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| | | What is the possibility of TLG coming out with the most popular starship in SW? Pretty good if you ask me. First glance at the interchangible design of the wings used in the LEGO® Snowspeeder, and X-Wing shows that these could be used on the front (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Jeremy Rear
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| | | | | BTW: Here's a little Futuristic Film Noir Trivia for all of you: Did you know that one of the Millenium Faclon model props was use for the top portion of the Police Headquarters in Blade Runner? It's quite distinguishable - take a good look at the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | Probability of the TLG coming out with the Millennium Falcon = 0.00001% chance Probability of the TLG coming out with the Millennium Falcon (in dream land) = 99.87% [1] In other words, in all probability, you are dreaming! As previously noted, the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Grr. (...) Yeah, I'll say. :) OK, what about -- what if they just released the instructions to build an MF -- like they did for the 6861 Blacktron Super Vehicle? They could make a 96-page booklet that you could send in for if you bought all (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | I agree with Ben. Being a pessimist with the way TLG has been, I think we're lucky enough to get any sets with a decent selection of usable parts. The only way I could see a MF coming out is if they Town Juniorize it so much, you end up with 10 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —John VanZwieten
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| | | | I think if the choice for TLG was to scale the cockpit down by putting one minifig behind another or to skip the MF altogether and miss out on a sure winner, they would chose the former. Are their _any_ Lego space sets (or town for that matter) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) ... more so for the EP1 sets ... (...) That's not Jr., that's a good old-fashioned specialized piece. What *else* are you going to do with that thing, except use it as R2D2's face? (...) I thought the X-Wing was *the* SW ship. Steve (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | | Steve Bliss wrote in message <371b913e.28601859@l...et.com>... (...) Note that I'm not complaining about the special pieces. Many of them are great additions to the Lego building arsenal, and they seem to be designed with multiple uses in mind. In (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) That's the problem with RotJ! The main characters don't spend enough time flying around in their cool ships! Steve (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | | You know, I've always wondered why I like RotJ the least of the trilogy, and I think you've hit it! Just think if half the movie was used attacking the 2nd Death Star. -John Van Steve Bliss wrote in message <371c7e1a.2609035@lu...et.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) :) Nah, that would have been too too derivative (having another Death Star was already too derivative). What if they had taken the Death Star planet-killer weapon, and put it on a *much* smaller platform (instead of an even bigger platform)? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Ryan Carr
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I (...) I whole heartedly agree. How come the Ewoks got there own movie but no other cooler aliens did? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Ryan Dennett
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| | | | | | | | | | Would you guys stop picking on the Ewoks :) Wicket was my second favorite character. They got 1/2 of a movie because George Lucas wanted to give them 1/2 the movie, duh :) Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda ***...*** (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | | | (...) Then everybody could have sat around celebrating and eating fried Ewok. A universally known delicacy. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | I think RotJ was the least appreciated because of the perception that the series had done a cardinal sin by trying to be "cute". The Ewoks were just to cute, something I hate to see in a good movie. Taking the series as a whole, the presence of the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | Terry K wrote in message <371d72ba.4919104@lu...et.com>... (...) just to (...) whole, (...) So what makes people think that TPM, which stars a child for crying out loud, isn't going to be just as cute and lame? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | (...) A very valid question. One can only hope. But one boy thrust into the center of galactic events could be a subject handled without reverting to being cute. I hope so, anyway. The Ewoks, on the other hand, were primarily portrayed as being cute (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Very true. Interesting that the second trailer barely mentions Anakin (I hate when movies change advertising, and make themselves look like an entirely different movie!). (...) Plus, there's the hokey plot-line problem. Natives discover white (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | (...) I hate when the movie trailers are better than the movie. Or when they give away what should be a pivotal plot point in the movie. I *HATE* knowing what is going to happen from seeing the stupid preview. (go ahead and insert Titanic sinking (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Forgot to mention the most insipid part of it: Chewie being fooled by a hunk of dead meat on a line. And the entire crew being hoist by a snare. Steve (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | (...) Ouch! Ouch! OK! I give up! Uncle! -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) The Landspeeder. All of the cars/trucks in the Adventurers line. (And I'm wondering how well that one-piece passenger compartment from the Adventurers would work as the base for an AT-AT 'head') (...) Depends on how badly out of proportion it (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | Steve Bliss wrote in message <371ca48f.12455493@l...et.com>... (...) D'oh! I'm not really familiar with the Adventurer's line, but I do have the landspeeder :) (...) of (...) So at 7 studs minimum across for a two-seater cockpit X 5 = 35 studs (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Derek Schin
