Darkdragon

I never buy a set to get a minifig and then toss out the rest of the set (or sell or whatever). However, I will buy a set specifcally because it has figures (well torsos) I want/like and then put all the rest of the parts in my collection. I know everything is useful eventually anyway and would rather not pay 50% or more the cost of the set just for the minifig on Bricklink.

Really neat idea Flipz. It took me a while to read but definately worth it and I hope a lot of folks take the advice and especially new people that maybe have never done any kind of roleplay online or in paper/pencil games.

"Thank you so much sir!", Sanjay exclaims through gritted teeth and a forced smile as Eric tosses him the gold. "Safe journey." As Eric leaves, Sanjay mutters something in a strange dialect under his breath. He puts away the gold and looks up at Tesni as she approaches. "Ah yes, you have the receipt I trust?" Tesni hands him the receipt for Box 3. He scans it quickly. "Excellent. One moment." He ducks behind the counter, taking the receipt with him. Tesni can hear a lock clicking an a large chest behind opened. Sanjay then stands up and places three boxes on the counter, each is locked. He hands her one, but keeps his hands on the other two. "These two just arrived yesterday. They came with a note stating that the person claiming that box would also have the recipts for these two if they wish to claim them, something about a great contest starting soon and the shopkeepers couldn't wait for the party to arrive and sent them here." He shrugs. "All I know is they require separate receipts and came with my holding fee, so are these yours as well?" Tesni slips the tube out of her pack and pulls out the next two receipts. Surprisingly they match the information on the boxes and Sanjay hands them over. Maurice takes all three boxes from Tesni and toss them in the "special" bag, rolling his eyes as he remembered the silly pride of the shopkeeper that showed them the bag. "Is there anything else I can do for you? A rare gem perhaps? I have only three left." Tesni Hightribe, Level 22 1/3 Berserker (peppermint_m) *Party Leader* Power: 37 Health: 38/38 Gold: 316 Inventory: Dryw ar Zoot, Longsword (WP:14), Mockthril Shield (SP:5),Cysgodion the Great Sword of Darkness (WP: 11, Darkness), Cryfder (WP:6), 2 Phoenix Essence, 4 Potions, 3 Mead,4 Venom, Nostrum, Timekeeper, 2x Bone, Scroll Tube [1 item receipt], Old Boot (WP:1 thrown), Small black pearl, wooden club (WP:2), Seashell Maurice Ratibor Level 17 Cleric (etzel) Power: 21 Health: 26/26 Ether: 20/20 Gold: 394 Inventory: Manta Tail Staff (WP12+50% Stun chance) - Mace WP5 - Helmet +1 max. health - Scroll of Sleep - 2 Potions - 2 Tonics - 2 Ether Cores - 2 Remedies - 2 Phoenix Essences - 2 Venom - Floral Bomb - Water Bomb - 2 Fire Bombs - Diamond - Bag of Holding [box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5] - Torch - Bone - Elixir - Pheonix Essence Eric, Level 19 Raider (khorne) Power: 30 Health: 35/35 Gold: 333 Inventory:Godricsleif (WP:11; Ice-elemental); Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Twin axe*, Lightning-elemental); 3x Silverfish Wings (2x WP:8 throwing dagger); Diseased SIlverfish Wings (2x WP:8 + Cursed throwing dagger); Scroll of Sleep; Fire bomb; Lightning bomb; Venom; Mead (2x); Smelling Salts (2x); Grand Potion (5x) Meanwhile, at Freeda's Fresh Fish... Eric approaches the stall, a toothy smile and gravely (yet feminine) voice greets him from the large lizard creature behind the counter. "A man of the drink! Welcome to my shop friend! I have most fresh sea food here, some drinks too. Let me know if you see anything you like." Mead. Causes the encouraged-effect, doubling the target's attack power for the duration of one battle. 12 gold. Soma. Causes the blessed-effect, allowing the target to recover 3 health at the end of each round for the duration of one battle. 45 gold. Nostrum. Causes the lucky-effect, allowing the target to roll the battle die twice and get the better result of the two for the duration of one battle. 35 gold. Saltwater Clam. 5 gold. Crab Meat. 2 gold. Fresh Fish. 1 gold.

HaPPY Birthday!

Wow that Bane and Green Arrow. Some truly amazing and inspiring work here, I think you've outdone yourself with this batch.

I don't think this will work out well. the heads are very small and it will lose too much to drill it out. A better way would be cut the neck stud off a minifig torso and attach a bar in its place. that will give you the mounting point you need.

Great review. I love all the extra parts in this set and the zombie eye Frodo head. I think this is a great value in this theme and giant spiders are fun to play with.

