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(...) They did indeed change the size of the pin. I noticed it because the chests wouldn't hold together at all I think. Here's my original post on the subject: (URL) Frank Filz ---...--- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) fore- (...) Thanks' for all the responses. I think I prefer the fore-aft bicorn, though as someone said they can be hard to come by (I still need one for my Harbor Sentry). I think I'll reman my second BSB as a ship of the English Navy with (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I say, thou art wrongfully speaking, 'tis my belief, of the Queen's own treasure. Truely any who would call this dreadful does not know the power and beauty of the Crown Jewels! I shall personally speak to anyone who would insult the Queen's (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) sails? (...) As I be saying, lass, t'were sump'im a starboard-coaster be doin'. Bruz (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Arrrgh, matey, 'tis better you ne'er 'peat that in the ears of dredful pirate Filz. He a'had a who' deck full o'pink chests to the brim! 'Twas like a field of Imperial pansies, Arrgh! -Shiri (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) [major cutlass snippage] (...) Say it ain't so! I'd rather be flogged wi' a salt-encrusted cat than be haulin' a transparent pink chest aboard me ship, lass. Whot next, pink sails? Sounds like sump'in some starboard-coaster would do, or one of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Whot? 'Nother treasure chest, me lads? Gor, can't ye slackers find sump'in' else fer once? I be up to me pits in bloody treasure chests. I bet I know whots inside, too...yup, four stinkin' gold-plated coins. Didn't even toss in the sprue. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ??? Oh, was that first sentence supposed to mean: Meant to label the stylish *English* officers as French? They were traitors? The French were pansies? No pansies are English? Americans kicked their candy sterncastles anyway. :-) Bruce (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hmmm... I think I noticed another difference, betwen the pegs in different chests... the one trans. pink chest I have has smaller pegs than the others, I believe; I discovered this when I tried to mix&match the lids, but they didn't stay on (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can't say I've ever noticed a difference in the chests other than the obvious brown/black difference. Brown chests came/come in pirate and castle sets. I think they were introduced for the castle system. The black chests I have came from (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Chests, no but treasure certainly. If lego direct ever offers coin pieces in bulk then it will finally be possible to make a model of scrooge mcducks money bin :) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm hoping for this greatly... if we see some minifig parts, I'll be happy... (not full minifigs though, please! <x fingers> (...) Aren't these just 1x1 rounds? In whcich case, there'd be a demand for them across themes, not just for (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Evening all, Just a quick note of thanks and appreciation for James Howse' and Paul Baulch's efforts in bringing another ship to the dock at Port Block. A new two masted, two centre sectioned, six gunned naval vessel stands moored, awaiting (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Do people really need treasure chests in bulk? I'm practically swimming in them, so it never even crossed my mind to think of them as something to order... J (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) to (...) rarer (...) you (...) Meant to lable the stylish as French, not the French as stylish. Those aristocratic "fighters" are a lot of pansies, and don't deserve to deserve to be labeled English. Though the Duke of Wellington was an (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hey everybody... I am looking for a few models to display at the Kidvention with the LDraw setup. They need to have a virtual representation in .dat format so we can print up a poster of a rendering of the model. I'm looking for stuff from a lot of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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(...) a (...) captains (...) I like the Prussians someone mentioned (Lindsay, Frank?) a while back, or my own Black Guard. There's lots you can do with enough pirate bits. If I want English and French, I chuck history and make the English red and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) labor. (...) you (...) be (...) A solution to the lack of red-coats is to make a French navy. All officers could be in blue, and though I'm not aware of the French equivilant of marines, perhaps a company of voltigeurs with blue coats and red (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) This is not an unreasonable approach historically, assuming you are trying to duplicate the British navy (with Hornblower, Bolitho, Lewrie, Aubrey/Maturin and no doubt more series, at least there is a lot of inspiration). Naval pressed (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I've been reading the Hornblower stories (and I watched the A&E miniseries) and I've decided to change my "classification" of the Pirate minifigs. I think something more realistic would be: Blue soldiers: Replace shako with bicorn hat, naval (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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