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Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC )
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 01:41:06 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
> > It's kind of neat in a near-future-tech way, but it just looks..... boxy.
> > Clunky. Old-fashioned.
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> Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. There isn't anything special about
> it, it's just a bigger version of 924.
Yes, that's right. In fact, looking at the picture of 924 (I don't own the
set), it looks like one might actually be able to construct the 924 only
using parts from 928.
Now, more than ever, I can see why people like 924 so much. It's more....
compact. Concise. Elegant. Who was it that said, "Perfection is achieved not
when there is nothing left to add, but rather when there is nothing left to
remove"?
> It's very nostalgic to build with just the original Space specialised
> pieces, though.
I think that nostalgia is a prime factor in the way that AFOLs' favour old
sets so much.... which is not to say that older sets weren't fantastic, a
great many of them were.
Hey - isn't it a bit naughty to refer to pre-1980 Lego elements as
"specialised"? ;-)
On another note, I'd love to see a newer version of 367 Lunar Module done
with Technic figure astronauts. With the newer specialised pieces made in
the last 25 years, it would be an awesome model.
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET Member 164
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| On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Paul Baulch (<FpIGtJ.FvA@lugnet.com>) wrote at 01:41:06 (...) I don't own 924 either. Wish I did, though. (...) Sounds a bit mathematical/philosophical to me. Not at all baroque :-) (...) Absolutely. But 928 just doesn't have any (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Dunno, but it's a great saying. Paraphrasing a famous CS type: "Inside every large, clunky program there is a small, elegant one struggling to escape..." (...) Hmm, I thought this posting of member numbers was something Todd kinda was trying (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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