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(...) Should be a little clue to Lego TO MAKE MORE REAL PIRATE STUFF!!!! Seriously, you put out one Legend, it sells out like wildfire. Three weeks later it is being scalped on Ebay for twice the price. Other companies can start up and make (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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Here's my entry for Week 2 of the (URL) LEGO Factory> contest: (URL) Page>> (URL) LUGNET Page> The (URL) USS Constellation> is a historic ship docked in Baltimore's Inner Harbor - if you've never been to Charm City, you might recognize it from set (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) That is ok, my 2 Medieval Cogs have the military on them and patrol the coast to provide protection. (URL) ship Ted, really good work. There are too few ships in this theme. -- Don (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Indeed. Why not put an Imperial Soldier crew on it? Those scurvy pirates are nothing but trouble, and goodness knows they don't take care of the ships like we military do! (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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In regards to: (URL) (Hah! I got the formatted text right this time!) (...) Thanks for the nice comments! It is odd how the way you conceive a thing can have such cascade effect on the model. The first image in my head was the barrels being loaded (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Nice work! I like the railings and the small ladder to the quarter deck particularly, and fully decked vessels are always pleasing. For a medieval vessel, the main mast looks too far aft, and the (horizontal) bow sprit seems out of period. As (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(URL) I made this for the CCContest at (URL) but I thought I would share it here. Add cannon and arm the crew and it becomes a small coastal raider. :) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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I don't know anything at all about the "One Piece" animated series, other than the fact that two of the characters are apparently named Luffy and Shanks. However, while perusing the Japanese MegaBloks site, I came upon (URL) this set.> Leaving aside (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) I almost never give anything hit points. I give it a save (for example, a very tough to kill creature rolls 1d6 when hit, if it rolls anything but a 1 it survives). Frank (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) snip.. (...) How about a pirate ship manned by the 4+ Crew as Giants. Try this in a ESPG battle... Would they need more hits to die... ? -- Don (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I don't see why not, Richard. I'm almost certain that they're a standard Lego product line, released to retail. I've often found that the price difference isn't that much, though - and Lego.com often has sales that the stores may or may not (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Sorry for the confusion - I was referring to all of the sets as a whole, not just the big ship. It's difficult to see what a kit is actually like with the smallish pictures Lego has on their site. Having actually built one, Sean, you can see (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) SNIP (...) Well having put together the big ship in preparation for a round of Evil Stevie's Pirate game at Northwest BrickCon (shameless plug) I can say that yes, when it comes to versatility, there's a little left to be desired. However, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Found more (URL) here>. ROSCO (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Just noticed, that there are two versions of set 7075; I bought a second set, labeled "limited edition" (same price), which included motor AND battery; when mounted, this acts as counter-weight and makes the ship float reasonably. Arne, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.year.2004)
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Ahoy! (...) My goodness! That. Is. Cheap. Captain Redbeard's Pirate Ship is $USD 39.99 while it is EUR 79.99 here! I don't dare to ask the currency converter how many $$ EUR80 are.... (OK, I did, and it would be about $100.) For EUR39.99 even I (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) !Hey Aaron, Are these gonna be at local retail too! I'd just rather pick them up at Wal Mart or TrUs... Thanks for posting this, --==Richard==-- (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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WELL SHIVER ME TIMBERS! I don't know if anyone has noticed this yet, but the 4+ Pirate sets are now available in Canada (where I live), and the USA! And just look at the prices: (URL) The prices are SO cheap! Especially the large ship! (Okay, it's (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Wow! A Galleon! What a beautiful ship (especially the two decks of guns and the ornate sterncastle). That looks like a complete diorama the builder has there - complete with sculptured sea and island, and sea-creatures! I wish there was more (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) (5 URLs) (...) These are really nice cannons, Daniel. The all-silver look is really sharp. They would make nice large(32-pounders, say) cannons for the main deck of a ship, with the smaller Lego cannons the deck above (if you build a ship of (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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