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| | | | | | John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) across. (...) cockpit (...) Well, the Millenium Falcon model on my page is built exactly to minifig scale. The math alone almost killed me when I built it (measure length of random part from book; convert (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) round 4x4 plate for the holo-chess table. Chewie is an interesting improvisation too. Okay, now for the hard part: how many pieces is it? :) -Tom McD. when replying add syrup to the spamcake. (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Derek Schin
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| | | | | | | | | Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) I really wish I knew. Since I never plan on taking it apart, I'll probably never know, either. As for modeling it in LDraw...I don't think so. We're certainly talking about thousands of pieces here. :Derek (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | | for the cockpit of a falcon. how about using the cockpit pieces from the aquanaut subs. they look close and they fit with the octogonal walls. or TLG could make something colse to those that is more like the real MF. (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | (...) would the 4 x 4 round with holes from the y-wing engines work? (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | | | | | | I used an old 4x4 turntable (without the 4x4 bottom plate) with a grid of blue and white 1x1 tiles on top. So far it's the closest, I've come up with. Ben (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) That's an interesting idea Ben... it almost sounds like they could eat chinese food on the Falcon now that the entire table rotates! :) (...) I thought about that last night when I was taking apart my Y-wing. It could work, but anything 1 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) More likely, the round disk with cross-axle hole from CyberSlam (and others). Steve (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Jason Fabisch
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| | | | | | | | (...) What about using one of those Throwbot disc things. Are they Lego compatable or just useless? Jason (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | Utterly, completely useless! No Lego compatibility. Does anyone want some? Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | | (...) This was one of the first sites I found last year when I went searching for Lego on the net, and I was blown away! You can rest assured that the TLG version of the MF will not be as nice as yours. Do you still have the model built? This would (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | | | A few comments, keep in mind, dimensions of the Millennium Falcon vary by as much as 40% depending on what source to use. But if you scale it based on the 8 studs as the width of the cockpit you come up with number pretty close to what Derek (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | | | Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) If it's correctly to scale. As Steve pointed out, a cockpit to overall size ratio of 1:5 would be the minimum necessary without it looking ridiculous. I doubt TLG would be as concerned about exact dimensions (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Derek Schin
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| | | | | | | | John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) size (...) I (...) they (...) True, but I did measure their Y-Wing to see how far off it was from the correct scale, and you know what? It was really close. Everything except the cockpit was dead-on. Of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) You are correct, but that's assuming the cockpit tube is nearly circular. If the tube was built to 'suggest' a circular cross-section, it could be smaller than 8 studs across. 0000 00 00 0 0 0 0 00 00 0000 This would be very cramped. Other (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) I'm jumping in here late, so forgive me if this had already been mentioned. To me it seems a ship cockpit canopy or AT-AT 'head' would have to be at least six studs wide rather than use the one-piece ~5-stud passenger compartments found in the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Karim Nassar
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| | | | (...) This may be appocryphal, because I don't have the piece in front of me, but doesn' t the piece in question have a stud (representing door handles) on the outside of the "door" panels? If so (Again, I'm not sure about this), one could seal up (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) least (...) with a (...) like (...) inside (...) doesn' (...) outside of (...) the (...) It's not appocryphal. And I'm a bit surprised that it's *you* that even thought it could be ;-) Yes, that piece has studs representing door handles. I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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