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I just built this, and although you non-Technic AFOLs will say it doesn't really look special, the mechanism for changing between 2 & 3 "feet" has restored my faith in the LEGO Technic designers. It's another of those oh, so simple but pretty much (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Really? I had a spare flower stem, too. (...) Good set, yes. There are a few things about it, however, that I would have liked TLC to have done differently. . . The Windows: When Dan Siskind first designed it, I imagine that only red windows (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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For step 18, my instructions show to use 4 corner plates. In lugnet.reviews, Pawel Nazarewicz writes: <<snip>> (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Check step # 18 - you are supposed to use three corner plates on the corners, and I used four. That's how *I* would up a 2x2 corner plate short. Let me know if that's the case ... -- Pawel (URL) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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I had the same situation when I finished with my Blacksmith shop. I wonder where I went wrong. Hmmmm.... ~Adam (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I built this set between Superbowl commercials, and WOW, what a great set! I tend to be a somewhat inept builder, and what bothers me about many sets is how the instructions will have you put a plate here, a brick there, with no apparent (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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MTW-3001-rw Custom “PCC” Streetcar Milton Train Works(tm)/Custom 9-V train kit Release date: Oct 2001, 2nd release Rating date: Jan 15, 2002 Rated by: Arnold Chang Ages: not specific but likely aiming for adult collectors, around 430 pieces. 20-page (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews) !!
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C576FA9.23519F...ing.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I also ended up with an extra 1x3 black plate and short a 2x2 corner plate. I went back through the instructions (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I noticed one error in the instructions. In step 29, the right hand chimney's red and blue cylinders are swapped. I made a couple boo-boos and wound up with a black 1x3 plate when I needed a black 2x2 corner plate. This was quickly resolved (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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As a kid I remember trawling through Lego booklets counting the different sets I REALLY wanted. There were always these big big castles that I wished I had, but I never actually got. I remember the Christmas when I simply couldn't decide if I wanted (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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The review can be found on my page: (URL) the way - I loved it :) -- Pawel (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 6085 Black Monarch's Castle compared with 6080 King's Castle
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IMHO 6080 is the better of the two sets. Here are my reasons. 6080 is built on a larger baseplate. The two plates in the back of the 6085 are 16x16 while those of 6080 are 16x24 I believe. The castles cover the same area but 6080 has more plate in (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) no need to wish, just make it bigger, isn't that what makes lego's so much fun? (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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I'd agree that 6085 is more aesthetically attractive that 6080, but doesn't it bother anyone else that 6085 is essentially a remake of an old set? I mean, even the dungeons are in the same corner on both castles. You would have thought they could (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes in praise of RBRs and rightly so. Its a lemon of a ship, a sodden, gap jointed, high riding, under-gunned, badly strung tub, destined for Davey Jones' Locker on her first encounter with anything more (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.reviews)
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| | In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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Ahoy! I noticed TRU Chatswood still had a few of these left at the pre-Christmas price of $A109, and after umming and ahhing for a while I decided to purchase one. I knew its reputation as the worst of the large ships, its dinky battle damage (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: REVIEW: Railway Express 4561
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(...) Good point Lar... BTW, this was the first train set I bought/aquired (kind of heretical) :) and it was the one set that finally brought me out of the darkage... Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Hey, thanks for that review. It's a good contrast with the two other 4561 reviews we have: (URL) by Mark Herzburg and (URL) by Bradley Dale It is always fascinating to see how different folks like and dislike different things. Newbies to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) LOL, my cat found Max amusing, & I still havn't found him! Josh (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | REVIEW: Railway Express 4561
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I purchased my first LEGO train last night, the Railway Express 4561. It was definitely an impulse purchase; the trains that I really want (and will get) are the ones in the 2001 catalog, but when I saw the set on the shelves at Toys R Us (Times (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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