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Dino Attack: Militarization of LEGO?
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lugnet.build.military
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:54:57 GMT
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Greetings, all:
I've been lurking in this group for quite some time; if you remember me at all,
it'd be for my ancient Hind gunship design back when that Soviet-helicopter
craze hit out here. Anyhow, I'm back because I'm stunned by FBTB.net's coverage
of the new Dino Attack set designs at this year's Toyfair
(http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/). Not only has LEGO apparently plunged
headlong into making helicopter gunships
(http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/dino/7477_3_m.jpg) and Humvee variants
(http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/dino/7475_1_m.jpg) among others, they've also
done so on a scale that looks positively wacky. The T-1 Typhoon appears to be
about half again the overall length of a Republic Gunship, and the Fire Hammer
is built around two 6-stud windshields side-by-side like the townies' new XXL
Mobile Crane. I don't have any philosophical problems with the new line since
LEGO's "we don't do modern violence" case pretty much crumbled with Wild West,
but I was curious what y'all think of the designs. Odds are I'll buy a T-Rex
vs. Typhoon set regardless and melt down the T-rex for an ashtray...that ship's
fearsome.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Dino Attack: Militarization of LEGO?
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| (...) Well the colour change pretty much rules out me buying any of these sets... BUT even if they were in the original colours, I would still be put off by the new dinosaur moldings. Anyways... I must say, even though I build futuristic military (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
| | | Re: Dino Attack: Militarization of LEGO?
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| (...) That ship's goofy and ugly, frankly. It's outsize and done in awful colors. No sir, I don't like it. That "SUV" thing? No doors? Oh, yeah, that's really going to be effective against dinosaurs, sure. When you go to 12-wide cars, you may as (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.military)
| | | Re: Dino Attack: Alpha Team meets Jurassic Park?
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| (snip) It is just me, or does anybody think this would have made a good Alpha Team venture? Ogel finds Dinosaur DNA, then unleases Dinosaurs in his latest evil plot. "Alpha Team, with their mighty vehicles, answer to the Dinosaur threat" Disclaimer (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.military)
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