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Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 17:12:39 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.lego.direct, Victor Knight writes:

Not true. I don't like Star Wars, and none of the sculptures are of any use
to me. What can i do with a giant minifig or dragon or sopwith camel? Maybe
if the dragon was menacing I could pass it off as some monument in a
medieval town, or if the camel was minifig-scale, or I guess I could use the
Statue of Liberty if my town was NYC, but none of these are true.

The minifig isn't THAT useful but the other three you name are veritable
treasure troves of parts. Sopwith Camel especially looks like someone who
knows what sort of parts I like designed it to be a great parts source to
fill in the gaps in my Tan/Brown/Dark Grey arsenal.

I guess that's true but I thought we were talking about instances where the
TLG model was good. If we're talking about as a set of parts, then yes.



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  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) OK. I'll defend the Camel as a good, even great, model, though. It isn't minifig scale but neither are other model team sets. It's a bit bigger scale than model team but it is along the same lines. I found it to be a very enjoyable build. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) The minifig isn't THAT useful but the other three you name are veritable treasure troves of parts. Sopwith Camel especially looks like someone who knows what sort of parts I like designed it to be a great parts source to fill in the gaps in my (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

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