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Re: Dino Attack: Militarization of LEGO?
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:21:06 GMT
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Lindsay,

I'm trying not to hold the giant proportions against these sets just yet, since
the Hind sitting above my computer still comes in at around 50 studs long, but
it's quite literally a stretch.  One can only imagine the ensuing chaos when
kids put these things next to their Town sets.  ("Tonight on Town News: road
rage has come to the city, and its name is Fire Hammer.  Also, airliners circle
above us at this hour as a massive helicopter blocks the runway at Century
Skyway; film at 11.")

I think what gets me most about Dino Attack, besides the virtually nonexistent
stud count on the dinosaurs, is the peculiarity of the individual matchups of
creature and machine.  T-Rex vs. T-1 Typhoon?  Flawless Victory for the Typhoon,
since they didn't even give the poor dino a rock to throw.  For that matter, the
Fire Hammer could handle its opposition with a few dents on the bumper...maybe
TLG decided to strike the doors as a handicap for the dinos.



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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)

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