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Ok, so, (URL) looks pretty legit. Here's my personal first impressions. What're yours? Star Wars: Ehhh. I'd still been clinging to the hope that the X-wing was a hoax. Looks tolerable, but not fantastic -- and certainly isn't on the level of some (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm blown away by the speeder bikes and the snow speeder. Can't wait to get these! The landspeeder looks pretty small but at least it's 6 wide and not 4 wide. :) I wonder if there's room for Threepio and Artoo in the back? (...) I'm pretty (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Make a House of Wax. You've got all those people (Hamil, Ford, etc.), another Ford for Raiders of the Lost Ark (adventurers guy), grab a grey wig and make a president or two, etc. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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Wow. wowwowowow. The Star Wars sets look really good, I think. The snow speeder is great. You know, those Insectiod 4x4 half-domes are starting to look a lot like Star Destroyer shield generators, don'tcha know. The speed bike set is a fantastic (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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My thoughts on the 1999 sets: Star Wars ---...--- Actually, about what I expected. I was tying to keep my expectations down, so I am pleased by what I see. The minifigs are great. I am ecstatic about the snow speeder, which was always my favorite (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I take the view that the pieces are probably quite versatile. Lots of pieces seem to have some kind of ball joint coupling, which is kinda scarce in Technic at the moment. I'll be crossing fingers! :-) Fredrik (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was Gold Wing that used Y-wings on the Death Star attack in Star Wars. If memory serves me correctly, they were all wiped out. ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Site: (URL) Instant Messenger: RJD88888 ICQ (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, I _like_ the SW minifigs. They'll just probably live at work instead of at home. (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Someone on RTL suggested that these are ZNAP, not real lego at all. I've not seen ZNAP, or even good pictures of ZNAP, so I can't tell. Thoughts? (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. Before I saw the "Technic" label on these pictures, I thought they looked like the Znap pictures I have seen as well. Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) That's what you get for racing station wagons against Indy cars. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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I'm sure that at least one could return . In the scene in which deathstar blown-up at the back ground, at least one Y-wing was accompanying to the several (2 or 3) X-wings. By the way, in the old X-wing computer game, the Y-wings were quite reliable (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah that's why the A wing was my favorite -- once you get good at flying it, nobody's fast enough to touch you. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) In the old game, they were my favorite too, for a gemeral purpose craft, especially when the striking side was the rebels. I remember destroying more than 60 T/F T/B T/I assortment and 5 blockade runners at a time w/o any wingmen while the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) True, if you've got someone else to worry about, it's probably not the best choice. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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But its hard to become proficient with one! One shot (from almost anything) and BOOOM!!! Bye-bye Pilot! :) Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message <363D17B6.DCFF15AE@aol.com>... (...) Could be worse, could be a T.I.E. fighter. Jesse (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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Selçuk wrote in message <363CA49A.D23AB4BE@n...ne.com>... (...) more (...) wingmen (...) mission (...) shuttles. (...) That mission wasn't half as bad as the near-impossible one where you had to destroy the two freighters and the two dozen lazer (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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Yeah, this mission was an X-wing mission. (and they were not freighters, they were troop transports..and it was not a star destroyer, it was a Nebulon-B frigate...and it was absolutely not impossible. Just fire twin torpedoes to each of the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) As far as I can remember, the Y-wing was featured as a toy when the first wave of Star Wars Craze hit the planet. And speaking of the Y-wing fighter, as far as I can see, it probably has a total of eight 16-length beams with axle holes, as (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) I'll have to try that next time I play the game (whenever that is). It's only a frigate? All I remember was that it was big, parked on top of me, and wasn't very happy. The one time I beat the mission it had already (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Anyone else see a resemblance between the Throwbots and the Zoids line from the early 80s? Granted, none of the Zoids was a very gifted downhill skier :) Anyway, check out a great Zoids site at (URL) Smith (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The buildings look good, but what's up with those RoboRaiders-inspired war wagons? Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That would be very sad, if the licensing limitations go beyond the minifigs, and ship designs. But I think "elements" in this case is a general term, refering to "things identifiable as Star Wars". As opposed to "elements" meaning "LEGO bricks (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If the rock elemental is made from bricks, it's very cool. If it's a new 'action figure', then it's acceptable. If it's a non-poseable waste of plastic, then it's ... well, it's a waste of plastic. (...) :) (...) Unfortunately, I feel you (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes! You win the Salacious Crumb Award For Extreme Inquisitiveness! ;-) -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I like the X-wing design. I think it is quite well done. I can see it will need some modification for retractable landing gear, though. So does the Y-wing. I think the Y-wing is the best design of the ships they show. I like the TIE fighter (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe my hopes were too high. Compare to (URL) for example -- the Lego design is way too stubby and lumpy compared to the long, sleek "real" X-wing. (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll bet these are the new gun-lance pieces, as featured in the X-Wing and Snow Speeder. (...) I like the look of the new foliage. They go nicely with the bamboo leaves. Now we just need tan 1x1 cylinder bricks, so we can make some bamboo. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's LEGO. There's only so much that can be done in the way of scale-modeling realism. If they wanted to make an accurate scale model, they'd have to make a bunch of specialized new structural pieces. Which is what most of us were afraid would (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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I'll second the stubby look. The fuselage looks a little short. As for lumpy, what do you expect? LEGOs traditionally have lumpy studs on top. :-) Duane (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Copletely agree, till the end. I always like the "logo look" ogf the models, and like imagining very much how soft this curves are indeed, of this studs and corners...:-) (to see what I mean, look at my older models at LeoCAD Model Gallery (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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[followups set to lugnet.starwars] (...) That is a GREAT shot! It's funny, though, that they chose a shot of an X-Wing in closed-wing configuration -- it's not even an "X" in that shot. :) (...) Well hey, the neat thing is that the fuselage can be (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was the best one I could find in 10 seconds. :) (...) True. Like I said, I suppose I was expecting too much. I'll probably appreciate them more when I see them in person. (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) LeoCAD (...) least (...) I want to know why the hinge piece along the side (for the engine cover or whatever) isn't orange to match the rest of the trim. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Oh, sorry, when I said "it's funny that they" I meant the people at Lucas... I assumed the URL above was some sort of glossary definition at the official SW site. So there are other X-Wing photos up there I suppose, huh? :) I'll go have a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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