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Re: 1970s sets in microscale
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lugnet.build.microscale
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Thu, 7 Jun 2007 19:25:00 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Bob Parker wrote:
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In lugnet.build.microscale, John Patterson wrote:
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How about a mini of the Constellation
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Not positive if this is what your thinking of, but in Issue 2 of Brickjournal
http://media.peeron.com/brickjournal/brickjournal2.pdf on page 48 of that
issue (which is page 50 of the pdf file) are building instructions for a mini
USS Constellation.
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Thanks, yes that is the one, now I’ll have to build that one too. I really
didn’t like the minis except for star wars, but what a good idea to build the
1970 sets. I really believe that the 70s were the high point of lego when they
designed such complex sets with so fewer different elements.Now if they can’t
figure out how to make something with the elements they have, they just add new
elements. These minis brng back so many memories. John P
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| (...) I can see your point - its interesting how it appears to me that many AFOL's perception of Lego "back in the good ol' days" seems to change depending on what the Lego was like in their respective childhoods. For instance, I have always thought (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I initially was trying to build a *micro* Constellation, but by the time it was finished I thought the model better deserved to be called a 'mini'. Of course, this brings up the entire debate about what scale is micro, what is mini and so on. (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Not positive if this is what your thinking of, but in Issue 2 of Brickjournal (URL) on page 48 of that issue (which is page 50 of the pdf file) are building instructions for a mini USS Constellation. (URL) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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