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    Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Damian Garcia
    "Paul Mison" <lego@songtwo.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:389EC63C.ED9860...n.co.uk... (...) spaceships. Those "open air" space craft *really* bug me too. -- ---D M Garcia (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Jeffrey Baldwin
    How do you feel about the 928? I think it is kinda plain. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Gene C. Weissinger
     I love these 'type' space LEGO. they always seem to remind me of what sci fi was like in the fifties... :) EC (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Scott Edward Sanburn
     Jeffrey, (...) (Oh No! Scott is getting on his Space Soapbox!) I can appreciate sentiments of this type. However, since Space is probably my favorite theme, and have been collecting it since I was 4, and I have most of the sets since 1984. I think (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Mark Sandlin
      In lugnet.general, Scott Edward Sanburn writes: <snip> (...) I like the clunky, non-aerodynamic "outer space" utilitarian look you have going there. I think a lot of us have a tendency to make our spaceships look like airplanes. The smooth, sleek (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
     
          Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Scott Edward Sanburn
      Mark, (...) Thank you, Mark. When I built my ADF-800, I was trying to figure out how to have some kind of wing, and I just built the sides on it. These ships can go through atmospheres, but only because of the shields they run. A lot of ships look (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Steve Bliss
      (...) I'm with Jeffrey. I think a lot of people get very nostalgic for Classic Space, and rate it higher because of their history with the line. Personally, I get nostalgic for the Explorien Starship, because it was the first big set I bought (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
     Hi there, My two cents... followups set to lugnet.space only. (...) I never thought of the 928 (in the U.S., 497) as plain. Actually, it's a rather busy model, what with those big engines hanging out over the wings. (...) I have to agree with Scott. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Damian Garcia
    "Jeffrey Baldwin" <Heatwaaave@aol.com> wrote in message news:FpLxK9.IDp@lugnet.com... (...) I think its pretty cool. I like the simple, utilitarian design of the whole thing. As was mentioned in another post on this thread, it seems more functional (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Steve Bliss
   (...) We all have our prefered pet peeves. I personally don't care that many LEGO space ships are not (physically) fully enclosed. But I know that annoys many spaceheads. Steve (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Duane Hess
   (...) It doesn't bother me too much either, but I imagine an open cockpit would make atmospheric re-entry a little dicy :-) -Duane (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Steve Bliss
     (...) :) That's assuming re-entry is achieved using the historic method of falling until the atmosphere is thick enough to support wings or parachutes. In fantastic settings, ships could use some more-controlled method of descent. Or have some (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —Mark Sandlin
     (...) Actually, it's because LEGO people have really, really thick spacesuits. They're actually normally proportioned people, it's just the thick suits that make them look that way. The thick helmet visor distorts their features into the smileys you (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC ) —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
   (...) In the interest of providing a sense of realism, I always build fully-enclosed spacecraft. Even in a spacecraft the never enters the atmosphere, the crew needs to be protected from radiation. Our atmosphere, and Earth's electromagnetic field, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
 

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