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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)
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| | 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)
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| | 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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| | Re: LEGO set design query
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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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| | Re: LEGO set design query
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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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| | Re: LEGO set design query
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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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| | LEGO set design query
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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)
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| | 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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| | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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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)
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| | 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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| | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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(...) Well, pic rather than pics, but here it is: (URL) I just noticed I forgot to add a figurehead... Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes in praise of RBRs and rightly so. Its a lemon of a ship, a sodden, gap jointed, high riding, under-gunned, badly strung tub, destined for Davey Jones' Locker on her first encounter with anything more (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: FOTM (could end up being FOTY!)
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(...) Ah, mateys, she's hooked now! Next thing you know she'll be crawling around on the floor calling "arrr" at every opportunity. Come on down to Brickswest and give the Pirate Game a try! Frank (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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Ahoy! I noticed TRU Chatswood still had a few of these left at the pre-Christmas price of $A109, and after umming and ahhing for a while I decided to purchase one. I knew its reputation as the worst of the large ships, its dinky battle damage (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Help a Newbie build his first LEGO Train set!
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(...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Help a Newbie build his first LEGO Train set!
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(...) perhaps you wanted to expose the newbie to the subtleties of the Lugnet interface, but you really should have posted the correct URL: (URL) page. I need to do more for pirates. Anyone want to sign up to produce the pirate ships poster? Frank (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Western 'classics'? (was Re: Red Beard Runner in stores!?!?)
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(...) All three Classic Pirates Sets were re-introduced to stores in Australia the second half of last year (and at half the S@H price - that's what got me back into pirates!) Also, do the re-introduced western sets count as 'classics'? Does that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Red Beard Runner in stores!?!?
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"Magnus Lauglo" <thunder_road@hotmail.com> wrote in news:GpzJ75.n12@lugnet.com: (...) I've seen all three of the re-released pirate sets at my local TRU. I also saw them fly off the shelves before I could get my hands on all three. Oh well, two out (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Red Beard Runner in stores!?!?
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(...) The Redbeard Runner ($99.95), Armada Flagship ($49.95), and the big Islander set ($69.95) have all been available at TRU, at least in SoCal. One can only hope that they will eventually go on sale again, but since they are not in wide release, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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I think the Classic sets are available in the shops but not the Legends sets. I'm not sure why. I know I have seen Imperial Flagships and that Islander base at TRUs. cheers Magnus (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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