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Subject: 
Re: Space legends, my thoughts...
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lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Sat, 21 Dec 2002 00:56:55 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> writes:
Lets face some facts:
1.we cant get classic space helmets
and 2.TLC/LD isnt going to be dumb enough to do classic space with new
figs and/or new-type helments (it would look ugly, I tried to put some
futuron figs in my Walking Astro Grappeler and it looked crap :)

Classic Space is great in general, but there are exceptions.  Nothing
you could put in a Walking Astro Grappler would make it *not* look
crap.  That's probably the lamest set LEGO ever made, not counting the
Time Twisters line I suppose.

But I really don't see what's so bad about the helmets.  Put a new
style helmet on a Classic Space (not Futuron) fig, and put him in a
Galaxy Explorer - I am pretty sure that unless you look really closely
you wouldn't even notice the difference.

--Bill.

--
William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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        Consistency is not really a human trait.
                         --Maude (from the film "Harold & Maude")



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  Re: Space legends, my thoughts...
 
(...) Although I would be willing to accept Classic reruns with newer helmet styles, I seem to recall trying this years ago and discovering that with certain smaller-cockpit designs, a visored helmet would actually interfere with the closing of the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Space legends, my thoughts...
 
Lets face some facts: 1.we cant get classic space helmets and 2.TLC/LD isnt going to be dumb enough to do classic space with new figs and/or new-type helments (it would look ugly, I tried to put some futuron figs in my Walking Astro Grappeler and it (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)

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