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(...) I must take this oppurtunity to comment wryly - Huh? Unfortunately I have no dutch heritage whatsoever. So sink me. Michael Dallaston (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) c/spreken/spreekt wat vervelend! LFB (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I haven't heard that one before, but it seems apt. (...) Heb je soms Nederlandse (of "Nederlandsche" als je over 18de-eeuw Nederlands spreken) tekst nodig? :) I'm still trying to work up a French Pacific port--New Caledonia, somewhere, but I (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) More to the point, which sick mind coined the eternal phrase - "Islander cleavage babe?" ;) Michael Dallaston (now governor of an extremely small dutch pacific port, "New Blockerdam") (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) So far as I know, that is a fan name (Forest Wench, Pirate Wench, The Wench with the Wrench in the Billiard Room...oops). Bruce (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Did the name for the female pirate minifig Pirate Wench come from Lego, or is that a fan name for it? (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: major sale on pirate island
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(...) oops, this wasnt supposed to go in .pirates, it was supposed to go to .loc.au. Setting folowups there now. (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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bigw have apparently got the reissue of the pirate island for $44(!) Grab them while you can. Perth people can find them at the karynup bigw, if no-where closer has them. (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Arrr, we be mighty proud o' ye, matey! We have a big barrel at work for toy donations (Toys for Tots, I think). And every year it sits a bit forlornly until I dump in an armload of sets. The barrel fills up after that. Your message was a good (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Heh. Were it anyone else, I'd scream "ARRR! Pirates don't do good deeds, unless there's RUM involved." ;) (...) That's a pretty good idea--we had toy drives at NWUU, but never any specific notice of particular toys. That may be because there (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Well, I was too late to do a LEGO Good Deed, so I had to settle for a Pirate Good Deed. Every year our Church puts "Christmas Angels" on the tree, identifying a toy a needy child desires. Last year I managed to snag one asking for a LEGO set. This (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I agree with Ben. I hate the large moulds (SPUD/BURP/POOP pieces), but I think what the roof does far outweighs its limited uses in MOCs. (...) This is the main thing - it keeps the cost down, and the way it lets the hut open out is a (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) I'm about 2 hours from St Louis. I'd do it. Felix (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Important: Maybe a misunderstanding in the ISCC rules
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Hello, Maybe a misunderstanding in the rules for the ISCC causes less entries. There is the sentence: "Do not send in contributions that are already known, as we want original works." It only means, that the entries need to were unknown or were not (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space) !!
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Hello Reinhard, (...) I think that in case of HP sets we're paying mostly for Hardy Porter logo, characters, etc. (vide Star Wars). With regular bricks or without it the set must be expensive... (...) but I just don't like the idea. (...) Fluffy is (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> (...) No, I'm 100% serious about this... (...) Here I could not disagree more: I really hate new (monofunctional) molds (poops and whatever they are called.) This sheet is - in my eyes - the same as the paper behind the shops in diagon (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) What is wrong with the plastic sheet roof has everything to do with the tactile feel of the brick. These plastic sheets should never replace bricks when its possible to do the same thing with some other kind of brick form, even if they have to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter)
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(...) I really do not understand all this complaining against the paper roof. What is so bad about it?! If the set had regular sloped pieces instead, I bet the price would have been twice at high (that would have been a bad set then). If the set had (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter)
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Hello Reinhard, (...) Paper roof for example ;) But how about the doors? Are they really as nice as they look on the photo? Bye, (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeah, I'll get it eventually. The Forbidden Corridor was actually a gift for me. I haven't bought any of the Harry Potter Lego myself yet. Though I fully expect to get some for christmas. Adrian (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter)
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