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More news on 2000 lineup!
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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:
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> 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.
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> 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
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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