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(...) Well since this thread seems to be going completely unnoticed... I nominate Nelson and self-nominate myself. Tim (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Seeing as it's so quiet here, I might as well throw my hat into the ring: My name is Teddy Welsh. I'm a 34-year-old mathematics professor in Westfield, MA, and I would like to be considered as a nominee for Ambassador, representing lugnet. I (...) (16 years ago, 6-May-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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Per Steve Witt's (URL) LEGO Ambassador nomination> post, let's use this thread for nominations. Please post here if you would like to represent the LUGNET community as a LEGO Ambassador. If you want to nominate another LUGNET member for the LEGO (...) (16 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO Star Wars Anniversary Set - Help Decide
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(...) It's a long shot and might be hard to pull off as a single kit, but I'd like to see a minifig-scale Order 66 diorama set, with the recreations of the scenes in Revenge of the Sith where the various Jedi get taken out. It'd be a good (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: Poll for new Town Sets
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I appologize for the lateness of my response. I have been extremely busy lately. Ben, thanks for responding. After re-reading the posts, I felt that the timeliness of my original post may have stepped on the toes of others. Moving forward with it (...) (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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| | Re: Poll for new Town Sets
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(...) Following on this, I am absolutely sure a yellow school bus would sell great, at least in the US! Something like (URL) this> or (URL) this>. Regular city buses could be fun as well, such as (URL) this>, (URL) this> or (URL) this>. Regular (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Star Wars Anniversary Set - Help Decide
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(...) Two models! USD 150 price range - each. R2D2 + C3PO. Nothing symbolizes the Star Wars saga better than those two characters. Display scale. With sound FX. -Morten (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Scott, We posted the Star Wars poll at the request of the LEGO Star Wars designers. Each theme is created by a different group of product designers with a Design Lead. Certain themes/design leads are more willing to work with fans to gather (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) fixed at this time. If not, how about a gun store, reference the discussion on weapons. Or a liquor store or maybe a large movie theater. A drive in. or a very large bridge. You might want to look at all the old store displays. The directions (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) This is a big reason that LEGO has always had a hard time marketing to girls. LEGO town/city has always been too action-oriented, and that simply doesn't appeal to girls . . . at least not to the extent that action appeals to boys. Sets that (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) or Another way to keep it under $150 is make the trench short with Technic bricks on each end so more than one of the same set can be combined end-to-end, with instructions showing how to do so. Maybe scale it (trench and ships) somewhere in (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Ooh, ooh, ooh! Great idea, only skip the train and the Stormies, and make it a vignette of Bounty Hunter's Row from TESB. And make sure to include the awesome Cloud City Boba Fett, with the arm/lego deco. For how popular these characters are, (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: Queen Amidala's royal starship in CHROME
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(...) As cool as this would look, I don't think it would go over very well if released as a set. I got the UCS Naboo Fighter, and even with the limited number of chrome parts that were in that set, they still had a fair amount of surface scuffing. (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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Further to the idea of doing a Darth Vader sculpture, it could be improved even further by adding a brick with a button on it (similar to the T-Rex Roar brick from the R/C T-Rex and the motorcycle engine rev brick from the motorcycle) that when (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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| | Re: LEGO Star Wars Anniversary Set - Help Decide
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(...) A 9 volt train which has technic wheels and new track geometry with wider radius curves in original dark grey. Oh and you better put Boba Fett as an engineer with 200 storm troopers in the coaches. (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, John! I hope God or TLG or whoever is listening! My reasons are selfish on this one, as I just LOVE chrome and don't want to see it fade away entirely! The SE Naboo Starfighter was just so rockingly awesome snazzy-bad with all its (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) BING BING BING!!! We have a winner. Thank you all for playing; from Dave's mouth to God's ears to the guy at TLG who is pulling the strings on this decision! JOHN (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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Many Star Wars fans have been clamoring for a Queen Amidala mini-fig in one of her royal outfits for years. This would be an opportunity to make that happen. I think an all-chrome exterior ship would be great as a way of letting fans know that this (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Star Wars Anniversary Set - Help Decide
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(...) I'd certainly buy R2D2/C3PO sculptures, but something more "playable" might appeal to a wider audience. Theed palace/throne room or Amidala's starship from Episode 1 would be good options. (...) Minifig scale. (...) Lego teased us with an (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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