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Re: Some things I'd like for 2006
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:15:36 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, danny staple <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Difficult one this, one of Lego's great claims is that they dont
> produce overtly violent sets. But capturing some of the magnificence
> of these as sets, like the Tomcat, the Apache Helicoptor or a
> challenger tank would be quite a good move. Maybe they could be
> altered just enough to maintain the position, by not actually placing
> weapons on them. Not an easy proposition. Maybe one way to get some
> interesting licensing, and technically excellent and magnificent sets
> is to go for a Thunderbirds license, and design very functional
> versions of their signature vehicals. Even mini-set pods are doable
> under this as Thunderbird 2 pods. In fact, the set of these crazy
> puppet shows with lots of interesting tech, is ripe for turning into a
> large range of licensed sets.
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> I am intrigued by the new direction of the Exo-force sets, and I am
> hoping for some large system/technic collaborations to produce really
> functional and good looking mechs.
Ooh, Thunderbirds. What a great idea. With minfig Thunderbird characters of
course.
The Exo-force sets caught me by surprise in the local TRU. The staff had put
the sets on different shelving from the rest of the Lego stock. The boxes are
so different, I didn't even recognise them at first.
JB
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| (...) What would be a real bonus would be sets with seriously nice sorter trays, and the parts in bags inside them. One of my favourite things about the large buckets was the fact that the buckets offer more use than the simpler boxed sets. Also, (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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