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Re: No new space sets?
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lugnet.space
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:41:58 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jonathan Wilson writes:
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> Nephilim wrote:
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> > In lugnet.space, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> > > > The first person who said this, remind us why. LEGO didn't seem
> > > > to have a problem introducing Insectoid sets the same year as the
> > > > Star Wars sets, or the new town space-shuttle-esque line. And
> > > > Rock Raiders looks pretty "spacy." That's two (or three lines) of
> > > > Space Toys being sold in the Big Year for Episode One sets.
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> > > Insectoids was running out the 2 year period.
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> > Yup - I realized that seconds after I posted it, but didn't have time
> > to go and cancel and edit my message. Sorry!
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> > > Spaceoprt is not space. Rock
> > > raiders is not space. The restriction sepcially restricts "spaceships" such
> > > as those found in the true space themes.
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> > What restriction? Where did we hear about this? Why were the Spaceport
> > spaceships not covered?
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> > --
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> > jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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> They are not spaceships. Does nasa call the space shuttle a spaceship? I think
> not.
So, since Paramount calls THEIR spaceships "starships" rather than
"spaceships" it would be OK for LEGO to license the Star Trek universe
and sell models of the Enterprise?
Space shuttles fly thru space. I'd call them spaceships, even
if NASA wouldn't.
Not trying to be overly argumentative - I could hazard a guess that
LEGO might be prohibited from selling "futuristic space ships" and
that current NASA-esque sets wouldn't fall under that theme. But
that's hazarding a guess. Wish I knew the source of this licensing
rumor.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I don't buy it. I think it far more likely that Lego has _decided_ that Star Wars is filling the role of a space theme. (24 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) They are not spaceships. Does nasa call the space shuttle a spaceship? I think not. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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