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Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention
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Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:47:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steve Chuck writes:
> The "Brick-by-brick" Lego past, present, and future" tent at Legoland
> Kidvention was showing some new items that will coming out by year end. No
> pictures were allowed expect for two of them. They are:
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> 1) Statue of Liberty - A large sculpture of the Statue of Liberty without
> the pedestal. About 60-70cm high made up of mostly bricks, plates, and • slopes.
> Similar to a lot of the sculptures around the park. The unique part is the
> special color bricks that will have a patina green color that matches the
> statue. No piece count given but the set will be a Lego Direct exclusive and
> may cost close to $200. A white version of the statue was shown and I can • post
> a picture soon.
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> 2) Lego Direct will offer a mozaic service in which you can send in a picture
> which can be converted into a brick mozaic picture made of Lego plates.
> Instructions and pieces sent back. No pricing given. The resolution is kind
> of low, so the image is not real great IMO. A gray scale picture example was
> shown.
I was given the approximate price as $25 - by one of the designers of the
project. She had a display over at the Maniac building. The plates (only 1x1 -
no others expected) will be available in 5 colors - white, black, grey, dark
grey and the new (yet to be released) medium grey.
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> 3) Set 1349 Lego Studio Steven Spielberg MovieMaker was shown (no pictures
> allowed). The only three prototype models in the world with paste up box • model
> and copy instructions were on display and demo'd. Many unique parts to this
> set including the road baseplate, girder for lights, sliding girder, green
> corner slopes, etc. Includes the director, assistant, camerman, grip, and
> actors. The box is big with a Mindstorms type of flap. The software was not
> finished but the demostration was very good. Going to be a hot item in
> November.
This item already includes many special effects - for blending one image to
another, video backgrounds, sound editing (with sounds and music included) -
lots of each!
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> 4) The racing tractor is big with 20+ pistons and very large balloon wheels.
> One motor comes with it but works better with two.
20 pistons because, as a tractor-pull tractor, it has five engine blocks! The
designer indicated that the real tractor modeled could mount from one to seven
engines. The balloon tires are massive!!
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> 5) The silver champion and its permutation were also on display and is an
> impressive car. Not sure why it is $170. No motor, two hydraulic systems, • new
> realistic suspension system, mat silver parts (expensive I'm told). Still
> $170...
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> 6) The top secret area was prototypes of models used for the throwbots and
> supercars. Also shown were some dynamite low rider motorcycles (really big
> ones).
You weren't s'posed to tell! The drag bike slicks are bigger than the tractor
pull balloon tires! Although they were only prototypes and might not be
released that big :(
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> 7) 9731 Vision Command was shown and displayed. Uses same camera as 1349.
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> 8) MyBot was shown and displayed. A duplo/toolo type of system for • intelligent
> toys with sensors. Can program for car alarm when someone picks it up.
This was my favorite area of the Kidvention!
Wayne
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