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Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 01:57:09 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> I found this in RTL:
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> "Thad A. Doria" <tad@journals.uchicago.edu> writes:
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> > 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".
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-laser-blowing-the-heads-off-dinosuar thing is pretty cool...
> > 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.
Ninja stinks!
> > Oh, the CyberSlam missile
> > launchers get recycled in black.
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> Cyberslam missile launchers?! This sounds like they wanted something
> that could shoot, but wanted to avoid the shooting cannons. Sounds
> cheesy to me.
Cyberslam missile launchers?! Wat are those...?
> > Star Wars. Much has already been said. The Episode 1 Trade Federation
> > stuff looks *very* nice, and the Model Team sets are astounding.
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> We want more info...
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> > Adventurers. Only a teaser page (not out until July). Get ready for
> > at least three kinds of Lego Dinosaurs!
yay!
turok... come on, turok...
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> Hope they're not simply using the Duplo dinos!
If they do they are SO dead.
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> > Town. Town's been dead for years, and it won't be coming back to life
> > anytime soon.
Duh.
> >
> > 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.)
Death star, here I come...
> > 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...)
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> Sounds like Rock Raiders gone arctic to me. The rock monsters have
> become ice monsters, energy crystals have become radioactive insects and
> so on.
Radioactive bugs. That is SUCH a good plot!
C-cold..... oh w-wow.... some es-eskimo thing...
S-south Park?
Oh my god, you killed Kenobi!
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> > 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.
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> Slizers on wheels? Sounds interesting.
Their first sentence
"Wheeee!"
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> > 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.
Futbol!
Cool name!
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> Fredrik
Alex Me
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| In lugnet.general, Alex Roode writes (...) Yeah I'm with you on this one Alex, I cant wait to see what the hell it is! And want to see the look on someones face the first time I say "Hi I collect Futbol!" Wonder where they got this name from, is it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I found this in RTL: (...) Cyberslam missile launchers?! This sounds like they wanted something that could shoot, but wanted to avoid the shooting cannons. Sounds cheesy to me. (...) We want more info... (...) Hope they're not simply using the Duplo (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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