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Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list
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Date: 
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:19:19 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:

> Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> 
> > > 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?
> 
> 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.

You mean you want a lego man of war?

--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/



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  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. (27 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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