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Hello, I hope it is OK to post this to this newsgroup, apologies for lack of any lego content. I'm hoping some pirate history buffs may be able to give me some pointers for my upcoming University dissertation. I am a third year history student, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | it came!!!!!!!!
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yyy...yyyaaa...aaahh...hooo...ooo it came hehehehehehe i got a red beard runner!!! my first pirate ship!!!! i will sooon now the difference between the old and new. ah ya on the box the name is pirate battle ship but on the chart it says red beard (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 6289 vs 6290 What's the difference?
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(...) i think that when they first anounced that they were re-relesing sets someone said that the pirate sets had more weapons then the origanils i think (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | 6289 vs 6290 What's the difference?
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I just realized that the re-released Red Beard Runner has a different set number (6290) from the original (6289). The Lugnet set reference also indicates that the 6290 has 7 more pieces. Has anyone compared the two and figured out what the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | pointles happynes and other stuff
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alright i finaly ordered a red beard runner from shop at home! its my first pirate set i've ever had thats mine 8 )!!!! its gona cost me all my money but oh well!! i also rebuilt my bigest ship for the fourth time. first it was a brig and a pirate (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 6291 Armada Flagship - waddya reckon?
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(...) Well, I did get mine for $25 U.S., but that was quite some time ago. Having several already and looking at $50 U.S. price tag hasn't motivated me to buy anymore. (...) The standard complaint is that the pirates should have the smaller, more (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: ISCC: Let your ideas take flight...
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In case people missed this since it was announced to .contests only... This may well be the most ambitious (and richest, broadest, and potentially the funnest) contest ever staged in the LEGO world that wasn't put on by LEGO itself (and it surely (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Re: 6291 Armada Flagship - waddya reckon?
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Hello, (...) "Armata" in Midage Latin means exactly: "army", "fleet". BTW: "armata" in East Europe languages (Polish, Czech, Russian) means cannon. (...) French "equipage" means ship's crew. (...) W. Kopalinski "Slownik wyrazow obcych i zwrotow (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 6291 Armada Flagship - waddya reckon?
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(...) Spanish preserves the second word of the Latin phrase "classis armata" for armed fleet. Armata is past participle of the verb armare, to arm. It follows the pattern where a name for a body part (here, the human upper extremity, arma) grows (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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| | plumes will fit in islander hats!
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i just dicovered that plumes will fit in the islander hats. iside the clip that can hold feathers or horns is a little hole stick a plume in it and turn the hat side ways and tada you've got an islander with a pony tail! it would be cool to have (...) (23 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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