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(...) < <snip> Amen. I agree 100%. -Orion (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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What a suprise Orion. Steven is right in line here. Lego in no way will respond to politeness. The only thing they will respond to is a reduction in sales, PERIOD. The more people that refuse to buy the 2004 sets the better! Greg "Orion Pobursky" (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I look at it this way: It's still LEGO, right? Sure, the model in the box may have an element the you don't like but nothing forces you to build the model the way it is pictured. Some of the colors may be different but all the bricks that you (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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There are some better pictures of the 4 new Technic sets: (URL) that I have seen them closer...nothing special in that mini-technic set...the airplane is nice and actually the Bionicle blades look good...the 4WD is nice but there isn't anything that (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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Thank you Lego! The more I see of these sets the easier it will be not to buy any of them. Bionicle parts have no business in true Technic sets. They are different themes and should be kept that way! Cutting corners by using those parts in sets like (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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I agree with Greg that not one of these sets looks good to me either. I miss brick beams. I also think the fairing pieces in place of brick beams actually detract from the model. It doesn't look as "solid" as the old stuff. The two metal hooks in (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But clever reuse of parts from different themes in new contexts is a long-time Lego staple! (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think these mirrors are the same pieces that holds the shields in the Knights Kingdom Large Figures. Arne (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd say those are not metal: (URL) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (remove SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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D'OH. I should have recognized these, I've got about a dozen of them with my click-hinge parts in which they're often socketed. I was thinking of these: (URL) known better since I have one of 'em. Dave "Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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