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Subject: 
Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
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Date: 
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:38:49 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Shiri Dori wrote:
> > 
> > Really? The truth? I don't think he's ALL that awful. I mean, yeah, he's weird
> > looking and dopey, but brasso his shirt and stick the head under a helmet -
> > it's not that bad! (At least it doesn't seem that bad). I don't know how the
> > general opinion against Timmy came to be what it is today, but it seems pretty
> > funny to me that everyone hates him so much... he never hurt you, ya know!
> 
> The problem is that not only is he in every Time Cruisers set, he's also
> in a bunch of the Freestyle/Classic sets, so you end up with tons of
> him.

I'd just like to interjct and note that Mel the NLNLF was skeptical about
the current attitudes towards Timmy when I described them.  However, after
placing a Timmy in her city (as a streetsweeper), I was able to observe
her repeatedly running him over with a LEGOland truck.  Her comment:
"You're right, abusing Timmy is *fun*!"

J



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  Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
 
(...) Yeh, I'm pretty much convinced that what's going on here is the same sort of thing that occurred with the Weasley Crusher character on ST:TNG. Some people thought it was okay, but a LOT of people just HATED the idea. And it DID get really (...) (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  
  Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
 
(...) Let's hope she never builds a catapult :-) Rob (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)  

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  Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
 
(...) Well, one can like the sets without liking the theme, yea I know, it sounds weird. I think for me the problem is in the details. The Flying Time Vessel is a nice concept, but just seems lacking in some way. The Mystic Mountain Time Lab is a (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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