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Re: A Pyrate's Life
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:02:53 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jim Stroot writes:
> > 1. When did you get into Lego Pirates?
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> Fall 1998. First attracted to Islanders(!), then fell in love with the • ships...
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Interesting. I felt Islanders marked the beginning of the end for Pirates the
moment I saw them.
> > 2. Do you own any of the big four: 6285 (Barracuda, BSB), 6286 (Schooner,
> > SES), 6276 (El Dorado Fortress), 6277 (Imperial Trading Post)?
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> All of 'em. I still have a MISB 6285 that I'm saving for a special occasion to
> build.
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 of 6277 on my own response). I
let my son do it. It was his favorite for quite some time.
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> > 3. What's the most you paid for a ship?
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> Not going to say what I paid for a MISB 6285. Suffice to say that it was the
> most I've ever paid for one set until my recent purchase of MISB 6399 Airport
> Shuttle. I bought another MISB 6285 a few months after the first, which I sold
> for... well, more than what paid for the 6399...
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> > 4. What's the most you paid for a non-ship set?
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> $180 shipped for a 6277 Imperial Trading Post. This is the one to get.
I really liked this set. It's one of the few times I felt a CRAPP worked out
well - perhaps it was because it was used in conjunction with a normal plate.
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> > 5. What's your favorite non-ship pirate set other than the two big Imperial
> > sets noted above?
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> 6279 Skull Island
A good choice. I like this one.
> > 6. What's the one set you don't have that you really, really want?
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> A MISB 1788 Treasure Chest, but haven't been willing to pay for one in • auction.
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Gosh, don't I know that story! :-(
Bruce
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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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| (...) 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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