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Regardless they are on sale all over the net. Look up which set/s you want and there will be places its sold at listed, or click on brickwise and look them up. For SHOP @ HOME also, I have called and given the number of what I want, even when (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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are any of the ninja sets available at S@H anymore? (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I'll second that. Ninja was the first reason that I got back into Lego and I am glad that I no longer have to wade through castle posts looking for the rare ninja post. - Craig (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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