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(...) Onyx is a Rock/Snake Pokemon AND...it's a type of rock. Kya (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Richard (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) WOO WOO WOO! :) YES YES YES! It's gonna be a long night! Booting the coffee server now! :) --Todd (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooh Ahh!! Big Thanks Kevin!!! Julie (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 2000 looks like a much better year than 1999, though I still wish they would un=juniorize town. Artic is way COOL. And now we have polar bears! Yahoo! It might be juniorized, but I really like the new highway pieces. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What a night to be sitting in a hotel room with a 14,400 connection!!! Argh! Anyway looks like the Falcon is just about as bad as we thought although the cockpit looks a bit better than previously thought and it is still good for pieces. Still (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle)
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I still don't think the Falcon looks THAT bad. Cockpit to "saucer" could be improved, though. Still on my list of sets. :) The dinosaurs look cool, did you see the big prop plane in the mural in the middle of the catalog?? Coooolll. Looks like it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I know one thing I'm buying a lot of!!! The elevated road plates #6600.That set is pretty neat by itself. Not much of a selection for town this year is there? (The elevated road plates, I think is the best idea TLG has had in a long time.) and I'm (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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All I have to say is..."LEIA IS HIDEOUS!!!!!" Thank you. Done ranting. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The look on her face, to me, says "I wish he would stop pinching me." Julie (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jason Brown wrote in message <382739DC.77E70887@m...es.edu>... (...) :) Anyway, (...) Did you notice the age on the "Ultimate Collector's Series" from 16 years? Has Lego listed an age 16 or above? They look expensive to me... (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just added c00am-12a.jpg, a 300dpi close up of the MF It doesn't exactly fit on the page like the rest of the scans, but oh well. KL (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm... no I didn't. I don't think they've ever done 16 or above before! Wow. :) Finally some recognition of older LEGO fans. Um, expesive, LOTS of pieces. Hmmm... Kevin posted a close up of the Falcon (not from the page I wanted, but good (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! That Han is such a little rascal! Richard (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That does sound like really good news - I assume these are pretty much the first Lego sets for which the suggested age range is basically an adult range. What puzzles me though is *why* they are marked as from 16. They don't look especially (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jason Brown wrote in message <38273E75.5BDE6C8D@m...es.edu>... (...) I feel the same way. There is no way to beat the ones I have seen. I noticed the single person cockpit also. As was the case with you, I too am now disappointed in the MF. All (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) My guess would be to charge more. They figure if they market to adults, they can charge adult prices (as if they don't already). (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You mean the one at (URL)? Finally, the pantoon plane is done correctly! However, it might as well be from the Artic theme. I don't know. Doesn't it look a bit too modern to be an Adventurers flyingboat? Either way, it is a cool plane. Overall (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Well - if they are limited edition, then they'll sell-out, which is good. But not as good as if they weren't limited and they sold out as well! Ie - by limiting the numbers TLG will never *really* know how popular they would be. (...) Blame (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup! (...) Nah, assuming all the Artic sets are listed in the Artic page (page 23, c00am-23), that leaves Adventurers, which the new ones arn't listed. Also, it's along with the other Adcenturers stuff, not the Artic in the mural. And in that (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Cool! There is a bit of juniorization in the 2000 castle sets, but overall I am very pleased. I love the large blue roof pieces and the new shields. The best part for me, though, is the princess minifig in the big castle set, 6091. I only wish (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Hmm, I wonder what frequent trips to which city inspired the raised road construction set? I saw we call it the "big dig" set! KL (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yaaaaaaaay!!!...!!! Cherry Picker Buckets!!! Finally! Quick thoughts, I'll add more tomorrow afternoon. The Soccer sets look good, and I can add my World Cup sets to 'em. I love the AAT, and check out all the brown on the MTT. And the MTT (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Did you all notice that the futbol field is a pseudo foosball table? (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sweee...eeeEEEeee...eeet! (Except for the milenium falcon, that stinks!) Let's start with futbal. It's soccer, and all they show is a field. Heh. Now Star Wars! The sets look great, great, great! great, great, great!great, great, great!great, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd say definitely Adventurers for the plane. It's got a couple of pterodactyls flying around it. Pterodactyls! How cool. -Pete (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers)
