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Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
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lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:28:09 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, Lorbaat wrote:

In lugnet.town, Bradley Dale writes:

"With the Extreme Racer, the folks at LEGO have taken their idea of classic
interlocking building blocks to the, uh, extreme. The components of this
scale-model, off-road buggy are definitely not like the old LEGOs. There are
rubber tires, rotating wheel rims, chrome-look dual exhaust pipes, and even a
miniature driver with a working helmet visor. In fact, if it weren't for the
traditional LEGO snap-together action of the chassis, one could very well
wonder where all the LEGO has gone. Thankfully, there is still plenty of
traditional construction fun to be had here, and the full-color instruction
booklet makes putting together the LEGO System Extreme Racer a proverbial
snap."
--Tony Mason

Hey, that set wasn't very juniorized! I wonder what he'll have to say about
next year's Racer theme.

Well, since one of the "non-LEGO" things they refer to is the MINIFIG, one
wonders how long it's actually beem since the reviewer played with LEGO.

And the set has rotating wheels!  Gosh, LEGO has only featured those since
1962. ;)

Actually, I don't think this set includes any new pieces--the minifig, the
antenna, the spoiler, the wheels, the windshield, the exhaust pipes-- these
pieces have all been around for years.

One wonders what percentage of the population holds the same view of LEGO
as the reviewer.

Steve



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(...) Heh. (...) Of the pieces in the set, only the exhaust pipes even seem exotic to me. In fact, that's why I bought it, to get a pair. Somehow I'd managed not to get them. There is something (to me) un-LEGO about them... they follow such a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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(...) Well, since one of the "non-LEGO" things they refer to is the MINIFIG, one wonders how long it's actually beem since the reviewer played with LEGO. eric (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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