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Originally there was a story, (that's how the "capitan" gets from the ground to the roof, as does zorro) But not all of the pictures turned out, and the story was admitedly "derivative of much other, much better, source material", so I axed it in (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Great work, Jon, especially on the period architecture. Who would have guessed that Tusken Raider torsos would be ideal for banditos? As I looked through all the photos, I was trying to piece together a story - is there one? And I kept wiating for (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) "Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, comes a horseman known as Zorro. This bold renegade carves a Z with his blade, A Z that stands for Zorro!" Haha! This is great stuff. Takes me back to being a very young boy and my plastic sword (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) yellow, but it actually works great in this case! Looks like it's shot through a filter to give everything a hot, dusty, desert lighting. Very effective! Wonderful constructions, too, for such a short assembly time! --Dave (jot and jab) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Cool. I've been meaning to get that set. I did pick up the Jedi Duel set in part because both torsos are really appropriate for castle themes (and Yoda = more hobbit legs). Plus it's just cool to have a minifig Yoda. :) I want the Bounty (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Jon, That's great, you are the master of busy, exciting scenes. George (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Man, did I ever. The adobe buildings with the log ends really drove home "old southwest" for me. Awesome work. LOTS of eye candy. This would have been a great Western entry for ISCC! (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Great work, Jon. I really like the architecture. Also I like how whenever you takes pictures of your creations, they are always in the thick of it. Action packed, so to speak. I like these two (1) in particular. (...) -Jason (1) (URL) Spears (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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!!! (URL) !!! >Jon Furman writes: >Thanks again sorry for rambling. Ramblin’ my gawd no man!!! Those were words of true enlightenment! >The Torso is a Tusken raider torso… >it happens to be double sided! This gives me even more incentive to get the (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Bruce, Good eye! The Torso is a Tusken raider torso, and here is the trick: Like a lot of the star wars torsos, it happens to be double sided! So in that pic you are actually seeing the front and the back of a tusken raider torso. I was really (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Great work! I really think those adobe buildings come out good (where you use either white or tan and then have brown 1x1s sticking vertically to headlight bricks. That's a great idea. Question. In this picture: (URL) guy on the left is a (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Richie, The Saddlebags are Fabuland pieces. The little motorcycles came with them, and so did a few animals, you can still find them on bricklink these days. (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Nice work! (...) Which set did the saddlebags come from (eg in (URL) )? (...) Sure do! Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Es magnifico! Me gusta mucho! (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Don, Could you upload pics of your buffalos to Brickshelf? I'd love to see how you did them. Bruce (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Although Mike's answer is great, I wanted to point you to Mike's more definitive answer in the 2001 rules for building stats for animals. I have edited it slightly for space and readability in this format, please visit the following website for the (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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Bruce, your website is really excellent. I enjoy it very much. And I like some of your comments in ur review e.g. "If Indian sets are all about rattlesnake booby traps, cowboy sets are all about spring-loaded explosions. ". ha ha, totally agree. I (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) All the info you could want about horses can be found in Chapter Nine of the 2001 edition: (URL) not any kind of an expert on buffalos but I figure the stats for Draft Horses would be a good place to start: " Draft Horse: CP:10 Mv:8" Pwr:4 (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.western, lugnet.gaming)
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I have been going through the Brikwars chapters and I cannot find a reference to horses. What is their movement rate and damage factor. Also I downloaded a pix of a buffalo many moons ago and I don't know who is the original builder to give credit (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Oh, I mistook the number. I had the original version, but I bought it used about a year ago, before the rerelease came out. (...) Many of the pieces from that set, especially the BURPs (Big Ugly Rock Piles) and the plant pieces are useful in (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.western)
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