 | | NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | All followups to LUGNET.ORG.US and LUGNET.LOC.US.MA.BOS (because that is where TCS is). As most of you know many of us in NELUG are going to work on a Window Display at The Construction Site in Waltham MA ( www.constructiontoys.com ). We hope to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) My vote would be for 2,3,and 4 combined (maybe even 5 too, but that might be tough to squeeze in): A large castle on one end... elevated, and toward the rear of the display, kind of on that "hillside" type style. I'm picturing it towards the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | <snip lots of good ideas (...) I guess we can make room for a Barbarian Horde :-). It would work well with the new 2000 sets anyway. (...) I would say that at the moment we need a little of everything although the only castle that has been mentioned (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | (...) Hmm...I think these two have the most possibility. Maybe one big castle, being beseiged by an enemy army, that is guarding the approach to the town. In the town, life goes on as usual...for now... (...) With the idea above we could use King (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | (...) I guess the only thing that worries me about King Leo's Castle is is it going to be underscaled compaired to the rest of the city? I really don't know so any input there would be helpful. (...) sections (...) build (...) something (...) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David Eaton
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| | | | | | (...) Actually... I like that! (...) Yep! Definitly a good idea... I could easily contribute a Bull's Attack, 2 Catapult Crushers, 2 Axe carts, and the little siege vehicle from 6098 as well... (not to mention 11 Moo Men...) Plus any more that I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | (...) Hi Eric and everyone else at NELUG, Your ideas for TCS sound great! Please tell me when you're planning on doing this, I'd love to see it! Also if you're missing some soldiers for your battles I have soldiers from 6090 and 6097 to contribute, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David Eaton
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| | | | Ok, so far (although recently it looks like the conversation has died down) we've seemed to agree that we'd probably at least like a castle and a town for the NELUG castle display at the Construction Site (see prior messages for history).. To date, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | (...) I'm pretty sure Al's long lost ancestor was a blacksmith (in the 2-part episode where they go to England and two towns try to kill them to alleviate an ancient curse). Wasn't he? eric (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | (...) I thought they were the lords of the manor, actually. But it's been a long long time since I saw it, and that show never rises above mindless unmemorable timekiller anyway. Jasper (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Only problem is that we could only serve Horse, Kaddu, and Polar Bear. :-) (...) I was thinking of including some of these in my market. I have already built a Flower Shop for the market and was considering an Armory as well although as I have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | (...) Just thinking on this-- a side of ham-- a brown 2x2 cylinder, a 1x1 brown cylinder, and a 1x1 round plate for the 'bone' coming out of the bottom (or top) of the 2x2 cylinder... I wonder if that would come out looking in any way like a slab of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | (...) I used red 1x2 plates, red 1x1 round plates, etc in my butcher's shop. Of course, I was also constrained by space (trying to showhorn them into the windshield-coolers)... Bigger pieces of meat might well be appropriate for a medieval setting. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) And standards. Do we want to use thin or thick baseplates? And should each 'unit' have a standard size so that we can fit them together easily? I guess we could use mixtures of thin and thick plates to show that the land isn't perfectly (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | (...) I don't know that we have any standards but there seem to be a lot of the 16x32 tan baseplates around (I have at least 10 and I think Dave said he has a similar number). I think these work well for building the town on. It gives a more worn (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hmm... a nice grassy knoll might look kinda cool... I might be able to do something like that too... Not really sure... I don't have THAT many green bricks, but I do have a few hundred (that's with 1x1's too, I'd guess)... I might be able to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David A. Karr
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| | | | | | (...) Indeed, since a peasant trying to buy armor or a sword would likely pay an arm and a leg (literally! and maybe his head, too, in the bargain), I'd say these items were "unaffordable." Bear in mind that the Dungeons & Dragons world, in which (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Shaun Sullivan
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| | | | | How about: 1. Cooper (Barrel Maker) ! 2. A stackade or some similar public humiliation penance 3. Stonemasons Shop (people levelling/chiseling large stone blocks smooth ??) 4. Some indeterminite Building under construction (large brown support (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | It might be worthwhile posting some of the ideas here to lugnet.castle. I don't think it's wise to crosspost the whole discussion because it would get sidetracked, but there have been some great ideas flying about which I happen to be catching (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Well here is a project that just seemed to spring out of thin air. I was just experimenting with using the new castle wall pieces (The one that comes with King LEO). It started out as a barracks but quickly turned into more of an Inn (A very (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | Hi NELUG, I sure wanted to attend your meeting last Monday but it was really impossible to get in from New York. Now I'm driving over this weekend to see the TCS store (ok it's not the only reason.) Also I would love to contribute a piece to the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) Well we seem to have added a few more possible creations to the display but the conversations seems to once again have died down. So now that my Inn & Tavern are complete I thought I would try and get this thread moving again. I would like to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) Sounds great! We should probably get the exact dimentions of the window before doing it too (although like the Mindfest SW display, we can have our own "custom" setup that might look cooler when not restricted to space, too...) (...) I think (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) <snip> (...) Sounds very cool! We definitly need houses for the common folk. Like I said I might try one myself but I am not sure. As far as the wall it sounds great. (By 2 bricks thick I assume you mean 4 studs thick?). (...) Well if you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | (...) Hi guys, I have one two-story plus attic medieval townhouse built. I want to try to make a few hovels next. (Those are pits in the ground with a crude roof overhead.) I've got quite a few peasant characters and some livestock in crude pens. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Ooohh! The hovels sound really cool. Can't wait to see how to tackle that one. The townhouse sounds great too. (...) Well I am always up for building. It seems I am always building alone except for when I get the chance to build with my 5 year (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | | | | | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm... —Joe Comeau
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| | | | (...) make (...) built (...) Snip! (...) arch (...) Suzanne, I'd definitely be up for a mini build fest, especially since a very large majority of my bricks are the Mindstorms/Technic kind which forces me to be more of an observer than a participant (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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