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Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list
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Date: 
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:30:58 GMT
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Why only 16 studs wide eh?  What the world needs is ships. GREAT, BIG,
SHIPS.  How about _24_ studs wide, three midsections.  Buy two of those
babies and we're talking HMS Victory!  The bow section would need to rise up
higher than the existing ones (maybe another four or five bricks).  And
brown - the hulls were brown and black!  I know this idea in particular is
ridiculous - we can barely afford the 16 stud hulls.  But the post said get
out your brains, so I did, and as I look at my brains sitting over there on
the shelf, I'm starting to wonder how getting them out was supposed to help.

You eman the size of the black seas baracuda hulls? or larger?
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: BIG hulls
 
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)
  Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list
 
(...) 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
 
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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