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Subject: 
Re: Sr. VP Justus of LEGO Direct.
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:49:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Naji Norder writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, James Jackson writes:
> > Señor Justus,
> >     You write that your firm intends to be more receptive to Adult Fans of
> > LEGO.
> > <snip>
> >     I think that you should re-release some of your older sets, but with a
> > LEGO System tag instead of Legoland. Some of the sets (esp. those with no
> > subgroup) I think should be revived are #6931 (FX-Star Patroller; I'm • modifying
> > it for my first space subgroup),
> 
> Hear, hear!  The FX-Star Patroller was one of my largest sets as a child; it
> influenced years of my own spaceship creation.  (And just take a look at the
> parts that went into those lasers on the bow of the ship... around 13 pieces
> for something that would be done poorly today with 4.)
> 
> Naji

Ooh.  I love the FX-Star Patroller.

Naji and James, you might enjoy reading an extended ramble I wrote
that mentions #6931, among other wonderful sets of that era (particularly
the Gamma-V Laser craft).  http://www.lugnet.com/space/?n=590

--

jthompson@esker.com   "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"



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  Re: Sr. VP Justus of LEGO Direct.
 
(...) modifying (...) Hear, hear! The FX-Star Patroller was one of my largest sets as a child; it influenced years of my own spaceship creation. (And just take a look at the parts that went into those lasers on the bow of the ship... around 13 (...) (27 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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