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| Good afternoon everyone, If you have not heard, Brickworld 2013 will be held at a new home - The Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center in Shaumburg, IL. This move is in response to the attendees desire to hold the event in a single room. We will be (...) (11 years ago, 15-Feb-13, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
| | | | | altBricks.com website ready for order with new stock
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| Hi All, The www.altBricks.com website is ready for orders!!! It took way longer than planned to get the site all up and running. And we have been so burried in "side" orders that we keep running out! But we just received a large shipment so there (...) (12 years ago, 9-Sep-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town)
| | | | | AltBricks Fall Leaf Collection :)
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| Hi All, AltBricks (Brick Link Store) has released the "Fall Leaf Collection"... • 100 Mixed Leaves (20 of each color): Brown, Dark Tan, Dark Red, Yellow, & Orange. $20.00 ea • 100 Brown leaves • 100 Dark Tan leaves • 100 Dark Red leaves • 100 Orange (...) (12 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Alt Bricks
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| Hi All, “Alt Bricks” (my new BrickLink.com store) is proud to announce its first custom product. Green Plant Leaves 6 x 5. This element is similar to the LEGO 6 x 5 plant leaf. This is NOT manufactured by LEGO. It is a custom element made for Alt (...) (12 years ago, 10-Mar-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | 4x2ReVu: 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge
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| Something most land-bound souls don't know or understand is the truth that a worthy sailing craft has a soul. Born among the timber and sweat of the craftsmen, bound to the heart of the captain and crew, the ship serves out her life to further the (...) (13 years ago, 2-May-11, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean sets
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| Ian McShane Joins Disney in Reveal of LEGO Captain Jack Sparrow Life-Size Statue Earlier this evening, Disney Consumer Products debuted new lines of toys from LEGO and JAKKS Pacific for this summer’s blockbuster, Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On (...) (13 years ago, 3-Feb-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.licensed, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) Okay, so here's a question I have for you. If the PotC theme results in the release of a set based on Sao Feng's junk, would that appease you? Not saying that I expect it to happen, but I realized today that it is something they would be able (...) (13 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld 2011 - Registration Open
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| Hello everyone, We are happy to announce that Brickworld registration is now open. We have been hard at work performing a complete overhaul on the registration process. In response to your feedback in the survey after last year's event, we have done (...) (13 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) And they often are. How many times have you seen complaints about how the Town theme largely consisted of a 3-year repeating schedule of police, fire department, and hospital stuff? Only in the last couple years have they started to really (...) (13 years ago, 5-Dec-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) True, but similar comments could be made of any theme. Trains are trains are trains, Castles are castles are castles. Yet for a fan of a theme, a greater number of models of varying price-points is always welcome. The truth is, how a tall ship (...) (13 years ago, 24-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) Yes, just poking a little fun at the original article. No insult directed at you Abner. :) -Hendo (13 years ago, 24-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) Never work, because we know kids NEVER run trains around curves too fast. Or crash them into things. IIRC, TRAINS magazine had a writeup of this movie (focusing on the "how it was made" details but with some other coverage) and the writer (...) (13 years ago, 22-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) Abner you provide a valuable service, please don't stop! I don't think Hendo was complaining about your work in reproducing this stuff, but rather commenting on the original content. Which does, to be sure, have some marketspeak in it. But all (...) (13 years ago, 22-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) What I always saw as a core problem with the Pirates theme is that you basically get small ships, large ships, forts, and the occassional island. That's pretty much it. Ships are ships are ships are ships, and where the Space subthemes had (...) (13 years ago, 22-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) (snip) I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you feel that way. -Abner (...) (13 years ago, 22-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) I would've been interested to see if a licensing of (URL) THIS MOVIE> would have been unstoppable or not;-) JOHN (13 years ago, 21-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) Hey Hendo! Long time no see. I think your points are valid for the main market (kids)... but for us, all sets are parts, and fodder for our own creations. So if this means more parts of certain kinds I'm pleased at the prospect. The problem of (...) (13 years ago, 21-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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| (...) A) I don't like "corporate speak" where executives use ridiculously long run on sentences to make their "mission statement" sound Biblically important. B) On topic: I'm torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan of the licensed (...) (13 years ago, 21-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Fortress Redband
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| (...) Thanks, I appreciate your comments especially given that your work has always been very impressive to me. -Ben Harris (14 years ago, 22-Jun-10, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Fortress Redband
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| Some very nice work there! And of course good to see you back posting. I'm always a fan of the castle/pirate interface MOCs since they share the joy around. I like the 'solidness' of your structure, the thought put into furnishing it, and the (...) (14 years ago, 22-Jun-10, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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