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1/1200 of an airship?
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Posted: 4th March 2004 18:55
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Is there any uncertainty as to what this "1/1200 of an airship" is at the auction house? For a long time I thought it was a piece of the real Blackjack. The first time I played through the game I thought maybe pieces of the ship were spread throughout the WoR and if you collected all 1200 pieces you can have the Blackjack again.
 Well now I think it's just a scale model. What do you think? -------------------- FFXI (Siren server) Tauu the Windurstian Tarutaru! White Mage & Paladin |
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Posted: 4th March 2004 19:11
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I agree with the scale model theory, especially given the item they show in your screenshot.
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Post #31343
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Posted: 4th March 2004 22:04
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its so tinyyyy !
 its sooo 1/1200 of an airship. if it were 1200/1200 of an airshipp.................... you know what would happen.................. CONCLUSION: its so tinnyyy!! its a model |
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Post #31355
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Posted: 4th March 2004 22:09
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I always considered it like a model. You see the entire airship, just smaller, so why not. I remember getting enough GP to outbid the rich guy, but it wouldnt let me
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Post #31356
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Posted: 4th March 2004 22:11
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I'm sure that they probably meant a 1/1200 scale model of an airship, but with the way they said it, I always assumed that is was "1/1200 of an airship". However, I never thought that you could collect another 1199 of them.
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Post #31357
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Posted: 4th March 2004 22:32
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not sure how you could outbid the guy..I beleive he bets 1 more gp than your gp counter goes up too.
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Post #31361
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Posted: 4th March 2004 22:55
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Yeah, it's a scale model. The screenshot wouldn't make sense if it weren't; nor would it make sense to have one 1200th part of any airship--wouldn't they specify it as "part of a casino table from the Blackjack" or "part of a door from the Blackjack" or whatever if it really was?
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Post #31364
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Posted: 4th March 2004 23:59
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Well, it could just be an icon that represents a piece of an airship. That way you can make the connection to the Blackjack. Though I'm not sure why the kid would be thrilled to have a piece of the airship. I figured maybe that was supposed to be funny.
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Posted: 5th March 2004 14:26
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i always figured that it was a piece of the blackjack, but after reading this thread i'm starting to aggree with the scale model idea.
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Post #31426
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Posted: 5th March 2004 18:37
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The very first time I saw it, I thought it was an actual piece of an airship, and I was annoyed that I could never get it. However, I now realize that it is simply a scale model.
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Post #31455
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Posted: 6th March 2004 00:39
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Using my brain now, I figure it's a model, but when I played through the game I think that I thought it was a piece of the airship being represented by a model-sprite.... I'm goofy.
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Post #31496
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Posted: 6th March 2004 00:44
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This made me laugh....
I have maxed out my GP to 9,999,999 and for some reason I STILL cannot out-bid that pesky kid. I'M LOADED AND I WANT THAT IMP! BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------- Chrono Triggers rock super-group: Ozzie - lead singer from Black Sabbath Flea - Bassist from Red Hot Chilli Peppers Slash - Guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses He drinks and smokes his cares away His heart is in the lonely way Living in the ruins Of a castle built on sand... Tell The King - The Libertines |
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Post #31497
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Posted: 6th March 2004 08:48
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Sorry. No matter how hard you try, you will never be able to outbid them. That's just how the game works.
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Post #31523
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Posted: 6th March 2004 11:15
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Its definetly a scale model, and the scene is a red herring to have you try to waste GP.
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Post #31526
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Posted: 7th March 2004 08:45
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Eh, I'm going to go ahead and say that it is a scale model....
Although the blackjack would definitely be well worth finding 1200 pieces in order to fly it again.... What a badass airship. -------------------- Je ne t'aime plus, Mon amour... Je ne t'aime plus, Tous les jours... |
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Post #31592
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Posted: 7th March 2004 12:00
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Quote from the FAQ (that we all seem to have overlooked...
 )Quote This man at the auction keeps outbidding my party for the imp robots, model airships, and chocobos! How much do I need to win? You can't buy them, even if you have more money than he bids. And by the way, you can not buy those model airships to rebuild the BlackJack. The item describes the scale of the airship, not the fact that it is a fraction of a real airship. And why would you need any of that stuff anyway? -------------------- "Only the dead have seen the end of their quotes being misattributed to Plato." -George Santayana "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..." -Abraham Lincoln, prior to the discovery of Irony. |
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Post #31603
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Posted: 7th March 2004 15:55
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Man, that guy is a spoiled brat. 1,000,000 for one part of an airship. Why does his father buy it for him.
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Post #31607
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Posted: 7th March 2004 16:44
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A model, it is. Unfortunately, I always forget to go there when I play through the game, and I haven't even gotten there once yet
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Posted: 15th March 2004 20:59
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Yea i just assumed it was a model
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