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  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: space legends and the SW licence
 
(...) Read here: (URL) Petrucelli (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)

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