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| (...) Well, the answer is simple...... They want more Police Officers! lol Or They want to teach the kids early on how to escape! lol Nah, but really, toys are a reflection of our society, and unfortunately it includes more and more prisons. Who (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| a carefully designed conspiracy with the sole purpose of annoying lego collectors (and the pleasant side effect of droping the price of jail doors). hope that explains everything. please note the jail doors have NOTHING to do with playability or (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| (...) And then the bad guy can escape to start the cycle again... (...) Right, and IIRC sets with a prison cell also include an opposition character to lock up in it. Hmmmm interestingly, King Leo's castle missed out on a cell (though it did get the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| (...) Because kids like to play "good guy / bad guy" games (cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, etc) and locking people up is part of that game's scenario. The bad guy locks up the good guy as part of the evil plan, and the good guy escapes, and (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| (...) Have you never seen the a-team? Jails are for the good guys to break out from! :) Scott A (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: LEGO set design query
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| Same reason they add falling axes/swords to every set a lazy way of adding what they see as playability -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Benjamin Whytcross" (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | LEGO set design query
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| I don't know if anyone else has asked this in the past, but I was curious if anyone has an explanation as to why LEGO seem to add prison/jails to such a large percentage of lego sets? Any ideas? Benjamin Whytcross [And Mandy...the person behind the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Western 'classics'? (was Re: Red Beard Runner in stores!?!?)
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| (...) All three Classic Pirates Sets were re-introduced to stores in Australia the second half of last year (and at half the S@H price - that's what got me back into pirates!) Also, do the re-introduced western sets count as 'classics'? Does that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Western Rules
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| I am just getting back into the Lego Western theme and I have 2 16-man troops of Blue cavalry and almost 2 troops of Confederates. I also have over 20 Indians (can be either on foot or mounted). To use these figs plus my outlaws, cowboys, and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
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| Hi all, I just bought a lot of western theme sets (listed below) on e-bay, but they are coming without boxes. Does anyone have scans of the backs of the boxes, or know of a website with these? I always like checking out the alternate models. Thanks. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
| | | | | Gringott's Goblin Torsos (was Re: New Studios Sets)
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| (...) Check out the torsos for the goblins in the Gringott's bank set (4714). With the right heads they could make very spiffy looking minifigs. Henry (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
| | | | | Cowboy Pics, with url was Re: New Studios Sets
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| Hey Greg, Here are some pics of the Non WW torsos I use for Cowboys, shopkeepers, bartenders, gamblers, ranchers and the like. There are a lot of adventurer and Harry potter elements involved, if you have any suggestions for other torsos I’d love to (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
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| Hey Greg, Here are some pics of the Non WW torsos I use for Cowboys, shopkeepers, bartenders, gamblers, ranchers and the like. There are a lot of adventurer and Harry potter elements involved, if you have any suggestions for other torsos I’d love to (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: New Studios Sets
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| (...) Thanks a lot for bringing that fig to my attention. When I was drooling over these pictures earlier today I was so focused on the spooky elements and figs that I didn't even notice that totally awesome tan suit. I like my mini-figs to look (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
| | | | | New Studios Sets
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| Hey the New Horror Film sets won't be out till this spring but in this picture, the guy in the tan suit looks like he could work for WW! Just throw a top hat on him! (URL) had trouble getting enough cowboys , so if you've got a torso from another (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Any talk of a Pirate Game or BrikWars at BrickFest 2002?
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| If you do indeed mean BrickFest in DC, then yes, there will most likely be at least one BrikWars game. Hopefully several. I am working with WAMALUG, the host club, and am trying to even plan some scenarios so that people can prepare and bring armies (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.western, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | My ISSC entry
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| (URL) targeted at the Wild West category but I think townies and trainheads will like it too. (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
| | | | | Re: New sightings on shop.lego.com
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| (...) Go to shop at home exclusives, then hard to find Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.western)
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| (...) Ummmm, ,where is this 'hard to find' section located in the USA format? Thx, ~Evan (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.western)
| | | | | New sightings on shop.lego.com
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| Take a trip to (URL) to 'hard to find' section (USA) and take a look - there's a few things there that you may be interested in and they seem to be available now! ...... and I'm not talking about the Blacksmiths shop!! Richard. (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.western)
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