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Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:34:40 GMT
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Once upon a time, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) wrote:
> Greg Williams <gregw@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > 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
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> Maybe my hopes were too high. Compare to
> http://www.starwars.com/vehicles/x-wing/1_bg.html for example -- the Lego
> design is way too stubby and lumpy compared to the long, sleek "real"
> X-wing.
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 happen. "New for
1999: Star Wars LEGO! Just put these 5 pieces together, and you're
ready to play!"
I'd rather have slightly clunky-looking models than non-LEGO models.
I'm *very* happy with what they've done.
Steve
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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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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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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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