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Re: Going Against the Grain
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:29:48 GMT
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William Brumbach at willbrum1@earthlink.net wrote:
> I agree though, "this set sucks but is good for parts" is becoming redundant
> and has reached the level of "me too" posts. I think a lot of the Star Wars
> ships are very good in terms of buildability (if it isn't a word already it
> is now, maybe I should register it as a domain name :) and not having too
> many useless chunks.
Many of the SW ships are very good. My main gripe in that instance is the
inclusion of off-color bricks. (ie Green 2x4's in the Imperial Shuttle)
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> I'm as guilty as anyone though of looking at newer sets only as parts souces
> only because that is the general direction of my accumulating and building
> right now and has less to do the quality of sets.
Oh I look at all sets as parts sources, but I still have an opinion about
the way the sets were built. Most of the Star Wars line has been very very
good. Sometimes, however, I gotta ask WHY!?! when they put brown feet on the
AT-ST (Maybe it's dirty?)
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Yeah, what's the deal with hidden bricks being a random color? Like the red and blue in the Millenium Falcon? (...) Better example--a green Slave 1??? Peter (23 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Going Against the Grain
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| (...) I think the same thing when I see blue pieces in a SW set. (as he looks up at his Desert Skiff) (...) Imperial issue Berkenstocks maybe? (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Going Against the Grain
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| (...) To add my 2 cents worth, it's not just the color. It's the QUALITY. When I found out that TLG was releasing an At-St, I was pretty happy. Especially when the didn't raise the price $5 more like with some sets (why only in $5 increments?). But (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Going Against the Grain
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| (...) But everyone IS entitled to their opinion and... Sorry, I had to. I agree though, "this set sucks but is good for parts" is becoming redundant and has reached the level of "me too" posts. I think a lot of the Star Wars ships are very good in (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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