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My name is Alex Farlie. I DO NOT WORK FOR TLG However I did thank's to an indivdual at Hamleys get a NAME to contact in regard to ideas and comments. The individual I met was called Mike and is usally found by the Mindstorms sets on the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Alex. I think I mentioned "rape and pillage" in a previous post about the Vikings. And then there are the Beserkers..... (that's where going beserk originated from). Just go see the movie "Erik The Viking", a Viking comedy spoof from (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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Farlie A <ba124@city.ac.uk> wrote in message news:FpDAL2.F5E@lugnet.com... (...) theme (...) Pirates are a disreputable sort as well. Why do we have pirates? (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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A few ideas to bandy about: ancient greek/roman theme apollo moon missions theme a model of the titanic more imperials for the sw line -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You could say the same about the bandits in the ww sets or about a lot of other minifigs. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, D M Garcia (<FpDrBo.65B@lugnet.com>) wrote at 00:43:28 (...) No they're not! Pirating (as a privateer) used to be a reputable profession. And think of books like Peter Pan and Treasure Island. Pirating is jolly good fun, if (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Also ask anyone who has been on "Pirates of the Carribean" at any of the Disney Theme Parks. Marvelous! "Dead men tell no tales" (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But if you called a privateer a pirate, you'd probably get a sword though your tripes. The two things where quite different. Jonathan is right - the real pirates were a very nasty lot, just as bad as the Vikings. Peter Pan, Lego and Disney all (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Kevin Wilson (<389B0A61.B5C7C29C@...erve.com>) wrote at 17:20:33 (...) It depends whose side you were on. (...) Ahh. Because Pirates have already been romanticised by others into friendly, mostly harmless sailors and scallywags. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Next years theme most likely. (...) I don't think we'll see that. (...) That would be great! But it would probably cost about $15,000.00 (...) I've never been into Star Wars so I can't say anything about this ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) lugnet.cad.dat.models and tell me what you think. This ad brought to you by... ---...--- -- <`) Axel (F.) Poque /V\ axel.montypqpython@t-online.de powered by |_ | ]\[ |_| >< (_)> ---...--- ~~ -- e-mail: remove the obvious (spam, spam, spam, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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"Tony Priestman" <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:GirkWYAmbym4Ewr...n.co.uk... (...) I agree. I always thought of and read about Vikings in the same light you shined on this thread. Pirates on the other hand, have almost always been (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) being a lego theme (...) Hmmmm....I thought those two words would be Mega Blocks, as they already did these. Perhaps MB still has a copyright on this theme. Will Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, some of my best friends are (SCA) Vikings! :-) Seriously, the Vikings are being "rehabilitated" by historians at the moment but I suspect that the pendulum is doing what it normally does and swinging too far before ending up somewhere in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I saw that. Great model. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Kevin Wilson (<389B97CE.70494074@...erve.com>) wrote at 03:23:58 (...) That's my point. If you look at all the LEGO themes, they've already *been* romanticised. eg. Western, Pirates, Castle. Give the historians a few more years' (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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Follw Up: Mike says he will be having word with Niels on Thursday!! Things will happen afte that I'm sure! Alex (...) fans. (...) suprised!! (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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