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Re: The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond)
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:22:54 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Ray Sanders writes:
> A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses
> and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of artillery, and least we not
> forget, ironclads. There would be a whole new series of sailing ships.
> Somewhere around here I have a good book on the Confederate navy. Think
> of the sets required to stage Gettysburg, that alone could improve TLGs
> bottom line :) Oh, and decent pine trees.
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> Ray
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 pieces, tops!
Gosh, I'm getting cynical. :-)
But then again, the Monitor doesn't lend itself to much more than that.
Bruce
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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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| (...) [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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