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Re: Stolen picture in Lego Theme Gallery?
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Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:19:48 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
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> > Just a thought and BTW the model didn't "suck". I think we all improve over
> > time. That doesn't mean that our older stuff is inferior though.
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> If you improve, then by default whatever you've improved on is inferior.
> "Improvement" implies superiority.
Damn, I knew inferior was the wrong word as soon as I posted it. I was just
hopeing no one would call me on it ;-).
I bow to your "superior" wisdom.
> Which, of course, doesn't mean that something "sucks", it just means it's
> inferior. If I say I think "The Empire Strikes Back" is an improvement on
> "Star Wars", then I am implying that I think "Star Wars" is inferior to
> "Empire". That doesn't mean I wouldn't rather watch "Star Wars" than a heck
> of a lot else.
Well I always give ANH the nod over ESB but that is a story for another day.
ESB is damn close though and both ROTJ and TPM are definitely inferior to both
ANH and ESB.
But I digress
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> I don't think Greg's model "sucks", either, but to say he's improved means
> that things he's built before are (probably[1]) inferior to things he's
> building now. Which is.... just fine. I built a castle when I was a kid that
> would pretty clearly be inferior to just about any castle I built today- but I
> still think the old one had some neat points to it[2].
This is all true I always remember a recuring model, or version there of, that
I would build growing up. It was a hugh read vehicle that was occupied by no
fewer than 10 classic space men. It had a control center, cockpit, bunks,
galley, and even a movie theatre in at least one of the versions. It also had
a trailer that was often 2 levels and housed smaller recon vehicles and more
quarters and a few more classic space men.
The thing was huge and at least at the time I thought it was increadibly cool.
I still think some of the interior details were better than most of what I do
now. Mostly because I havn't put a lot of focus on interior details lately.
So yah we agree although I didn't word it correctly the first time around.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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