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