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Yup!! Starwars are in there now! They Also updated (URL) but you have to be a webclub member. I guess I'll have to join now. They don't seem to have the Episode 1 sets yet though. Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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(...) Update: The Snowspeeder *Does* have orange pieces, and it has a "smokey" colored airplane windshield for the rear cockpit! Cool!! Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You also need to have Java Script turned on, and you need Shockwave Flash. *ack* The catalogue entries for Star Wars seem to focus on the fact that the sets can be used to make alternate models too. I like this. (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Also, There is a really easy quiz that will allow you to see an Episode 1 set, but the Java Applet for the set image is broken! Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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[redirecting discussion to lugnet.starwars] (...) I've noticed that the questions change each time you take it (had to take it twice because I tried Netscape and MSIE to see if the java applet worked). (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It was nice to see questions that weren't all total no-brainers. Most were pretty easy for an SW-head but some looked like they might tricky for the casual fan or the younger generation. Too bad the Java applet is broken, I couldn't get it to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Chances are, it is the Naboo Fighter. I'm just hoping there's more detail. Anyone notice that the Canopy for the Naboo Fighter would fit perfectly on an A-wing? I'm betting we'll see one next year. Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Steve (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Seeing Star Wars and questions reminds me of what we did with some friends last week - SW Trivial Pursuit. My friend Jack won, as he should considering how much he is into SW, with my wife Rachael coming in second. I came in third (out of 4) (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) FYI: that's color 32 in LDraw. Trans-black. Well, maybe color 40. Trans-dk grey. Steve (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It wasn't. The apparent point being that you can use these sets to make non-Star Wars models. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm assuming that's what the 'secret' set is. How could 'lightsaber duel' be from Episode I? The only duel worth mentioning was Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader. Steve (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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That we know of so far. (...) Jorge Rodriguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) From the info I've seen on Episode I, 7101 Lightsaber Duel will probably be Obi-wan and Darth Maul, or the guy played by Liam Neeson and Darth Maul. Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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The 'Mech that you can create with the alt-XWing seems pretty interesting. Might have to pick up a couple of these to have several models built at once ... (...) -- Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Terry, did you see the alternate models of the snowspeeder and x-wing? It looks like the new hinge for the x-wing wings has the same form as the windscreen hinge. Look at the legs on the snowspeeder alt. model. 1X2 bricks with 1 and 2 fingers off (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah, and in the case of the hovercraft thing with Luke and that old dude, you can make a really goofy-looking one that doesn't look like much of anything. :) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Terry K wrote in message <36a91b32.10535425@l...et.com>... (...) <john_vanzwieten@msn.com> (...) suspect (...) alternates! (...) would be (...) Agreed. My guess is that the single finger is actually some sort of clip which holds onto a bar between (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Our family played that on Christmas. We had teams, and my sister and I won - which was a major shock to her son. Mister SW trivia, force-enabled, mega-fan. Boy, was that a blow to his ego. :-) While playing the game, we had a running joke: If (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No, not yet. But I thought of the same thing when I read about the alternates! But from your description, I am surprised. Those don't seem like they would be that stiff. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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What a disappointment! I go to this page, and I get the message "We do not support Internet Explorer for Mac." Lego, please continue to shoot yourself in the foot. -Michael ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I guess it's a matter of degree. They keep making Town Jr and they alienate what, a thousand or so known AFOLs? They don't support IE for the Mac and they alienate a fairly small percentage of an already tiny percentage of computers (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For us it was Han Solo. :) It was actually kinda fun to watch my friend Jack play because whenever we were amazed that he knew some minute detail about an obscure scene he would procede to recite and describe it for us. Kinda like how some (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Could anyone lit my light on what AFOL means (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not completely their fault -- the page uses Shockwave Flash, so complain to Macromedia. (They created a Navigator for Linux plug-in.... enough pressure and they'll create a Mac one.) Check out (URL) for high-res versions of all the images (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Adult fan 'o Lego. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks :-) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jack sounds like my nephew. But despite having that prodigious mass of intricate detail, he still couldn't win. That is going to hang over his head for years. May even warp his personality. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) 118 days to the movie. Oh, you meant the Lego. No idea. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Does anybody have these pieces yet? Which of the colours Steve suggests is the best approximation? What is the RGBa values for the "smokey" windscreens? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: Jacob.Sparre.Andersen@risoe.dk -- -- Web...: (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Uh, yes. That was what I meant to say. Sorry for being unclear. Some sets the last years have come without any alternate models at all, so I'm happy to see that the Star Wars sets have. Take Time Cruisers as an example (no alternate models), (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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OUCH! 292K Flash file! Still, it's pretty cool. Greg (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Worked fine for me (Navigator 4.5 on NT 4.0). Greg (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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In case you haven't seen it yet, it IS the Naboo fighter. Greg (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Really. So where's the image? (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hrmmm.... as much as I don't like either TC or TT, I think the point could be made that the entire line is nothing but alternate models. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You weren't. I was trying to be funny. (...) Isn't it funny (and a bit sad) how the SW sets are more "LEGO" than the regular System sets (ie, Adventurers, Town Center, etc.). The new pieces are less specialized, the sets build reasonable (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Almost makes you wonder if Lucas made some sort of demand that the sets be more traditional and less like the crap TLG is making for the other themes now. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Didn't work for me on Nav4.5 on NT4.0 WS until I shift-reloaded for about the 10th time, so it's obvious something is broken at their end. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That's exactly what came to my mind, while reading Larry's dear lego post, stating that a clueless "brainy" from TLG expresed that "juniorization" is the way to go for all sets, and TLG is happy with that. Selçuk (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm with you on this one. With the previously noted exception of the town junior double-sloped piece for the x-wing rear landing gear, I'm very impressed with the construction and new piece selection of the SW sets. I'm going to have to buy (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wondered that, too. It makes some sense--Lucas can pick and choose their licensees. So if they contract with LEGO, it's because they want to see Star Wars in LEGO form. So why make it in a watered-down, Star Wars, Jr. style? Steve (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I had expected when the whole SW-LEGO thing started. An X-wing made out of maybe a dozen pieces. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Michael Hopkins: : What a disappointment! I go to this page, and I get the message "We do not : support Internet Explorer for Mac." You have a Mac and you use Internet Explorer? Why? On a system that offers you as much freedom as (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, in the area of browsers I guess I would tend to choose Communicator over IE. But, in general, Mac users are more accustomed to getting very little of anything and paying more for it when they get it, so wouldn't it make a lot of sense (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've now done it on both NN for Win32 and Linux. I believe that it was broken at first but was fixed, so try reloading. (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yikes. If they could have come up with an alternate model for most TC stuff which used most of the pieces, I'd have been quite impressed. Those are some really weird things! (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Didn't you guys try to look at the Time Cruisers models through the special glasses included in each set? The Twisted Time Train looks like the Metroliner with the green glasses and the 7740 Intercity train with the red glasses. Notice the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) HEY! Watch what you're saying, I used to be able to recite it all! -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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