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Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:44:05 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Steve Campbell writes:
> Richard Marchetti wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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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 to Lego. I'd like to know the answer just for my own piece of
> > > mind,but they play their cards close to the gravy stains.
> >
> > 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 its still not quite
> > fully on target -- the whole target!
> >
> > I want more 1700s themes, dammit! If I can't have Pirates and Soldiers, • how
> > about a colonial village, or London in the era of Moll Flanders or Barry
> > Lyndon, or a Castillian castle and REAL conquistadors?
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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:
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> 6299 A 16-wide white/blue three-center four-gun two/three-mast Spanish
> Armada Galleon?
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> 6298 A big Armada base with TWO Imperial Trading Post cutters in blue
> and white, docks, cranes, a tavern, and a warehouse?
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> 5060 Soldier accessory packs (six shako hats, three Conquistador
> helmets, three each: red, blue, white, yellow epaulets; nine backpacks,
> nine muskets, nine sabres (new sword!)
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> And one of those fig boxes:
> 6200 Imperial Guard (1 Admiral, 1 Officer, 4 troopers)
> 6201 Soldiers (same as above except in blue)
> 6203 Prussians (see http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/prussian.jpg)(same • assortment)
> 6205 Armada (same in red with metallic breastplate for Admiral/Officers)
> 6210 Artillery (Two horses, ammo lighter, cannon on wheels, three crew)
> 6206 Pirates (Five various Pirates, all with black bandanas and weapons,
> one Pirate Wench, NO Captain Redbeards)
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> (raises both hands)
> (and one foot)
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> SteveC
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, blue, green and yellow. As long as we
be wishin' fer the stars, wish big.
Cap'n Redbeard
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