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1999 comments
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 5 Dec 1998 03:00:42 GMT
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(Once again, scans are at: http://www.lugnet.com/1999/)
SW: nothing new classic-wise, except the Snowspeeder wings are angled down
here-- perhaps hinged? Looks much nicer, and includes a ground cannon. The
sneak preview of the fighter craft from the new movie is VERY slick looking
IMO.
New baseplate: the Rock Raiders and large Amazon temple use a new baseplate.
Seems OK, as these things go: more generic (thus more useful) than the CRAPP.
Hard to tell if it's one plate, or two.
The Adv. river boat looks really cool. The ninja boat might be cool as well,
hard to tell. I welcome the return of boat hull plates to these period themes,
I miss them (and IMO Pirates could have used more mid-size boats).
I just noticed... is that a new boat element in the large Amazon set? (Off to
the side; completely missed it on the first pass through.)
New Ninja tally looks like two buildings, one boat (oared), and one war machine
set (which either has two machines in it, or the smaller machine comes with the
one building). Overall, very nice, more than I was expecting and the end
result is a pretty robust theme. Can't see where the white ninja is. Can't
see Ninja Surprise-- a goner already?
Space Port: nicely rounded selection, IMO.
Town Jr. How... uncompelling.
Well, my curiosity is sated. Now to quench by building-lust....
Kevin
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| Ninja addendum: I just noticed there appears to be a figure pack (right side of first Ninja page). Can't make out much, though. I thought at first it was the existing small set with three figures, but it has the "1999" graphic next to it. Kevin (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: 1999 comments
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| (...) I don't remember seeing the Hoth lookout post before. I assume that either comes with the Snowspeeder, or is not actually available (but LEGO doesn't seem to put not-for-sale decorative stuff in their catalogs any more). (...) Hugely tall (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: 1999 comments
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| (...) After what I considered to be a dismal 1998 lineup, my expectations for 1999 were low. However, I'm not really a Star Wars nut, but the sets look awesome! Rock Raiders looks interesting. When I saw the words "Space Port" I don't know quite (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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