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Yesterday I opened a MISB 6929 Starfleet Voyager and build it. The build took
surprisingly long time, but it was worth every minute of it. There was a FEELING
building this classic, seeing it grow in front of your eyes, that I just don't
get building a recent set - none of the Star Wars sets had this special quality,
that I just can't explain.
Anyway, about the discussion on containers, this set actually has a standard
container, although it is small. I picture this ship as a FedEx interstellar
small freight ship, with Robin Castway in the cockpit, and his trusted
basketball in the container, with an express delivery of two shovels to the
mining planets in the far end of the galaxy.....
And as Castway of course have to have a Hideaway to live in, I opened and build
a 6592 Vacation Hideaway as well. A small house, few parts, and a simple build,
but it still gave that same FEELING, that Privets Drive just couldn't.
Am I the only one having it like this? Does anybody have a better word for this?
regards,
Arne, Copenhagen
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| (...) I remember saving up to buy one of these many years ago. It's a lovely set and an under-used colour scheme at the time. I've put mine together again, although the gold symbols have faded. I think of it now more as a UN-like relief transport, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Stop it—you're going to make me cry. Yeah, I've noticed the lack of real 'personality' in the new sets. Even with the designer sets, which are really nice part packs and examples of what LEGO can do. But they still lack. . . something. (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Absolutely. Aside from being an original design, the old classic space sets revolve around one central concept: playability. The basic brick construction affords great material for building other creations to be sure, but even the official (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) I know exactly how you feel. There is nice MISB 6950 Mobile Rocket Transport looking at me from the shelf above my computer. I have had this set in a box for about 4 years now and it is getting harder and harder not to open it. The feeling you (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) ... (...) It's called nostalgia. I was surprised a few years ago to find that I don't suffer from it. I've probably told this story one too many times, but anyway... Like most Space Lego fans, I lusted after the 928/497 Galaxy Explorer. For (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) Same feeling here usually. When I started collection in 1998 again, after my dark ages, I started with collecting Town sets. I remember obtaining some early 1980's town sets such as the post office, 6382 fire station and such. All sets I never (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| In lugnet.space, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote: SNIP excellent observations (...) Look at THIS: (URL) i just saw this, so it's new to me, so the feeling can't just be nostalgia; It's got to go with great form & fun & fun form & forming fun (whew!) in a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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