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| | | (...) Fall 1998. First attracted to Islanders(!), then fell in love with the ships... <NOSTALGIA TRIP> About ten years ago, after I had stopped collecting, I helped my 5- or 6-year old cousin build a 6274 Caribbean Clipper that he got for his (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) ships... (...) Interesting. I felt Islanders marked the beginning of the end for Pirates the moment I saw them. (...) Do it with a kid. In fact, I have never put together my Imperial Trading Post (I mistakenly noted that I had a 6276 instead (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Jim Stroot
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| | | | (...) ships... (...) I started buying Adventurers in the summer '98 and thought that the palm tree (my favorite element) would look neat in a tropical environment. Then I came across an old catalog showing the Islander sets and the rest is infamy... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | (...) They're actually very sturdy. I had a ceiling fall on one, and it just got slightly bent. No major damage. :) Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | (...) Poor ceiling fan. I've seen a few situations where two objects had an altercation, and the one you would expect to be more fragile won. In one situation, a friend was organizing her kitchen, and a can of vegetables fell out of an overhead (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) Jeff. :-) Bruce (I'm hiding under the bed in your house, that's for sure. It's a natural place for a Californian anyway.) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) That's what I love about song lyrics... :) (...) LOL! I'd like to see you try to hide under my bed. It has a three-foot clearance. :) Oh, and I should probably mention that it was more of a dent than a bend. I did have a bunch of other pieces (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: A Pyrate's Life —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) If you loathe it so, I'll happily take it off your hands. ;) I'm becoming a CRAPP collector! (Actually, I have this complaint about the big 48x36 or so baseplate used for some castles 1992-1997--it keeps whitening around the bends when I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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