"Yes, my friends always tell I am great at job." Greebie takes the weapon and gold. After a short time he calls Namyrra back over to his shop. "Is complete now. Here is dagger and gem. You see no scratches and no cracks and chips. Tell you worth my charge, everything perfect. Even polish dagger, no extra charge." He grins with pride as he hands the two items to Namyrra. Namyrra Uq, Level 18 1/2 Evoker (quarryman) Power: 28 Health: 25/25 Ether: 24/24 Gold: 2 Inventory: Shining Dagger (WP:10), Lullaby wand (WP: 8, sleep-effect), bone-staff (WP: 3), Gems: Diamond, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet. Scrolls: Blindness. Other items: 4 Potions, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Smelling Salts, venom, bedroll, bone, 2 Phoenix Essence, Mead, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Elixir,Ether Core

"Well, sure if you want my children to starve tonight. I will be able to help you out. How many Grand Potions do you require?"

"Yes, I will this time. One time special for you, the lady of white. Be careful in Eubric 40 gold he maybe break gem."

"Is veery difficult work, take away majeek gem to not break it. You white lady like white gem, so good deal I give for you." He pauses a moment and looks around before leaning in closer and whispering. "Only 60 gold for you."

Sounds like you want the "By Shop" view. http://www.bricklink.com/wantedShop.asp You can select the dropdown for the list you want to check and then sorty by "lots (unique)".

Freakin' Sponge No idea...but I feel like it's an insult Though I hope it isn't and I didn't offend somone with titleing powerz Ricey! It's about Spongebob.

The receipt lists this on the back: Sanjay's Spells & Stuff Port of Miranda, Mistaria

"Veelcomb frinds. I am Greebie, dis eer my shop. I make all dees wippuns, except, how you say? Duh majeek ones, I use gems from Sanjay. Eef you need ... private wippun, I make for you! Tell me wut you be need." Greebie seems to search for the right words, but he manages to get the point across. ITEMS FOR SALE 150 gold each: Great Spiked Club (WP: 10, suitable for barbarians) Fancy Crossbow (WP: 10, ranged weapon, suitable for rangers) Shiny Dagger (WP: 10, suitable for mages and rogues) SERVICES: Upgrade a weapon (+1 WP) or shield (+1 SP): Any weapon/shield can be upgraded with this service, adding one point to its power/protection per upgrade. Each upgrade costs the amount of WP/SP the weapon has after the upgrade times ten. You can order several upgrades for your weapon, but the costs will stack. For example, upgrading a Mace (WP: 3) to a Mace (WP: 5) will cost {40 + 50 =} 90 gold. Merge a weapon with an elemental gem: You need a weapon and an elemental gem for this service. Merging the gem will give the weapon all the elemental attributes of the used gem, but the gem itself will not be available to use anymore. This service costs 60 gold. Remove an elemental gem from a weapon The merging can be undone to get the gem back, but it will cost 75 gold. Mythrilize weapons (+10 WP): You need a weapon and some Mythril, which is a very rare item, for this service. Forging the weapon with Mythril will increase its power by ten points, but the Mythril will be expended. This can only be done once to any weapon. This service costs 100 gold. QM Note: most of the descriptions in this post were directly from Sandy's marketplace posting, I thought that would be the best way to not mess up the descriptions.

Sorry about stats, it was late. Fixed now The party approaches what looks like Sanjay's Spells and Stuff. He does seem to be selling an array of potions, scrolls, gems, and even some magic wands. "Welcome to Mistaria. It can be a jungle out there, don't go out unprepared! Sanjay has the potions you need at the best prices in town!" Grand Potion – Restores 25 health to the target. Costs 12 gold. Grand Tonic – Restores 15 ether to the target. Costs 35 gold. Elixir – Restores 50 health and 10 ether to the target and removes all negative effects from the target during a battle. Costs 50 gold. Phoenix Essence – Revives a fallen ally with full health during a battle. Costs 60 gold. Smelling Salts - Causes the hastened-effect, allowing the target to act twice in one round for the duration of one battle. Costs 40 gold. Scroll of Luck - Grants target the lucky-effect for one battle. Expends 10 ether to use. Costs 250 gold. Ruby. Costs 150 gold. Sapphire. Costs 150 gold. Topaz. Costs 150 gold. Wand of Sleep - When used on an enemy it causes the Sleep effect until the opponent is damaged by an attack. Costs 200 gold. Mother's Blessing - When used on an ally it creates the Blessed effect until the end of the battle. Costs 225 gold.

