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(...) Yah, thass the one...old news, after all. I saw it in the kids' building area at the LIC in Orlando. Oh well, I'll be first with news on something. Someday. 8) Rob (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, all, This week's Entertainment Weekly (dated 11/6/98, with Alanis Morissette on the cover) has in its Multimedia section a brief writeup on Mindstorms. It's pretty basic stuff, written up in EW's typically glib fashion. Also shown is a photo of (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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(...) This looks like a nice, simple site. I really like the idea of the contest. I hope everyone can enter, it starts today!!! -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) seems to have gone live. -- joshua (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mike isn't sure he would characterize his state of ill health in the past tense just yet. :( (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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1x3 Hinged Door, Handle, Right, 2H (in black): 6891 Gamma-V Laser Craft (LEGOLAND Space, 1985) 6956 Stellar Recon Voyager (Space System/M:Tron, 1990) 1687 Midnight Transport (Town System/Flight, 1993) The left side door is the same. -- joshua (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Well, finally the pictures are there! An 80-stud wide pyramid, plus a 96-stud wide "half" pyramid! Also some other pictures of my invaded launch pad......go to the address below, select MOC's........ Also some examples of limited storage (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.storage)
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There are many sets that we know about but don't have pics for. Here's the list: Ninja sets 3050, 4805 Space Port sets 6457, 6463, 6453, 6455, 6466 and 6461 Rock Raiders sets 4930, 4950-58, 4990 and also the other set pictured on the 1999 'poster (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) is (...) Well, that settles it then. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oddly enough, the original joke dictates yes. See the thread in lugnet.off-topic.fun entitled, "Random Invocations". -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Launch Command was a minor sub-theme by number of sets, but has a loyal following as evidenced by the high auction/MSRP price. I guess we'll have to wait and see if Space Port is more Jr-esque (large specialized piece reference avoided). (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You've been waiting for that, haven't you? :) Justifiably, I had it coming from you. I was wondering how long it would take you. You must have *really* been sick... -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You'd have to ask him. :) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, I guess in certain emergency situations it might need to land ON a plain, but I'm not sure how it would land like a plain. :) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes! You win the Salacious Crumb Award For Extreme Inquisitiveness! ;-) -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hence this discussion. Does the sharring of a logo constitute the "same" sub-theme?? Barry (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Op een zekere dag, te weten Mon, 2 Nov 1998 03:41:56 GMT, klom "Dave Jost" <djost@cybertrails.com> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) Poor Timmy. Ardjan (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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(...) Oh, he's become third-person, has he? (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Mike Stanley agrees. (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well since the UK Launch Command was called Space Port it could be called a continuation of it. This new Space Port has the same symbol as the old one, the space shuttle within a blue and red circle. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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Upon closer inspection of the 1999 Lego set scans, I noticed that the new Ninja sets are shown with firing cannons...why oh why must they torture us Americans with pictures of things we'll never see again? Chad (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If the rock elemental is made from bricks, it's very cool. If it's a new 'action figure', then it's acceptable. If it's a non-poseable waste of plastic, then it's ... well, it's a waste of plastic. (...) :) (...) Unfortunately, I feel you (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) RTL is _very_ second place to me now. Disorganized is definitely the word for it. I can find what I want relatively quickly, and that helps immensely. It's how I like to keep my lego pieces - organized and found quickly. No thanks to me, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yep, the first time a kid tries to drill rock with one of those, all the silver will be gone. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That would be very sad, if the licensing limitations go beyond the minifigs, and ship designs. But I think "elements" in this case is a general term, refering to "things identifiable as Star Wars". As opposed to "elements" meaning "LEGO bricks (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The buildings look good, but what's up with those RoboRaiders-inspired war wagons? Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Geez, those SPUDs on the Throwbots look useless. Worse than Znap. Maybe they're TLG's version of Robotix? At least Town Center looks like it has a decent boat. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm not impressed with either of the two Adventurers' sets in this mini-catalogue. Neither really captures the look of the time-period. Especially the blimp. What is up with that gondola? (...) Yes, I was very happy to see that new SPUDs were (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You mean this part? (URL) It's available in yellow in set #6473, Res-Q Cruiser. In the US, it's a S@H exclusive. