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Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.space
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Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:56:24 GMT
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"Nephilim" <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message
news:FLwpz7.M8v@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Aaron West writes:
> Random comment - the Insectoid light and sound element reminds me of
> the old Mattel Starbird toy from the early 80s. Anyone remember that?
> You'd tilt the starbird up, and a gravity switch of some kind would make
> the whine of the engines get higher and higher. Then you'd tilt the nose
I remember some form of sci-fi type ship that did that. course in the early
80s I was about 10 so things are a bit foggy. I know I didn't own one, but
a 'rich kid' friend had all the toys and there was one that you held up it
would increase engine noise etc...
tom
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| (...) I had the StarBird--the coolest part aside from the engine whine was the way the ship came apart! Play value, and how. But do any of you remember the "counterpart" to the ship--the black one named the "Intruder" or "Invader"? Same concept, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
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| (...) Smile. That works. But by that definition, at least in my universe, the Insectoid sets are definitely space sets - they don't seem particularly war-oriented - no more so than any other space theme I can think of, and much less so than the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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