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(...) AHHHH! I hate cryptic initials! :-) LIC store? Where in Anaheim? Bruce just up in Chino Hills, CA (24 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.) (24 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 (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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) (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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? (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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