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On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:15:29 (...) Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-) Or sheep. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Pyrate Wackos
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(...) I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems to be (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) as (...) I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh, I'm patient for the most part. My Imperial Flagships cost $30, $45, and $55. Caribbean Clippers were $60, $65, and $75 (my most expensive ship). Renegade Runners were $35 (store bought a few years ago when I was toying with the idea of a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet!
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(...) Well, "using" is a relative term... So far I've just been "accumulating" (hoarding?)... (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I probably could also count my 2 or 3 6057s. Also like everyone else, more rowboats and canoes than you can shake a stick at, plus numerous pirate rafts (or bits thereof). (...) You should see Auczilla X winnings pretty soon. I got mine (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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I've created several custom 'figs for my Lego Pirates stuff. 1. Extra Spanish Conquistador "Trooper" Using the chrome-plated breastplate from one of the red-torso Spaniards ("(URL) spare Spanish helm from set # 6232, any appropriate "head" (I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) snipped list of ships... The Perilous Pirates' Fleet Imperials: 1 Imp Flagship 1 Caribbean Clipper 1 Cutter Several dozen rowboats Armada: 3 Flagships Pirates: 2 Red Beard Runners (one heavily modified) 1 Renegade Runner Several rafts 600 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Steve Jackson's Lego Pirate Game
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(...) Picky, picky, picky... :-) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as yours. (...) My (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I was figuring you either caught or passed me by now. I keep seeing that number of transactions marker behind your name on eBay skyrocketing. With the load of stuff from MA #12 I'm getting (and Auczilla X, but I'm not holding my breath), I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Pirate (...) It's a thing that floats and has sails. :-) (...) post-1870, (...) Anachronisms? (...) actually (...) one (...) I seemed to have mentally skipped over that "sectionless" Armada Flagship. Yeah, that can be tubby, though I put two (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I plan on counting my fleet this weekend, but I'll try and make a shot at it right now. I've bought a lot of parts, and haven't built much yet (well, actually I have built quite a bit, just not enough). Incidentally, if one is patient, one can (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Steve Jackson's Lego Pirate Game (was "Re: KBKIDS 6441 Deep Reef Refuge for $18!")
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(...) We really need to get the pirate master himself here... (...) Well, much of the rules are posted on his web page. All we're really waiting for is the charts and tables. I don't expect that it will get beyond the shareware state, though if it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 26 stud wide MOC
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Chuckiem wrote in message ... (...) This I gotta see. Make no mistake, I believe you completely. I just gotta see it! Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet!
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Man you guys have some hardware. My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4 centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types. And you could (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKpHLr.87G@lugnet.com>) wrote at 03:56:15 (...) But you probably have me hollow in funds as a result! :-) Arr. Where's me marauding cap? Pieces of eight! (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Caribbean Clipper Cwestion
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Steve Campbell wrote in message <3821FE96.C2E41D7A@l...sa.gov>... (...) Mmmm. I'd noticed that from a picture somewhere. I don't think I've ever seen a real ship with the ports organised in this fashion. It seems to me that you normally have plenty (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's not a boat, either. :) I presume it's a simple matter of confluence. (...) Indeed fluyts are far far earlier (c.17th-C.). The fleet is primarily post-1870, but the fluyts and ironclads fall into an earlier era (Holdovers? Anachronisms? (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) You certainly beat me on monetary value of your fleet! It just hurts too much to pay $200+ for a BSB or SES when I paid that much for four RBR. (...) MOC? No bandsaw. I like the idea, though. (...) And West Hills is....? I'm more of in "East (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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