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Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:11:37 GMT
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Cool model! What set do you mean though? 770?
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/387 hardly looks like a helicopter to me....
Duq
"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELETE-TO-REPLY@apotome.com> wrote in message
news:HDoB8n.C43@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Ronald Vallenduuk writes:
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> > What I really like about the models (I've only built a few so far) is • that
> > none of them is perfect. That may seem like a strange comment on such a
> > great set, but what I mean is this: hardly any of them would be built the
> > way they're built now if you had an unlimited supply of bricks. So • they're
> > basically made the way children build (and some of us less affluent
> > AFOL's...). Just make do with what you have.
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> That's a perfect encapsulation of how I feel about the types of models you
> can build with these sets. Especially the last line.
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> So, to have some fun with that idea, I decided to sit down and build to a
> goal, using just the pieces in the 4100 set. Here are the results:
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> http://www.apotome.com/lego/misc/flight.jpg
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> Inspired by the helicopter in the #387 Rescue Vehicles set.
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> > I think that will inspire
> > creativity much more than any HP or SW set, no matter how great they • look.
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> Limitations are often a great help when it comes to inspiring creative • works.
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> Best regards,
> Allan B.
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| (...) Good eye. You're right... neither of those vehicles is a helicopter. ;) It was a typo on my part... sorry about that. This is the set/helicopter I meant to use as a comparison: (URL) for catching that! All the best, Allan B. (24 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That's a perfect encapsulation of how I feel about the types of models you can build with these sets. Especially the last line. So, to have some fun with that idea, I decided to sit down and build to a goal, using just the pieces in the 4100 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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