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Subject: 
Lego = Tomy? (was Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets)
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Date: 
Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:18:08 GMT
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Matthew Miller writes:
Ok, so, http://www.halcyon.com/irvingd/ looks pretty legit. Here's my
personal first impressions. What're yours?


Throwbots: Wow. Um, I sure hope this isn't all of the technic offerings for
          '99. Weird stuff. They certainly deserve their own number range!
          Might be interesting -- and certainly will be a source of parts
          in different colors. I wonder if they're "functional" in any way.
          Definitely appear more designed for play than creation -- sort of
          like Transformers. I'll hold judgement until I see 'em.


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 http://www.tiac.net/users/zoids/

Chad Smith



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  Thoughts on 1999 sets
 
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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