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Re: Little pirate boat spotted in upcoming 2003 sets
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:16:38 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Pedro Silva writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > Hey all,
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> > Check this out:
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> > http://www.1000steine.de/myimages/usr/usergallery/awc.sized.jpg
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> > A new, interesting little cutter? Yeeha!
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> Isn't that a chinese boat? I don't know the English name for it, in
> Portuguese it's "junco".
A close-up of the set (which was leaked by Marz) can be seen here:
http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Set=7416-1
Personally, it is a fairly nice ship, with multiple applications if
necessary. The Chinese Sailors look pretty nice in their helmets.
The boat itself has funny looking sides, this might require a slight
modification to change this so it looks really smart.
I wonder how changeable the model is? As in can I make the model longer
or wider to fit a Chinese Naval Invasion Force, as they did when they
attacked the Japanese in midieval times.
Ben.
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| (...) It lacks the sloping decks of a typical junk, and the sides look decidedly western to my eye (actually they look a lot like the sides of that cutter we all know and love). (...) Longer is easy, wider is a bit more difficult. But longer or (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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