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gotta go with Sarah on this one... you'd just be confusing the trainiacs :) -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lucky! The service desk at a local Target told me the that they were supposed to be 50% off (they were price checking at $9.99 still) so I grabbed all 18 unopened buckets they had. The cashier didn't know how to ring them up at 50% off so he (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) I should think it is. I've never seen Technic on one of the little in-set leaflets you get in Town (etc.) so I'm figuring this is a way of flogging Technic to a younger and more excitable audience... My (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, I think you've "stembeled" onto something... ;-) Sorry, couldn't pass it up. I do agree with you. - Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) And even with the larger wing size on the real shuttles (compared to the new lego one) they are hard to land. Also, some of the new shuttle concepts, which do not use boosters for take off, have yet even smaller wings. the import factors in (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: * 1999 *
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(...) WINGS (...) Hehe... but IF it is SPACE SHUTTLE then it will landing like a plain. You know - Discovery, Atlantis, Columbia... and all this NASA Space Shuttles. ;)) And LEGO did just some Space Shuttles. Like this wonderful Technic model. Or (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If this is all the technic we get this year, you're right indeed. But hopefully this is just a little sideline. (...) They're not wings. They're just stabilizers. Wings wouldn't do much good in space, now would they? (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Heya all ! My opinion about news in 1999 mini catalog: Technic - looks very bad Town Jr. - Looks very very bad Town Space centre - the body of this Space Shuttle is good but where are WINGS ??? I hope that this little black pieces in back of this (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | FOTW: 6444 Outback Airstrip
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Well, it was a good deal, anyway. Only $14.99 for this older Outback set that is really quite nice. I found it at Media Play (which just started carrying Lego, AFAIK). They also had 3 Mindstorms set, the RoboSports expansion set, and put up a (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego = Tomy? (was Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets)
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(...) Anyone else see a resemblance between the Throwbots and the Zoids line from the early 80s? Granted, none of the Zoids was a very gifted downhill skier :) Anyway, check out a great Zoids site at (URL) Smith (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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> I managed to pick up 33 buckets in all, I was hoping for 40. > They were priced at $4.99 each. They didn't have these at the target near me! :( Any chance you'd be willing to sell one off? Sean (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And since this is .publish, I'd like to comment on the attitude taken by the AGONN site. Okay, I understand wanting everyone to know you're the one who got the scoop, etc., but it was tasteless to write that in big letters _over_ the actual (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't understand. I don't own any Launch Command sets, but I checked out the pictures on Pause, and they don't look much more impressive than the new Space Port sets, if at all. (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) As far as I can remember, the Y-wing was featured as a toy when the first wave of Star Wars Craze hit the planet. And speaking of the Y-wing fighter, as far as I can see, it probably has a total of eight 16-length beams with axle holes, as (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sarah Heacock sarah@eskimo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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lugnet.starwars removed. We've grown beyond them. (...) Launch Command is a dead sub-theme though. They made their last sets a while ago. Space Port is an entirely new subtheme that just APPEARS to be the same. Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Could it be that Launch Command is the latest of the die hard town sub-themes to be consumed by this deadly virus called Town Jr.??? This is becoming more of a wake every year. :o( Barry (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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I have been having trouble posting, so this will be just bare bones. If it posts, I'll flesh it out. I have seen the element that was introduced in UFO, as supports for the spaceship that was packed with the mask last year, and is available in black (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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Wow Inca's/Maya's that sound pretty neat, make minifig sacrifices to the sungod Yeah!!!!!! Dave Pawel wrote in message ... (...) predictions (...) (or is (...) see. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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I don't think it is the Space Shuttle. I think it is TLG's own design of a Reusable Aerospace Plane. There isn't an External Tank or Booster Rockets, so how can it be a Space Shuttle? Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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But its hard to become proficient with one! One shot (from almost anything) and BOOOM!!! Bye-bye Pilot! :) Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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Remember, it is just the MINI-catalog! There is still a lot that they don't show! There are more Set Numbers and Minifigures at AGONN (Don't know URL, it is in a previous post though) that aren't on this catalog. Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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Hey, just be glad we don't get a new, BIGGER, one-piece shuttle wing plate! (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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I;m getting misty-eyed. It seems like just yesterday my old archive on earthsea.stanford.edu was THE place to see scans of the new Spyrius catalog... My, how the world has changed! (and entirely for the better!). -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Jonas Marcho wrote in message ... (...) Team? I have to agree with youi there, but hey it's a great way to get those gears, I'd say taht thosese set's are 5 bucks each. so not to expensive (...) I (...) I still think they could use some smaller (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks like a Mayan-esque theme to me... I remember reading about predictions for the upcoming Adventurer's theme, and one of the ideas was an Aztec type temple... I think this is very much along those lines. What does the leave for (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Heya all ! My opinion is that this TN JR. thing is a big shit. I loved this old TOWN & SPACE models from 80's. They was great ! I only hope that it will be something new by my favorite serie - MODEL TEAM ! Bye ! Rene virsik@us.svf.stuba.sk (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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So I went to the web site with the 1999 catalog scans and saw he got the catalog from a Bi-Wing Baron at Fred Meyer. SO I decide what the heck, I'll go to Fred Meyer and get a Bi-Wing. So I do, and wah lah! I got the catalog. The interesting thing (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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"we must lengthen the shuttle body to create some storage space for cargo bay since we added our incredible(!) light&sound features to this model, but we couldn't make wings and tail a little bigger, since we were run out of ABS because of enlarging (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | 1999 Sets...shameful?
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ThrowBots -- it looks as if they can actually stand on their on as their joints appear to use a crude ball-in-socket system. I'll probobably end up with all of them because I love Technic. How about the return of Model Team? Ninja -- the new Ninja (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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Looks like the back half of the shuttle is a light-and-sound element. If the shuttle was any shorted, it would not have any cargo space. (see my message in the "Thoughts on 1999 sets" thread). (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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I was at my local Target at 8:00am and there was a mad rush of people snapping up all of the clearance stuff. I then went to four more Targets that make a nice circle back to my house (I was gone a total of an hour and a half), by the time a got to (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In the old game, they were my favorite too, for a gemeral purpose craft, especially when the striking side was the rebels. I remember destroying more than 60 T/F T/B T/I assortment and 5 blockade runners at a time w/o any wingmen while the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah that's why the A wing was my favorite -- once you get good at flying it, nobody's fast enough to touch you. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I dunno. It's certainly a lot bigger than any Town Jr. vehicles I can think of. And while I agree that the wings are too small, that's a fairly typical flaw of lego aircraft -- and since it's Lego, that's not too hard to fix. I think the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Unfortunatelly, you seem to be right. Look at these ugly proportions between the shuttle body, wings and tail...:-( Selçuk (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Cybermasters price
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Hi, (...) about 380DM. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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I'm sure that at least one could return . In the scene in which deathstar blown-up at the back ground, at least one Y-wing was accompanying to the several (2 or 3) X-wings. By the way, in the old X-wing computer game, the Y-wings were quite reliable (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) That's what you get for racing station wagons against Indy cars. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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There is a new n64 game, looks different, all the themes are there, cept adventures and of course rock raiders and SW, btw From here on I'll be calling the RockRaiders, RR, that okay with you guys? (URL) Marshall $%#$% Vacuum Cleaners Always get my (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was Gold Wing that used Y-wings on the Death Star attack in Star Wars. If memory serves me correctly, they were all wiped out. ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Site: (URL) Instant Messenger: RJD88888 ICQ (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. Before I saw the "Technic" label on these pictures, I thought they looked like the Znap pictures I have seen as well. Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I doubt it. Those 1 page ads NEVER have All the sets for a theme in them. Just some highlights (and if I remember, some current sets don't even appear on the product catalogs in their own sets.) (...) multi-colored parrot? It looks red to me! (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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I always tend to like things from Todd, since I first saw the fibblesnork (uhm, maybe except extremely long delivery times of Auczilla...:-) Lugnet is just nice, and thanks for it, to everybody who contributes. Selçuk (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This isn't really about Star Wars OR the Web page anymore so I've cut the cross-posting down to lugnet.general only. Wouldn't the body function-related word be TURD? Totally Unneeded R<...> D<...> Sarah (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I really like rope bridges. If anyone has any that they don't want, lemme know - we can work out a trade. (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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(...) Ditto. (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Cybermasters price
