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(...) Hehe... if you wanna join the name war, check out the .castle "Jeffs, Eri[ck]s and [KC]arl wars... ;-) (...) Good night! -Shiri (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) anything.) (...) Hello Aaron, I do still have it, in the original box too! I love it, I always thaought it was the best. Mine is the imported Japanesse, complete with firing objects, set. It was a Xmas of yesteryear present. And I didn't (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) much (...) mint (...) Yeah, but all of us *hate* that answer. What the person is invariably really asking is what price does this usually sell for and is my deal okay by the conventional wisdom. (...) See? You knew what the real question was! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Once Lego sets go out of production, they tend to go for their MSRP or higher (a combination of inflation and rarity). Not always, and dependent on completeness and condition. If something is missing a part, it simply is not "mint in box". If (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I need a set of instructions for 6276 (Governor's Fort). I have downloaded them from brickshelf, but am after an orginal set of them. Has anyone got any spare to trade or sell? (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, the standard answer is "whatever someone is willing to pay" is what something is worth--especially in the LEGO market. I'd say that getting *any* Pirates or Islander set MIB at MSRP or less than MSRP is a good deal. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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How much is a 6264 worth(I don't want to sell it, I just want to know how much its worth). I recently bought one for a dollar less than MSRP, which was mint in box, except it was missing the canoe. Was this a good deal? Alan Random set:<set:8512> (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yes, you can take these cannons apart. there are two small holes on each side of the rear of the cannon that you can push a paper clip into to release the clips. dont use a lot of pressure as you might damage the clips inside. I got a black (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) anything.) Ah! I have GoLion, which was the GoDiakin robot by Bandai that the Lion Voltron was based on. That SOB shot missiles all over the place. It was, in fact, the toy that caused the scales to fall away from my eyes and realise that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I remember that era well....I also remember Kenner advertising a limited addition Boba Fett w/ firing missile pack that you had to send away for...I also remember being bummed when I received it w/ no weapon and a missile glued in place... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Ah, that explains why, after collecting all five lions to make my Voltron, I saw a foreign import version which had little missile launchers that popped out all over, but mine didn't. (They were virtually the same toy besides that...my Blue Lion (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) In the late 70's, there was a paranoia against any toy that fired projectiles in the US, which came fom incidents revolving around the Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider toys, which shot little missles that got lodged in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Does anyone know why they quit distributing the shooting (spring action) cannons in the US? They were really pretty slick, and had a great range. Those little babies would shoot 4 feet easy. I lucked out and have about eight. But i have close to 10 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Dave, the Wild West Weapons Wagon has six (IIRC) black 1x2 plates with side L-peg but the peg points up. I have used many of these plates for spar attachments and just hung the spars upside-down. As long as they hold a sail I don't care which (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hmm. Try <part:%2Bplate+%2B1x4+%2Barm>. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) If you can stand the thought of some red in your spars, 4806 Axe Cart has one in red. I'll be making at least one ship with red spars... (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Take a look here: (URL) can see the plate being added in Step 5. Dave Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrFxv9.F36@lugnet.com... (...) ( (...) have (...) lugnet.market.buy-sell- (...) might (...) fer (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi Dave, Two things: a. Exactly what piece is this? Can you point out a number in the partsref? ( accessible from the lugnet homepage) b. I'm not sure if this is a piece often used by pirateers but you might have a better chance of finding what you (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Greetin's ye swabs, I be lookin' for nine o' these pieces so me riggin' will have the studs pointin' up so me crew can unfurl the sails. I'd pay a dollar a piece fer 'em. If none o' ye have any fer sale, can anyone recommend a way to this with other (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Replacement Rigging (was Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete)
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(...) I've used them, but in "wrap" form--sandwiched into some other construction. But the cording seems too thick to hold well between bricks. The thread, as you noted, will work between 'em--the problem is that I only had one piece of unused (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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