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Re: Brickfest 2003 Question and Answer
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Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:45:48 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Allan Bedford wrote:
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Seems to me that the type of set, and the theme of it, are an odd mix.
Maybe I’m missing something.
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Nope, you have it right I think. Fortunately, all we may have to do is wait
for these to get clearanced to score them cheap. I think at one point I was
seeing the Millenium Falcon at 50%. Patience is your friend.
The problem with this set, as with much of the HP stuff, is that it doesn’t
really seem to build anything recognizable or solid. It’s just a play area
or series of scenes.
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Consider the comments provided by Larry once again:
“A cloud city star wars play set... there is a different hairdo for leia.”
I bet there’s only interest in the hair element there.
“It has a landing platform for your stuff.”
What stuff? Stuff that doesn’t come with the set?
“lots of modularity...”
Uh-huh -- is that like saying “fragmented design concept”?
“chamber where Luke battles Vader...”
We have this already by way of Final Duel I and II.
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Actually Final Duel I and II were fron Return of the Jedi (the second time Luke
fights Vader and has a green lightsaber) This Duel is from Empire Strikes Back
(the first time Luke fight Vader and has a blue lightsaber.)
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“there also is a thing that flings Luke...”
Yeah, that’s my big concern -- where’s the thing that flings Luke...
“also has the Carbon Freezing Chamber with a new Boba...put han in and out
comes frozen han...”
We have unfrozen and frozen Hans already. And let’s face it, that 1x2x5
black white printed frozen Han pretty much sucked the first time around. I
did see a really neat custom one where someone had cut a minifig at various
angles to make it look as if it were half-embedded in a 1x2x5 brick -- that
was pretty cool! I bet we aren’t getting that.
Bobba with the printing on arms is interesting historically, but for no other
reason. We already have a Bobba anyway.
“it has a Lando too! Lando is brown!”
The big unveiling, now a complete letdown because the basketball sets came
first anyway. Don’t get me wrong though, he does look really great!
The Cloud City set is the Final Duel sets writ large, and I saw the Final
Duel sets everywhere at deep discount -- like stacks and stacks of them. And
maybe it’s just me, but why does the set look like a cafeteria of a sort? Is
Leia being served by the Stormtrooper? Maybe Luke and Vader should stop
dueling, go and sit down with the Princess, and just have a nice cuppa...
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In Empire Strikes Back Leia, Han, and Chewie were going with Lando to the dining
hall and Lando makes the comment “I’ve just made a deal that will insure the
Empire will stay out of here forever.” Then he opens the door and Vader is
sitting there. Chewie growls, Han starts shooting, Vader block a few bolts with
his hand, pulls the blaster to him with the force, stormtroopers come it behind
them, Boba Fett comes through a back door to Vader’s side, and Vader says “We
would be honored if you would join us.”
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What were they thinking? $1OO for what? A brown minifigure? Seriously,
which of us reading this couldn’t build this set right now in probably all
the same colors. Unique items look to be some white corkscrew thing, the
brown plant, and maybe the new hair element. This is a joke, right?
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Aside from the missing plot info on your part I have to mostly agree. This might
have been an awesome 50 dollar set (for parts anyway) or maybe should have been
three or four 10-20 dollar sets and available at retail. If that was the case I
think it would have done very well. As it is I think it will flop, which is a
shame really. I don’t have a problem with playset style sets, but one that is
marketed to the adults (by virtue of the price point) isn’t exactly a good idea
buisness wise. TLC needs to get back to the old concept of modularity. Even the
afore mentioned Final Duel and Harry Potter sets have no real logical way to
connect them. This is where they are missing the boat, they should have smaller
sets that connect in a logical manner with and/or to actually make the larger
ones.
-Mike Petrucelli (who was really hoping they’d announce the Blacktron Battrax)
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| (...) I'd guess that's why it's a S@H exclusive. They probably don't expect it to sell well enough to retail sources (whether it would to customers is irrelevent), so they are offering it through their direct sales market. One store will then (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| (...) Nope, you have it right I think. Fortunately, all we may have to do is wait for these to get clearanced to score them cheap. I think at one point I was seeing the Millenium Falcon at 50%. Patience is your friend. The problem with this set, as (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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