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In lugnet.pirates, Shiri Dori writes: [edit] (...) Hmm, good idea. As it has been declared by a(n in?)famous P elsewhere on Lugnet, essentially, "big is easy - small is the challenge". [let's not rehash the (in)validity of that statement here, I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Weee...eeelll...lllcome back!! Was that loud enough? ;-) Boy, Lindsay, I missed having you around! As for what to build... gee... I would love to see some islands by you. But another suggestion (not befitting the unlimited lego supply, just the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Ooooh. I'm home. The delirium tremens have (has? deliria tremorum?) finally begun to subside now that I'm back in New Jersey, and as you'd no doubt guess, my first order of business today (after parking permits, digging for money from my (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hello Bruce, (...) Maybe try this: join diagonally a 2x2x1 round flat plate (without studs) with 3x1x1 plate. It's the easiest solution, not a perfect one, but I find this better than using an oar, or cutting the Lego... I think that sticker with (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmmmm, cut off about half the oar handle, heat it and bend part of that back, trim the lower blade a bit....that might make a servicable lute for Castle. Any non-mode methods of faking a lute/guitar by anyone? Bruce (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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Martin, It is the pirate wench head, identical to the one used on the female member of the crew. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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Can somebody please tell me what face should be on the figurehead at the front of the 6285. Thanks, Martin (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I believe that is the worst series of Puns I have experienced in a newsgroup! Seriously, how badly do we need a minifig guitar?! I'd love a couple, they would work in almost every theme. My cowboys need one, as does my castle Bard. Nigel, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Booo! Hissss! <holding nose> Puhleeeeze! <giggle> :-) Tom (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Absolutely brilliant detailing, photography, inventiveness and imagination. I love pictures where there's lots to see, and you find more when you go back. I love the lanterns :-) But there's a bloke in this one who seems to be making a bit of a row (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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I'd like to say thanks to everyone here at Lugnet. I was really excited to hear from you all, and I was completely surprised by the response! I consider compliments from you all very rewarding, as I have long respected your work as well. I mentioned (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I do actually build occasionally. In fact, to be honest, one of my problems right now is that I really don't have enough space to display everything I've got built. I predict I will be building more in the future. Believe it or not, but my (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yes, I *was* starting to wonder about that! :-) Glad to know you're back to your irascible self, it wasn't the same with the new you around. In defense of Frank, I know he's trying to build up a rather large fleet for the pirate game at (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I apologize in advance for hijacking the thread about your wonderful MOC, Jon, but... =) (...) I am probably the last person who should express this, especially since I am about to go into a "lego-hibernation" for a few months and therefore Castle (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.dear-lego)
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<snippy snip> (...) I cannot agree more! Bring on the Futuron, Blacktron, and monorail! If lego ever rereleased these sets, they would sell like hotcakes among the AFOL communtiy, and I'd sure think they would sell better than the new stuff to the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Definitely, I love taking pirates and even town pieces into castle. Of course, I'm a little close minded in that I stick my creations to a mostly Castle era. :-) But I definitely want to have MOCs for other themes when I get the money to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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I love cross polinating from theme to theme, and since the paradisa theme has some great "female" (quite sterotypical) features, I always go there when I'm looking for detail ideals. I also use several belville and scala implements, I hope that Lego (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> (...) My fave fig also uses the paradisa bathing suit. (Scar, of course)... <grin> koinkeedink? I think not... -Shiri (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Wow, thanks for the compliment! The scarf came about as kind of an accident. I was looking for a way to make some "respectable" ladies for the town (lego seems to think one wench, who I happen to adore in all of her disrepute, is enough woman (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) details... and your characters are great, I don't think I saw one out-of-the-box person, and all going about their business in their own way. Elena is my favorite - the ruffled skirt, the white gloves... ah. How did you make her scarf? I'd (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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