LEGO SYSTEM Pirates : 138


Pirates / 138

Sadly a look at this group... —Scott Arthur

Sadly a look at this group, and I see there is no mention of the year 2000 catalogue. This can only mean there will be no pirates this year. Role on 2001! Scott A (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Sadly a look at this group... —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Nope, but my prediction was that if Adventurers continued, we would not see a return of Pirates. We may never see a return in any case. One can hope for 2001, but perhaps Pirates is just too out of style, and something hipper makes more sense (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) A pox on your predictions, Bruce! A return of the Pirate/Soldier themes is the SINGULAR thing TLG could do to forever mend the extant rift between it and AFOL. The new 2000 lineup looks good, a giant step in the right direction in fact, but (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) makes (...) Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player! :-) (...) Rock Raiders. Eyuck. I'd love to see those dumped for Pirates, but remember what I said about "hipper". (...) Great for adult displays, not so good as toys for kids. Wish for (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond —Richard Parsons

Richard Marchetti wrote (...) how (...) alone (...) this (...) Damn, I don't remember writing this, but it sure sounds like I could have written it. I agree, I agree and ummm, I agree. Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Prussian —Richard Parsons

(...) doubling (...) red (...) Like this (URL) I know they didn't _really_ look like this. So? ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Prussian —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) unless you're talking about field armies, Prussian soldiers are kind of useless...Hessians, maybe, but not Prussians. I've always considered the blue Imperials to be French; this is reinforced by the fleur-de-lis on the flags, a symbol that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Prussian —Heather Patey

(...) Looks quite nice, certainly good enough for my Play-dough version of "history interpreted by Lego". Now I know what to do with all those blue-coat torsos I have. (Does anyone else find them as common as I do?) Where is the head from? I haven't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Prussian —Richard Parsons

Heather Patey wrote (...) He's a ninja shogun in another life ;-). There is a quite a trade in heads between my themes. As a general rule, I like the expressions on heads, rather than the straight smiley (although one always needs _some_ young and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Prussian —Heather Patey

(...) Aha! He seems to have adjusted quite well. (...) Just imagine them on a movie set, I suppose... or maybe that's where they _think_ they are... I agree they're limiting. I've heard of some dextrous poeple managing to remove them, but they've (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Yup, English and French (or aboard Limey ships, officers and marines). I like your Prussian. Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...) —Steve Campbell

(...) Just an idle thought, but who here would knock over cub scouts and old ladies with a shopping cart to get to: 6299 A 16-wide white/blue three-center four-gun two/three-mast Spanish Armada Galleon? 6298 A big Armada base with TWO Imperial (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) see a (...) for (...) makes (...) looks (...) how (...) Arrrrrr! Boarding parties away! Take no prisoners and snag all the loot ye can carry. I be pointing out that my lads be not so color-coordinated wit' their do-rags, and expect black, red, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...) —Mark Cornell

(...) "Knock over a cub scouts and old ladies with a shopping cart"? Hell, I'd use them for shark bait to get those sets....... Mark Cornell (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Fig sets (was Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)) —Richard Parsons

Steve Campbell wrote (...) Wonderful. <<sniff, wipes tear from eye>> Just wonderful. What parallel universe do you live in, and how do I get there? Richard Still baldly going... Check out my parallel universe at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Fig sets (was Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)) —Steve Campbell

(...) Okay, take notes: Step 1: get a matter transporter. Step 2: beam up from a planet at the exact instant that a magnetic space storm of some kind hits your ship. (whoops, Step 1A: put the transporter on a space ship capable of long-distance, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Stand and deliver, TLG... ...or the cub scouts and old ladies are next! -- Richard Maybe we should stand outside Enfield HQ and chant: "Soldier Packs!, Soldier Packs!, Soldier Packs!..." (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond) —Ray Sanders

(...) [moving further off topic] Battle of the 'Wilderness', boy could they sell a few tree accessory packs to stage that one. A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) The Monitor would consist of a one-piece hull, a four piece turret (swivel, turret, turret top, hinge for turret top), two cannon, a plunger, and two crew. Maybe one cannon and perhaps a slide to run it in and out. Oh, an antennae and flag. 20 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Yeah, you are--you forgot the tan BURPs to represent the sandbar the Minnesota ran aground on, and a propeller, since all recent TLG boats must have a propeller out of the water. ;) Maybe a dozen or so black 1x1 round and square plates, to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Sadly a look at this group... —James Simpson

(...) Sadly, my dark ages spanned virtually the whole pirate era, but in my opinion, there is nothing hipper in Lego (besides most of the SW sets) than Pirates. I used to be a castle fanatic, but I'd frankly switch my energies to Pirates if they'd (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Re: Sadly a look at this group... —Richard Marchetti

(...) Hope springs eternal, James. =) -- Richard (who needs either more Pirate/Soldier sets or his dose of Lithium!) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)