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| | | (...) I dunno. They've got the legos, which would be more useful if they were movable, but still can be applied elsewhere. And the wings are pretty special-purpose, but they look cool anyway. :) What other specialized pieces are you referring to? (26 years ago, 25-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | (...) Those in general, plus other Insectoids-secific parts. I don't know for sure the magnitude of Lego's mold obsessiveness, since I don't own one. I think it was definitely a step in the wrong direction for them. Maybe if enough classic lovers (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | | (...) So you do not like new specialized pieces, is that correct? Well, I remember when the space theme appeared for the first time. The magnitude of new specialized pieces was huge! And I loved it! The more specialized pieces, the better. In my (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) What other insectoids-specific parts? I think I've given you a comprehensive list. There's also the trans-yellow/green "eye" domes, but those seemed more generally useful than just insectoid, so I didn't count them. But even with those: three (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Thomas Main
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| | | | | | | (...) BTW, how many people integrate both the older and newer minifigs in their layouts? I've decided to have both in my town. It's kinda like having two different races. They are similar in many ways but there are some important differences too. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | (...) I'm often undecided about whether or not I like new pieces. The biggest factor that pursuades me is how useful I think it is across themes. Even purists argue amongst themselves saying that they won't use a piece until they think it useful, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) The problem (for me) is that the Insectoids sets (at least the smaller ones) are only really good for building that one model. They aren't as bad (in this respect) as Time Cruisers sets were, but they aren't as generally useful for building as (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) I dunno. I've built several different ships using insectoid pieces -- and my creations don't look insectoid in the least.... (...) Yes, I agree heartily here. Even better if they would interface nicely with technic, for making walking (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | (...) [As I go to Pause to look at large Insectoid photos ;)] Another thing that comes to mind is that weird sound piece on the nose of that ship. It looks to clonish. I'm just trying to say that the sets of even as recent as three years ago focused (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | Tim Courtney writes: <snippage> (...) Hear, hear! Especially transparent pieces! I thought canopies were for seeing through. Paint stuff I *can't* see through. Insectoids would be much better then. (...) I think we agree here. I don't mind large (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | What is complete (was Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I think most completists agree that a total reissue (if under a different number) does not take the place of the original set. So if they reissed an M:tron set, you'd need both versions to be M:tron complete. (1) Analogy is with the (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What is complete (was Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) For example, I'm all-the-lego-I-can-a...-then-some complete. (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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