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Re: Egyptian Theme in Town
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:54:53 GMT
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craig hamilton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
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> > Since I've been on a movie palace (theatre) kick lately ..... I was
> > looking at some of the Egyptian sets at KMART recently and I was
> > thinking about building an Egyptian themed theatre (sort of on the lines
> > of Grauman's Chinese in Hollywood, but with Egyptian accents). Although
> > never as popular as the Oriental or Mayan themes, there are a few
> > theatres in the USA with an Egyptian style. This is because the
> > discovery of King Tut's Tomb in 1922 coincided with the renaissance of
> > the movie palace era of the 1920's. Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in the
> > Los Angeles area is probably the greatest surviving of the Egyptian
> > theaters, and is currently undergoing restoration. And there is an
> > Egyptian Theatre in Ogden Utah.
> >
> > So, in order to use up some of those Egyptian specialty pieces, I think
> > I will build an Egyptian Theatre in my LEGO town. It's the best way to
> > tie the Adventurers Egyptian theme into the Town System. Another
> > possibility would be to build a Egyptian Art Deco gas station (or King
> > Tut's "a condo made a stona").
> >
> > Gary Istok
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> gary ~
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> what a grand idea! there's also a egyptian motif in the ballroom of the
> fabulous fox theatre in atlanta, ga.. another possibility would be an egyptian
> exhibit in a museum. (or a disco..."funky tut!")
You'll need palm trees...("born in Arizona...")
-John
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> later ~ craig~
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| (...) I thought he was "born in Babylonia"... Oops. You'll need some tiered gardens, with lots of decorative pools. BTW, will Tut's pyramid pump water? Steve (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Oh, come on! Palm trees are *so* easy to come by... The hanging gardens in Babylon, now that sounds like a great project. But I don't know how I could use Egyptian stuff in it. Any suggestions? Shiri B-) The B stands for "Basically, it's to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) gary ~ what a grand idea! there's also a egyptian motif in the ballroom of the fabulous fox theatre in atlanta, ga.. another possibility would be an egyptian exhibit in a museum. (or a disco..."funky tut!") later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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