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Alex wrote in message ... (...) Who in their right mind is going to slam on the launchers? I don't believe Lego pieces were meant for this much stress! (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, unfortunatly its a soldier. :( (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks alot Kevin the New Star Wars sets look awesome. Ed (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 6091.I only wish she was available in more (and cheaper) sets. Hey, is that her locked up in the wagon thing from 6096? I hope so!< I hope so too! I hope TLG is still listening because these are my first impressions: 1. Overall, I am beginning (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I love it!!! At least 2 more SW sets have 2x2 gray corners!!! I think I wont have to worry about time! :) This is great for gray bricks this year and the next. wow and the green guy has dark gray hands! even better! I hope more comes out? Lord Doyle (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks, Kevin! Uh, some good, some bad, some UGLY! Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I too had hoped she'd be in a cheaper set so I could get a bunch of her :( Only thing I'm not happy with... they're still using those awful Iguana helmets :( and putting islander bones in them :( THOUGH... the 6009 visor helmet is back!!! I noticed (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Mookie wrote in message <38281C5D.4FB56EFF@w...tt.net>... (...) Agreed. (...) Same here, and the glass is cool, and in three sets! (...) Thats what I wondered when 4805 came out. Thinking about this a few minutes ago, I decided the 6000 series is (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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does this mean that KL will start accepting 1997 set instructions soon? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (Sigh)... Now I'll have to find a second job to afford all of these cool new sets. I'm not sure what is worse for me: a bad year from Lego (which this is not), or a really good year full of sets, the majority of which I probably won't get... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) She looks like her mother. Oh, wait. We just said the same thing. Why does TLG hate female characters in Star Wars? Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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HIDEOUS?!?!? How about COOL!!!! Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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LOL! I'll have to get a few of these just to reenact Kevin trying to navigate the Boston spagetti bowl :-) -John Van Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FKwz84.9MD@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My guess, FWIW, is that TLC is still reticent to admit that the products they sell actually appeal to very, very wide age ranges. IOW, if they'd marked it "from 11 years," then they'd be admitting that what 11-year-olds play with is also what (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I definitly think the new "Ultimate Collectors Series" sets are marketed almost directly to adults. For one, looking at all the pieces in these models my guess is that these models are probably going to go for $100+ each. I hope I am wrong (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm the farthest thing from a Star Wars expert, but just from my memory of seeing the movies a couple of times, if the Collector's X-Wing is the same size or a little bigger than the current toy model, wouldn't that make the Falcon something (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It'd be fine with me, though I still think that even if it's about the same size as the X-Wing and if my guestimates are correct, that would still be a pretty huge MF parts-wise (bad english) so I would probably put it in the $300 price range. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) My guess is that it has something to do with how they expect the set to be used: this probably isn't the kind of model a young kid can 'whoosh' around a lot with in the living room - it's pretty clear they're thinking this is going to be (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) model-team MF is, as long as it fulfills a couple of criteria: (1) The scale must be absolutely self-consistent -i.e., no Kenner-esque huge cockpit and fat midsection (2) The detail should be intricate and as accururate to Canon as possible. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You might be on to something, there. But it could also be that the sets are rated 16+ because TLG didn't want to say "These sets are for adults". It seems obvious the display stands and placards are there to appeal to older builders, to make (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I wouldn't be willing to pay the kind of money that a large-scale limited edition model would go for...however, I'd love a small-scale, highly detailed Model-Team(ish) Falcon. I'm not so much concerned with size as with reasonable accuracy to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I was wondering that too, and then a really horrible thought occured to me: What if these sets come with a tube of glue? James (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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I think they could sell a TON of a large scale MF if they did it right - release it as 6-10 subsets, and if you buy them all, it builds the whole thing. 1 - cockpit 2 - laser cannons with cockpits 3 - entrance ramp/nose 4 - chess table/room 5 - (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, theoretically, you could throw about four or five of those 2x4x6/8? weight bricks that came with some of the floatable boats to act as a counterbalance in the base of that stand. As for keeping the thing actually on the stand, I guess (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well I am 23, fell like I am much older! Working full-time at Meijers, part-time at Mobile Medical Respose as an EMT and being a volenteer firefighter, plus still going to school! But I always make time to play with LEGOs!!!!! (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I may be stating the obvious here, because most other people that read these posts have a much keener eye to detail than I do, but has anyone noticed that the bases of the stands are actually buit from normal sloped lego pieces. It appears (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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