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| Hiya all (and arrrrr! etc) Having finally sorted out some webspace, I knocked up a couple of pages. One day when I've got more material (and time) I'll make them part of a larger site, but for now... (URL) a look, anyway. Go oooooooon :) Michael (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| a carefully designed conspiracy with the sole purpose of annoying lego collectors (and the pleasant side effect of droping the price of jail doors). hope that explains everything. please note the jail doors have NOTHING to do with playability or (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| (...) And then the bad guy can escape to start the cycle again... (...) Right, and IIRC sets with a prison cell also include an opposition character to lock up in it. Hmmmm interestingly, King Leo's castle missed out on a cell (though it did get the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Because kids like to play "good guy / bad guy" games (cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, etc) and locking people up is part of that game's scenario. The bad guy locks up the good guy as part of the evil plan, and the good guy escapes, and (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Have you never seen the a-team? Jails are for the good guys to break out from! :) Scott A (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| Same reason they add falling axes/swords to every set a lazy way of adding what they see as playability -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Benjamin Whytcross" (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| I don't know if anyone else has asked this in the past, but I was curious if anyone has an explanation as to why LEGO seem to add prison/jails to such a large percentage of lego sets? Any ideas? Benjamin Whytcross [And Mandy...the person behind the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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| (...) The translator was either a NESBian OR a real estate agent in a past life. pete.w (note: NESB = Non English Speaking Background) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) That's a very optimistic use of the word "room"! Cheers Richie (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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| (...) Just browsing through an Austral/Asian 1996 (in)box catalogue where the names differ from the Lugnet set reference (I know, I know...old news) anyway... 6280 - A/A : The Galleon "Santa Cruz" 6280 - LDB : Armada Flagship 6279 - A/A : Cap'n (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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