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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Read here: (URL) Petrucelli (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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