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| | | (...) This rumour has been repeated many times on LUGNET and RTL, but I can't remember that I have seen an actual confirmation of it. Do you have any real evidence that this is so, or are you just basing your above sentence on the said rumour? I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) The way I heard it - from a friend who worked at LEGO Futura on several of the Star Wars models: The license with Lucas specifies 'no flying spaceships' - or words to that effect. So the 'Life on Mars' sets are ok, since they are strictly (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | (...) I realize that most vehicles in the LoM-series are ground vehicles, but there is the 7315 Solar Explorer, which is clearly a flying space ship. I also seem to recall that some of the alternate models in the LoM-series are flying space ships, (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Adrian Drake
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| | | | | (...) How about "No flying ships with weapons"? That way the solar explorer gets through okay. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Benjamin Medinets
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| | | | | (...) I read that LOM sets were an off-shoot of the Town Spaceport sets already out on the market....town astronauts and science guys, etc. I also think the Solar Explorer is a loop-hole since there is a probe and ground vehicle attatched to the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Jason Spears
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| | | | | (...) It was my impression that Life on Mars was supposed to be a supliment to the town theme. To interact with the Space Port sub-theme. (URL) I think the intent was that it wouldn't be a "full fledged space theme". Just a bunch of normal (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Bradley Dale
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| | | | | (...) Wasn't Ice Planet almost entirely ground-based except for the single large space ship? And Ice Planet is still unquestionably a "Space" line. (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | (...) Read here: (URL) Petrucelli (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | Re: space legends and the SW licence —Kyle D. Jackson
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| | | | (...) Well, if you look closely at the box front of set 7315, you will see that the ship is not actually flying. It's crashing. It's always baffled me why LEGO would market a crashing spaceship, but now I understand that it's a legal thing with (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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