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Bad news. I let the church kids play with my legos during a graduation party this weekend, and after they'd all gone home, I found that one of my blue imperial guardsmen had his leg broken off, pin and all. Twenty nine years (on and off) of Lego (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: A brutal accident at Knobhead
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(...) today... (...) It's only appropriate that he be rebuilt with a proper peg-leg. "The leg, ma'am? Lost it in battle, I did. There I was, proper Church of Legoland service, and in come pyrate lads looking for loot..." (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) today... (...) Just switch the broken White Legs/Hips piece with some other White Legs/Hips piece. (Or am I missing something subtle here?...) Franklin (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) they (...) How mundane! There has to be a proper storyline, some kind of commemoration of the event - just think of the story he can tell the church kids to make 'em feel guilty. :-) Bruce (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) today... (...) Here is a picture of a more modern one. (URL) a set of spoked wheels, <part:2470> instead....? -Duane (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) on 1x2's to make it look right. Any suggestions? (...) of (...) The real happy part of this story is, that once upon a time he was just a plain old blue imperial guardsman who, though very handsome, had no personality at all. In fact, he (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) they (...) Cool. Thanks Duane. That's the picture I remember. I was thinking about the same spoked wheels and using whatever brown I could. I still dont' know where I can get the little ones though. Markus (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) IIRC, those 6-hole Technic pulleys are available in brown. I have a few, anyways. But I think the small spoked wheels would be much more "piratey," and scream "field modification." best LFB (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Another design (not mine) is to take a 2x3 plate, put a 1x2 on one end, put a little 1x2 plate w/ handles, sit down a minifig in it, then put bike wheels in behind the fig. But it wouldn't work w/ a backpack that the Soldiers use. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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