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Subject: 
More news on 2000 lineup!
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:35:00 GMT
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I found this in RTL:

"Thad A. Doria" <tad@journals.uchicago.edu> writes:

>  Got one (in a Snowspeeder box) yesterday. Quick impressions:
> 
>  Castle is back, and it's not very nice. I was hoping for another year
>  of Ninja, but I'm afraid it's back to "Knight's Kingdom". A few new
>  castle wall pieces, the Princess is back, new catapults, and a tan
>  pedestal-like piece that's interesting, but the sets themselves look
>  very skimpy, esp. when compared to Ninja sets. Oh, the CyberSlam missile
>  launchers get recycled in black.

Cyberslam missile launchers?!  This sounds like they wanted something
that could shoot, but wanted to avoid the shooting cannons.  Sounds
cheesy to me.

>  Star Wars. Much has already been said. The Episode 1 Trade Federation
>  stuff looks *very* nice, and the Model Team sets are astounding.

We want more info...

>  Adventurers. Only a teaser page (not out until July). Get ready for
>  at least three kinds of Lego Dinosaurs!

Hope they're not simply using the Duplo dinos!

>  Town. Town's been dead for years, and it won't be coming back to life
>  anytime soon.
> 
>  Arctic. Not too bad. Lots of orange, lots of tank treads. And a very
>  interesting new wall piece that'll go nicely with Star Wars sets.
>  (Bit like the Death Star detention cells.) Yes, the minifigs are wearing
>  parkas, and being chased by Lego polar bears, and watching meteorites
>  containing radioactive insects fall from the sky...
>  (No orange parkas. Just green, and blue for that "Han Solo on Hoth"
>  look...)

Sounds like Rock Raiders gone arctic to me.  The rock monsters have
become ice monsters, energy crystals have become radioactive insects and
so on.

>  RoboRiders. If you liked Throwbots/Slizers, you'll probably like these
>  motorbike characters that somehow shoot their wheels. They're colored
>  like counterparts to the Fire, Ski, Electro, Rock, Amazon, and Jet
>  Throwbots.

Slizers on wheels?  Sounds interesting.

>  Futbol. Really hard to describe. The designers actually expect you to
>  play a game with this. I have no idea if it works. Anyway, there's a
>  field, an elaborate tv crew setup, team vans, etc.




Fredrik



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
 
(...) Glad I don't waste my time with RTL anymore. What kind of doofus would prefer Ninja to REAL Castle stuff? Gimme a break. (27 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
 
(...) Ooh! Knight's Kingdom. How magical and shinny. I was hoping for something maybe like Turok. (heh heh.) Get some dinos! Okay, so I know they will be in the Adventurures sets... but the whole indian-with-the-lase...f-dinosuar thing is pretty (...) (27 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
 
(...) Hey, wait! There *are* more Ninja sets: (URL) more! --Todd (27 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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