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| Well if there were any soldiers anywhere in the early 1800s who could hope to survive an encounter with Richie Dulin's Highlanders, it had to be the likes of these. Yes, the much-famed greenjackets, complete with 'high-tech' Baker rifles and faded (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| If anyone in the UK would like to swap their non-shooters for shooting ones, let me know. I have shiny new service packs of shooting cannons coming out of my ears, but I prefer the US style. Tony Priestman (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) You are in a prime position to tell us, sir - What do they wear under those 1x2 plates? Michael Dallaston (Carrying on up the Khyber) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes: <snip> (...) I've been using good quality printing plus poor quality glue, with that in mind, for the latest troops. (...) I'll give it a try. Control levers seem the most likely solution. (And a pipe band (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Now there's an idea.... Thanks for the suggestion... I'll report back on results. Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) Ach! (...) Well, they're Scots in a climate much warmer than they're used to, I suppose. Need to keep cool... And nicely done! I've been wrestling with paper-add-on kilts of one sort or another for the past two months -- a brick solution never (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) Okay, admittedly not fatal injuries. Apologies if that sounded a little crass. But, I think that coccooning kids because of one unfortunate accident won't prepare them well for the rest of their life. It just screws up their values because you (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.pirates)
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| That's a shame. Maybe toy-related injuries could teach a little bit of respect for firing mechanisms. I remember having an Action-Man field gun that had a hell of a kick to it... Jason J Railton (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Nice job Richie, The kilts look really nice! Tom (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| Impressive. They can make...kilts. Very nice dude. It is amazing how you can take the everyday, non-minifig accessory (tyres, 1x2 plates), and turn out grade A military. Love it. Might be hard to get them to march though, yes? I feel a South Pacific (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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