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Re: Even more 2000 comments
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 19:32:49 GMT
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From a purely "parts" perspective, 2000 sets will be nice. The large castle
set has at least 16 of the 2x2x3 blue corner extreme slopes..... horrray.
The Soccer set has 4 of the gray corner extreme slopes... yes! And someone
said orange concave corner regular slopes.... wow! Rob Farver's gonna love
these....
I also like the elevated road plates. Finally a way to build a decent
bridge.
Gary Istok
Frank Filz wrote:
> After picking myself up off the floor I have several comments.
>
> Someone commented that a lot of the catalog was Star Wars sets. Note
> that this catalog came out of a Star Wars Snow Speeder set. I suspect
> that other sets will have different small catalogs which will focus on
> other things (might be a good idea to look for a newly stocked town
> set).
>
> All I can say is that 2000 is going to be expensive...
>
> Sets and themes:
>
> Futbol: not quite as nice as soccer, but still looks real good
>
> Soccer Buses: cool.
>
> Flash Speeder: nice little $11 set
>
> Trade Federation MTT: decent, nice parts
>
> Trade Federation ATT: not bad, reasonable use of the saucer pieces
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> New Castle: nice. I like how they used the 32x48 double hill baseplate
> in the big castle. I like the new troop logos.
>
> Artic: nice. Orange (or has the scanner tricked us).
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> Comments on new pieces:
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> Futbol field piece: neat, I hope it comes in other colors. Black or grey
> would be nice for making roads.
>
> New elevated road pieces: cool.
>
> Between the Ultimate Collector Series X-Wing and the Trade Federation
> ATT, it looks like there may be a new 4 or 6 long tube, but maybe that's
> a bunch of the 2 long ones connected together.
>
> Dinosaurs: cool
>
> Kadu: nice
>
> Polar Bear: real nice
>
> Can we possibly hope for a sheep or cow?
>
> Modular wall piece in the artic sets: Nice. I can see space folks buying
> a bunch of these.
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> The new flag in the artic sets looks nice.
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> I like the new arctic hood.
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> I do like the new castle helmet.
>
> Wasn't there a big discussion on the limited number of new pieces TLG
> introduces each year?
>
> Existing Pieces new availability and colors:
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> Train windows: have some TLG set designers figured out how to answer our
> prayers and sneak around the poor parts pack selection? I see white,
> black, and red.
>
> Blue 2x2x3 extreme slope corners: yeeha! Now we need a good source of
> blue extreme slopes.
>
> Is that a new piece in the lion knights, a lion lintel piece? Neat.
>
> Are those 2x2 inverse medium slope corners on the buses?
>
> Is that green macaroni in the Flash Speeder? Also the rounded top
> bricks. Are those brown minifig chairs or black?
>
> Are those green 4x4 radar dishes on the Futbol players?
>
> Teasers:
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> Note the "hotel" sign on page 27.
> Princess Leia (new female face, new unique hair piece)
> Note the army of droids, perhaps we'll see a droid pack.
>
> Overall:
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> It looks to me like TLG has totally re-vamped their approach. There are
> several new themes, and it looks to me like a return to quality sets.
> Sure there are some juniorized pieces, but this is far cry from the
> 98/99 sets. The major dissapointment I see is not enough generic town
> buildings, though the classic sets provide lots of bits for those.
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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