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Subject:	Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space
Date:	Fri, 12 May 2000 17:08:31 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Paul Baulch writes: > Wow, Jeremy that armour looks very, very cool... did you get the grey > helmets from Exploriens 'figs, or is there a more recent set that contains > them? I'm not sure where they came from. I *think* they are from x. Lemme dig around my instructions pile... > Actually, your soldiers' appearance doesn't remind me so much of Colonial > Marines, as of the Mobile Infantry from the Starship Troopers movie... is it > OK to mention the movie around here? Fans of the book seemed to hate it, but > I enjoyed it.... ;-) AAAAHHHH!!! No, say it ain't so! ;-) I must admit, I have been tempted to see the movie, even though I understand that it thrashes Heinlein's vision, and that they did most of their casting from 90210 extras. :-, > I'd also very much like to see a Warrior Bug vs M.I. scene done in Lego. > Anyone done a minifig-scale Warrior bug before? Might give it a go... I tried once, with this guy: http://www.io.com/~jsproat/lego/hmsds/parmor.html fighting this guy: http://www.io.com/~jsproat/lego/hmsds/zhillch.html But I didn't pull it off well enough for me to be happy with it. However, I think I was lacking in sheer numbers, not form. Again, I gotta admit that I liked the scene in the S.T. promo with the bug army simply *pouring* over the massed human troops -- very eerie. Cheers, - jsproat

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		Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)
(...) -Yeah, it was very different from the book, but it was entertaining in its own right. The movie was done by the same guy that did Robocop (Voerhoeven?). It has some really funny parts, especially the public service announcements and the parts (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

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		Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)
Sproaticus wrote in message ... (...) would (...) football (...) urban (...) a (...) trackers. (...) Wow, Jeremy that armour looks very, very cool... did you get the grey helmets from Exploriens 'figs, or is there a more recent set that contains (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

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