 | | Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Steve Campbell
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| | | Pirate-heads! Get out yer brains mateys! I'm composing a Dear LEGO letter to be posted in .dear-lego based on my own post of 12 Nov., 1999. I'm including these: 6299 A 16-wide white/blue three-center four-gun two/three-mast Spanish Armada Galleon (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Ben Kroll
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| | | | | (...) Speaking of Imperial trading Post cutters, I personally think that two or three different small ships like these (as opposed to ships built with hull pieces) would make excellent low-end stand-alone sets if TLG ever brings the pirate theme (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) three (...) Yes, it was a pity that the Trading Post cutter, or something similiar, was never offered as a seperate model. The closest was the Castles line Sea Serpent. I've had a lot of fun putting my own together - I'll have to get a picture (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | Steve Campbell wrote in message <38303501.3365415E@l...sa.gov>... (...) A pirate wish list! Woo Hooo! That's a courageous question to be posing the likes of me! Bugger the Armada, they're really only there for target practice aren't they? (hee hee) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | (...) You eman the size of the black seas baracuda hulls? or larger? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: BIG hulls —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | | | | | Jonathan Wilson wrote (...) I eman LARGER ;-) The BSB is 16 wide, and yes you got it, I'd like 24. As I have posted before, I can't find a way to make a good looking ship larger than three decks and four midsections, and the problem is the width. At (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: BIG hulls —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | (...) Oooh, much larger. For a ship at half-scale the size of Victory, though, you'd need a hull about 32-36 studs wide...you might be able to put together a good brigantine or small frigate at 24 studs. ;) LFB. (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | (...) up (...) get (...) on (...) help. (...) you'd (...) Most of the large ships that I have seen are around 40 guns, but with two gun decks, and Frigates only have one. So to get a large single gun-deck frigate of 40 guns or so, you'd have to go (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | (...) You mean you want a lego man of war? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Steve Campbell
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| | | | | | | (...) Submitted for your enjoyment (and anticipation) San Kirko now boasts a decent Mercado. Tenants include the Cock and Bull Tavern, The Oar Store, Bob's Blades and Bullets, Imperial Pizza, and Horses R Us. Pics soon. Really. (...) Have you looked (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | (...) 6441 Deep Reef Refuge, 6558 Shark Cage Cove, 6559 Deep Sea Bounty, and 6557 Treasure Hunters (hmm, need to find this set - the train windshield piece in white!) all have 6 wide boat hulls. It would be hard to make a decent looking long boat (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | (...) Where?!? I'm dying to find one! I love those 10-wide hulls--I've never had any, and 6560 always looked like a great set. LFB. (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | (...) One of our KB Toys has a bunch of these. One thing I'd be more than willing to do is pick some of these up in trade for 5561s which our KB Toys don't seem to have. Another decent source of 10 wide hill bits is 5976 River Expedition. If you (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | (...) Something for the Pirates to spank. Armada, Limeys, makes no difference. (...) I rather think it's more of the europeans scaring the rest of the world. :-) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) I disagree--Australia itself was half the prison. ;) Not much chance of someone coming back from THAT far away! (...) You can make these--Technic beams and connectors, plus black 5L antennae. (...) "Appropriately scary?" I think the European (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) Why not? (I must admit i have a few of these) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) Wait until you have a few more, you'll get tired of them eventually... (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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