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Don't you know what's the price of Cybermasters in DM (German mark) ? Thanx ! Rene e-mail: virsik@us.svf.stuba.sk (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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(...) Yeah, I've been feeling that way too. RTL suddenly seems so... disorganized. (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Someone on RTL suggested that these are ZNAP, not real lego at all. I've not seen ZNAP, or even good pictures of ZNAP, so I can't tell. Thoughts? (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, I _like_ the SW minifigs. They'll just probably live at work instead of at home. (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's Genius!! I vote for this one. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I noticed the crawler! Hooray! The shuttle, could this be a Pegasus rocket, or Hermes space plane? I do find it hard to believe that this is *all* we are going to receive in the way of new sets. So few SW sets, and only a tiny adventurer set? (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The two piece-related acronyms currently in use refer to body functions or are in relation to body functions. This tradition should continue, and the piece should be called TIRD. I don't know of the spelling, or what the expansion would be, (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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(...) I take the view that the pieces are probably quite versatile. Lots of pieces seem to have some kind of ball joint coupling, which is kinda scarce in Technic at the moment. I'll be crossing fingers! :-) Fredrik (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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My thoughts on the 1999 sets: Star Wars ---...--- Actually, about what I expected. I was tying to keep my expectations down, so I am pleased by what I see. The minifigs are great. I am ecstatic about the snow speeder, which was always my favorite (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1999 SWAT theme?
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Office of Scientific and Investigative Research, if I remember right. The sorta X-files-ish show on late night, with a foreward/afterword by Dan Akroyd, and Matt Freuer (sp?) as one of the characters. (...) Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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My favorite: SPUD Single Purpose Useless Decorative. Common SPUDS: rowboats, rope bridges, staircases, ship hulls. -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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Wow. wowwowowow. The Star Wars sets look really good, I think. The snow speeder is great. You know, those Insectiod 4x4 half-domes are starting to look a lot like Star Destroyer shield generators, don'tcha know. The speed bike set is a fantastic (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Make a House of Wax. You've got all those people (Hamil, Ford, etc.), another Ford for Raiders of the Lost Ark (adventurers guy), grab a grey wig and make a president or two, etc. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Well.
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(...) Big yes, yellow no. Yellow is such a lame color for buildings, imo. Not much progress, but now that I have an entire room devoted to nothing but Lego stuff (well, ok, I have a server in a corner along with 3 printers and a fishtank) I should (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How about a more generic reference like to encompass other future shapes? BULE - Big Useless LEGO Element??? or LELIPAD - LEGO Element Limiting Imagination, Playability, and Design??? --Roby --- Come Visit San Dilego! (URL) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Should be "That's a Snow Speeder, not an A-wing, however." I think..:-) Selçuk (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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It used to take me hours to read through all the goodies on RTL. Now it only takes me a few minutes to scan through, just to determine whether there is anything interesting there. It seems like the last few weeks there hasn't. My only regret is the (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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OOPS SORRY MISSED IT Dave Irving De la Cruz wrote in message ... (...) look (...) them, (...) (or (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Ha Ha got my 2140 today
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Got it straight trough the ANWB and the set I got came from The Hague (Netherlands) I just got it today but I ordered with mom about two months ago and she just send it to today.......thats how the story goes The ANWB has a website and I am pretty (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Announcing my newly completed website
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(...) -michael (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | 1999 Train Set
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I can confirm that there is a new train set for next year. No pictures yet, sorry. There is also an add-on set for CyberMaster. Sales through the internet will be available next year ( in this part of the world anyway ). Grahame Reid (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm blown away by the speeder bikes and the snow speeder. Can't wait to get these! The landspeeder looks pretty small but at least it's 6 wide and not 4 wide. :) I wonder if there's room for Threepio and Artoo in the back? (...) I'm pretty (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ha Ha got my 2140 today
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(...) Great set, the flatbed car hauler is the best part. Did you buy in an auction or straight from ANWB, last I heard they are out of 2140's. (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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