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Re: War Toys? (was: Re: New Dino sets now available from US Shop At Home.)
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Sat, 12 May 2001 03:18:11 GMT
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wow!  that looks like it is a better model than even the 8480 shuttle!


I wish it would make it into production,  I'd buy it!

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/9500/jeroen/f-14.html



Tom Heverly

On Fri, 11 May 2001 16:57:01 GMT, "Mr L F Braun"
<braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:

In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
As an example for this argument here is the explanatory text from the
shop.lego.com page:

Now you can construct a replica of the Sopwith Camel, one of the most famous
British planes of the early 20th century! This detailed model is fun to work
on by yourself, or with friends and family you'll be building a little piece
of history. Includes all the pieces you need to create this amazing biplane,
detailed building instructions and colorful decals. Plane measures
16"/41.4cm long, 6 ?"/17cm high and the wingspan is over 18"/46.5cm.

Note that it doen't mention the war at all (why the plane was famous in the
first place).

  Good point.  And they were, after all, the "Knights of the Sky."
  I've always found it odd, the love affair with the Camel--there's
  only one left in existence, after all.

  Side note:  I mentioned this in .loc.nl, but I'll add it here:
  Anyone else see Jeroen Ottens's handiwork in 3451?  He got his
  job with LEGO as a Technic designer after that amazing F-14
  Tomcat model, which shows that even if LEGO doesn't market
  military models, they do recognise their technical merit:

  http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=3088 (the site is still up)

  Just a thought.  I haven't seen Jeroen around and so I can't
  really speak to it, more than simply to speculate.

  all best

  Lindsay



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(...) Historical Designs of military and non-military vehicles by LEGO would be welcome. I think there is an untapped market that LEGO could sell to. I was told that this model was not of a high enough quality to be offered in an aviation related (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: War Toys? (was: Re: New Dino sets now available from US Shop At Home.)
 
(...) Good point. And they were, after all, the "Knights of the Sky." I've always found it odd, the love affair with the Camel--there's only one left in existence, after all. Side note: I mentioned this in .loc.nl, but I'll add it here: Anyone else (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general)

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