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I voted for the Emperor's Stronghold because I don't think of the bridge as a fortress (great set though) and I have never built/owned the robbers retreat and so am unfamiliar with the charm-beyond-the-picture-factor it seems to posses... God Bless, Nathan

Thanks for pointing these out! God Bless, Nathan

I saw this on Lugnet a while ago. I like the way it illustrates just how varied Lego MOCs can be... God Bless, Nathan

Number one...Always a purist. I guess I've always liked the 'caricature' nature of lego and if I wanted realism I would get those little die-cast hand painted things only kids play with ; ) God Bless, Nathan

The spring clean sets proved (and Jake admitted) that lego make pieces first, ie everything blue for a month, than design sets from whats in the warehouse. This is why they occassionaly have a very successful sell out and simply announce they have no way of restocking, because they are working on a yellow output at the time. I think this bizzare production practice/unnecessary warehousing are a large cause of Lego's economic problems. (Note how he boldly expands the topic... ;-) ) God Bless all, Nathan

Nice work! I like the sand green/black combo (though a non-green baseplate would help a lot) and the all round construction is also very nice. The interior is functional and simple and I like the contrasting colours used as well as the stair design. Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan

Nice review (as always) shame about the glue (originality is one of my strong points, along with prompt replies). God Bless, Nathan who finds to his advantage that all his Questions have been answered

Hey all, A big hello from a long gone face! The forumns look great (before I go any further). When we last left our intrepid hero* : *work with me ; ) He was underway to Australia to attend university. But now He's not... To find out why you'll have to watch the prequel to my next adventure To cut a long, complicated, and relatively boring, story short: A combination of factors including: an illness in the family (now far less serious), a relocating of work (also fairly vital), and the distance effect (with the first two in mind) have prompted me to return to Ireland. I will be still be studying, but now at Queens University Belfast. I apologies for my long absence, the recent whip lash has left me not a little disorientsted and without much time for lego (less still for lego and the internet). I am now in the final throws of the move and shold be back regularly reading by next week, this is more of a 'heads up'. I will have caught up on the news and MOCs I missed by sometime next year : ) I missed you all a lot and it will be good to be back...again...again* *for those who have been around a while and know that of all the 'individual' (feel free to substitute your own adjective) people on the web I rank fairly highly... Please do flood me with news! God Bless as always, Nathan BTW the one positive is that in some of the time spent not posting and actually in a fixed abode I have produced my best ever MOC... to be posted in a while as I am going to try to learn to edit the pics and that could take time...

Brisbane...(roughly ;-) ) God Bless, Nathan

Hey all, I'll be offline until I can get all settled again. I'm leaving my beloved Irealand (the lego is almost all packed) and heading down to.... Australia! (And then there were 2!) I will of course remain an EBer even if I do fall under the rather long shadow of Mister Phes. All the best and God Bless, Nathan

Good question! Some kind of tribal head wear? God Bless, Nathan

The clam is very cool (even by itself) I would never have thought to build something like that, well done! God Bless, Nathan

I always liked the blue... how do others feel about this? God Bless, Nathan

Very nice! It retains a lot of the original Lego line which is interesting in a large MOC. Thanks for posting this and God Bless, Nathan

Lego stayed away from ghosts/dragons and other non-realistic elements for a long time. You could argue that it was pirates which broke lego out of the historicaly accurate mode as they featured 'heroic' pirates a modern spin, whereas up until then castle had had several competing factions with nolabeled good or bad, town was town, and even space was just a series of competing forces... God Bless, Nathan

Thanks for the review...thought I am dissapointed by the set. I wanted those printed new brown pieces and the figs but there is way too much bley/bionicle to make this worth the money. Thanks again and God Bless, Nathan

That head does look good... Thanks for posting it Brickster! God Bless, Nathan

A very interesting point...something you notice, but don't necessairly name... God Bless, Nathan

but he still seems to be refusing to help its post count X-D! God Bless, Nathan

Well than, while you're here... What do you think of this set yoda? God Bless, Nathan (borrowing liberaly from Phes' direct questionin trick book...)

Hey all, saw that the NCLUG had done a POC display. The Lugnet announcement , Brickshelf Gallery , and my personal favs: God Bless, Nathan

these wedge pieces mounted sideways (SNOT)...It works very well! God Bless, Nathan

I was trying to hunt down another one of the Lego Builder's Club exclusive posters (a castle one from my childhood) and after a long search I found a seller on Bricklink with one. When I went to purchase it I noticed this one (which I wass previously unaware of) and snapped it up for the wall ; ) God Bless, Nathan

Very impressive! I ampredicting a rapid expansion of the western universe! God Bless, Nathan

Grand... I was just concerned that that would involve a lot of work for you... God Bless, Nathan