As the afternoon sun starts to go down, the ship's first mate can be seen talking to crew and passengers all over the ship. Everyone he talks to stops whatever they were doing and packs up, heading off the deck. The party does notice that he never actually approaches the man with the eyepatch playing poker with the grey man, he only waves at the man in the eyepatch who nods. He then approaches the party. "Hi folks. We are due to arrive at port within the hour. At this point the captain has asked that all passengers wait in their cabins. You'll know when we arrive as the ship will stop moving." He chuckles at his own joke and heads away to talk to the next group of people wandering the ship. The party heads back to the cabin to await the time when they can finally leave the ship. After some time, they feel the ship coming to a stop and the first mate knocks on the cabin door. "We have arrived at Port of Miranda. This is the end of the voyage for you folks. Your cargo if you have any will be unloaded for you and waiting on the dock." With that he leaves, the door wide open. The heroes head off the ship, most of them happy to be on solid ground again. Once they enter the port, they see an inn and tavern, some small homes, and three small shops. The deck hand told them that there would be three shops called Greebie's Good Weaponry, Sanjays Spells and Stuff, and Freeda's "Fresh" Fish. Since there are three shops here, this must be the right place. What will the heroes do now? Party Namyrra Uq, Level 18 1/2 Evoker (quarryman) Power: 28 Health: 25/25 Ether: 24/24 Gold: 57 Inventory: Diamond Dagger (WP:10+Diamond), Lullaby wand (WP: 8, sleep-effect), bone-staff (WP: 3), Gems: Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet. Scrolls: Blindness. Other items: 4 Potions, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Smelling Salts, venom, bedroll, bone, 2 Phoenix Essence, Mead, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Elixir,Ether Core Tesni Hightribe, Level 22 1/3 Berserker (peppermint_m) *Party Leader* Power: 37 Health: 38/38 Gold: 316 Inventory: Dryw ar Zoot, Longsword (WP:14), Mockthril Shield (SP:5),Cysgodion the Great Sword of Darkness (WP: 11, Darkness), Cryfder (WP:6), 2 Phoenix Essence, 4 Potions, 3 Mead,4 Venom, Nostrum, Timekeeper, 2x Bone, Scroll Tube [4 item receipts], Old Boot (WP:1 thrown), Small black pearl, wooden club (WP:2), Seashell Maurice Ratibor Level 17 Cleric (etzel) Power: 21 Health: 26/26 Ether: 20/20 Gold: 394 Inventory: Manta Tail Staff (WP12+50% Stun chance) - Mace WP5 - Helmet +1 max. health - Scroll of Sleep - 2 Potions - 2 Tonics - 2 Ether Cores - 2 Remedies - 2 Phoenix Essences - 2 Venom - Floral Bomb - Water Bomb - 2 Fire Bombs - Diamond - Bag of Holding [box 1, Box 2] - Torch - Bone - Elixir - Pheonix Essence Eric, Level 19 Raider (khorne) Power: 30 Health: 35/35 Gold: 423 Inventory:Godricsleif (WP:11; Ice-elemental); Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Twin axe*, Lightning-elemental); 3x Silverfish Wings (2x WP:8 throwing dagger); Diseased SIlverfish Wings (2x WP:8 + Cursed throwing dagger); Scroll of Sleep; Fire bomb; Lightning bomb; Venom; Mead (2x); Smelling Salts (1x)

Ah yeah that is silly. I do like the printed mosaic and logo tiles though.

Thanks. I think regular legs are ok since it's all children, there are no short yellow legs yet unfortunately.

I'm working on a large project which calls for figures to represent the boys from the book Lord of the Flies (wiki). This is what I have so far for the four main characters. Please let me know what you think and if you have other near-purist ideas for the characters that might look better. For the two leaders Jack and Ralph, I've put them with their defining items. Ralph has the Conch shell and Jack has his knife and spear. Why near-purist? I had to modify the head for Piggy.

Also, forgot to mention this last time - you could have just quoted the photo and not the whole post I thought about it, but I think a break will work.

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We may never find out (she hasn't been to the hall in a while ).

The party heads out of the cabin, toward the fishing dock. On the way there they see the two men from the night before but they are having a nice fried fish breakfast. Nearly passed out behind a barrel is a man Eric recognizes from the galley. At the fishing dock is very crowded this morning. Many folks fishing and others presumably heading back to the galley to get their catch cooked up for morning meal. Looks like the waters are still today and there is a plethora of seafood being brought in by the fishers. The captain is at the wheel as expected, but the first mate isn't there by his side. They finally see the first mate come out of the door to the galley. He's carrying what appears to be a fish sandwich in one hand and the ever-present bottle of rum in the other. He waves down the party and heads over to speak to them. "Hi folks. Lovely day, isn't it? We are making great time and should be able to pull into Mystara by mid afternoon! Feel free to wander around and talk to folks, or if you like just wait in your cabin or in the galley until we dock." He heads on up to the deck and hands the sandwich to the captain. Where will the party go?