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(...) It's been in a bunch of sets. Also fairly available on the auction circuit. I might be able to spare one if consumer affairs turns up dry. Frank (...) (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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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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Thanks Craigo, Now I just need to replace the big flag from the 6274 and it will be all there. I guess I'll try consumer affairs. Did that big flag come in any smaller sets? Oddly enough none of the blue flags broke, just the printed flags. -- Have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) If anyone's near NJ, I'd give it a go. LFB. (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) And if you're feeling *dangerous*, you can always wait for the 2000 polar bears and dinosaurs... Arrrr, that be makin' REAL men of ye! LFB (25 years ago, 11-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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(...) 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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(...) came (...) The flags on mine broke too- only from this set, and only the flags, not the cannnon covers. I have this peice in a lot of other sets and they're fine. This is the same peice as the speed flaps on the Snowspeeder- wrong color of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) the yellow birds (a pair) were in the adventurer's set from last year that came with a gold carrying case. can't find or recall # and name... i hate it when that happens!.... ~ so much so, that i rifled through my instructions file. it's set (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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I built this model today. Its missing the yellow parrot bird and the flags are broken. In what sets can I find cheap replacements for these parts? -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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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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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)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words--and for mentioning the B&W as a positive. I'd wondered about that possibility (which has the added benefit of offsetting the odd colour scheme of those early ships) of "aging" the photo--if possible I'll try to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) is (...) before.) I like it! I like it fine! HMS Indomitable is the finest example of the art that I think I have seen. If anything, I think its enhanced by the B&W. Not only does it reduce the pic to very realistic colours, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It was an older style, originally, but I think the term enjoyed something of a new genesis in the 19th century--but in what context, I'm unsure. As for my fleet, well, I have a few things up, now that my old B&W scanner is working again: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) the (...) wench. (...) old (...) used (...) Long cannons were simply refered to as long cannons, or long (shot weight). E.G. Long 18s, long 12s, long 9s. Long versions of a shot size were considerably heavier than than non-long version, so (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are old bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term used to refer to the long-range chasers as well. LFB (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000? SteveC (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) long (...) Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated pyrate). Cap'n Redbeard (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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