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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.[Star Wars Question]
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Date: 
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:55:54 GMT
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 06:54:41 GMT, "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com>
wrote:

> I bought one of every Lego SW set out there just because it was Star Wars
> Lego.
> 
> HOWEVER, I bought the manymany further SW sets for PARTS, because the PARTS
> in them just flat out ROCK in most cases.
> 
> I have seen many people post in RTL or lugnet.starwars that they were
> buying the sets for the parts, because they didn't like TLG's renditions of
> the vehicles.

And how many part sales/auctions sprang almost immediately after the SW
sets were released?  There were a some people parting-out sets they must
have bought at full-price.

I personally think most of the model designs for the SW sets are *awesome*.
Yes, MOC creations can easily be more realistic.  But MOC's don't have to
be commercially viable products.  That large-scale TIE Interceptor is
incredible, but I wouldn't expect TLG to start selling a set to build it.

Steve



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  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.[Star Wars Question]
 
It was interesting to hear him talk about the designs. The orginal snow speeder design had a working tow rope that was pulled for $$ concerns. All of the models have to fit the price point to a fraction of penny. -john (...) (27 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.[Star Wars Question]
 
I bought one of every Lego SW set out there just because it was Star Wars Lego. HOWEVER, I bought the manymany further SW sets for PARTS, because the PARTS in them just flat out ROCK in most cases. I have seen many people post in RTL or (...) (27 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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